Atelier Wiki : Filmer les communautés, agir par le documentaire
Come meet key figures in Quebec cinema and visual arts, and help increase their visibility on the Web! Whether you simply want to learn more about the guests, are contributing to Wikipedia for the first time or haven’t done so in a while, we will adapt the content to your questions and needs.
In collaboration with
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Cinémathèque québécoise are teaming up to hold Wiki training workshops, inviting you to meet artists Halima Ouardiri and Kim O'Bomsawin to hear them discuss their craft of documentary filmmaking. Then, a trainer will guide you in the creation of Wikimedia pages using the invaluable information resources of the Médiathèque Guy-L.-Coté and the MMFA Archives and Library Department. Spend a pleasant and stimulating afternoon in great company—everyone is welcome!
Please bring your laptop. Some are also available to the public.
Admission is free.
Access:
Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace
2075 Bishop Street
The speakers
Abenaki Kim O'Bomsawin completed a master's degree in sociology before starting an award-winning career as a documentary filmmaker who is motivated by the desire to reveal the world of First Peoples. President of Terre Innue and Productions Innu Assi since 2020, Kim O'Bomsawin serves as executive producer on all Terre Innue projects. For this same production company, she also directed and wrote the documentary Teweikan Revived (2019), which won a Gémeaux Award, and the feature-length documentary Call Me Human (2020), whose honours include four Gémeaux Awards in 2021, Best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver and Calgary international film festivals, and the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021. She also gives talks at schools and institutions on Indigenous cinema and issues affecting First Peoples.
Swiss-Moroccan filmmaker Halima Ouardiri graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her short film Mokhtar screened at the world's biggest festivals. Another of her short films entitled Clebs won a Crystal Bear at the 2020 Berlinale. Halima Ouardiri is currently finishing post-production on a new short film called Les patins, a family drama shot in Montreal. She is also developing her first feature-length film, The Camel Driving School.
A vibrant and nomadic museum, the MAADI is a performative action by artist Stanley Février. On view at the MMFA from June 15 to August 28, 2022, this work is aimed at challenging the power dynamics that contribute to underrepresentation in the art world and its institutions of multiple practices, and foster the marginalization of artists with diverse backgrounds.
The Cinémathèque québécoise is Montreal’s museum of moving images. Its mission is to acquire, document and safeguard Quebec’s cinema, television and audiovisual heritage, as well as that of international animation. It also collects significant works of Canadian and world cinema for screenings focused on culture and education. With its Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative, the Cinémathèque seeks to promote the sharing of knowledge and discoverability of works and artists, with the aim of inspiring new creative activities.
Crédits
This series of Wiki workshops is presented by PRISM, the MMFA’s digital lab, and the Cinémathèque québécoise’s Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative.
PRISM is funded by the Quebec government as part of the implementation of Measure 115 of Quebec’s Plan culturel numérique du Québec.
The Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative has been made possible by support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Université de Montréal and Wikimedia Canada.
