Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Montréal New Wave

Join us for the June installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed film series, Cinémélodie: québécois filmmaker Erik Cimon’s 2016 documentary Montréal New Wave, which explores the ups and downs of new wave music from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s and its influence on today’s cultural scene.

Guests will enjoy a complimentary glass of québecois beer and the chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Sofitel Magnificent Mile’s très chic Le Bar.

Doors at 6:00 p.m. for a beer reception. Screening at 6:30. Please enter via 54 W Chicago Ave. Non-alcoholic options will be available.

About the Director

Erik Cimon started as a writer, composer, and performer for the electropop duo Moonbass, after which he turned to directing by working on numerous music videos for Montreal counter-culture groups of the 1990s and 2000s (Caféïne, Les Breastfeeders, Les Jardiniers). He graduated at Concordia University and the Canadian Film Centre and also directs commercials and short fiction films which have won awards here and abroad (Next, Broil, Le piano de Louise, The Cello, Audience Award, Off-Courts Festival, France, 2008). He then undertook numerous documentary films and series that highlight unique realms (Ying Yang Le Célibat, finalist for the Gémeaux Prize for Best Text and Best Direction of a Documentary Series in 2005, Les Citadins du Rebut Global, Gémeaux Prize for Best Directed Documentary Series in 2006, Montreal en 12 lieux, Gémeaux Prize for Best Documentary Series in 2007, Partir Autrement 4, Finalist for the Gémeaux Prize for Best Social Interest Magazine in 2012). In 2011, he signed his first critically acclaimed documentary film, Mtl Punk: La Première Vague, followed by Montréal New Wave, Gémeaux Prize for Best Art and Culture Documentary in 2016. L’École Autrement, a shocking documentary on the education system in Quebec, was broadcast on Télé-Québec in the spring of 2023.

Getting Here

The Alliance Franaise de Chicago is one block from the CTA Red line stop at Chicago Ave. Best bus routes are the 22 on Clark and the 66 on Chicago Ave. A Divvy station is located in front of the 54 W Chicago Ave entrance.

Parking Information

$12 for 12 hours at InterPark at 100 W Chestnut St. Validation is available at reception.

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