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RESFEST Touring Digital Film Festival: Montreal |  Ex Centris Cinema and New Media Complex
Nov 2009 (annual)
The Montreal leg of the touring RESFEST festival is held at the Ex-Centris Cinema and New Media Complex. Featuring a huge range of digital works, the event brings the year's best short films, music videos and animation to major cities on three continents. |
Ça Roule - Montreal On Wheels |  Ça Roule - Montreal On Wheels
1 Mar - 30 Nov 2009 (annual)
The 2.5km Old Port promenade is best explored on two wheels. Ça Roule - Montreal On Wheels rents out bikes and rollerblades to take visitors past boats, bookstalls and parkland. Take a tour to the islands or along Lachine Canal. |
Maison Saint-Gabriel |  Maison Saint-Gabriel
30 Oct - 18 Dec 2009; not Mon (various dates)
Although now surrounded by the neighbourhood of Pointe Saint-Charles, the fieldstone Maison Saint-Gabriel was a rustic setting for nuns to raise and educate marriageable orphans. Re-enactments and tours of the furnished manor and gardens evoke its late 17th-century origins. |
Igloofest |  Quai Jacques-Cartier
Jan 2010; Fri and Sat only (annual)
Held over three weekends on Quai Jacques-Cartier, Montreal's Igloofest warms up dedicated crowds as temperatures plummet. The hip programme features live Canadian and international DJs spinning electro sounds, an Igloo lounge and a well-stocked bar to keep you going. |
Montreal Biodôme |  Montreal Biodôme
8 Sep 2009 - 16 Feb 2010; not Mon (various dates)
An oasis in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the Montreal Biodôme recreates four varied ecosystems of the Americas. Look for monkeys in the tropical forest and penguins in the polar worlds. In between are the seasonal Laurentian forest and the Saint Lawrence shoreline. |
Montreal High Lights Festival |  Montreal
Feb - Mar 2010 (annual)
Food, music and art are the ingredients of the Montreal High Lights Festival, a showcase of the best the city has to offer. It's the perfect reminder to residents and visitors that winter is not just a time for hibernation. |
Montreal International Children's Film Festival |  Cinéma Beaubien
Feb - Mar 2010 (annual)
The Montreal International Children's Film Festival returns to Cinéma Beaubien. The fantastic international programme of films (all in French) is suitable for children of three years and older. |
Montreal St Patrick's Parade |  Montreal
14 Mar 2010 (annual)
Montreal hosts the longest-established St Patrick's Parade in North America, which attracts crowds of around 600,000 to line the route. Forty different floats, 45 marching bands and over 4000 emerald-clad participants march through the centre of the city. |
International Festival of Films on Art |  Montreal
Mar 2010 (annual)
Montreal hosts the annual International Festival of Films on Art, showing around 300 films at venues around the city. Screenings cover subjects from architecture to fine art and the performing arts. Prizewinners are selected by an international jury. |
Vues d'Afrique Pan Africa International |  Montreal
Apr 2010 (annual)
Montreal's Vues d'Afrique Pan Africa International film festival highlights the work of African and Creole filmmakers with 11 days of screenings at a number of venues. Feature films, documentaries and shorts are followed by seminars and discussions with the filmmakers. |
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