March 3 to 9, 2025

2025 Programming

Monday March 3
- 4 p.m & 7:30 p.m.
  Ciné-Casteliers | Jim Henson – Idea Man
  Disney Branded Television and Imagine Documentaries (United States)
- 3 p.m & 6:30 p.m.
  Guided tours | Marionnettes en vitrines! Urban Wildlife
  With exhibition curator Pavla Mano
- 7 p.m.
  Festival headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
Tuesday March 4
- 2 p.m.
  Tree Ceremony | Skawanoti
  Jocelyn Sioui (Montréal)
Wednesday March 5
- 11 a.m.
  soul mates
  Magali Chouinard (Gatineau)
- 4 p.m.
  Pour la vie
  Théâtre à Bout Portant (Saguenay)
- 7 p.m.
  Dimanche
  Focus and Chaliwaté Companies (Belgium)
- 7 p.m.
  Festival headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
- 9:30 p.m.
  Concert | Fekete Seretlek Band
  Fekete Seretlek (Czechia)
Thursday March 6
- 10 a.m & 2 p.m.
  Puppet making workshops | Urban Wildlife Parade
  With professional puppeteers
- 11 a.m.
  soul mates
  Magali Chouinard (Gatineau)
- 3 p.m & 7 p.m.
  Vagues
  Synthèse Additive and Les Nouveaux Ballets (Montréal and France)
- 7 p.m.
  Dimanche
  Focus and Chaliwaté Companies (Belgium)
- 7 p.m.
  Festival headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
- 8:30 p.m.
  Frétillant et Agile
  Jocelyn Sioui and Productions Illusion Fabuleuse (Montréal)
Friday March 7
- 10 a.m & 2 p.m.
  Puppet making workshops | Urban Wildlife Parade
  With professional puppeteers
- 1:30 p.m.
  A Sea of Love
  La Salamandre (France)
- Between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
  La patience des choses
  Julie Desrosiers (Montréal)
- 4 p.m.
  Roundtable discussion | When scientific research meets puppetry
  With guests from Québec, Alberta and Saskatchewan
- 7 p.m.
  KAR
  Studio Damúza and Fekete Seretlek (Czechia)
- 7 p.m.
  Festival headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
Saturday March 8
- 10 a.m & 2 p.m.
  Puppet making workshops | Urban Wildlife Parade
  With professional puppeteers
- 11 a.m.
  A Sea of Love
  La Salamandre (France)
- Between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
  La patience des choses
  Julie Desrosiers (Montréal)
- 3 p.m.
  Guided tours | Marionnettes en vitrines! Urban Wildlife
  With exhibition curator Pavla Mano
- 4 p.m.
  Nanatasis – Opéra en trois légendes
  Musique 3 Femmes (Montréal and Guelph)
- 7 p.m.
  KAR
  Studio Damúza and Fekete Seretlek (Czechia)
- 7 p.m.
  L’enfant mascara
  Barbaque Compagnie (France)
- 7 p.m.
  Festival headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
- 8:30 p.m.
  Disgraceland
  Les Tables Tournantes (Montréal)
Sunday March 9
- 11 a.m.
  A Sea of Love
  La Salamandre (France)
- 11 a.m.
  Café-causerie : Budding Creations!
  Discussion of works-in-progress
- 1:30 p.m.
  Urban Wildlife Parade
  Taking to the streets to celebrate Casteliers' 20th
- 3 p.m.
  Nanatasis – Opéra en trois légendes
  Musique 3 Femmes (Montréal and Guelph)
For the entire Festival
- Marionnettes en vitrines! Urban Wildlife
  A cheery bestiary to celebrate our 20th anniversary
- Podcast | Skawanoti audio guided walk
  Jocelyn Sioui (Montréal)
- Exhibition | Gaudeō! 20 years of Casteliers
  Part of Outremont’s 150th anniversary celebrations
- Exhibition | Puppets 4.0 Museum Without Walls
  Deutsches Forum für Figurentheater und Puppenspielkunst (DFFP, Germany)
- Festival headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!

Archives: 2020

Shows

Screening of Mulan

Giraffe

Le Piano à Voile

Occa de l’anima

Invisible Lands

CABAN

High Water

Kazu dans la nuit

Anywhere

LoveStar

Shorts

An Evening of Shorts

Graceland

Las Meninas

Hamster

Antigone

Conferences, exhibits, workshops, sreenings

Transatlantic Stop Motion Shorts

Exhibition – La rue des rêveries

Marionnettes en vitrines ! – Walkabout Exhibition

Exhibition – À la manière de Nick Park

Exhibition : International Association of Puppet-Friendly Cities

Stop Motion and the Stage – QC-UK Creative Residency Debriefing

Puppet Building Workshop

ME — Marionette of emotions children’s workshop

International Roundtable Discussion

Café-Causerie: Budding Creations!

Café-causerie: Budding creations!

Grâce

Mutatis Mutandis !

Bleu moutarde

La rébellion du minuscule