Following a successful first edition featuring 19 films, 25 panelists, and a 98% attendance rate, our team is currently preparing the second edition of Montreal Critics’ Week, which will take place from January 12 to 18, 2026.
We are accepting submissions until September 1, 2026, free of charge.
Following a successful first edition featuring 19 films, 25 panelists, and a 98% attendance rate, our team is currently preparing the second edition of Montreal Critics’ Week, which will take place from January 12 to 18, 2026.
We are accepting submissions until September 1, 2026, free of charge.
We recognize the ancestral presence of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation, “People of Flint”, as the past, present, and future custodians of the lands and waters on which we stand.
This territory and gathering place, commonly referred to today as Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, has been home to many indigenous peoples, including the Anishinaabeg, W8banakiak and Wendat, who have lived here at different times in history, sharing and transmitting artistic practices and cultural knowledge.
In this, the festival recognizes that it is taking place on unceded territory, and that it has a duty to work to develop the sensibilities and responsibilities of our organization and the public through a curating of films and discussions committed to a common future of friendship, peace and decolonization.
Tickets
DAILY TICKETS Access to a single day’s screenings and post-screening discussions, except for Saturday screenings (single tickets), available at the day’s venue.
Price: 25$ (regular pricing) / 15$ (Saturday pricing, per film)
PASSES Access to all screenings and post-screening discussions. Available for purchase below.
An initiative of Panorama-cinéma, the 1st annual Montreal Critics’ Week extends the online magazine’s critical lens offline by fostering a space for discourse and discovery in cinema. The festival showcases new and distinct works paired, juxtaposed, or contrasted to encourage inquisitive spectatorship that considers the thematic, political and formal ramifications of the chosen works.
Credits
General Manager: Mathieu Li-Goyette Director of Programming: Ariel Esteban Cayer Production Coordinator: Olivier Thibodeau Catalogue: Pearl Chan Programming Committee: Ariel Esteban Cayer, Mélopée B. Montminy, Mathieu Li-Goyette, Justine Smith & Olivier Thibodeau Graphic Design: Ariel Esteban Cayer, Pearl Chan & Romy Surprenant Key Art: Ariel Esteban Cayer with photographs by Matthew Rankin Press Relations: Caroline Rompré (pixelleX) & Kaila Hier (Exile PR) Website: Échos virtuels
