September – December 2015 - Ministère des Relations

UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries
September – December 2015
Focus on
Literature & Publishing
It has been a jam-packed summer of Québec cultural
activity on our territory, especially in the UK, where no
less than 22 Québec artists/companies took the Edinburgh
festivals by storm in August. It was an exceptional presence
for us, which we hope provided a glimpse into the scale
and scope of Québec’s cultural offering as part of this
incredible international showcase. We are delighted to see
Québec’s ties with Edinburgh and its wonderful array of
festivals growing stronger each year and we look forward
to continuing this wonderful collaboration in the years to
come.
Cover : Cuisine & Confessions, Les 7 doigts de la main. Design and production: Sophie Leclerc /Photo : Olivier Tétreault. For dates, see listings pages 16 – 17.
On the topic of collaboration, two of the projects that were supported by this year’s
Québec – UK Cultural Cooperation Fund, organised in partnership with the British
Council, were actually presented at the Edinburgh festivals: an exchange between La
Maison de la Poésie and the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and one between
Théâtre de la Manufacture/La Licorne and the Traverse Theatre, which will both see
reciprocal work presented in Québec next year.
We have just this summer launched another call for projects as part of this fund. The
2015-2016 programme, entitled Connexions QC-UK Connections, will privilege projects
with a digital focus. The deadline for receipt of applications is 23 October 2015 and for
more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ca.
As always, if ever you would like to discuss any project involving Québec, please do not
hesitate to contact Maude and her team who will be delighted to hear from you.
Finally, please take a look inside to see what an exciting autumn programme we have
coming up.
Bonne lecture!
Heman Kolgen. Photo © Gwendal Le Flem
SEP– DEC 2015
As well as being contemporary, universal and varied, Québec
literature and publishing boasts an immense vitality. Every year,
Québec publishers participate in the most prestigious international
book fairs (Frankfurt, Bologna, London, Paris), and in 2015, Québec
was the guest of honour at the Brussels Book Fair, where the work
of renowned writers such as Dany Laferrière, Kim Thuy, Hubert
Reeves, Larry Tremblay and Martin Michaud was celebrated.
It is worth noting that Laferrière also officially became the first
Québécois to be awarded the Immortel accolade by the Académie
française in May of this year. Winner of the Médicis Prize in 2009
for The Enigma of the Return (MacLehose Press, UK), Laferrière
is author of numerous novels, stories, essays and even books for
young audiences. His work has been translated into 12 languages.
On that topic, the literary translation support programme of the
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)
in Québec stimulates exports and helps increase the visibility of
Québec literature internationally. SODEC also supports market
development projects; for example the recently launched
Fellowship Rendez-vous, an ANEL/Québec Édition programme
which welcomes ten foreign editors to the Montreal Book Fair each
year. Another SODEC-supported Québec Édition initiative will see
a group of publishers from Québec attend the Göteborg Book Fair
this autumn.
Internationally, comic and teen literature from Québec also stand
out. The Paul series of graphic novels by Michel Rabagliati,
distributed by Publishers Group UK, has achieved global success.
Christos Sirros, Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London
Cas Public. Photo © Damian Siqueiros
Dany Laferrière. Photo © C. Beauregard
Welcome to the autumn edition of Québec Culture.
Théâtre Incliné. Photo © Caroline Laberge
Excitingly, two more graphic novels from Québec are to be
published in the UK this autumn by Soaring Penguin Press. It’s
hard to be a girl by Estelle Bachelard (Bach) and Perfume of Lilacs
by Samuel Leblanc will have their official UK book launch at the
Québec Government Office in London on 20 October next. Estelle
and Samuel will also present their work at the Lakes International
Comic Art Festival, 16 – 18 October.
Text by: Karine Vachon, Director of Fairs & Festivals at Québec
Édition and Deputy Director of Québec’s National Association of
Book Editors (ANEL)
www.quebecedition.qc.ca | www.anel.qc.ca
www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca | www.soaringpenguinpress.com
Cultural Contacts
Maude Laflamme
Director for Culture
Marie Morin
Cultural Attaché
Muireann Leonard
Project Manager
Jesse Peterkin
Assistant
maude.laflamme@mri.gouv.qc.ca
marie.morin@mri.gouv.qc.ca
muireann.leonard@mri.gouv.qc.ca
jesse.peterkin@mri.gouv.qc.ca
+44(0)20 7766 5930
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Music
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Music
13 September
Aberdeen Music Hall
Aberdeen, UK
Following on from an extensive tour of the UK earlier this
year and the international launch of their eighth CD Têtu (Headstrong), Le Vent du Nord return
to the UK for a double billing with Scottish Gallic singer Julie Fowlis. Combining a great stage
presence with an energetic, dynamic flair, Le Vent du Nord are one of the leading names in
Québécois folk music throughout the world, delighting crowds with their mix of fiddle, guitar,
accordion and hurdy-gurdy since 2002.
