Montreal Critics' Week () is a Canadian film festival, staged in Montreal, Quebec, since 2025.Zac Ntim, "Montreal Critics' Week: New Film Festival To Launch In Canada Next January". Deadline Hollywood, June 19, 2024. 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.Katherine Connell, "Together in the dark: Film lovers gather in Montreal for Canada's first critics' week". CBC Arts, January 24, 2025.
2025 The first event was staged from January 13 to 19, 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.
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 7 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
2026 The second event took place from January 12 to 18, 2026.Charles-Henri Ramond, "La Semaine de la critique revient en force". Films du Québec, December 17, 2025.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country 23 Thoughts About My Mother Mike Hoolboom Canada Abortion Party Julia Mellen Spain Blue Stomach Nathan Donovan Canada Bury Us in a Lone Desert Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc Vietnam By Design Amanda Kramer United States Don't Forget the Oatmeal Oublie pas le gruau Olivier Godin Canada Drunken Noodles Lucio Castro Argentina, United States La dureté du mental Charles-André Coderre Canada D'Époques Samuel Terry Pitre Canada I'm Feeling Something Nuno Pimentel Portugal Kisapmata Mike De Leon Philippines Last Evenings on Earth Ralitsa Doncheva Canada Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes Anoche conquisté Tebas Gabriel Azorín Spain, Portugal Macdo Racornelia Mexico, Greece Magellan Lav Diaz Philippines, Spain, Portugal, France, Taiwan Nightmare's Advice Cauchemar Conseil Renaud Després-Larose, Ana Tapia Rousiouk Canada Objects Do Not Fall Randomly from the Sky Maria Estela Paiso Philippines Otium Christopher Beaulieu Canada Permanent Tourist Alex Lo Canada Pin de Fartie Alejo Moguillansky Argentina Revelations of Divine Love Caroline Golum United States Six Neorealist Portraits Six portraits néoréalistes Robert Morin Canada Sweet Captive Douce prisonnière Paul Chotel, Ariane Falardeau St-Amour Canada A Thousand Waves Away Helena Wittmann Germany Water Sports Whammy Alcazaren Philippines Who Is Still Alive Qui vit encore Nicolas Wadimoff Switzerland
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