{"id":17064,"date":"2021-09-09T17:10:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T21:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montrealblackfilm.mysites.io\/?p=17064"},"modified":"2021-09-09T17:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T21:22:20","slug":"the-17th-mibff-a-necessary-festival-for-our-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/the-17th-mibff-a-necessary-festival-for-our-time\/","title":{"rendered":"17th MIBFF PROGRAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 17th MIBFF: A necessary Festival for our time!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Program also starring: Omar Sy, Colin Kaepernick, Quincy Jones, A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga, John Lewis, Megan Rapinoe, Jesse Williams, Tommie Smith, Catherine Frot, Jennifer Holness, Sol Guy, Danny Blanco Hall, and more!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Canada\u2019s largest Black Film Festival, the Montreal International Black Film Festival<\/strong> returns with a meaningful 17th edition that promises to inspire through bold programming – online and in person – September 22 to October 3, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRIBUTE & INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This year, in celebration of the Francophonie, the Festival is honored to present the MIBFF 2021 Career Achievement Award<\/strong> to Cesar winning actor Omar Sy<\/strong><\/a> (Lupin, The Untouchables); award winning Haitian-Canadian visual artist and filmmaker, Martine Chartrand <\/strong><\/a>(Black Soul, MacPherson); and Guadeloupean\/French activist and actress, Firmine Richard <\/strong><\/a>(8 women, La premi\u00e8re \u00e9toile). All three Honorary Guests will sit down with MIBFF President and Founder Fabienne Colas<\/strong> to discuss, in an intimate conversation, their respective career evolution, their journey to success and the importance of Diversity off and on screen today. #MIBFF21 will rebroadcast an intimate conversation with Academy Award nominated actress and Golden Globes award-winner Taraji P. Henson<\/a> (Empire) where she talks about her path towards Hollywood fame as a Black actress – a discussion that initially premiered earlier this year at the Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF).<\/strong><\/p>\n

134 FILMS FROM 30 COUNTRIES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The #MIBFF21<\/strong> will present 17 World premieres<\/strong>, 9 International premieres, 40 Canadian premieres and 35 Quebec premieres.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening night will take place on September 22<\/strong> at 7PM<\/strong> at the Imperial Theatre with Glenn Kaino & Afshin Shahidi\u2019s With Drawn Arms<\/a>, <\/strong>a feature documentary about track-and-field gold medalist Tommie Smith<\/strong> who famously raised a gloved fist at the \u201968 Olympic games to protest racial inequality in America. Then at 9PM, 134 films <\/strong>will be available ONLINE <\/strong>until October 3. #MIBFF21<\/strong> will close with Claus Drexel\u2019s narrative feature, Under the Stars of Paris<\/strong><\/a>. The film tells the story of a homeless women in Paris who meets an orphaned 8-year-old Eritrean boy. Bound by their marginal conditions, they embark together on an emotional journey to find his mother in Paris.<\/p>\n

SPECIAL EVENTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Many of the MIBFF staples rare back such as industry events as part of MIBFF Black Market<\/a>,<\/strong> which includes Panel Discussions<\/strong> and Intimate conversations<\/strong>; MIBFF in the Neighborhoods<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 presented by Desjardins – at Maison de la Culture Cotes-de-Neiges and Maison de la Culture Montreal Nord with free programming by members of the Black communities; the MIBFF Kids Film Festival<\/a> <\/strong>with a variety of films; and the extremely popular The Fabienne Colas Foundation\u2019s Being Black in Canada series<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Passes<\/strong><\/a> range from $69 to $119 and Tickets<\/strong><\/a> range from $8 to $25.<\/p>\n

See the complete press release here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 17th MIBFF: A necessary Festival for our time! Program also starring: Omar Sy, Colin Kaepernick, Quincy Jones, A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga, John Lewis, Megan Rapinoe, Jesse Williams, Tommie Smith, Catherine Frot, Jennifer Holness, Sol Guy, Danny Blanco Hall, and more! \u00a0Canada\u2019s largest Black Film Festival, the Montreal International Black Film Festival returns with a meaningful 17th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}