Consulate General of Switzerland in Montreal
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Below you will find an overview of upcoming events:
Current events (10)
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Honouring Our Centenarians: Guardians of Living Memory
Wednesday, 01.01.2025
– Wednesday, 31.12.2025
Discover the portraits and stories of our centenarians, witnesses to a century of connections between Switzerland and Canada.
Location: Eastern Canada
Film Series "Ode to Joy"
Tuesday, 01.04.2025
– Tuesday, 27.05.2025
Movie
6 European comedies to discover starting April 1st at Cinéma Public - Casa d'Italia, with a Swiss film in the spotlight: Ciao-ciao Bourbine!
Location: Montréal, QC
Hocus Pocus – A Dance and Illusion Performance
Tuesday, 22.04.2025
– Thursday, 22.05.2025
"Hocus Pocus" by Philippe Saire takes you on a captivating journey where poetry, movement, and visual magic converge.
Location: Touring Across Québec and Toronto, Ontario
Pipilotti Rist in Québec City: Immersive Art Under the Open Sky
Saturday, 17.05.2025
– Sunday, 04.01.2026
Three poetic video installations by Pipilotti Rist transform Québec City's public space into a sensory experience.
Location: Québec City, QC
Swiss Film Club: 'Hôtel silence'
Wednesday, 21.05.2025
– Sunday, 25.05.2025
Don’t miss this free online screening of "Hôtel silence", a quietly powerful drama about healing and connection, adapted from the novel "Ör" and directed by Léa Pool.
Location: Online [Canada]
14th Edition of the Montreal Comic Arts Festival : Swiss Comics in the Spotlight
Friday, 23.05.2025
– Sunday, 25.05.2025
Discover Swiss comics at the 14th edition of the Montreal Comic Arts Festival! Meet eight Swiss artists and experience the exhibition "La BD suisse s’affiche."
Location: Montreal, QC
2nd Edition of the Montreal Mystery Book Festival
Friday, 23.05.2025
– Saturday, 24.05.2025
Discover gripping tales and fascinating narratives in the heart of the city with Swiss author Hannah Mary McKinnon !
Location: Montreal, QC
Comics and History: A Québec–Switzerland Roundtable
Saturday, 24.05.2025
– Saturday, 24.05.2025
Part of the « Au-delà des 2 solitudes » conference, this public roundtable brings together Swiss and Québécois comic artists to explore how they tell history through graphic storytelling.
Location: Montréal, QC
Francophone Comics in Ottawa: A Shared Perspective
Tuesday, 27.05.2025
– Tuesday, 27.05.2025
Meet Swiss and Belgian comic artists in Ottawa for a lively discussion on Francophone comics.
Location: Ottawa, ON
"Apéro des idées": Swiss Comics with Léandre Ackermann
Wednesday, 28.05.2025
– Wednesday, 28.05.2025
Join the Swiss illustrator in Halifax for a lively evening on Francophone comics—en français!
Location: Halifax, NS
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Past events (51)
Swiss Film Club: 'The Value of Things'
Thursday, 11.04.2024
– Sunday, 28.04.2024
Hybrid screenings with recorded director Q&A.
Location: Vancouver BC | Montréal QC | Online
Swiss Film Club: 'Suot tschêl blau'
Tuesday, 26.03.2024
– Sunday, 07.04.2024
Join us in-person in Vancouver (director in attendance) and Montreal - or online.
Location: Vancouver, BC / Montreal, QC / Online
Swiss Film Club: 'From the Kitchen to the Parlament'
Friday, 08.03.2024
– Sunday, 10.03.2024
Film screening on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
Location: Online
Switzerland in the spotlight for CINEMANIA
Wednesday, 01.11.2023
– Sunday, 12.11.2023
The Consulate General of Switzerland in Montreal is delighted to introduce the SWISS FOCUS from November 1st to 5th, 2023 as part of CINEMANIA, Francophone Film Festival (1-12.11.2023).
Location: Movie theaters in Montreal
Swiss Film Club: '40 & Climbing'
Wednesday, 11.10.2023
– Sunday, 22.10.2023
40 & CLIMBING (2022) by Bindu de Stoppani, offered exclusively by the Swiss Film Club. Enjoy the best of contemporary Swiss productions.
Location: Online
Swiss Film Club: 'I Giacometti'
Tuesday, 26.09.2023
– Tuesday, 14.11.2023
Film
I GIACOMETTI (2022) by Susanna Fanzun, offered exclusively by the Swiss Film Club. Enjoy the best of contemporary Swiss productions; I GIACOMETTI is presented in Romansh/German/French with a choice of English or French subtitles.
Location: Hybrid: Online / Vancouver, BC / Calgary, AB
Giacometti (1901 – 1966) – Online conference in French
Monday, 18.09.2023
– Monday, 25.09.2023
Amel Ferhat presents a two-part conference on the work of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti.
Location: Online
Swiss National Day
Sunday, 23.07.2023
– Tuesday, 01.08.2023
Event calendar
Discover the program of events surrounding August 1st in Eastern Canada.
Location: According to the event
Swiss Film Club: 'Garçonnières'
Wednesday, 07.06.2023
– Sunday, 11.06.2023
Location: Online
Dans la Ville Blanche – Free
Tuesday, 23.05.2023
– Tuesday, 23.05.2023
As part of the "INTERRAIL" film series, a journey through European cinema, organized by the EUNIC Montreal cluster (European National Institutes for Culture), the Swiss film "Dans la Ville Blanche", Alain Tanner's masterpiece, is offered. Location: Montreal, QC
Swiss Film Club: 'Until Branches Bend'
Saturday, 25.03.2023
– Saturday, 29.04.2023,
Swiss Film Club in Canada
Location: Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto & Online
Le FIFA – Swiss films
Tuesday, 14.03.2023
– Sunday, 02.04.2023
For its 41st edition, the International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) presents more than 200 films from 40 countries, including 4 Swiss (co)productions and one short film, to discover in theaters or online.
Location: Hybrid
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