Massimadi Festival Launch and screening of Drift

The Museum, in collaboration with the Massimadi Festival, invites you to a screening of Anthony Chen’s Drift, presented alongside the exhibition To All the Unnamed Women by artist Michaëlle Sergile. The screening will be preceded by the Massimadi Festival Launch.

Evening program

5:30 p.m. | Massimadi Festival Launch

Celebrate the opening of the Massimadi Festival with a special cocktail and delectable hors d’oeuvres (alcoholic and non-alcoholic options available). This warm and elegant event will be the perfect opportunity to meet other participants and professionals, to chat about the festival’s programming, and to kick off the festivities.

The event will feature a performance by Ensemble Obiora, Canada’s first classical music ensemble composed primarily of professional musicians from culturally diverse backgrounds. They will add a unique and refined atmosphere to the evening, with their inspiring melodies and captivating repertoire.

7:30 p.m. | Drift Screening

On the paradisal beaches of a Greek island, no one notices Jacqueline (Cynthia Erivo), a young refugee. No one except Callie (Alia Shawkat), an American tour guide. Their budding friendship has the potential to heal Jacqueline’s buried trauma and empower her to confront the ghosts of her past.

By Anthony Chen, France, UK and Greece, 2023, 93 minutes. Original version in English and Greek.  

Information

• Free activity, in English, presented on Wednesday, October 23, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  Cocktail from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., screening from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Space is limited, reservation required.
• Location: J. Armand Bombardier Theatre at the Museum

Is the activity you’re interested in fully booked? Show up 15 minutes early to get on the waiting list. Places may become available before the start of the activity.

About Massimadi

The Massimadi Foundation is committed to making Montreal and Quebec’s artistic landscape more inclusive. Its mission is to perpetuate, disseminate and produce works and cultural knowledge from LGBTQ+ and Afro-descendant artists. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through a variety of projects, chief among them the annual Massimadi Festival of LGBTQ+ Afro arts and film, the only festival in Quebec to devote its entire programming to the imaginary worlds of Black queer culture in Canada and abroad.