2020 Press releases
As a result of the health crisis linked to Covid-19, the programm has be subjected to many changes and has taken place online. Below are the press releases of the program initially planned.
May
- General press release
- April 30th: Opening cocktail
- April 30th to May 29th: Les Nocturnes
- May 1st to May 3rd: Festival KickStart
- May 2nd: Cycles of Light
- May 7th: Abilities project: Inclusives practices
- May 8: Chuskit
- May 9th: Zones de Confluences
- May 10th: Scenes and Formations
- May 14th: Bâtardes
- May 15: Rituels Spéculatifs
- May 16: Approchez, je vous raconterai ce que j'ai oublié
- May 17th to May 30th: Visages du Cap Breton
- May 21th: Kyra Shaughnessy & Sakay Ottawa concert
- May 22th: LayLit
- May 23th: Enchantement du violon indien
- May 24th: Tea ceremonies
- May 29th: Acts of Reclamation
- May 30th: Musique sans frontières: La magie du rythme
- May 31th: Closing show
2019 Press releases
May
- General press release
- Message from the Director
- May 1st: Opening Cocktail
- May 2nd: Éclosion & Arūpa
- May 3rd: Kalyug: A Queer Cabaret in the Age of Darkness
- May 4th: Exil - Peuples d'ici et d'ailleurs & Bridges of Hope
- May 9th: Golestan
- May 10th: KLEX à MTL
- May 11th: Handshack
- May 12th: Arbres
- May 16th: Brise japonaise
- May 17th: A Night with Writers
- May 18th: Perles d'ailleurs - Rhythm Rewritten
- May 19th: Tibetan Cooking Workshop with Théâtre Everest
- May 23th: Okuni
- May 24th: Undivided Colors
- May 25th: Havana Divas
- May 26th: Odyssée
- May 30th: Closing Cocktail + Vomiting Flowers
2018 Press releases
May
- General press release
- Word from the director
- Word from Mikhail Ahooja, Spokesperson
- May 1st : Opening Cocktail
- May 4th : Oracle Bones
- May 5th : Nœud
- May 6th : The place of women artist in Iranian contemporaty art
- May 10th : Indivisible
- May 11th : Eau Douce - Eau Trouble
- May 12th : Interval
- May 12th : Strings of Romance
- May 13th : Culinary arts
- May 17th : Sophia's Resurrection
- May 18th : Golestan
- May 19th : Triangle courbé
- May 24th : Perles d'ailleurs
- May 25th - 26th : Wind of Asia
- May 25th : Les Versets Terrestres
- May 27th : Closing jam
2017 Press Releases
October
May
- General Press Release
- Message from Khosro Berahmandi
- Message from Mylène Dinh-Robic
- May 2nd : Opening Cocktail
- May 5th : Smile of Afghanistan
- May 6th : Sous la pluie
- May 7th : Afghanistan & Culture Shock
- May 11th : Kimia
- May 12th : Les préoccupations et les attentes
- May 13th: Serendipity
- May 13th : La Magie du Mohan-Veena
- May 18th : Golestan
- May 19th : Interval
- May 20th: Middle-Eastern Dance Competition
- May 21th : Culinary arts
- May 25th-28th : Perles d'ailleurs
- May 25th-26th : Wind of Asia
- May 27th : Insomniac
- May 28th : Les sons primordiaux
2016 Press Releases
September
May
- General Press Release
- Message from Khosro Berahmandi
- Message from Chan Tep
- Thursday, May 5th : Opening Cocktail
- Friday, May 6th : Takemitsu - Flute and guitar recital
- Saturday, May 7th : Exhibition Found
- Sunday, May 8th : Meeting with the artists of Found
- Thursday, May 12th : Spiritual Counsel - Evening of silent films and live music
- Friday, May 13th : Meeting with artists of QuébéAsia and launch of the book Afghan et musulman, le Québec m’a conquis
- Saturday, May 14th : Serendipity - An encounter between tradition and modernity
- Saturday, May 14th : Dance show in collaboration with QuébéAsia
- Sunday, May 15th : Dance show in collaboration with QuébéAsia
- Thursday, May19th : Middle-Eastern Dance Competition
- May 20th-21st-22nd : Wind of Asia
- Thursday, May 26th : Golestan, a show of music and dance of Central Asia
- Friday, May 27th : Meeting with Miriam Peretz
- Saturday May 28th and Sunday May 29th : Dance workshops with Miriam Peretz
2015 Press Releases
September
May
- Director's message
- General press release
- May 1- Opening Cocktail
- May 2- Opening of the Kaleidoscope exhibition
- May 3- 20 years of festival Accès Asie, Discussion + book launch of Righting Canada's wrongs
- May 7- The Tashme Project
- May 8- Golestan D'Anatolie
- May 9- Opening Cocktail for the exhibitions Checkpoints and The State of Origin : REEL & IMAGINED
- May 10- Tibetan Culinary Arts
- May 14- Contemporary dance
- May 15- Lady Sylva
- May 16- Middle Eastern dance competition
- May 17- Meet the artists of the exhibitions Checkpoints and The State of Origin: REEL & IMAGINED
- May 22- The Thomas Wang Project by Cheryl Sim
- May 21 - 22 - 23- Wind of Asia
- May 24- Thank you cocktail
May 2020 Press Review
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May 2019 Press Review
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May 2018 Press Review
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May 2017 Press Review
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May 2016 Press Review
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May 2015 Press Review
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May 2014 Press Review
To consult the 2014 press review, click here.
May 2013 Press Review
To consult the 2013 press review, click here.