Marc-André Hamelin
Photo © Sim Canetty Clarke
Photo © Stéphane Najman
Le Vent du Nord
22 October
23 October
Bridgewater Hall Sheffield City Hall
Manchester, UK Sheffield, UK
Québec virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin continues to cement his
reputation as one of the greatest classical musicians of today, with
few recitalists matching his imaginative programme-building. A regular visitor to the UK, he
returns to delight audiences in Manchester and Sheffield this October, performing with the Hallé
Orchestra. The concerts will feature a jazz-inspired piano concerto by one of Britain’s leading
composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage, written especially for Hamelin.
www.marcandrehamelin.com | www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk | www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
Rufus Wainwright
13, 15 September & 24 November
NY Musik
Borås, Sweden
23 October
Sligo Live Festival
Sligo, Ireland
Since 1999, Quatuor Bozzini has been an original voice in
new, contemporary, experimental and classical music. Their vastly diverse repertoire has led
to over 130 commissioned pieces, as well as close to 200 other premiered works. Winners of
numerous prestigious prizes, the group tours extensively across the world. They return to NY
Musik in Sweden, performing works by Aldo Clementi, Jürg Frey and John Cage.
www.quatuorbozzini.ca | www.ny-musik.se
Photo © Barry J. Holmes
Quatuor Bozzini
Affectionately referred to by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter
on the planet” and praised by the New York Times for his ‘genuine
originality’, Montreal’s Rufus Wainwright has established himself as
one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation.
This October, he will headline one night of the Sligo Live festival
with an all-seated solo concert at Knocknarea Arena.
www.rufuswainwright.com | www.sligolive.ie
Richard Reed Parry
Chilly Gonzales
18 – 20 September
Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival
Cork, Ireland
7 November
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
London, UK
As the red-headed polymath and multi-instrumentalist at the
heart of the endlessly inventive art-rock band Arcade Fire, Richard Reed Parry has performed
in front of immense crowds and sold millions of records across the world. But this is only one
aspect of an artist whose unconventional trajectory has resulted in work that is as varied as it is
surprising and unique. This September, he will take part in Cork’s new festival of music, art and
conversation (curated by Bryce Dessner of The National), performing Music for Heart and Breath
amongst other works.
www.richardreedparry.com | www.soundsfromasafeharbour.com
Photo © Alexandre Isard
Photo © Michael Slobodian
www.leventdunord.com | www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
Photo © Guillaume Simoneau
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Originally from Montreal, pianist and entertainer Chilly Gonzales returns to
London for his biggest UK show to date. Accompanied by Hamburg’s Kaiser
Quartett, Gonzales performs material from his new album Chambers. Using
the string quartet as a sampler, Chambers re-imagines chamber music from
the Romantic period as modern-day pop. Known as much for his intimate
piano touch as for his showmanship, Gonzales’ playing is influenced by
classical and jazz training, and even rap.
www.chillygonzales.com | www.southbankcentre.co.uk
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D i g i ta l A r t s
D i g i ta l A r t s
Sonica 2015
Human Futures: Shared Memories and Visions (exhibition)
Running from 29 October to 8 November, Sonica 2015 is a programme dedicated to world-class
sonic arts, presenting emerging British talent alongside exceptional international artists, in
collaboration with renowned co-producers and venues.
Seismik. Photo © Herman Kolgen
AfterShock & Seismik,
LINK.C
Herman Kolgen
30 October
Tramway
Glasgow, UK
Michel de Broin, Darsha Hewitt,
Daniel Iregui, Sébastien Pierre
5 – 25 November
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) Liverpool, UK
As an international collaboration between cultural partners in Liverpool, Aarhus, Berlin, Vienna
and Montreal, Human Futures: Shared Memories and Visions seeks to incite a process of reevaluation in how we conceive our surroundings. This November at FACT, eight international
artists, including four from Québec, will present the final outcomes of various residencies
and expositions across the globe. The artists will also discuss their work as part of an
interdisciplinary conference on 6 November.
An acclaimed multidisciplinary artist with more than two decades experience in media arts,
Montreal’s Herman Kolgen draws his raw material from the intimate relationship between
sound and image, creating pieces that take on the form of installations, video and film works,
performances and sound sculptures.
Sonica presents a triple bill performance by this audio-cinematic sculptor, including
masterpieces AfterShock and Seismik, and the UK première of LINK.C, a moving, elliptical
representation of our urban areas, based on String Quartet No. 2 by Philip Glass and played by
the Maxwell Quartet.
Michel de Broin’s work ranges from assemblage to video
and photography. His works are often retooled everyday
appliances, found objects that disclose an ironic re-utilisation
not only of the mechanic universe but also of tropes of
Conceptual Art and Minimalism, which in his hands take on a
critical dimension.
Smashy Face. Image courtesy of the artist
drawings, videos and experimental performances with
handmade audio electronics. Her artwork grows out of a
curiosity for the physics of electricity and an interest in
demystifying the invisible systems embedded throughout
domestic technology.
Myriam Bleau
Photo © Severin Smith
Constructed from four illuminated spinning tops,
Sonica also presents Myriam Bleau’s Soft Revolvers,
an electronic music performance that uses motion
data to generate playful musical patterns. With their
luminous spinning bodies, the tops strongly evoke
turntables and DJ culture, hip-hop and dance music.
