Montreal International Documentary Festival
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (French: Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal) is a Canadian documentary film festival, staged annually in Montreal, Quebec.[1]
| Montreal International Documentary Festival Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Documentary film |
| Location(s) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Inaugurated | 1998 |
| Website | https://ridm.ca/en |
In English, the festival now goes by the name Montreal International Documentary Festival, while retaining the French-language abbreviation RIDM).[2]
History
The RIDM was founded in 1998 by documentary filmmakers who wanted to create a platform for new perspectives and innovative practices in documentary film. The program, organized around social, political and environmental themes, features distinctive films chosen for their unique perspective and artistic strengths. Workshops and panel discussions welcome audiences, professionals and partners alike.[3]
Forum RIDM
Formerly known as “Doc Circuit Montréal”, the RIDM is also home to "Forum RIDM" Quebec's foremost documentary marketplace, established in 2004, to support and stimulate independent documentary production in Quebec and to bring filmmakers, craftspeople, producers, distributors and programmers of every kind together.[4]
Award winners
14th edition (2011)
| Award | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | |||
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Notes on a Road Less Taken (Carnets d'un grand détour) | Catherine Hébert |  Quebec .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | The Vanishing Spring Light | Xun Yu | Quebec Canada  China |
| Best International Medium-Length Film | |||
| Best International Short Film | |||
| People's Choice Award | |||
| Women Inmates' Jury | Bouton | Res Balzli | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
| Best Editing in an International Feature | Territoire perdu | Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| Best Cinematography in an International Feature |
15th edition (2012)
| Award | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Matthew's Laws | Marc Schmidt |  Netherlands |
| Special mention: The Search for Emak Bakia | Oskar Alegria |  Spain | |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | My Real Life (Ma vie réelle) | Magnus Isacsson | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: L'état du monde | Hubert Caron-Guay & Rodrigue Jean | Quebec Canada | |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | The Patron Saints | Melanie Shatzky & Brian M. Cassidy | Canada  United States |
| Best International Medium-Length Film | Argentinian Lessons | Wojciech Staroń |  Poland |
| Special mention: Un été avec Anton | Jasna Krajinovic | Belgium | |
| Best International Short Film | Dusty Night | Ali Hazara |  France .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Afghanistan |
| Special mention: River Rites | Ben Russell | United States  Suriname | |
| People's Choice Award | 5 Broken Cameras | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi |  State of Palestine  Israel France |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Herman's House | Angad Singh Bhalla | Canada |
| Special mention: Le prix des mots | Julien Fréchette | Quebec Canada | |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | 5 Broken Cameras | Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi | State of Palestine Israel France |
| Special mention: Les poings de la fierté | Hélène Choquette | Quebec Canada | |
| Best Editing in an International Feature | Matthew's Laws | Marc Schmidt | Netherlands |
| Best Cinematography in an International Feature | Leviathan | Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor | France  United Kingdom United States |
16th edition (2013)
| Award [5] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | What Now? Remind Me (E agora? Lembra-me) | Joaquim Pinto |  Portugal |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Hoax Canular | Dominic Gagnon | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Night Labor | Ashley Sabin & David Redmon | Canada United States | |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | Grandma (Bà nôi) | Khoa Lê | Quebec Canada |
| Best International Medium-Length Film | A New Product | Harun Farocki |  Germany |
| Special mention: The Art of Disappearing | Bartek Konopka & Piotr Rosolowski | Poland | |
| Best International Short Film | Da Vinci | Yuri Ancarani |  Italy |
| Special mention: A Story for the Modlins | Sergio Oksman | Spain | |
