Sept. 22 - Oct. 3, 2021

17th FIFBM: an edition more relevant than ever Diversity and representation have been hot topic issues for a long time, in film and elsewhere. The rights of Black people have also long been defended by progressive observers. Still, the Black Lives Matter movement was...

TRIBUTE & INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS This year, the Festival is honored to present the MIBFF 2021 Career Achievement Award to Cesar winning actor Omar Sy (Lupin, The Untouchables); award winning Haitian-Canadian visual artist and filmmaker, Martine Chartrand (Black...

17th MIBFF: OMAR SY HONORED AT THE MONTREAL INTL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL + 134 FILMS FROM 30 COUNTRIES!  #MIBFF21 celebrates the Francophonie by paying tribute to Omar Sy, Martine Chartrand & Firmine Richard  Program also starring Colin Kaepernick, Quincy Jones, Aïssa...

17th Montreal International Black Film Festival Kicks Off With the Quebec Premiere of Glenn Kaino & Afshin Shahidi’s WITH DRAWN ARMS  Tuesday September 22, 2021 – 7pm – Imperial TheatreThe 17th Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF),...

BEING BLACK IN TORONTO WINNER OF BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY SERIES AT THE 2021 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS PART OF FABIENNE COLAS FOUNDATION’S BEING BLACK IN CANADA PROGRAM – Produced by Zaza Production and broadcast on CBC  (Toronto, May 18, 2021) – BEING...

Ottawa, March 4, 2021 – The Fabienne Colas Foundation – creator of Canada’s largest Black Film Festival: the Montreal Black Film Festival, the hugely popular Toronto Black Film Festival as well as the Halifax Black Film Festival – is proud and thrilled to announce that the Black Film Festival movement will be expanding to Ottawa, Canada’s capital and the city that holds the country’s third largest Black population.

NATIONAL commits to the Fabienne Colas Foundation to make Black communities talents shine in CanadaMontreal, February 8, 2021. —NATIONAL Public Relations commits to the Fabienne Colas Foundation to support and promote a dozen events and initiatives...

The Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Being Black in Canada program – Canada’s largest incubator dedicated to Black Filmmakers - is thrilled to be back with a call for applications for its 2021 edition. Thanks to the support of Netflix, the National Bank,...