This is a double-bill performance with composer
and visual artist Mark Lyken.
www.micheldebroin.org Darsha Hewitt makes electromechanical sound installations,
Soft Revolvers
6 November
Tramway @ The Mitchell Theatre
Glasgow, UK
SEP– DEC 2015
Darsha Hewitt. Image courtesy of the artist
www.darsha.org
Founder of Iregular, an interactive content creation practice in
Montreal, Daniel Iregui has worked in the field of interaction
design for almost ten years, creating artistic experiences on
devices and in public spaces where design is as important as
technology.
www.iregular.io
Forward. Image courtesy of the artist
Sébastien Pierre is director of information design studio
FFunction. His interests span open data, transparency, citizen
participation and data visualisation, and he has been actively
involved in open data initiatives such as Montréal Ouvert and
Québec Ouvert.
www.kolgen.net | www.myriambleau.com
www.sonic-a.co.uk
www.ffctn.com
Invisible Islands, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist
www.humanfutures.info
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M u l t i d i sc i p l i n a r y
M u l t i d i sc i p l i n a r y
Fierce Festival
Vertical Influences
Le Patin Libre
Fierce curates and produces an international biennial festival of live performance across
Birmingham, UK. This year, the festival runs from 7 – 11 October.
5 September
Inverness Ice Centre, Bught Park
Inverness, UK
Image courtesy of Antonija Livingstone
Antonija Livingstone, Jennifer Lacey,
Stephen Thompson, Dominique Pétrin
10 October
Digbeth
Birmingham, UK
Dance artists Antonija Livingstone, Jennifer Lacey,
Stephen Thompson, and visual artist Dominique
Pétrin create a series of interconnecting pieces that
explore movement, presence and territory. Each
piece, or “time-based sculpture”, is conceived as
a score that prompts a series of rare, endangered
practices the public is invited to witness. These choreographic sculptures shift between the
human and the animal, the real and the imaginary, the old school and the now, to create a series
of unexpected contemplative landscapes.
T H E ATR E
Threads
Théâtre Incliné
PME-ART
6 - 7 November
Festival of Wonder
Silkeborg, Denmark
The Montreal-based interdisciplinary group
PME-ART have one hundred and twenty records,
and stories about each one: historical facts about
the bands, gossip, anecdotes, things that have
happened to them and their friends. Each time they
perform, they find themselves playing the records in a different order, creating new,
on-the-spot connections between the music they love (and even a few songs they hate). In the
complementary work, ‘Listening Party’, Fierce Festival visitors will be invited to bring along
music of their own and share a personal story.
PME-ART will also be performing the works in Manchester (14-15 October) and Cardiff (4-5
November). See listings pages 16-17 for more details.
14 - 15 November
Frölunda Kulturhus
Göteborg, Sweden
The performance Threads is based on The Tale of the
Mountain-Woman, a touching and thoughtful story
of women in war zones. Drawing on the stories of
immigrant women from many countries, the production
is a strong, beautiful, touching and thought-provoking
visual theatre performance with puppets, objects and
gripping acting, accompanied by live violin.
Photo © Caroline Laberge
Photo © David Jacques
10 & 11 October
Cow Vintage/The Drum
Birmingham, UK
29 November
Spikersuppa Ice Rink
Oslo, Norway
www.lepatinlibre.com | www.inverness-ice-centre.co.uk | www.visitoslo.com
The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information
& Bring Your Own Record/Listening Party
www.pme-art.ca | www.wearefierce.org
Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, Québec’s
iconoclastic ice skaters Le Patin Libre take their
critically acclaimed show further north to the colder
climes of Inverness and Norway. Challenging norms
and refusing to fit within boxes, this five-strong, prizewinning collective of skaters are creating a new kind
of contemporary ice dancing, far beyond the confines
of traditional figure skating. In this double bill, the
audience is even invited to view the performance up
close whilst sitting on the ice.
Photo © Alice Clarke for Dance Umbrella
Culture, Administration & Trembling
SEP– DEC 2015
Taking its inspiration from other cultures, Théâtre Incliné
also pursues international co-productions with artists
from faraway places, including Finland, Norway and
Denmark.
www.theatreincline.ca | www.festivalofwonder.dk
www.frolundakulturhus.se
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D AN C e
D AN C E
Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms
Whore of Babylon
[ZØGMA]
Nadère Arts Vivants
4 – 11 September
Various venues across Ireland
25 September – 8 October
Republique Theatre
Copenhagen, Denmark
(See listings pages 16 - 17 or visit www.zogma.ca)
In this special adaptation, Montreal dance company [ZØGMA] will take you on a rhythmic
journey both through the streets of their city and the landscapes of the west of Ireland,
transported by intoxicating music from Québec, with accents from around the world. A dance
show uniting Irish and Québécois traditions, this cross-cultural collaboration also features Irish
dancers Caitlin Nic Gabhainn, Edwina Guckian and Liam Scanlon, and musician Laoise Kelly.
Contortionist Andréane Leclerc invites eight female
artists, performers and burlesque artists on stage
for a strong mix of dramatic art, which challenges
our usual perceptions of the body and the woman.
A reinterpretation of Genesis and the Book of
Revelation, passion, enjoyment and perversion are at
the centre of this performance, guided by the angelic
and twisted music composed by Martyn Jacques and
The Tiger Lillies.
Developed, produced and premiered at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon as part of its 10th
anniversary programme. www.thedock.ie
Symphonie Dramatique
SEP– DEC 2015
Nadère Arts Vivants will also present another
production, Cherepaka, at Republique, 27 September
– 11 October.
Lullaby
– Part 2
www.nadereartsvivants.com | www.republique.dk
Cas Public Hélène Blackburn
Symphonie Dramatique takes a mordant look at
Shakespeare’s fabled couple Romeo and Juliet,
producing a vibrant homage to the original tale
tinged with impetuous, contagious energy. Under
the guidance of artistic director Hélène Blackburn,
contemporary Québécois company Cas Public
has a reputation for adapting familiar tales in new
and compelling ways that speak specifically to
new audiences and encourage a passion for live
performance.
