PRESS KIT 2016 - Pop Montreal · 2016. 7. 5. · POP Montreal International Music Festival — September 21-25, 2016 5585 Avenue du Parc — Montreal, Quebec — H2V 4H2 — (514)

POP Montreal International Music Festival — September 21-25, 20165585 Avenue du Parc — Montreal, Quebec — H2V 4H2 — (514) 842-1919 — F (514) 664-1063

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FILM POP TEAM!

Ariel Esteban CayerFilm Pop [email protected]

Claire BosMarketing Director [email protected]

Olivia DiamondDirector, Brand [email protected]

POP MONTREAL’S PUBLICITY TEAM!

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Sonia Cesaratto (QC)[email protected]

Jeff Kilgour (US)[email protected]

ABOUT THE CURATOR:Ariel Esteban Cayer has a BFA in Film Studies from Concordia University. Start-ing out at the Blue Sunshine Psychotronic Film Centre in 2011, he is also a program-mer for the Fantasia International Film Festival since 2012 and he has written for genre !lm publications such as Spectac-ular Optical, Fangoria and Rue Morgue. He currently contributes to the !lm mag-azines Panorama-cinéma and 24 Images. This is his 3rd year as Film POP curator.

WHERE MUSIC AND FILM MAKE OUT IN THE DARK

Film POP is all about busting out of the rusty old !lm festival cage and !nding fun new ways to present movies, with a particular predilection for the musical.

Film POP runs alongside and within the POP Montreal International Music Festival. Championing the same independent spirit in !lm that POP Montreal has championed in music, Film POP revitalizes the movie going experience by creating a new kind of !lm festival. Each year, Film POP presents a slate of music-related !lm events, including important premieres, retrospective screenings, expanded cinema performances, live !lm scores, short !lms, music videos and free family screenings at a variety of professional and unconventional spaces.

The !lms touch on a variety of musical genres and weave in and out of the past to show how different musicians and musical genres have in"uenced each other over time. Film POP showcases both local and international !lmmaking, with !lms in English and French, and promises with each edition a slate of excellent !lms and one-of-a-kind events.

Film POP’s presentation and outreach offerings serve to educate, enlighten and inspire Montreal’s burgeoning roster of independent !lmmakers, who will bene!t greatly from the international programming as well as personal interaction with visiting international !lmmakers.

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FILM POP POP Montreal is an international music festival celebrating its 15th edition from September 21st to the 25th, 2016. POP Montreal is a recognized multidisciplinary taste-making event, expanding its mission through various components: Puces POP, Art POP, Film POP, Kids POP and the POP Symposium.

“The Deep End” pool screening


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« Le trépidant volet cinématographique Film POP nous en fera voir de toutes les couleurs. » Elle Québec

“A stellar lineup”CULT

“It’s a !ne, !ne tuned-up selection”Montreal Gazette

« Une belle sélection de !lms » Nightlife

« Film Pop fait la part belle au septième art »Pat White

« Ce volet de POP Montréal abreuve le public de documentaires et de !lms mythiques » Tourisme Montréal

“Keeps upping the ante on !lm and art.” The Concordian

“Strong documentaries” Shoeclack

« Intrigante exploration des différents mouvements » Panorama

« Un maximum de respect à Ariel Esteban Cayer, le grand manitou de Film POP »Extra Beurre

« Projections intrigantes, chaque nouvelle édition a de quoi émerveiller et surprendre ses participants » Les Nerds

“As eclectic as the festival’s music offerings”Bad Feeling Magazine

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT US...

