Cinémental is a

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theater, cinemas or screening venues, usually annually and in a single city or region. Some film festivals show films outdoors or online. Films may be of recent ...

, staged annually in

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. The event, which presents an annual program of Canadian and international

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films for the

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community, takes place primarily at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre in the city's

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district, although some screenings and events are also sometimes held at other venues in the city. In order to ensure that non-francophones are also welcome and able to attend, the festival presents the majority of its films in

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form. Launched in 1991, the event is staged partially in collaboration with Tournée Québec Cinéma. In 2016, the festival was given a special tribute in honour of its 25th anniversary at the

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma The Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (formerly known as Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois) is a festival created in 1982 to celebrate the cinematographic production of Quebec, Canada. The goal of the festival is to promote the Cinema of Quebec and i ...

festival in

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. The 2020 festival proceeded normally despite the

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, although social distancing restrictions were maintained for audience safety. Earlier in the summer, the festival also collaborated with the Economic Development Council for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities to present ''Cinéma sous les étoiles'', an outdoor film screening series at the

Saint Boniface Cathedral St. Boniface Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral in St. Boniface, Winnipeg, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is an important building in Winnipeg, and is the principal church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, ...

.Amandine Cange
"Du cinéma dans les ruines de la Cathédrale"
'' La Liberté'', July 17, 2020.

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