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Documentary Network Presentation

The Documentary Network, created in 2003 under the auspices of the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), serves as an umbrella organization for major professional audiovisual associations as well as institutions, broadcasters and distributors working in the documentary field in Quebec and Canada.

It aims to provide space for reflection, gathering together and dialogue, allowing documentary production to maintain its rightful place on all broadcast platforms.

The Network ensures that the documentary fully assumes its fundamental role in the defence of democracy, tolerance and open-mindedness.

It encourages speaking out and public debate, sparked by documentary productions that cover social issues, aspirations and values.

It works to improve conditions conducive to the creation, production and dissemination of documentaries.

Board of Directors

The Documentary Network’s partners are the following associations, organizations and institutions:

• Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA)
• L’Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ)
• L’association des producteurs francophones du Canada (APFC)
• L’Association québécoise des techniciens de l’image et du son (AQTIS)
• L’Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ)
• The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)
• The Quebec Council of the Directors Guild of Canada (CQGCR)
• Documentary Organisation of Canada (DOC)
• The National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
• Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM)
• La Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma (SARTeC)
• The Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund (CIFVF)
• Le Vidéographe
• Télé-Québec
• La Société Radio-Canada/Canadian Broadcasting Television

Steering Committee

• Nathalie Barton (APFTQ), Chair
• François-Xavier Tremblay (AAMI), Secretary

Events organized by the Documentary Network

Forum 2005 — The Distribution of Documentary film: Reaching audiences

A professional Forum on the new modes of distributing documentaries. November 18, 2005

The Forum 2005 was sponsored by: Telefilm Canada, The National Film Board of Canada (NFB), la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles du Québec (SODEC), The Montreal Arts Council, la Société Radio-Canada (CBC), Télé-Québec, les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), and Alternatives.

Forum 2004 — Filming reality: What training for what skill?

Professional Forum on the transmission of knowledge. November 15, 2004.

The Forum 2004 was sponsored by: The Canada Council for the Arts, Telefilm Canada, la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles du Québec (SODEC), The Montréal Arts Council, The Cultural Human Resources Council of Canada, The Conseil québécois des ressources humaines en culture, les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Alternatives.

Forum 2003 — Documentaries on the big screen

Forum on theatrical screenings of documentaries. November 2003.

The Forum 2003 was sponsored by: Telefilm Canada, The Canada Council for the Arts, la SODEC, The Montreal Arts Council, The National Film Board of Canada (NFB), l’Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ), Documentary Organisation of Canada (DOC), les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) and The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA).

Forum 2002 — The Documentary: Reaffirming our Voice

Publication, analysis and follow-up on the Study: «Documentary Production in Québec and Canada; Phase 2: Points of View of the Film Community; Report on the Interviews and Surveys».

Documents published by the Documentary Network

• Annual Report 2004 — 2005. May 2005
• Documentary Film: Art form and Projection of democracy
  Brief submitted to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage regarding the Canadian feature film industry, February 2005. (Note: In September 2005, after this Brief, the Documentary Network submitted a list of written answers to the questions asked by the Standing Committee in the Appendix B of its Interim Report).
• Forum 2004 — Filming reality: What training for what skill? November 2004
• Pour une télévision citoyenne, soutenir et développer Télé-Québec
  Brief submitted to the Working Group examining Télé-Québec. October 2004
• Annual Report 2003 — 2004. May 2004
• Forum 2003 — Documentaries on the big screen. November 2003
• Documentary Production in Québec and Canada. Phase 2: Points of View of the Film Community; Report on the Interviews and Surveys». November 2002
• Documentary Production in Québec and Canada. Phase 1. November 2001

Lucette Lupien
Executive Director
January 2006