Photo © Damian Siqueiros
Dawns Ysbrydion
(Ghost Dance)
16 October CODA Oslo International Dance Festival
Oslo, Norway
In October, at the CODA Oslo International Dance
Festival, Hélène will also choreograph the second
part of a performance entitled Lullaby, a strong and
demanding piece for three male dancers, by Panta Rei
Danseteater.
www.caspublic.org | www.roh.org.uk
www.codadancefest.no
Sarah Williams
Photo © Stephen Kingston / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
23 – 26 September Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
London, UK
10 – 13 November
Cardiff Dance Festival
Cardiff, UK
Premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in August, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, in association with
Galeri Caernarfon, present their new production, co-directed by Montreal choreographer Sarah
Williams. A story of endangered cultures, language suppression and the subjugation of nations,
the piece will include a live, original electro score by Y Pencadlys.
Since moving to Montreal to join La La La Human Steps in 1990, Sarah Williams has appeared
on stage, in art galleries and in film, performing in the works of prominent directors and
choreographers such as Robert Lepage and Nelson Henricks.
http://theatr.cymru
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Photo © Fred Peloquin
Vitor Munhoz © 2015
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C IR C U S
C i n em a & Te l e v i s i o n
Cuisine & Confessions
Québec on TV5Monde
Les 7 Doigts de la Main
Design and production: Sophie Leclerc /Photo : Olivier Tétreault
18 – 19 September
Stora Teatern
Göteborg, Sweden
In the UK via Sky 796 and Virgin 825 with English subtitles
26 – 27 September
Malmö Live Konsert
Malmö, Sweden
SEP– DEC 2015
Jack – Daily at 8.25am until mid-September
2 – 3 October
Umeå Teaterförening
Umeå, Sweden
Jack is a little alien for whom the Earth is a source of massive curiosity
and endless fascination. Suitable for ages 6-8.
Plus, check out TV5Monde’s 24/7 FREE web TV channel for kids,
Tivi5monde, with programmes, quizzes and much more. 100% in French
and something for all ages: www.tivi5mondeplus.com
Along with the usual eye-popping flight of acrobatic
choreography and pulsating music the 7 Fingers are
famed for, this new show also targets the other three
senses — the touch of hands in batter, the smell of
cookies baking, the taste of roasted oregano — leading
us through a span of time and countries, all the while the
iconic kitchen, our common meeting point, is the centre
of this evening.
Trauma - Tuesdays at 8pm until end of September
Jack. Image courtesy of TV5Monde
Trauma. Photo © Fabrice Gaëtan /
Éric Myre / Bertrand Calmeau /
Pierre Dury
This fast-paced and emotional medical drama series returns with Season 5.
Apparences – Starts Thursday 24 September at 1.45pm
Apparences tells the story of twin sisters from a small town; one, a
famous actress, the other a primary school teacher who never left. Series 1.
Unité 9 – Starts Tuesday 29 September at 8pm
www.les7doigts.com | www.storateatern.se
www.malmolive.se
www.umeateaterforening.se
Apparences.
Photo © Bertrand Calmeau
Catch Season 3 of this extremely popular “Canadian answer to Orange
is the New Black”, set in Unit 9 of Lietteville, a federal penitentiary for
women.
www.tv5monde.co.uk
Unité 9.
Photo © Lawrence Arcouette
Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard,
Louis Bélanger, Matthew Rankin,
Terence Chotard, Raphaël Dostie,
Mathieu Arsenault
Timber!
10 – 12 December
14 – 17 December
Stora Teatern
Espoo Cultural Centre
Göteborg, Sweden Helsinki, Finland
Photo © Nicolas Descôteaux
Cirque Alfonse
Still from Bec de Lièvre
You can almost smell the freshly cut pine logs and the
sweat of lumberjacks as you watch this circus family
jiving to a traditional folk soundtrack. With incredible
feats of aerial acrobatics that are directly inspired
by the natural raw materials of the forest and the
equipment used on their real-life family farm, Timber!
is a thrillingly authentic experience which has been
performed more than 250 times in 13 countries since
it premiered in 2010.
www.cirquealfonse.com | www.storateatern.se
www.espoonteatteri.fi
Still from Pas
Still from Once Upon a Kingdom
7 September
Cambridge Film Festival
Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Film Festival has a history of screening Québec
cinema, with films from Denis Villeneuve, Ken Scott and
Denys Arcand lighting up the festival in recent years. This
year they turn their attention to up-and-coming filmmakers
with a whole programme, entitled Québec en Bref, of
some of the very finest Québécois short films of the past
year, including Pas by Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard, Bec
de Lièvre by Louis Bélanger, Mynarski Chute Mortelle by
Matthew Rankin, Once Upon a Kingdom by Terence Chotard
and Raphaël Dostie, and Maison Modèles by Mathieu
Arsenault.
www.travellingdistribution.com
www.ladistributrice.ca | www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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C i n em a & Te l e v i s i o n
Chorus
Seth’s Dominion
François Delisle
Luc Chamberland
23 September – 4 October (exact date TBC)
Raindance Film Festival
Vue Piccadilly/ Vue Leicester Square
London, UK 18 October
Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Brewery Arts Centre
Kendal, UK
A couple, separated for ten years, are forced to come
together to identify the remains of their young son
declared missing. As they struggle to heal the wounds
of the past and bury them with their child, they find a
way to be parents and lovers one last time.