| People's Choice Award | The Square | Jehane Noujaim |  Egypt United States |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Québékoisie | Mélanie Carrier & Olivier Higgins | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: À jamais, pour toujours | Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque | Quebec Canada | |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | Expedition to the End of the World | Daniel Dencik |  Denmark |
| Special mention: Salma | Kim Longinotto |  India United Kingdom | |
| Best Editing in an International Feature | Let the Fire Burn | Jason Osder | United States |
| Best Cinematography in an International Feature | Tzvetanka | Youlian Tabakov |  Bulgaria  Sweden |
17th edition (2014)
| Award [6] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Once Upon a Time | Kazim Öz |  Turkey |
| Special mention: National Diploma (Examen d'état) | Dieudo Hamadi |  Democratic Republic of the Congo France | |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Sol | Marie-Hélène Cousineau & Susan Avingaq | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Guidelines (La marche à suivre) | Jean-François Caissy | Quebec Canada | |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | Everything Will Be | Julia Kwan | Canada |
| Special mention: Juanicas | Karina Garcia Casanova | Quebec Canada | |
| Best International Medium-Length Film | Metaphor or Sadness Inside Out | Catarina Vasconcelos | Portugal United Kingdom |
| Best International Short Film | Atlantis | Ben Russell |  Malta United States |
| People's Choice Award | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras | Germany United States |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | The Secret Trial 5 | Amar Wala | Canada |
| Special mention: From Prisons to Prisons (De prisons en prisons) | Steve Patry | Quebec Canada | |
| Student Jury Award | L’œuvre des jours | Bruno Baillargeon | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Juanicas | Karina Garcia Casanova | Quebec Canada | |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | National Diploma (Examen d'état) | Dieudo Hamadi | Democratic Republic of the Congo France |
| Best Editing in an International Feature | Letters to Max | Éric Baudelaire | France |
| Best Cinematography in an International Feature | Les Tourmentes | Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd | Belgium France |
18th edition (2015)
| Award [7] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) | Abbas Fahdel | France  Iraq |
| Special mention: Snakeskin | Daniel Hui | Portugal  Singapore | |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | A Summer Love (Un amour d'été) | Jean-François Lesage | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Pinocchio | André-Line Beauparlant | Quebec Canada | |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | Welcome to F.L. (Bienvenue à F.L.) | Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | Quebec Canada |
| Best International Medium-Length Film | Field Niggas | Khalik Allah | United States |
| Special mention: Business Club | Chloé Mahieu & Lila Pinell | France | |
| Best International Short Film | Among Us | Guido Hendrikx | Netherlands |
| Special mention: Elle pis son char | Loïc Darses | Quebec Canada | |
| People's Choice Award | Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) | Abbas Fahdel | France Iraq |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Retour aux sources | Jean-Sébastien Francoeur & Andrew Marchand-Boddy | Quebec Canada  Cambodia |
| Special mention: Manor (Manoir) | Martin Fournier & Pier-Luc Latulippe | Quebec Canada | |
| Student Jury Award | P.S. Jerusalem | Danae Elon | Canada |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | Retour aux sources | Jean-Sébastien Francoeur & Andrew Marchand-Boddy | Quebec Canada Cambodia |
| Best Editing in an International Feature | Je suis le peuple | Saskia Berthod & Chantal Piquet
Director : d'Anna Roussillon |
France |
| Best Cinematography in an International Feature | The Other Side | Diego Romero Suarez-Llanos
Director : Roberto Minervini |
France Italia |
19th edition (2016)
| Award [8] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Another Year | Shengze Zhu | China |
| Special mention: Tempestad | Tatiana Huezo |  Mexico | |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Resurrecting Hassan (La résurrection d’Hassan) | Carlo Guillermo Proto | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Tales of Two Who Dreamt | Andrea Bussmann & Nicolás Pereda | Canada Mexico | |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | Gulîstan, Land of Roses (Gulîstan, terre de roses) | Zaynê Akyol | Canada Germany |
