Montreal Critics' Week
Montreal Critics' Week (French: Semaine de la critique de Montréal) is a Canadian film festival, staged in Montreal, Quebec, since 2025.[1] Organized by the Quebec film magazine Panorama-cinéma and taking place for one week each January, the non-competitive event highlights a program of feature and short films by emerging directors that challenge the mainstream conventions of commercial film.[2]
2025
The first event was staged from January 13 to 19, 2025.[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Station | Park Sye-young, Yeon Ye-ji | South Korea | |
| Eephus | Carson Lund | United States | |
| Fertile Memory | Mémoire fertile | Michel Khleifi | Palestine, Belgium |
| Fujiyama Cotton | Taku Aoyagi | Japan | |
| Let the Red Moon Burn | Ralitsa Doncheva | Canada, Bulgaria | |
| Lost Chapters | Los capítulos perdidos | Lorena Alvarado | Venezuela, United States |
| Louis Riel, or Heaven Touches the Earth | Louis Riel, ou Le ciel touche la terre | Matias Meyer | Canada |
| A Man Imagined | Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | Canada | |
| Merman | Ana Lungu | Romania | |
| Now He Is in the Truth | Roberto Tarazona | Cuba | |
| Seven Walks with Mark Brown | Sept promenades avec Mark Brown | Pierre Creton, Vincent Barré | France |
| A Shrine | Abdolreza Kahani | Canada, Iran, France | |
| Spiders Web | Frank Dunsten, Ben Roberts, Oliver Roberts | Canada | |
| Super Happy Forever | Kohei Igarashi | Japan, France | |
| Taman-Taman (Park) | So Yo-Hen | Taiwan | |
| Twilight | Park Sye-young | South Korea | |
| Two Cuckolds Go Swimming | Winston DeGiobbi | Canada | |
| UNDR | Kamal Aljafari | Palestine, Germany | |
| Universal Language | Une langue universelle | Matthew Rankin | Canada |
References
- ^ Zac Ntim, "Montreal Critics' Week: New Film Festival To Launch In Canada Next January". Deadline Hollywood, June 19, 2024.
- ^ Katherine Connell, "Together in the dark: Film lovers gather in Montreal for Canada's first critics' week". CBC Arts, January 24, 2025.
- ^ J. Kim Murphy, "Montreal Critics’ Week Festival Unveils Inaugural Line-up, With 'Two Cuckolds Go Swimming' Premiere, 'Universal Language' Closing Night". Variety, December 18, 2024.