“The Re!ektor Tapes” after-party


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HIGHLIGHTS

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2015Canadian premieres:• Playback (2012) and The Cockpit (2014) with director Sho Miyake in attendanceQuebec premieres : • The Re!ektor Tapes (dir. Kahlil Joseph) in collaboration with Arcade Fire, also in attendance• Restored version of A Poem is a Naked Person (dir. Les Blank, 1974/2015)Special events: • Midnight 20th Anniversary screening of Showgirls (dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1995) at Cinéma L’Amour

2014Canadian premiere:• Nas : Time is Illmatic (dir. One9)Quebec premieres:• Whiplash (dir. Damien Chazelle)• Listen Up, Philip (Alex Ross Perry)

2013Canadian premieres:• Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker with director Lily Keber in attendance• Strutter with director Allison Anders in attendanceRegional premiere:• A Band Called Death (dir. Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett)Special events:• PFFR: Legacy 2112 with John Lee in person• Hack Your Own EVP Generator with Ruby Kato Atwood

2012World premieres:• Sweet Nothing with director Andi State in attendance• The Auroratone Project: New Frontiers in Psychiatric Cinema (dir. various)Regional premiere:• Searching for Sugarman (2012 Oscar-winner, dir. Malik Bendjelloul)Special screenings:• Richard Donner’s The Omen in the Church of St-John the Evangelist• Jerzy Skolimowski’s Deep End with audience in a pool

2011Canadian premiere:• PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (dir. Seamus Murphy)Regional premiere:• Bloodied But Unbowed with director Susanne Tabata and DOA’s Randy Rampage in personSpecial event:• Illustration exhibit by Rudimentary Peni’s Nick Blinko

2010World premiere:• Feist documentary, Look At What the Light Did Now with director Anthony Seck in person.Special screening:• Rooftop viewing of Up The Yangtzee documentary (dir. Yung Chang)

Jeunes gens mödernes a performance by Xarah Dion


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2009Canadian premiere:• BQE by Sufjan StevensRegional premieres:• It Might Get Loud (dir. David Guggenheim)• All Tomorrow’s Parties (co-dir. Jonathan Caouette)

2008Canadian premiere:• Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (dir. Matt Wolf )Special screening:• Double Negative Collective performance• Jem Cohen Master Class with the NFB

2007Regional premiere:• Girls Rock (dir. Arne Johnson and Shane King)Special screenings:• Besnard Lakes live soundtrack to Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome• Albert Maysles Master Class• One-Take Super 8 E vent

2006Regional premiere:• Mutual Appreciation (dir. Andrew Bujalski)Special events:• Premiere of Making Music with the NFB initiative• Gary Lucas live soundtrack to The Golem

2005Regional premiere:• Gordon Thomas documentary Everything’s Coming My Way (dir. Stacey DeWolfe and Malcolm Fraser)• Billy Childish is Dead (dir. Graham Bendel)

2004Special event:• Inaugural year of loft screenings of music !lm classics

HIGHLIGHTS

“The Omen” church screening An evening with Ian Svenonius


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IMPORTANT POINTS

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MISSION:Since 2004, Film POP creates an inspiring movie going experi-ence while also presenting key and relevant events.

YEAR ROUND:Film POP organizes unique and inspiring music related cine-matic experiences in various urban spaces.

THE CINÉ-CLUB FILM POP:A winter monthly series highlighting the best of musical cine-ma, both new and old, screening in the intimate setting of Es-pace POP, out!tted as a pop-up micro-cinema for the occasion!

THE BIKE-IN:An outdoor screening in a remote location where viewers need to bike to destination, attracting an estimated 750 guests annually.

PARTNERS:Film POP partners with the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, the RIDM, the SAT, the FNC and various cultural organizations to bring musical !lm programming to Montreal audiences

all year long.

PRESS COVERAGE

MEDIA PROVENANCE

Local (Québec): 64%

National: 9%

International: 27%

EVENTS

PARTICIPANTS

Attendance

2015

Shows & Events

% of free events

Venues

58,298

271

53%

55

2014

56,120

237

51%

56

2013

54,462

239

43%

48

2012

56,332

235

43%

57

2011

52,517+

232

52%

54

Music Artists

2015

Non-Music Artists

Staff & Crew

Volunteers

442

235

190

400

2014

448

147

187

400

2013

434

146

180

390

2012

410

188

147

383

2011

371

219

125

375

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PRESS KIT 2016 - Pop Montreal · 2016. 7. 5. · POP Montreal International Music Festival — September 21-25, 2016 5585 Avenue du Parc — Montreal, Quebec — H2V 4H2 — (514)