| Best International Short or Medium-Length Film | Isabella Morra | Isabel Pagliai | France |
| Special mention: Long Story Short | Natalie Bookchin | United States | |
| Special mention: He Who Eats Children | Ben Russell | United States | |
| Best National Short or Medium-Length Film | The Botanist | Maude Plante-Husaruk & Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis | Quebec Canada  Tajikistan |
| People's Choice Award | Le goût d’un pays | Francis Legault | Quebec Canada |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Angry Inuk | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: The Stairs | Hugh Gibson | Canada | |
| Student Jury Award | Resurrecting Hassan (La résurrection d’Hassan) | Carlo Guillermo Proto | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: The Stairs | Hugh Gibson | Canada | |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | Angry Inuk | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Mr. Gaga | Tomer Heymann | Israel Sweden Germany Netherlands | |
| Best Editing in an International Feature | Havarie | Philip Scheffner | Germany |
| Best Cinematography in an International Feature | Brothers of the Night | Patric Chiha |  Norway |
20th edition (2017)
| Award [9] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Room for a Man | Anthony Chidiac |  Lebanon United States |
| Special Jury Prize, International Feature | Taste of Cement | Ziad Kalthoum | Germany Lebanon  Syria  United Arab Emirates |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Taming the Horse | Tao Gu | Quebec Canada China |
| Special mention: Primas | Laura Bari | Quebec Canada  Argentina | |
| Special Jury Prize, National Feature | The Hidden River (La rivière cachée) | Jean-François Lesage | Quebec Canada |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | The Other Rio (L'Autre Rio) | Emilie B. Guérette | Quebec Canada |
| Best International Short or Medium-Length Film | Nyo Vweta Nafta | Ico Costa | Portugal |
| Best National Short or Medium-Length Film | In the Waves | Jacquelyn Mills | Quebec Canada |
| People's Choice Award | Ouvrir la voix | Amandine Gay | France |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | State of Exception | Jason O’Hara |  Brazil Canada |
| Student Jury Award | Birth of a Family | Tasha Hubbard | Canada |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | Baggage (Bagages) | Paul Tom | Quebec Canada |
21st edition (2018)
| Award [10] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Hale County This Morning, This Evening | RaMell Ross | United States |
| Special Jury Prize, International Feature | Extinction (Extinção) | Salomé Lamas | Portugal Germany |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Dark Suns (Soleils noirs) | Julien Élie | Quebec Canada |
| Special Jury Prize, National Feature | Symphony in Aquamarine | Dan Popa | Quebec Canada |
| Best New Talent From Quebec/Canada | Symphony in Aquamarine | Dan Popa | Quebec Canada |
| Best International Short or Medium-Length Film | The Disappearance of Goya | Toni Geitani | Lebanon |
| Special mention: Gulyabani | Gürcan Keltek | Netherlands Turkey | |
| Best National Short or Medium-Length Film | Zagros | Ariane Lorrain & Shahab Mihandoust | Quebec Canada |
| People's Choice Award | Memory is Our Homeland | Jonathan Durand | Quebec Canada Portugal |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Avec un sourire, la révolution | Alexandre Chartrand | Quebec Canada |
| Student Jury Award | 20-22 OMEGA | Thierry Loa | Quebec Canada |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | Point d’équilibre | Christine Chevarie-Lessard | Quebec Canada |
22nd edition (2019)
| Award [11] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Present.Perfect. | Shengze Zhu | United States  Hong Kong |
| Special Jury Prize, International Feature | Heimat Is a Space in Time | Thomas Heise | Germany  Austria |
| Special mention: 143 rue du désert | Hassen Ferhani |  Algeria France  Qatar | |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | A Woman, My Mother (Une femme, ma mère) | Claude Demers | Quebec Canada |
| Special Jury Prize, National Feature | Wilcox | Denis Côté | Quebec Canada |
| New Vision Award | Don't Worry, the Doors Will Open | Oksana Karpovych | Quebec Canada |
| Best International Short or Medium-Length Film | Faire-part | Rob Jacobs, Anne Reijniers, Nizar Saleh & Paul Shemisi | Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Best National Short or Medium-Length Film | Homeport (Port d'attache) | Laurence Lévesque | Quebec Canada |
