This year marks the 44th edition of Montreal’s most Quebec-centric festival—and it’s a chance for all Montrealers who didn’t have time to go to the movies every weekend this year to catch up on screenings of local films from 2025.
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma features films in Concordia’s large screening rooms and at the Cinémathèque Québécoise, evenings for producers and film students, and nostalgic screenings of cult films shot in the region.
From April 22 to 29, 2026, feature-length fiction films, documentaries, short films, and art-house films will be screened. There will also be discussions and evening events.
The full festival program is hereOur Schedule – Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma Festival 2026
Wednesday, April 22
Opening Party – at 9 p.m. / Following the premiere of Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’s film Nina Roza (by invitation only), the festival kicks off with a party at the Cinémathèque Québécoise (free admission)
Where? Buvette Crave, Cinémathèque Québécoise, at 335 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
Thursday, April 23
Screening of BEDROCK ( 2026) – at 5:30 PM / a documentary by Kinga Michalska on the remnants of the Holocaust in Poland through a series of intimate interviews / tickets available here
Where? Fernand-Seguin Hall, Cinémathèque Québécoise, at 335 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
Friday, April 24
Folie de Minuit – at 9:45 PM / a midnight program of short and medium-length films featuring murders, hypnosis, a pizza delivery guy, and a massacre / tickets available here
Where? Hydro-Québec Hall, Cinémathèque Québécoise, at 335 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
Saturday, April 25
GEN Z APOCALYPSE (roundtable) – at 4 p.m. / discussion on the digital age, Gen Z, binge-watching, and TV in 2026, with documentary filmmaker and cultural commentator Mounir Kaddouri / free admission
Where? Buvette Crave, Cinémathèque Québécoise, at 335 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
Sunday, April 26
L’eau chaude, l’eau frette (1976), anniversary screening – at 6:15 p.m. / To mark the 50th anniversary of André Forcier’s film, a cult classic of Quebec magical realism, there will be a special screening at the Cinémathèque / tickets available here
Where? Fernand-Seguin Hall, Cinémathèque Québécoise, at 335 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
Monday, April 27
Screening of SEULE AU FRONT – at 9 p.m. / screening of Mélanie Charbonneau’s feature-length fiction film / tickets available here
Tuesday, April 28
Screening of L’HÉRITIER DES SECRETS – at 8 p.m. / Screening of Mohamed Nadif’s fiction film / tickets available here
Where? Cinéplex Odéon Quartier Latin, Theater 10, at 350 Émery Street
Wednesday, April 29
ENTRE ÇA ET LÀ, Art and Experimentation program – at 7:30 PM / screening of 8 art-house films featuring liminal spaces, metamorphoses, memories coming to life, and an exploration of the infinitely large and the infinitely small / tickets available here
Where? Fernand-Seguin Hall, Cinémathèque Québécoise, at 335 Boulevard de Maisonneuve East
Thursday, April 30
Screening of KAÏROS – at 7 p.m. / Screening of Jennifer Alleyn’s feature-length fiction film / tickets available here
