08 Nov Self-producing a documentary
8
Nov
Self-producing a documentary
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2025
Saturday November 8, 2025
10 am - 5 pm
Main Film Atelier
2025 Rue Parthenais #304-A, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2
With Félix Lamarche (Terres fantômes, Le chant de la nuit)
Membre 105$ | Non-membre 150$
One of our most popular workshops!
How do you produce your own documentary with public funding? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such an approach? This workshop will look at the specific issues involved in self-producing a short or feature-length documentary for theatrical release. The workshop will cover all the different stages, from development to post-production, including public financing. Félix Lamarche will support the notions of his self-productions.
The workshop will be given in French but questions may be asked in English.
For further information, please send an e-mail to: services@mainfilm.qc.ca .
Material to be sent before the workshop:
- Short description of your film background
- Short synopsis of your project (if applicable)
Please send the documents to services@mainfilm.qc.ca
Félix Lamarche
Félix Lamarche is a Montreal-based independent filmmaker exploring the possibilities of documentary practice. Les Terres lointaines (2017), his first self-produced feature, won the Pierre-et-Yolande-Perrault Award for Best First Documentary Feature that same year. Since then, he has directed and produced a series of short films, including La frontière (2017), Terres fantômes (2019) and Un fleuve l’hiver (2020). His most recent film, Le chant de la nuit (2022), was recently presented in international competition at Dok Leipzig in Germany, then at RIDM in Montreal. He is currently working on a second feature-length documentary.
Our documentary cycle continues this fall! See the full schedule here.