The Collection Regards Hybrides and Danse-Cité have joined forces to provide audio description in French and English for seven short dance films. Blind and partially sighted people, as well as anyone else interested, are invited to attend the special screening, which will take place in French on Saturday 25 April in Montreal.

Accompanied by pastries and tea or coffee, the big-screen screening will showcase the audiovisual works of directors Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Raymond Caplin, Terrance Houle, Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, Katherine Nequado, Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo and Wayne Wapeemukwa. It will be followed by a discussion with some of the artists and the audio description team.

Practical informations

• Event schedule:

10.00 am — Doors open
10.30 am — Screening, including a 15-minute interval
11.50 am — Discussion with the artists and audio describers
12.40 pm — Closing

• The event is free. As places are limited, booking is required by 22 April 2026. By email: communication@danse-cite.org

• Address: Ateliers Belleville, 545 Legendre Street West, Montreal, H2N 1J1

Audio description of the dance-film works is made possible through a collaboration between the Collection Regards Hybrides and Danse-Cité, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Selection of short films:

• Balmoral Hotel by Wayne Wapeemukwa: Audio description in French by Caroline Charbonneau

• Inuit High Kick by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril: Audio description in French by Emmalie Ruest

• Landscape by Terrance Houle: Audio description in French by Caroline Charbonneau

• Odehimin (Baie du coeur) by Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Chezo: Audio description in French by Georges-Nicolas Tremblay

• Smudge by Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo: Audio description in French by Emmalie Ruest

• Traditional Healing by Raymond Caplin: Audio description in French by Georges-Nicolas Tremblay

• Wamin by Katherine Nequado: Audio description in French by Caroline Charbonneau