Raindance presents films and web series from around
the world, celebrating and supporting independent,
new and alternative filmmakers.
10 December
London International Animation
Festival
London, UK
Lakes International Comic Art Festival and
the London International Animation Festival
(LIAF) will present special screenings of this
atmospheric and insightful documentary by
Luc Chamberland about Canadian cartoonist
Seth, one of the world’s great storytellers
in the comic book form. Seth’s Dominion
showcases the artist’s life and work with a
combination of live action and animation.
Still from Seth’s Dominion
Raindance Film Festival presents Chorus by awardwinning Québec director François Delisle.
Photo © Anouk Lessard
SEP– DEC 2015
In the film, Chamberland sheds light on his articulate subject, mixing insightful biography
with vivid animation in an artful fusion of filmmaking techniques that perfectly captures Seth’s
manifold creative universe. The LIAF screening will be introduced by the director himself.
www.films53-12.com | www.raindancefestival.org
www.comicartfestival.com | www.liaf.org.uk
Sicario
Félix et Meira
Denis Villeneuve
Maxime Giroux
7 – 22 November (exact date TBC)
UK Jewish Film Festival
London, UK
Following the success of his recent thrillers, Prisoners
and Enemy, award-winning Québec director Denis
Villeneuve returns with another edge-of-your-seat
blockbuster. In the lawless border area between the
US and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt)
is enlisted by an elite government task force official
(Josh Brolin) to aid in the escalating war against
drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past (Benicio Del Toro), the team
sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate (Blunt) to question everything that she believes in
order to survive.
Villeneuve’s film Incendies was nominated for an Oscar (2010) and a BAFTA (2012) for Best
Foreign Language Film.
www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk
The UK Jewish Film Festival presents
Québécois feature Félix et Meira, by Maxime Giroux,
which won the prize for best Canadian film at the
Toronto International Film Festival last year for its
depiction of an unconventional and gripping romance
between two strangers living vastly different lives, and
the joy of having your eyes opened to the world. In
French, English and Yiddish with English subtitles.
Still from Félix et Meira
Image courtesy of Lionsgate
UK release: 9 October
Ireland release: 9 November
The UK Jewish Film Festival presents a diverse
and vibrant collection of contemporary films,
comprising over 80 features, documentaries and shorts
from over 25 countries.
www.ukjewishfilm.org
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F es t i va l s & E v e n t s i n Q u é b ec 2 0 1 5 / 1 6
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See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year.
They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.
Salon du Livre de Montréal
1 – 3 July 2016
Chants de Vielles Festival
Traditional Music
www.chantsdevielles.com
July 2016 (dates TBC)
Osheaga & MEG Pro
Indie/Electronic
www.osheaga.com/pro
26 May – 9 June 2016
Festival TransAmériques
Theatre/Dance
www.fta.qc.ca
16 – 18 November 2016
Fringe World Congress
www.fringeworldcongress.com
August 2016 (dates TBC)
Dramaturgies en Dialogue
Playwriting
www.cead.qc.ca
August 2016 (dates TBC)
Festival du théâtre de rue de
Lachine
www.theatrederue.com
27 – 30 January 2016
IPAY
International Performing Arts
Showcase
www.cinars.org
6 – 15 May 2016
Les Petits Bonheurs
Arts Festival for 0-6 years
www.petitsbonheurs.ca
PERFORMING ARTS
January 2016 (dates TBC)
Igloofest
Electronic Music
www.igloofest.ca
1 – 3 December 2015
Parcours Danse
www.ladansesurlesroutes.com
14 – 19 November 2016
CINARS
Performing Arts Biennial
www.cinars.org
May 2016 (dates TBC)
OFFTA
Live Art Festival
www.offta.com
THEATRE
14 – 18 February 2016
Rideau
www.rideau-inc.qc.ca
2 – 6 March 2016
Le Festival de Casteliers
Puppetry
www.casteliers.ca
25 May – 11 June 2016
Carrefour international de théâtre
www.carrefourtheatre.qc.ca
10e
FESTIVAL de
CASTELIERS
MARIONNETTES
POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS
VISUAL ARTS
June 2016 (dates TBC)
Festival Suoni Per il Popolo
Experimental Music
www.suoniperilpopolo.org
MUSIC
May 2016 (dates TBC)
Conférence Trad Montréal &
La Grande Rencontre
www.espacetrad.org
MUSIC
30 June - 9 July 2016
Festival International de Jazz
de Montréal
www.montrealjazzfest.com
MUSIC
3 – 27 February 2016
Mois Multi
Multidisciplinary Digital Arts
www.mmrectoverso.org/fr/
mois-multi
MUSIC
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
5 – 12 September 2015
Les Escales improbables
de Montréal
www.escalesimprobables.com
18 – 21 November 2015
M pour Montréal
Indie/Rock
www.mpourmontreal.com
PERFORMING ARTS
13 – 17 April 2016
Salon du Livre de Québec
www.silq.ca
17 – 20 November 2015
Mundial Montreal
World Music
www.mundialmontreal.com
13 October – 2 November 2015
Québec City Jazz Festival
http://jazzaquebec.ca
PERFORMING ARTS
11 – 17 April 2016
Metropolis Bleu
www.bluemetropolis.org
16 – 20 September 2015
Pop Montreal
www.popmontreal.com
THEATRE
LITERATURE
18 – 23 November 2015
Salon du Livre de Montréal
www.salondulivrede
montreal.com
10 – 12 September 2015
Envol et Macadam
Emerging Music
www.envoletmacadam.com
3 – 6 September 2015
Festival de musique émergente en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
www.fmeat.org
YOUNG AUDIENCE
DIGITAL ARTS
1 – 5 June 2016
MUTEK
www.mutek.org
COMEDY
CINeMA
May 2016 (dates TBC)
Elektra
www.elektrafestival.ca
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
May 2016 (dates TBC)
International Digital Arts
Biennial
www.bianmontreal.ca
MUSIC
7 – 17 July 2016
Montréal Complètement
Cirque
www.montrealcomplete
mentcirque.com
Festival TransAmériques
10 September – 11 October 2015
Le Mois de la Photo
www.moisdelaphoto.com
For more information
on any of the above
festivals please do not
hesitate to get in touch
with us.
