EXCLUSIVE: Online Canadian film journal Panorama-cinéma has set plans in motion to launch Montreal Critic’s Week (Semaine de la critique de Montréal), a new film festival, at Montreal’s Cinémathèque Québécoise in January 2025.
Billed as the “first of its kind in Canada,” Montreal Critic’s Week will host single screenings and double-bills of international and local films alongside debates and Q&As.
Festival organizers told us they will emphasize the presence of filmmakers, critical engagement, and dialogue as a way to “further explore and reflect on the stakes of contemporary cinema.” The festival’s managing director will be Mathieu Li-Goyette, the current editor-in-chief of Panorama-cinéma.
Ariel Esteban Cayer, formerly of the Camera Lucida program at Fantasia International Film Festival and co-founder of boutique distribution label Kani Releasing, will serve as head of programming.
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