Festival international du film sur l’art (FIFA)/International Film Festival on Art

A film festival that screens films and documentaries on the various aspects of art and architecture from around the globe – its history, development through the ages, and its implementation and interpretation in different cultures. It aims to promote awareness and appreciation in the public about the importance of art, and the impact of art on the development of a society along with screenings of informative films which cover the life of artists, their work, impressive artistic achievements, masterpieces of photography and painting, and fascinating feats of architecture from around 30 countries. In 2007 the festival celebrated its 25th anniversary, screenig more than 200 films in eight theatres around Montreal, including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Goethe-Institut, the Cinémathèque québécoise and the Cinquième Salle of Place des Arts.

In 2009 the festival willl be held from March 19-29.