Festival TransAmériques. Photo © Chris Van Der Burght
CINeMA
July 2016 (dates TBC)
Just For Laughs
www.hahaha.com
CIRCUS
14 July – 2 August 2016
Le Festival international de films
Fantasia
www.fantasiafestival.com
DIGITAL ARTS
March 2016 (dates TBC)
FIFA
International Festival of Films
on Art
www.artfifa.com
16 – 20 March 2016
Regard sur le court métrage au
Saguenay
International Short Film Festival
www.regardsurlecourt.com
LITERATURE
18 – 27 February 2016
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma
québécois
www.rvcq.com
POP Montreal
Salon du Livre de Montréal. Photo © Jean-Guy Thibodeau Darsha Hewitt, ELEKTRA. Photo © GRIDSPACE Pop Montreal. Photo © Susan Moss
12 – 22 November 2015
Rencontres Internationales du
Documentaire de Montréal
www.ridm.qc.ca
7 – 18 October 2015
Festival du Nouveau Cinema
www.nouveaucinema.ca
ELEKTRA
Jack
Daily @ 8.25am
Trauma
Tuesdays @ 8pm
Apparences
Thursdays @ 1.45pm
Unité 9
Tuesdays @ 8pm
Just for Laughs
Theatricals
1984 The Play
Just for Laughs
Theatricals
Sunny Afternoon
Just for Laughs
Theatricals
Bend it like Beckham
Just for Laughs
Theatricals
Kinky Boots
Just for Laughs
Theatricals
Shrek The Musical
Just for Laughs
Theatricals
Hairspray
Cinema &
Television
Cinema &
Television
Cinema &
Television
Cinema &
Television
Theatre
Theatre
Theatre
Theatre
Theatre
Theatre
Until midSept
Until end
of Sept
Starts 24
Sept
Starts 29
Sept
Until 5
Sept
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
[ZØGMA]
Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms
Le Patin Libre
Vertical Influences
Frédérique Cournoyer
Lessard
Pas
Louis Bélanger
Bec de Lièvre
Matthew Rankin
Mynarski Chute Mortelle
Terence Chotard &
Raphaël Dostie
Once Upon a Kingdom
Mathieu Arsenault
Maisons Modèles
[ZØGMA]
Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms
[ZØGMA]
Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms
[ZØGMA]
Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms
[ZØGMA]
Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms
Le Vent du Nord
Quatuor Bozzini
Les 7 Doigts de la Main
Cuisine & Confessions
Richard Reed Parry
Half Moon Run
Cas Public
Symphonie Dramatique
François Delisle
Chorus
Nadère Arts Vivants
Whore of Babylon
Les 7 Doigts de la Main
Cuisine & Confessions
Nadère Arts Vivants
Cherepaka
Dance
Multi
Cinema &
Television
Cinema &
Television
Cinema &
Television
Cinema &
Television
Cinema &
Television
Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance
Music
Music
Circus
Music
Music
Dance
Cinema &
Television
Dance
Circus
Dance
04 - 05
05
07
07
07
07
07
08
09
10
11
13
13 &15
18 - 19
18 - 20
21
23 - 26
23 Sept 04 Oct
25 Sept 08 Oct
26 - 27
27 Sept 11 Oct
Les 7 Doigts de la Main
Cuisine & Confessions
Janina Fialkowska
Recital for Douglas Music
Lisanne Goodhue
& Elise Bergeron
HUE
Denis Villeneuve
Sicario
Antonija Livingstone,
Jennifer Lacey,
Stephen Thompson
& Dominique Pétrin
Culture, Administration
& Trembling
PME-ART
The DJ Who Gave Too Much
Information/Listening Party
PME-ART
The DJ Who Gave Too Much
Information/Listening Party
Ex Machina/Robert Lepage
Playing Cards: HEARTS
Circus
Music
Multi
Cinema &
Television
Multi
Multi
Multi
Theatre
02 - 03
03
07 - 08
09
10
10 & 11
14 - 15
14 -20
Dana Michel. Photo © Ian Douglas
Janina Fialkowska
Recital for Eaton Square
Concerts
Music
01 Oct
OCTOBER
Sophie Deraspe
Le Profil Amina
Cinema &
Television
03 - 13
Sept
September
Le Journal de Radio-Canada
Every day @ 7am
Cinema &
Television
Ongoing
ONGOING
UK
UK
London, UK
London, UK
London, UK
London, UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
Inverness, UK
Carrick-onShannon, Co.
