Image+Nation
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| image+nation. LGBTQueer Montreal | |
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| Genre | Film festival |
| Frequency | Annual, in November |
| Location(s) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Website | www |
image+nation. LGBTQueer Montreal is an annual eleven-day film festival, which takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] Held in November each year, the festival is dedicated to sharing the stories and experiences of LGBTQ+ people[2] and is the first festival of its kind in Canada.[3]
The festival's name was selected to work bilingually in both English and French; the words "image" and "nation" have the same spelling and meaning in both languages, and when combined into one name with the plus sign, representing "and" in English or "et" in French, the pronunciation remains homophonous in both languages with imagination.
History
[edit]Launched in 1987,[4] the festival's mission is to represent, protect and prepare the present and future generations of queer storytellers and media makers while building empathy through sharing stories with audiences in Canada and throughout the world.
Each year the festival screens the best of local and international queer cinema at various Montréal venues, focusing on new voices and evolving means of storytelling in contemporary culture.[5] Many of the early films and activist videos screened at image+nation. LGBTQueer Montreal dealt with resistance, liberation, AIDS and HIV. During this pre-internet era, it was difficult for festival organizers to find films and videos to present until an LGBTQ+ festival circuit began in the early ’90s, coinciding with the indie “New Queer Cinema” movement.[6]
In 2016, the festival developed a series of educational and mentoring programs dedicated to nurturing emerging content, under the name of I+N Explore (fka I+N ProLab).
The 30th anniversary of image+nation. LGBTQueer Montreal festival took place in 2017 with 120 features, documentaries, shorts and queer favourites. Venues included the Imperial Theatre, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Concordia's J.A. de Sève Cinema, the Phi Centre and the Cinémathèque québécoise.
The event's programming director is Katharine Setzer, and its executive director is Charlie Boudreau.[7]
Awards and prizes
[edit]- Jury Prize
- Special Jury Award
- Audience Award
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Image + Nation: 10 films to catch at the 2016 edition". Montreal Gazette, November 18, 2016.
- ^ "Image+Nation: LGBT film fest expands its scope in bid to help 'normalize' gay experience". Montreal Gazette, November 27, 2015.
- ^ "Pop Tart: All you need to know about 2014 Image+Nation Montreal queer film festival". Montreal Gazette, November 20, 2014.
- ^ "Festival celebrates gay and lesbian films". Montreal Gazette, November 11, 1990.
- ^ "Quartier des spectacles | image+nation | Montreal LGBTQ Film Festival". www.quartierdesspectacles.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ^ "image+nation | Tourisme Montréal". www.mtl.org. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ^ "LGBTQ cinema alive and well at 30th Image + Nation film festival". Montreal Gazette. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
External links
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