The Montreal International Documentary Festival (Ridm) has announced the films that will open and close the festival’s 18th edition, taking place from November 12 to 22. Les Vaillants by Quebec director Pascal Sanchez will kick off the festivities with its world premiere, while Olmo and the Seagull by Brazilian director Petra Costa and Danish director Lea Glob will bring them to a close. Check out the info on each film below.
Opening Film – Les Vaillants
Les Vaillants brings us into a public housing development in Montreal’s Saint-Michel district. Intended as a counterpoint to the many (un)intentionally reductive reports about the infamous neighbourhood, this new film by Pascal Sanchez is a long-term project, a proud example of a patient, humanist documentary tradition capable of revealing the essence of a place and its people. Filmed over the course of more than a year, Les vaillants is an immersion in a complex...
Opening Film – Les Vaillants
Les Vaillants brings us into a public housing development in Montreal’s Saint-Michel district. Intended as a counterpoint to the many (un)intentionally reductive reports about the infamous neighbourhood, this new film by Pascal Sanchez is a long-term project, a proud example of a patient, humanist documentary tradition capable of revealing the essence of a place and its people. Filmed over the course of more than a year, Les vaillants is an immersion in a complex...
- 10/2/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
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