Leitrim, Ireland
Castlebar, Co.
Mayo, Ireland
Letterkenny, Co.
Donegal, Ireland
London, UK
Cork, Ireland
Göteborg,
Sweden
Borås, Sweden
Aberdeen,
UK
Dublin, Ireland
Ostre Gaswaerk
Theater
Contact Theatre
Fierce Festival
Fierce Festival
General Release - UK
Kite and Laslett Studio
Village Hall
Umeå Teaterförening
St Peter’s, Eaton
Square
Republique Theatre
Malmö Live Konsert
Republique Theatre
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Manchester, UK
Birmingham, UK
Birmingham, UK
UK
London, UK
Parbold, UK
Umeå, Sweden
London, UK
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Malmö, Sweden
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Raindance Film Festival London, UK
Linbury Studio Theatre, London, UK
Royal Opera House
Oslo
Sounds from a Safe
Harbour Festival
Stora Teatern
NY Musik
Aberdeen Music Hall
DanceHouse
Irish World Academy of University of
Music and Dance
Limerick, Ireland
The Linenhall
An Grianán
Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK
Inverness Ice Centre,
Bught Park
The Dock
Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK
UK Tour
UK Tour
Adelphi Theatre
Phoenix Theatre
Harold Pinter Theatre
Playhouse Theatre
TV5Monde
TV5Monde
TV5Monde
TV5Monde
TV5Monde
+ 45 70 272 272
www.gasvaerket.dk
0161 274 0600
http://contactmcr.com
www.wearefierce.org
www.wearefierce.org
www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk
07817 448842/ 07901 961357
www.kiteandlaslett.com
01257 498452
www.parbolddouglasmusic.org
+46 90 77 08 70
www.umeateaterforening.se
020 7288 6511
www.eatonsquareconcerts.
org.uk
+45 70 272 272
www.republique.dk
+46 40 34 35 00
www.malmolive.se
+45 70 272 272
www.republique.dk
020 7930 3412
www.raindancefestival.org
020 7304 4000
www.roh.org.uk
020 3553 4831
www.oslohackney.com
+353 21 427 0022
www.soundsfromasafeharbour.
com
+46 31 368 32 99
http://goteborg.se/wps/portal/
storat
+ 46 33 28 01 72
www.ny-musik.se/arkiv/
generalprogram
01224 641122
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
+353 1 855 8800
www.danceireland.ie
www.irishworldacademy.ie
+ 353 94 902 3733
www.thelinenhall.com
+ 353 74 91 20777
www.angrianan.com
0871 902 5720
www.cambridgefilmfestival.
org.uk
0871 902 5720
www.cambridgefilmfestival.
org.uk
0871 902 5720
www.cambridgefilmfestival.
org.uk
0871 902 5720
www.cambridgefilmfestival.
org.uk
0871 902 5720
www.cambridgefilmfestival.
org.uk
01463 235711
www.inverness-ice-centre.co.uk
+353 71 9650828
www.thedock.ie
0871 902 5720
www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
www.hairsprayuktour.com
http://shrekthemusical.co.uk
0844 412 4651
www.kinkybootsmusical.co.uk
0844 871 7629
www.benditlikebeckhamthe
musical.co.uk
0844 871 7627
www.sunnyafternoonthe
musical.com
0844 871 7631
http://1984theplay.co.uk
Sky 796 and Virgin 825
www.tv5monde.co.uk
Sky 796 and Virgin 825
www.tv5monde.co.uk
Sky 796 and Virgin 825
www.tv5monde.co.uk
Sky 796 and Virgin 825
www.tv5monde.co.uk
Sky 796 and Virgin 825
www.telefrance.co.uk
Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.
Half Moon Run
Voivod
Music
Music
23
Voivod
Music
28
Half Moon Run
Music
Daniel Iregui
@ Human Futures : Shared
Memories and Visions
Sébastien Pierre
@ Human Futures : Shared
Memories and Visions
Digital Arts
Digital Arts
05 - 25
05 - 25
Dana Michel
Yellow Towel
Dance
Multi
Luc Chamberland
Seth’s Dominion
Cirque Alfonse
Timber
Cirque Alfonse
Timber!
