Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal
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Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal also known by the acronym RIDM is Montreal
, Canada
's international documentary film
festival.
The RIDM (literally Documentary International Meetings of Montreal) 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.
The RIDM is also home to "Doc Circuit Mtl" 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.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's international documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
festival.
The RIDM (literally Documentary International Meetings of Montreal) 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.
The RIDM is also home to "Doc Circuit Mtl" Quebec's foremost documentary marketplace, , established in 2004, to support and stimulate independent documentary production in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and to bring filmmakers, craftspeople, producers, distributors and programmers of every kind together.