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The blog of the Quartier des Spectacles is a window on the people and places that make Montreal’s cultural heart beat. From festivals to performance venues, from restaurants to avant-garde art. Every week, you’re invited to discover the city’s liveliest square kilometre!
In its first 15 years, Montreal’s festival of animated film, the Sommets du cinéma d’animation, has come a long way. The city already had a reputation as an animation hotbed, and the Cinémathèque québécoise decided to host a festival to give local artists exposure...
Meet the real Santa Claus, find very special items to put under the tree, dance and sing to gospel, carols or disco, enchant the little ones… the Quartier des Spectacles has everything to charm even the biggest grinches this Christmas.
Documentary films have never been more accessible. Popular works have returned the genre to prominence in recent years, and online platforms are helping it to grow.
It may have seemed like a crazy dream, but the Centre for Sustainable Development quickly put down solid roots in the Quartier des Spectacles. When it opened in October 2011, the building drew attention to new construction methods for the century to come.