Évènement à venir
- Alternative documentary creation - December 3, 2024 - December 4, 2024 - 6 pm - 9 pm
- CALQ Documentary grant application - October 21, 2024 - 6 pm - 9 pm
- Resume (3 pages max)
- Director’s Notes (1 page)
- Synopsis (1 page)
- Budget (if applicable)
- Camera storytelling - Documentary cinematography - December 7, 2024 - December 8, 2024 - 10 am - 5 pm
- Creating a documentary podcast - October 27, 2024 - 10 am - 5 pm
- Sunday October 27 from 10am to 5pm (in person)
- Tuesday October 30 from 6pm to 9pm (videoconference)
- Descriptive note on your career path
- Short synopsis of your podcast project (if any)
- Creating a documentary series - October 23, 2024 - 6 pm - 9 pm
- Distribution & Broadcasting Strategies - December 9, 2024 - 6 pm - 9 pm
- Documentary screenwriting - December 11, 2024 - December 12, 2024 - 6 pm - 9 pm
- Brief description of your project
- Interview techniques - November 12, 2024 - 6 pm - 9 pm
- Self-producing a documentary - November 16, 2024 - 10 am - 5 pm
- Short description of your film background
- Short synopsis of your project (if applicable)
3
Dec
4
Dec
Alternative documentary creation
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
3 December 2024 - 4 December 2024
6 pm - 9 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
FULL – WAITLIST OPEN – SEE BELOW
With Miryam Charles (Cette maison, Tous les jours de Mai, Au Crépuscule, Chanson pour le nouveau monde, Les Temps)
Member $90 | Non-member $120
Alternative documentary creation
Offering a unique terrain for experimentation, creative documentaries shed all convention in favor of non-traditional documentary forms such as animation, collage, the integration of fictional sequences and experimental documentary. Drawing on her own work and using visual excerpts, director, producer and cinematographer Miryam Charles will tackle a variety of subjects, including visual aesthetics, sound treatment and the filmmaker’s relationship with their protagonists, from an angle that invites us to broaden the range of possibilities when representing reality.
Thus, you’ll be able to explore new storytelling methods and develop originality in your own work!
For further information, please send an e-mail to:
Miryam Charles
Miryam Charles is a Haitian-born director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature-length fiction films. Her films have been presented at various festivals in Quebec and abroad. Her first feature film, Cette maison, was presented at the Berlinale and the AFI film festival, and was included in the TIFF Top 10 in 2022. She also launched the short film Au crépuscule at the Locarno Film Festival. As producer, she is currently working on the second season of the series Après le Déluge.
21
Oct
CALQ Documentary grant application
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
21 October 2024
6 pm - 9 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
With François Jacob (Sous un même soleil, Sur la lune de nickel)
Member $90 | Non-member $120
This workshop is a must if you are planning to submit a grant application to CALQ for your documentary. The essential elements to include in your application regarding your budget and the application form will be covered as well as different strategies to optimize your application.
Completed by a review of your application in the second part of the workshop, you will have all the information you need to submit a compliant application!
The workshop will be given in French but questions may be asked in English.
Material to send before October 14 2024:
For more information, please send an email to: services@mainfilm.qc.ca
The documentary cycle continues this fall! Visit the Workshops page to see the complete program.
François Jacob (A Moon of Nickel and Ice, Under the Same Sun)
François Jacob dedicated his career to literature until he discovered the Kino network. He then directed short fictions before working on indie documentaries abroad. He subsequently produced A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Visions du Réel 2017) and Under The Same Sun (2020), set in South Caucasus.
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Dec
8
Dec
Camera storytelling – Documentary cinematography
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
7 December 2024 - 8 December 2024
10 am - 5 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
With Geoffroy Beauchemin (Boisbouscache, Odyssée sous les glaces, Le semeur)
Member $210 | Non-member $280
Camera storytelling – Documentary cinematography
A must in our program!
Learn how to effectively compose your images to contribute to the narrative of your documentary. Geoffroy Beauchemin will discuss the different aesthetic approaches and give you practical advice on cinematography for your first documentary. Afterwards, you’ll be able to put what you’ve learned into practice on the 2nd day of the workshop. Consequently, this workshop will give you the tools to translate your intentions into images with greater dexterity.
Please note that no time will be allocated to learning how to use a camera. The workshop is given in French but questions may be asked in English. For further information, please send an e-mail to : services@mainfilm.qc.ca
The documentary cycle continues this fall! Visit the Workshops page to see our full program.
