Documentary Cycle - Fall 2025

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Documentary Cycle – Fall 2025

Discover the workshops and events offered during our documentary session from September to December. Enrich your artistic practice from A to Z.

Workshops

6

Oct

Documentary screenwriting [FULL - SECOND EDITION NOW OPEN]

6 October 2025 - 7 October 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Nicolas Paquet
Member 120$ | Non-member 160$
SECOND EDITION ON NOVEMBER 17TH AND 20TH!

28

Oct

Alternative documentary creation

28 October 2025 - 29 October 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Benjamin R. Taylor
Member 90$ | Non-member 120$

4

Nov

The art of documentary editing [FULL - SECOND EDITION NOW OPEN]

4 November 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Xi Feng
Member 60$ | Non-member 90$
SECOND EDITION ON NOVEMBER 24TH!

8

Nov

Self-producing a documentary

8 November 2025 | 9 am - 4 pm

With Félix Lamarche
Member 105$ | Non-member 150$

11

Nov

CALQ Documentary grant application

11 November 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Sarah Baril Gaudet
Member 90$ | Non-member 120$

17

Nov

Documentary screenwriting #2 [FULL]

17 November 2025 - 20 November 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Nicolas Paquet
Member 120$ | Non-member 160$ FULL - PRE-REGISTRATION OPEN

18

Nov

Introduction to the documentary

18 November 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Naomie Décarie-Daigneault (Tënk)
Fixed price - 30$

24

Nov

The art of documentary editing #2 [FULL]

24 November 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Xi Feng
Member 60$ | Non-member 90$
SECOND EDITION!

1

Dec

Creating a docu-series

1 December 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux
Member 60$ | Non-member 90$

3

Dec

Interviewing techniques

3 December 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Ayana O’Shun
Member 60$ | Non-member 90$

9

Dec

Distribution and exhibition strategies

9 December 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

With Sylvain Lavigne and Clotilde Vatrinet (from Les Films du 3 Mars)
Member 60$ | Non-member 90$

Mentorship

1

Dec

Registration: Mentorship in Documentary production

1 December 2025 | All day

Registration open until December 1st!
Member 90$ | Non-member 120$

TALKS

2

Oct

FOCUS-DOCU #1: Cine-therapy and personal stories

2 October 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

Guests | Kalina Bertin (Manic), Alex Anna (Scars, Créer; Survivre), François Delisle (CHSLD)
Moderated by Marion Chuniaud
Free upon registration

2

Dec

FOCUS-DOCU #2: The ethics of looking

2 December 2025 | 6 pm - 8 pm

Guests | Khoa Lê (Ma Sài Gòn), Sarah Seené (Orbits) and Laurence Turcotte-Fraser (Ma Citée Évincée)!
Free upon registration

8

Dec

Roundtable : First feature documentaries

8 December 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

Guests | Vincent Toi, Shahab Mihandoust, and Yann-Manuel Hernandez Free upon registration

15

Dec

Meet the Film Factory residents (2023-2024)

15 December 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm

Guests | Irina Tempea (Bica), Yen-Chao Lin (Invisible Landscape), and Chantal Partamian (Adumbration)
Free upon registration

Information session

18

Sep

Information session: Canada Council for the Arts (online)

18 September 2025 | 3 pm - 4 pm

With laura jeanne lefave (CAC)
FREE UPON REGISTRATION

23

Sep

Information session: CALQ & SODEC

23 September 2025 | 6 pm - 8 pm

With Maude Brunet (CALQ) et Isabelle Dorée (SODEC)
FREE UPON REGISTRATION