The Montreal International Documentary Festival () is a Canadian
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
festival, staged annually in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
.
In English, the festival now goes by the name Montreal International Documentary Festival, while retaining the French-language abbreviation RIDM.
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.
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
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and to bring filmmakers, craftspeople, producers, distributors and programmers of every kind together.
Award winners
13th edition (2010)
14th edition (2011)
15th edition (2012)
16th edition (2013)
17th edition (2014)
18th edition (2015)
19th edition (2016)
20th edition (2017)
21st edition (2018)
22nd edition (2019)
23rd edition (2020)
24th edition (2021)
25th edition (2022)
26th edition (2023)
27th edition (2024)
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, Grand Prize, International Feature
, ''Republic''
, Jiang Jin
, Singapore, China
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, Special Jury Prize, International Feature
, ''To Our Friends''
, Adrián Orr
, Spain, Portugal
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, Grand Prize, National Feature
, ''
Intercepted
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Oksana Karpovych
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Originally from Kyiv, she moved to Canada in the 2010s to study documentary filmmaking at the Mel Ho ...
, Canada, France, Ukraine
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, Special Jury Prize, National Feature
, ''Archeology of Light (Archéologie de la lumière)''
, Sylvain L’Espérance
, Canada
, -
, rowspan=2, New Visions Award
, ''The Undergrowth''
, Macu Machín
, Spain
, -
, ''Up the River with Acid''
, Harald Hutter
, Canada
, -
, rowspan=2, Best International Short or Medium-Length Film
, ''Razeh-del''
, Maryam Tafakory
, Iran, Italy, United Kingdom
, -
, Honorable mention: ''Break no. 1 & Break no.2''
, Lei Lei
, China
, -
, Best National Short or Medium-Length Film
, ''A Stone's Throw''
, Razan AlSalah
, Canada, Lebanon, Palestine
, -
, rowspan=2, Special Jury Prize, National Short or Medium-Length Film
, ''Sous le soleil exactement''
, Noa Blanche Beschorner
, Canada, Germany
, -
, ''Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya''
, Malena Szlam
, Canada, Chile, Australia
, -
, People's Choice Award
, ''
No Other Land''
,
Basel Adra
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, Hamdan Ballal,
Yuval Abraham
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, Rachel Szor
, Palestine, Norway
, -
, rowspan=2, Magnus Isacsson Award
, ''
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children''
,
Kim O'Bomsawin
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, Canada
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, ''At All Kosts (Koutkékout)''
, Joseph Hillel
, Canada, Haiti
, -
, Student Jury Award
, ''Billy''
, Lawrence Côté-Collins
, Canada
, -
, Women Inmate Jury Award
, ''
Wilfred Buck''
,
Lisa Jackson
, Canada
, -
, Soirée de la Relève Radio-Canada
, ''Emboiter leurs pas''
, Manuel Orhy Pirón
, Canada
References
External links
RIDM Official website
Film festivals in Montreal
Film festivals established in 1998
Documentary film festivals in Canada
1998 establishments in Quebec
Canadian documentary film awards