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]](https://mainfilm.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ECRITURE_EN-1-800x600.jpg)
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!
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$
Member 90$ | Non-member 120$
4
Nov
![The art of documentary editing [FULL - SECOND EDITION NOW OPEN]](https://mainfilm.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MONTAGE_EN-1-800x600.jpg)
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!
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$
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$
Member 90$ | Non-member 120$
17
Nov
![Documentary screenwriting #2 [FULL]](https://mainfilm.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ECRITURE_EN-800x600.jpg)
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
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$
Fixed price - 30$
24
Nov
![The art of documentary editing #2 [FULL]](https://mainfilm.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MONTAGE_EN-1-800x600.jpg)
The art of documentary editing #2 [FULL]
24 November 2025 | 6 pm - 9 pm
With Xi Feng
Member 60$ | Non-member 90$
SECOND EDITION!
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$
Member 60$ | Non-member 90$
3
Dec
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$
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$
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
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
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
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
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
FREE UPON REGISTRATION
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6:00 PM - Information session: CALQ & SODEC
12:00 AM - Analog cinema: shooting on film
12:00 AM - Analog cinema: shooting on film
6:00 PM - Creating a fiction series
10:00 AM - Self-producing a short film
12:00 AM - Analog cinema: shooting on film
6:00 PM - Adapting a literary work for the screen
10:00 AM - Directing actors & staging
12:00 AM - Analog cinema: shooting on film
6:00 PM - Casting preparation
6:00 PM - Roundtable: First feature films
12:00 AM - Analog cinema: shooting on film
6:00 PM - The docu-fiction
MORE INFORMATION
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