| People's Choice Award | Kenbe La, Until We Win (Kenbe La, jusqu’à la victoire) | Will Prosper | Quebec Canada |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up | Tasha Hubbard | Canada |
| Student Jury Award | Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up | Tasha Hubbard | Canada |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up | Tasha Hubbard | Canada |
23rd edition (2020)
| Award [12] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Aswang | Alyx Ayn Arumpac |  Philippines Danmark France Germany |
| Special Jury Prize, International Feature | IWOW: I Walk on Water | Khalik Allah | United States |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Inconvenient Indian | Michelle Latimer | Canada |
| Special mention: The Forbidden Reel | Ariel Nasr | Quebec Canada | |
| Special Jury Prize, National Feature | Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue) | Jean-François Lesage | Quebec Canada |
| New Vision Award | No Ordinary Man | Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt | Quebec Canada |
| Best International Short or Medium-Length Film | Clean With Me (After Dark) | Gabrielle Stemmer | France |
| Best National Short or Medium-Length Film | Goodnight Goodnight | Mackenzie Reid Rostad | Quebec Canada |
| People's Choice Award | Little Girl (Petite fille) | Sébastien Lifshitz | France |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Inconvenient Indian | Michelle Latimer | Canada |
| Special mention: No Ordinary Man | Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt | Quebec Canada |
24th edition (2021)
| Award [13] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | Looking for Horses | Stefan Pavlovic | Netherlands  Bosnia and Herzegovina France |
| Special Jury Prize, International Feature | A Night of Knowing Nothing | Payal Kapadia | France India |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | Zo Reken | Emanuel Licha | Quebec Canada |
| Special Jury Prize, National Feature | Animal Macula | Sylvain L'Espérance | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Dropstones | Caitlin Durlak | Canada | |
| New Vision Award | Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Au-delà des hautes vallées) | Maude Plante-Husaruk et Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis | Quebec Canada |
| Best International Short or Medium-Length Film | If You See Her, Say Hello | Hee Young Pyun et Jiajun (Oscar) Zhang | China |
| Special mention: All of Your Stars are but Dust on my Shoes | Haig Aivazian | Lebanon | |
| Best National Short or Medium-Length Film | The Truss Arch | Sonya Stefan | Canada |
| People's Choice Award | Dear Audrey | Jeremiah Hayes | Quebec Canada |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | Dear Jackie | Henri Pardo | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Zo Reken | Emanuel Licha | Quebec Canada | |
| Student Jury Award | Zo Reken | Emanuel Licha | Quebec Canada |
25th edition (2022)
| Award [14] | Documentary | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize, International Feature | One Take Grace | Lindiwe Matshikiza |  South Africa |
| Special mention: Anhell69 | Theo Montoya |  Colombia  Romania France Germany | |
| Special Jury Prize, International Feature | Dry Ground Burning | Adirley Queirós & Joana Pimenta | Portugal Brazil |
| Grand Prize, National Feature | The Dependents | Sofía Brockenshire | Canada Argentina |
| Special Jury Prize, National Feature | Self-Portrait | Joële Walinga | Canada |
| New Vision Award | Veranada | Dominique Chaumont | Canada |
| Best International Short or Medium-Length Film | Fuku Nashi | Julie Sando | Switzerland  Japan |
| Special mention: No Star | Tana Gilbert Fernández |  Chile | |
| Best National Short or Medium-Length Film | Landscape Suspended | Naghmeh Abbasi | Canada  Iran |
| Special mention: Mecánicos piratas de Lima | Carlos Ferrand | Canada  Peru | |
| Special Jury Prize, National Short or Medium-Length Film | Infinite Distances | Pablo Alvarez Mesa | Quebec Canada |
| People's Choice Award | Big Fight in Little Chinatown | Karen Cho | Canada |
| Magnus Isacsson Award | The Myth of the Black Woman | Ayana O'Shun | Quebec Canada |
| Special mention: Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace | Heather Hatch | Canada | |
| Student Jury Award | Geographies of Solitude | Jacquelyn Mills | Canada |
| Women Inmate Jury Award | Big Fight in Little Chinatown | Karen Cho | Canada |
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