Born in Montreal, Geoffroy Beauchemin has been working in the film industry for 25 years. As a cinematographer and director of photography, Geoffroy has collaborated on more than 50 documentary projects, most of which are social or environmental in nature. Winner of the “Robert Brooks” award (best feature documentary cinematography) from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) in 2020 for the film “Odyssey Under the Ice”, his work is distinguished by an approach based on direct cinema with a strong interest in listening to and observing reality. The quality of his images in several films and documentary series has been highlighted: “Le semeur” (nominated for best cinematography in a feature documentary, Canadian Screen Award 2015), “Nous autres les autres” and “Manifestes en série” (nominated for best cinematography, Prix Gémeaux 2008). In 2006, Geoffroy made his first film with “Bernard Gosselin, cinéaste ou l’art d’attraper la parole” (Bernard Gosselin, filmmaker or the art of catching the word). Selected at the Visions du réel festival in Nyon, this film tells the story of the career of the cameraman and filmmaker Bernard Gosselin through encounters with his friends.
27
Oct
Creating a documentary podcast
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
27 October 2024
10 am - 5 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
With Nicolas Lachapelle (Retour à Normétal, Zug Island, Le monde après nous)
Member $120 | Non-member $160
Discreet on the airwaves, audio documentaries or documentary podcasts are increasingly finding their way into the programming schedules of radio stations, festivals and online platforms. They enable documentary filmmakers to explore new creative avenues and expand their storytelling skills. This theoretical workshop will enable you to develop your documentary podcast idea with the expertise of journalist, filmmaker and audio documentarist Nicolas Lachapelle.
Detailed schedule :
Material to send before October 10 2024 :
For any information, please send an email to : services@mainfilm.qc.ca
Nicolas Lachapelle
Nicolas Lachapelle is a journalist, filmmaker and audio documentarian. His work includes the feature-length documentaries Lumières sur l’eau (2015) and Le monde après nous (2020), the short films Zug Island (2022), Le punk de Natashquan (2024) as well as many audio creations like Du gaz dans le sang (2017), Og Doï (2020) and Par-delà la 138 (2020), Retour à Normétal (2023) and La chasse interdite (2024).
His works, which explore the relationship to territory through the themes of exile, rootedness and memory, have been presented at numerous festivals in Canada and internationally (including the Phonurgia Nova Awards). Recently, Nicolas was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the Gala Québec Cinéma and at the Canadian Screen Awards. He has also received several awards, including North Shore Artist of the Year in 2021 and Best First Documentary at Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma in 2022. In the fall, he will publish his first book, a collection of photographs, with Noroît.
The documentary cycle continues throughout the fall! Visit our Workshops page to see the rest of the 2024 program.
23
Oct
Creating a documentary series
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
23 October 2024
6 pm - 9 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
With Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux
Member $60 | Non-member $90
The documentary series is an increasingly popular genre. At the crossroads of several narrative formats, the documentary series, docu-series or (web)series, carries a different rhythm from the standard documentary. In this workshop, you’ll learn the difference between linear writing and the various styles and structures of the documentary series. Using case studies, Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux will introduce you to the narrative possibilities of this format and its creative process.
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
The documentary cycle continues this fall! Visit the Workshops page to see our complete program.
Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux (Les Entremailles, Matrimoine, Lumières sur l’eau)
Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux holds a bachelor’s degree in scenography from Concordia University, and a master’s degree in cinema, research-creation profile, from Université de Montréal. Collaborative creative processes and polyphonic narratives characterize her artistic approach. She is co-director of the documentary Lumières sur l’eau (2016), the short film Les Entremailles (2022) and the audiovisual installation Survivance (2018. Prix Technès Special Mention). She is a recipient of the Bourse de l’Académie pour la relève 2019 and the Fonds Créateurs en Série 2020, with which she directed Matrimoine (2021. Nominated best documentary series at the Numix 2022 awards). Selected by the RIDM Talent Lab 2021 and the CALQ Mexican Artistic Residency 2024, she is currently writing the feature film Du blé pour Sainte-Barbe.
9
Dec
Distribution & Broadcasting Strategies
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
9 December 2024
6 pm - 9 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
With Les Films du 3 Mars
Members $60 | Non-members $90
Distribution & Broadcasting Strategies
This is an essential workshop to grasp and master the complexities of distribution!
From self-distribution to festivals and distributors, the Films du 3 Mars team will reveal the secrets of film distribution. Among other things, they’ll cover the different stages of marketing, essential promotional tools and key players. Therefore, you’ll be better equipped to put in place an effective distribution strategy for your documentary films.
