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  • CALQ Grant Application - June 16, 2026 - 6 pm - 9 pm
  • CALQ Grant Application

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    CALQ Grant Application

    Workshop - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2026

    Date / Heure
    16 June 2026
    6 pm - 9 pm

    Lieu
    Main Film Atelier
    2025 Rue Parthenais #304-A, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2


    With Miryam Charles (Cette Maison)

    Member 90$ | Non-member 120$


    This workshop is a must-attend if you plan to submit a grant application to the Conseil des Arts du Québec (CALQ) for your experimental film. We’ll cover the essential elements you need to include in your application regarding your budget and the required forms, as well as various strategies to help you make the most of your application.

    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


    Miryam Chalres

    Miryam Charles is a filmmaker of Haitian origin based in Montreal. Her films have been screened at various festivals in Quebec and internationally. Her debut feature film, *Cette maison*, premiered at the Berlinale, was subsequently presented at the AFI Film Festival, and was named one of the TIFF Top 10 and among Sight and Sound’s best films of the year in 2022. Her works have been exhibited at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, the Everson Museum, Basis Frankfurt, and the Palais de Tokyo. In 2025, Miryam received the inaugural Charles Officer Legacy Award from TIFF and CBC.


    Our experimental cycle continues all spring! See the full schedule here.

  • Distribution & exhibition strategies - June 15, 2026 - 6 pm - 9 pm
  • Distribution & exhibition strategies

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    Distribution & exhibition strategies

    Workshop - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2026

    Date / Heure
    15 June 2026
    6 pm - 9 pm

    Lieu
    Main Film
    2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec


    With Serge Abiaad (La Distributrice de Films)

    Member $60 | Non-member $90


    Discover the distribution strategy for experimental cinema. From self-distribution to festivals, markets, galleries, distributors and the web, the instructor will review the different stages of marketing, essential promotional tools, key players and potential distribution venues, so that you’ll be able to put in place a relevant methodology.

    Please note that the workshop will be given in French, but questions may be asked in English. For more information, please contact us at : services@mainfilm.qc.ca


    Serge Abiaad

    Serge Abiaad has taught cinema at Université de Montréal and Cégep Édouard-Montpetit. He is General Manager of La Distributrice de Films.
    “La Distributrice de films believes that short films are not an exercise in emancipation or a springboard to feature films, nor are they ceremonial hazing or the stamp of a pass, because making a short film is already making cinema. Through the web, the big screen and the festival circuit, La Distributrice de films is committed to promoting Quebec cinema and filmmakers through a shorter format. ”    www.ladistributrice.ca


    Our experimental cycle continues all spring! See the full schedule here.

     

  • Hand processing: Chromaflex - May 23, 2026 - 10 am - 5 pm
  • Hand processing: Chromaflex

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    Hand processing: Chromaflex

    Workshop - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2026

    Date / Heure
    23 May 2026
    10 am - 5 pm

    Lieu
    Main Film Atelier
    2025 Rue Parthenais #304-A, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2


    With Théo Parent (Les fougères prédatent les dinosaures, 117/323)

    Member 180$ | Non-member 250$


    This workshop introduces participants step-by-step to a fun 16mm film processing technique: Chromaflex.

    This method allows you to selectively control negative and positive images in color and black & white on the same strip of film. It also allows you to make these selection decisions in full light, with the images visible before your eyes. In addition to an interesting experimental film technique, this workshop is an excellent opportunity to learn in detail how color development works. By following this workshop, you’ll have no trouble developing 16 mm at home!

    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


    Théo Parent

    Théo Parent grew up and works in Montreal. A versatile filmmaker, his work spans a wide range of genres, drawing equally from documentary essays, exploratory fiction, and formal experimentation.

    His professional journey has led him to gain substantial experience in directing, producing, sound design, and various experimental practices related to film media.

    His films 117/323 and Les fougères prédatent les dinosaures have been screened in Quebec. His next project, funded by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts, offers an intimate and emotional exploration of 20th-century Quebec history and the place of heritage in the neoliberal world, while reflecting on aesthetics and habitat.


    Our experimental cycle continues all spring! See the full schedule here.

  • Initiation to sound art - May 28, 2026 - June 18, 2026 - 6 pm - 9 pm
  • Initiation to sound art

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    Initiation to sound art

    Workshop - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2026

    Date / Heure
    28 May 2026 - 18 June 2026
    6 pm - 9 pm

    Lieu
    Main Film Atelier
    2025 Rue Parthenais #304-A, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2


    With Alexis Langevin-Tétrault

    Member 130$ | Non-member 200$


    This theoretical and practical workshop explores the fundamentals of sound creation through an approach rooted in performance and audiovisual experimentation. Drawing on his own practice, the instructor invites participants to reflect on sound as a physical and expressive medium, in relation to the body, space, and image.

    Over the course of three Thursdays, participants will be guided to develop personal creative methods, while putting what they learn into practice between sessions. From ambient music to acousmatic music, noise, and sound design for moving images, the workshop opens up a space for exploration where technical approaches intersect with scenographic, dramaturgical, and conceptual challenges.

    A workshop for artists wishing to experiment with sound beyond its traditional forms and explore its potential as a living, performative medium.

    • Thursday, May 28 – online
    • Thursday, June 4 – in-person
    • Thursday, June 18 – in-person

    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


    Alexis Langevin-Tétrault

    Alexis Langevin-Tétrault is an interdisciplinary artist and composer based in Montreal. He has contributed to a variety of art collectives such as Aubes, Falaises, ILEA ensemble and QUADr, in addition to solo audiovisual performances such as REPLIKASHypercube (one) and Interférences (String Network), and also media art installations. His work explores the concept of corporality and is characterized by the design of audiovisual devices, physical performance, scenographic and dramaturgic work, exploration of sound synthesis, and also conceptual and social reflection.


