The Montreal Critics’ Week has unveiled the lineup for its inaugural festival, which will feature 19 films across a week of programming. The first-ever edition, an initiative of the Montreal-based online magazine Panorama-cinéma, will be held at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma Moderne from Jan. 13 to Jan. 19. Along with Q&As with select filmmakers and talent, more guest speakers will be announced at a later date.

The program includes the world premiere of “Two Cuckolds Go Swimming,” a Canadian production that marks the sophomore feature of director Winston DeGiobbi. The film follows an adult film star who re-examines her life during a visit to her mother.

The festival will close with a double feature of Matthew Rankin’s Farsi-language fantasia “Universal Language,” which was recently featured on the Oscars shortlist of potential nominees for the best international feature film category, followed by the North American premiere of Abdolreza Kahani’s “A Shrine,...