Excentris

{{Short description|Arts complex in Montreal}}

Image:Softimage building, front on St-Laurent, Montreal 2005-10-21.JPG

Excentris was a performing arts center and cinema located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal, Quebec. The complex was conceived by Daniel Langlois as a laboratory for digital media production as well as a screening venue.{{cite news |title=Ex-Centris sparkles |url=https://playbackonline.ca/1999/05/31/25724-19990531/ |accessdate=19 October 2020 |work=Playback |date=31 May 1999}} It was opened in June 1999, after two years of construction at a cost of CA$6.2 million, and covered {{convert|70000|sqft|m2}}.

Excentris ran into financial difficulty in 2009 and was forced to shut down two of its three cinemas. It was revived as a three-screen complex in 2011, with the help of a $4 million loan from Quebec provincial film funding agency SODEC, $2.75 million from the City of Montreal, and $1 million from the Daniel Langlois Foundation.{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Patricia |title=Gov't and Langlois save Cinema Parallele and Ex-Centris |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2011/04/11/govt-and-langlois-save-cinema-parallele-and-ex-centris/ |accessdate=19 October 2020 |work=Playback |date=11 April 2011}}{{cite news|title=Cinéma Excentris closes its doors — for now|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/cinema-excentris-closes-its-doors-for-now|accessdate=28 June 2016|agency=Montreal Gazette|date=November 24, 2015}}

The centre closed its doors in November 2015, citing financial difficulties. Cinéma Parallèle, the non-profit organization that ran the center, entered bankruptcy protection in May 2015.{{cite news|title=Closure of Cinéma Excentris in Montreal spurs contretemps|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/closure-of-cinema-excentris-in-montreal-spurs-contretemps/article27720379/|accessdate=28 June 2016|agency=Globe and Mail|date=December 11, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Le cinéma Excentris suspend sa programmation|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2015/11/24/002-cinema-excentris-programmation-suspendue.shtml|accessdate=28 June 2016|agency=Radio Canada|date=November 24, 2015}}

In 2018 the building was sold to {{ill|Collège Salette|fr}} for CA$1.6 million.{{cite news |last1=Baril |first1=Hélène |title=Ex-Centris vendu pour 1,6 million |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201803/22/01-5158266-ex-centris-vendu-pour-16-million.php |accessdate=19 October 2020 |work=La Presse |language=fr|date=20 March 2018}}