Press Releases
TRIBUTE & INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS
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!
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
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 WINS 2021 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS…
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...
Inaugural OTTAWA BLACK FILM FESTIVAL – #OBFF21
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.
Strategic Partnership between NATIONAL and the Fabienne Colas Foundation
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...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Fabienne Colas Foundation’s BEING BLACK IN CANADA Presented by Netflix in collaboration with the National Bank Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa
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,...
LA FONDATION FABIENNE COLAS REMET SA TROISIÈME BOURSE DIVERSITÉ À L’ÉCRAN QUÉBECOR
Montréal, le 22 décembre 2020 — C’est avec fierté et enthousiasme que la Fondation Fabienne Colas, organisme artistique créateur du Festival International du Film Black de Montréal (FIFBM), remet cinq Bourses Diversité à l’Écran Québecor à Marina Mathieu,...
The Fabienne Colas Foundation’s BEING BLACK IN CANADA Program, presented by NETFLIX, in collaboration with the NATIONAL BANK, unveils its 2020 PARTICIPANTS
Montreal, December 15, 2020 – We are proud to announce the 20 new participants of the 2020 Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Being Black in Canada Program - presented by Netflix, in collaboration with the National Bank, and supported by Telefilm Canada, Canada Media...
TELEFILM CANADA JOINS NETFLIX, THE NATIONAL BANK AND CANADA MEDIA FUND AS A MAJOR PARTNER OF THE FCF’S BEING BLACK IN CANADA PROGRAM
www.BeingBlackInCanada.com Montreal, October 20, 2020 - The Fabienne Colas Foundation is proud to announce Telefilm Canada as a major partner of the Being Black in Canada Program - Canada’s largest mentorship, training, and creation program entirely dedicated to...