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Highlights

  • The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) is unique in North America and the largest of its kind in the world. In 2000, it was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix by the Montreal Arts Council.

  • Films on art allow viewers a special contact with artists that no other mode of expression can provide. They employ a variety of approaches, including analysis of the works, recreation of artistic currents and eras and artist biographies.

  • FIFA’s mission is to increase public awareness and appreciation of art. It thus promotes artists and professionals working in the fields of cinema, television and video, as well as the world’s finest productions of media art and films on art.

  • The importance and popularity of documentary films worldwide has increased dramatically. According to a study done in 2006, the audiovisual industry in Europe alone produced nearly 10,000 documentaries in 5 years.

  • FIFA receives close to 700 films annually. This year, 290 films from some 30 countries were selected, representing 27 disciplines: architecture, theatre, video art, dance, art history, painting, photography...

  • Films on art, which preserve artists and their works for posterity, are instrumental in safeguarding our cultural heritage and collective memory. The Festival has amassed over the years a treasure trove of films and videos, numbering close to 5,000 works, which includes both the selected films and those submitted during the preselection process. Added to this total is a large number of photographs, as well as a collection of posters. In addition, for each film submitted to the Festival, a file containing its relevant documents is preserved. The Festival has thus stockpiled 10,000 files over the years. Finally, the Festival has an ever-increasing collection of over 500 books and journals relating to films on art.

  • Every year, the prizewinning films of the latest edition of FIFA are presented on an international circuit that includes the Louvre in Paris, the Studio national des arts contemporains Le Fresnoy in Tourcoing, the AIA/Center for Architecture, the Mid-Manhattan Library and the Morgan Library in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Musée national des beaux-arts in Quebec City, the National Gallery of Canada and the Tate Modern in London.