The workshop will be given in French but questions may be asked in English. For more information, please send an email to: services@mainfilm.qc.ca
Clotilde Vatrinet (F3M)
In 2008, Clotilde Vatrinet obtained her Diploma d’Études Supérieures Spécialisées (DESS) in Cinema and she left her beautiful region of Lorraine (France) to work on film shoots as a script. Very quickly, her great aspirations took her to Montreal where she settled in 2009. She then joined the KINO movement and became a volunteer while continuing to work as a script and serve coffees. In 2010, she discovered distribution by joining the Films du 3 Mars team, an organization that works to defend Quebec/Canadian auteur cinema. In 2014, she joined the Board of Directors of Ciné Tapis Rouge, an NPO specialized in cinematic exchanges between Quebec and abroad. When she’s not working, she enjoys swing dancing, reading graphic novels and raising awareness for the animal cause.
Sylvain Lavigne (F3M)
The world premiere of his first short film, Maudit, took place at the Oslo International Film Festival. What followed was festivals, awards, champagne and showbiz! After graduating from Ryerson University in Toronto, he founded the production company Provocateur Films, produced music videos and worked as a director/coordinator on VOLT. Loads of nominations and awards later, Sylvain the filmmaker feeds himself by creating 14 short films while Sylvain the director earns his living on TV. Today, Sylvain is preparing his first feature film and distributes independent auteur and documentary films at Les Films du 3 Mars.
The documentary cycle continues this fall! Visit the Workshops page to see our full program.
11
Dec
12
Dec
Documentary screenwriting
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
11 December 2024 - 12 December 2024
6 pm - 9 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
FULL – WAITLIST OPEN – SEE BELOW
With Julien Elie (Dark Suns, The White Guard)
Member $120$ | Non-member $160
This 6-hour training course will introduce you to documentary writing: the starting hypothesis, the choice of a shooting approach, the intuition of an atmosphere, the description of characters, and the elaboration of a visual and sound treatment. Following this workshop, you’ll be able to better structure your ideas, define your intentions and successfully convey them while developing your narrative style. The training is based on group discussion, screening of excerpts and project analysis.
Material to submit before December 4 2024 :
Participants will be asked to give a brief presentation of their documentary project in the second block.
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
Julien Elie
In 2002, Julien Elie directed his first documentary, Le Dernier repas, a plunge into the absurdity and horror of Huntsville, Texas, capital of the death penalty in the USA. After several years away from cinema, Julien Elie directed Dark Suns in 2018. The epic tale at the heart of the wave of violence hitting Mexico won a dozen awards and was screened at some sixty festivals around the world. Shot in 2021, The White Guard is his second feature film made in Mexico. His next film, Shifting Baselines, shot mainly in the U.S. and produced by GreenGround productions, will open in 2025.
Our documentary cycle continues this fall! Visit the Workshops page to see our full program.
12
Nov
Interview techniques
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
12 November 2024
6 pm - 9 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
With Ayana O’Shun (Le mythe de la femme noire, Les Mains noires – Procès de l’esclave incendiaire)
Member $60 | Non-member $90
The interview is a crucial step in the making of your documentary film. How do you build the relationship between the director and the protagonists? How can you understand your protagonists in relation to their personalities and their stories? How can the interviews illustrate their uniqueness? What approaches should you choose according to your documentary style? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this workshop in order to best conduct your interviews and make the most appropriate choices for your work.
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
Born in Montreal, Ayana O’Shun holds a degree in Cinema from the Université de Montréal. She worked for several years at Telefilm Canada in the television department as an investment analyst. She developed and produced various projects, including Les Mains noires – Procès de l’esclave incendiaire, which was financed by ICI Radio-Canada, RDI, SODEC and the NFB. The documentary was selected for over 40 national and international festivals. It has won awards including the Dikola Prize for “Best Documentary Film” at the Festival International PanAfricain de Cannes and “Best Foreign Film” at the Festival Écrans Noirs de Yaoundé. Ayana continued directing with the fiction short Lazyboy. The comedy premiered at Montreal’s Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma, and was subsequently bought by broadcasters TV5 and Télé-Québec. Ayana has also directed several short films, including the NFB documentary Médecins sans résidence, produit par l’ONF. In 2022, her feature-length documentary Le Mythe de la femme noire denounced the stereotypes she herself had observed throughout her career. The film was widely distributed and won the Magnus Isaacson Prize at RIDM 2022.
The documentary cyle continues this fall! Visit the Workshops page to see our full program.
16
Nov
Self-producing a documentary
Workshop - Documentary Cinema - Fall 2024
Date / Heure
16 November 2024
10 am - 5 pm
Lieu
Main Film
2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec
With Félix Lamarche (Terres fantômes, Le chant de la nuit)
Member $105 | Non-member $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.
Material to be sent before October 31, 2024 :
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
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! Visit the Workshops page to see our full program.