    Our experimental cycle continues all spring! See the full schedule here.

  • Introduction to installations - May 19, 2026 - 6 pm - 9 pm
  • Introduction to installations

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    May


    Introduction to installations

    Workshop - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2026

    Date / Heure
    19 May 2026
    6 pm - 9 pm

    Lieu
    Main Film
    2025 Rue Parthenais #301, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2, Québec


    With Nelly-Ève Rajotte

    NEW WORKSHOP! –  Fixed rate – 40$


    At the intersection of visual arts, film, and digital practices, the installation transforms space into a sensory experience. This workshop offers a theoretical introduction to the foundations and evolution of installation art, from its origins in contemporary art to today’s immersive and interactive forms.

    Through the analysis of various works and approaches, we will explore key concepts such as space as a material, light and sound, temporality, scenography, and the role of the viewer. Group discussions will deepen our reflection and help develop critical tools for thinking about and designing installations.

    Please note that the workshop will be given in French, but questions may be asked in English.

    For any questions, please contact us at : services@mainfilm.qc.ca


    Nelly-Ève Rajotte

    Nelly-Ève Rajotte is a professor at the School of Design at UQAM, where she leads the Moving Image and Sound Design research axis. A visual and media artist, she develops a practice rooted in immersive installation and performance that interrogates contemporary conditions of perceptual experience. Working with moving image and sound, her projects explore non-human regimes of vision and machinic forms of landscape imaging, drawing on technologies such as LiDAR, biosensors, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

    Her research-creation is grounded in an inquiry into the sensitive relationships between technology, the body, and the environment, proposing immersive dispositifs that displace anthropocentric perspectives in favor of perceptual alterities and non-human points of view. Recognized for their monumental scale and immersive intensity, her works engage viewers in experiences that reconsider notions of presence, mediation, and cohabitation with technological and living systems.

    Her work has been presented in numerous institutional and curatorial contexts in Quebec and internationally, including the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée d’art de Joliette, Contemporary Calgary, Emerson Contemporary (Boston), as well as Occurrence, Clark, Optica, and Circa. It has also been featured in major international festivals and events such as MUTEK (Montreal, Argentina, Mexico, and Japan), Transmediale (Berlin), the International Festival of Films on Art, the International Short Film Festival of Berlin, Lab30, ISEA, and the KIKK Festival (Belgium).


    Our experimental cycle continues all spring! See the full schedule here.

  • Ractivating archives - June 13, 2026 - June 20, 2026 - 10 am - 5 pm
  • Ractivating archives

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    Ractivating archives

    Workshop - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2026

    Date / Heure
    13 June 2026 - 20 June 2026
    10 am - 5 pm

    Lieu
    Main Film Atelier
    2025 Rue Parthenais #304-A, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2


    With Chantal Partamian (Traces, L’Arbre, Sandjak)

    Member 240$ | Non-member 310$


    Archives often lie dormant, sometimes forgotten, until a specific action reactivates them and brings them back into the present. Whether personal, public, or collective, they contain traces, bodies, and narratives just waiting to be revisited.
    This workshop offers a theoretical and practical exploration of creative work based on archives. An introduction will address the aesthetic and ethical issues related to the reuse of images and sounds. Participants will then be invited to develop their own project, from research to conceptualization, by experimenting with different ways of combining image, sound, and/or text in order to create a new work from existing materials.

    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


    Chantal Partamian

    Chantal Partamian is an experimental filmmaker and archivist whose work centers on Super 8mm and found footage. She explores speculative histories while engaging questions of archives, memory, and spectral presence. Her archival practice focuses on preserving and restoring reels from the Eastern Mediterranean through the Katsakh Project, alongside research on archival methods in conflict zones. Her films have screened widely, and her writings regularly appear in Montréal’s Revue Hors-Champ.


    Our experimental cycle continues all spring! See the full schedule here.

  • Remix and image deterioration - May 24, 2026 - May 30, 2026 - 9 am - 4 pm
  • Remix and image deterioration

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    Remix and image deterioration

    Workshop - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2026

    Date / Heure
    24 May 2026 - 30 May 2026
    9 am - 4 pm

    Lieu
    Main Film Atelier
    2025 Rue Parthenais #304-A, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2


    With Charles-André Coderre (Granular Film – Beirut, La noirceur souterraine des racines)

    Member 240$ | Non-member 310$


    During this workshop, you will be introduced to various techniques used in the creation of experimental film. Discover and experiment with these processes—all stemming from the same artistic impulse—which give the medium new meaning by challenging the cinematic experience of both filmmakers and viewers. The use of found footage, as well as techniques involving chemical deterioration and direct manipulation of the film stock—whether remixed, scratched, washed out, colorized, or even buried—have spanned the ages and will be presented through examples and film clips.

    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


    Charles-André Coderre

    Charles-André Coderre lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. He directs films and creates live 16mm projections for various performances and music concerts. He is particularly interested in various techniques of photochemical image manipulation. His films are distributed by Light Cone (Paris), CFMDC (Toronto), and Vidéographe (Montreal). Since 2017, he has co-organized the experimental music and expanded cinema events OK LÀ! in Verdun (Canada).


    Our experimental cycle continues all spring! See the full schedule here.