NEWS
12th Montreal International Documentary Festival Still a few days left!
Additional screenings on Sunday, November 22 at the Grande Bibliothèque
THE Coca-Cola AFFAIR
La domination masculine
Montreal, Friday, November 20, 2009 - The 12th annual Montreal International Documentary Festival, the RIDM, officially ends tomorrow with the Canadian premiere of OCTOBER COUNTRY (United States) by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher. The film introduces us to an American family so down on their luck that their lives seem surreal. Against the backdrop of Halloween, using a dreamlike, delicate photography, the young filmmakers cast a tenderly comic look at characters straight from a storybook, haunted by their family ghosts.
The RIDM Festival officially closes on Saturday night, but 4 films are screening on Sunday, November 22 at the Grande Bibliothèque (475 de Maisonneuve Blvd. East).
At 1:30 p.m., audiences will see the Closing Night film, OCTOBER COUNTRY.
At 3:30 p.m., due to popular demand, the RIDM is delighted another screening of one of the biggest successes at this year's festival: THE COCA-COLA AFFAIR by Carmen Garcia and Germán Gutiérrez.
This fascinating documentary follows a handful of workers at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Columbia who accuse Coca-Cola of hiring paramilitary groups to kidnap, torture and murder their union leaders. Carmen Garcia and Germán Gutiérrez deliver a meticulous document of this David and Goliath struggle.
At 5:00 p.m., it's the presentation of the AUDIENCE AWARD, to be announced on Saturday night.
Finally, at 7:30 p.m., the hard-hitting doc LA DOMINATION MASCULINE by Patric Jean will screen for one last time. It is a full-contact portrait of the patriarchy that still rules western societies smug in the belief they have achieved male-female equality, seen from inside the men's group phenomenon.
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Overview RIDM 2009
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With More Than 28,000 Festival-goers, RIDM’S 12th Edition was an Unprecedented Success!
November 27, 2009The 12th edition of the RIDM (Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal), which wrapped up last Sunday, was an outstanding success. With more than 28,000 visitors, an increase of more than 20% from last year’s figure, the RIDM experienced unprecedented ...
12th Montreal International Documentary Festival Still a few days left!
November 20, 2009The 12th annual Montreal International Documentary Festival, the RIDM, officially ends tomorrow with the Canadian premiere of OCTOBER COUNTRY (United States) by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher. The film introduces us to an American family so down on their luck ...
General Release - 2009 RIDM Programme
October 27, 2009Montréal, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - The 12th edition of the RIDM (Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal) will take place from November 11 to 21, 2009. The RIDM has created a mouth-watering program that takes the pulse of today's ...
Montreal's international documentary festival - The 12th RIDM runs November 11-21, 2009
August 19, 2009Montreal’s 12th international documentary film festival, Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), takes place November 11-21. The RIDM features an international program of more than 100 feature-length documentaries from some 30 countries. The range is astonishing, from the ...
November 2009, It's a date!
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RIDM's 11th Edition - Crowned in Success!
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November 23 screenings
November 22, 2008The festival drawns to a close! Sunday November 23rd is your last chance to get your fill of documentaries.
