Summer Cinema highlights
While Joni Mitchell lamented the fact that they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, the folks over at Pigeon Hole Renewal had the opposite idea in mind.
To celebrate the second year of their revamped park in Old Montreal — the former site of Canada’s first multi-storey car garage — films by graduating film production students lit up the outdoor screen in early August.
Students Julie-Christine Parent and François Jaros gathered friends and some films for the night. “We had the occasional car headlights but it added to the fun. It felt like a drive-in. It gets back to the pure love of watching a film. It’s about communion,” Jaros said.
A few weeks earlier on the other side of town, Cinema Politica joined the momentum created by Éco-Quartier Peter McGill’s Neighbourhood on the Move block party. They screened films over the four Saturdays of July on the themes of environment, wellbeing, culture and nutrition.
From 2 to 11 p.m., citizens took over Pierce St. for cultural activities, workshops and entertainment designed to create a gathering space for residents of the area.
For more, search for Pigeon Hole Renewal on Facebook or visit the web site.
– Anna Sarkissian