Cinema &
Television
Circus
Circus
10 - 12
14 - 17
Le Patin Libre
Vertical Influences
10 Dec
DECEMBER
29
24
17 - 18
Quatuor Bozzini
Théâtre Incliné
Threads
Theatre
Music
Sarah Williams
Dawns Ysbrydion
(Ghost Dance)
Dance
10 - 13
14 - 15
Denis Villeneuve
Sicario
Voivod
Voivod
Maxime Giroux
Félix et Meira
Chilly Gonzales
Théâtre Incliné
Threads
Cinema &
Television
Music
Music
Cinema &
Television
Music
Theatre
09
09
08
07 - 22
07
06 - 07
06
Myriam Bleau
Soft Revolvers
Darsha Hewitt
@ Human Futures : Shared
Memories and Visions
Digital Arts
05 - 25
Digital Arts
Michel de Broin
@ Human Futures : Shared
Memories and Visions
05 - 25
Digital Arts
Half Moon Run
PME-ART
The DJ Who Gave Too Much
Information/Listening Party
Music
Multi
04 - 05
01 Nov
November
31
Half Moon Run
Herman Kolgen
AfterShock & Seismik, LINK.C
Digital Arts
30
Music
Voivod
Music
30
30
Voivod
Music
29
Half Moon Run
Voivod
Music
27
Music
Half Moon Run
Music
27
28
Half Moon Run
Music
Voivod
26
Music
Voivod
Music
25
26
Voivod
Music
24
23
Rufus Wainwright
Marc André Hamelin in
concert with the Hallé
Orchestra
Music
Music
Marc André Hamelin in
concert with the Hallé
Orchestra
London, UK
Silkeborg,
Denmark
Glasgow, UK
Liverpool, UK
Liverpool, UK
Liverpool, UK
Liverpool, UK
Cardiff, UK
Nottingham, UK
Glasgow, UK
Leeds, UK
Glasgow, UK
Manchester, UK
London, UK
Manchester, UK
Newcastle, UK
Bristol, UK
Bristol, UK
London, UK
Dublin, Ireland
Belfast, UK
Glasgow, UK
Wolverhampton,
UK
Dublin, Ireland
Sligo, Ireland
Sheffield, UK
Manchester, UK
London, UK
Kendal, UK
Kendal, UK
Kendal, UK
Oslo, Norway
Espoo Cultural Centre
Stora Teatern
London International
Animation Festival
Spikersuppa Ice Rink
NY Musik
Cardiff Dance Festival
Frölunda Kulturhus
Cardiff Dance Festival
General Release Ireland
Fryshuset
Trädgår’n
Helsinki, Finland
Göteborg,
Sweden
London, UK
Oslo, Norway
Borås, Sweden
Cardiff, UK
Göteborg,
Sweden
Cardiff, UK
Ireland
Stockholm,
Sweden
Göteborg,
Sweden
UK Jewish Film Festival London, UK
Royal Festival Hall,
Southbank Centre
Festival of Wonder
Sonica @ Tramway
Foundation for Art and
Creative Technology
(FACT)
Foundation for Art and
Creative Technology
(FACT)
Foundation for Art and
Creative Technology
(FACT)
Foundation for Art and
Creative Technology
(FACT)
Experimentica Festival
Rescue Rooms
Òran Mór
Brudenell Social Club
Sonica @ Tramway
Ritz
Forum
Gorilla
Northumbria
University
Motion
Trinity Centre
Koko
Olympia
Limelight
Barrowland
Ballroom
Wulfrun Hall
Whelan’s
Sligo Live Festival
Sheffield City Hall
Bridgewater Hall
Launch of It’s Hard to be a
Québec Government
Girl by Estelle Bachelard
Office
(Bach) and Perfume of Lilacs
by Samuel Leblanc
Literature &
Publishing
Music
Luc Chamberland
Brewery Arts Centre
Seth’s Dominion
@ Lakes International Comic
Art Festival
Cinema &
Television
23
23
22
20
18
Samuel Leblanc
Canadian Pavilion
@ Lakes International Comic
Art Festival
Literature &
Publishing
16 - 18
Canadian Pavilion
CODA Oslo
International Dance
Festival
Estelle Bachelard (Bach) @
Lakes International Comic
Art Festival
Hélène Blackburn
Lullaby – Part 2
Literature &
Publishing
Dance
16 - 18
16
E v e n t s S ep t em b e r – D ecem b e r 2 0 1 5
Dana Michel
Yellow Towel
+ 358 9 439 3388
www.espoonteatteri.fi
+46 31 368 32 99
http://goteborg.se/wps/portal/
storat
+47 41 55 86 78
www.liaf.org.uk
+47 41 55 86 78
www.visitoslo.com
+ 46 33 28 01 72
www.ny-musik.se/arkiv/
generalprogram
029 2030 4400
www.dance.wales
+46 31 366 27 25
www.frolundakulturhus.se
029 2030 4400
www.dance.wales
www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk
+46 8 691 76 00
http://fryshuset.se/evenemang
+46 31 10 20 80
http://tradgarn.se
0203 176 0048
www.ukjewishfilm.org
0844 875 0073
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
+45 86 86 73 60
www.festivalofwonder.dk
0141 354 0544
www.sonic-a.co.uk
0151 707 4444
www.humanfutures.info
0151 707 4444
www.humanfutures.info
0151 707 4444
www.humanfutures.info
0151 707 4444
www.humanfutures.info
029 2030 4400
www.chapter.org
0845 413 4444
www.rescuerooms.com
0141 357 6210
http://oran-mor.co.uk
0113 275 2411
www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk
0141 354 0544
www.sonic-a.co.uk
0844 248 5117
http://theritzmanchester.com
0844 847 2405
http://theforumlondon.com
0844 858 8521
www.thisisgorilla.com
0191 232 6002
www.northumbria.ac.uk
0117 972 3111
www.motionbristol.com
0117 935 1200
www.3ca.org.uk
020 7388 3222
www.koko.uk.com
+353 1 679 3323
www.olympia.ie
028 9032 7007
www.limelightbelfast.com
0141 552 4601
www.glasgow-barrowland.com
0870 320 7000
www.wolvescivic.co.uk
+353 1 478 0766
www.whelanslive.com
www.sligolive.ie
0114 2 789 789
www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
0161 907 9000
www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
020 7766 5930
www.quebec.org.uk
01539 725133
www.comicartfestival.com
www.comicartfestival.com
www.comicartfestival.com
+47 464 12 150
www.codadancefest.no