{"id":29681,"date":"2025-08-25T19:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/dany-laferriere-president-dhonneur-du-21e-fifbm-recevra-le-grand-prix-hommage-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:38:10","slug":"dany-laferriere-president-dhonneur-du-21e-fifbm-recevra-le-grand-prix-hommage-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/dany-laferriere-president-dhonneur-du-21e-fifbm-recevra-le-grand-prix-hommage-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"DANY LAFERRI\u00c8RE \u2013 HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE 21ST MIBFF \u2013 TO RECEIVE THE 2025 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n DANY LAFERRI\u00c8RE \u2013 HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE 21ST MIBFF \u2013 TO RECEIVE THE 2025 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD <\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n The Montreal International Black Film Festival \u2013 MIBFF (September 24\u201328, 2025) celebrates 40 years of literary career, 10 years at the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise, and Laferri\u00e8re\u2019s imprint on cinema<\/strong><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/i><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n Montreal, August 26, 2025<\/strong> \u2014 The Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF), whose 21st edition will take place from September 24 to 28, 2025, is proud to announce that writer, screenwriter, and filmmaker Dany Laferri\u00e8re<\/strong> will be the Honorary President of its 21st edition, where he will also receive the MIBFF 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong> for his exceptional body of work and decisive contribution to the arts and society. Dany Laferri\u00e8re succeeds Spike Lee, who served as the honorary President of the 20th edition of the Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) in 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n This recognition coincides with three major milestones: the 40th anniversary<\/strong> of the release of the emblematic book <\/span>How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired<\/span><\/i> (1985), a work that shook the literary scene before shining on the big screen with Isaach de Bankol\u00e9<\/strong> and Maka Kotto<\/strong> in the lead roles; the 10th anniversary<\/strong> of his induction into the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise (2015); and the 21st anniversary<\/strong> of his directorial debut with his first feature film based on an original screenplay, <\/span>How to Conquer America in One Night<\/span><\/i> (2004).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n \u201cCelebrating Dany Laferri\u00e8re at the 21st Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) will be a historic and deeply moving moment. For 40 years, Laferri\u00e8re has challenged conventions and embodied freedom, audacity, and the power of imagination. His work transcends borders and connects people. Honoring him at the 21st MIBFF is to celebrate literature that becomes cinema, and cinema that brings words back to life. His novel <\/span>How to<\/span><\/i> <\/span>Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired <\/span><\/i>remains, 40 years later, just as powerful. This book paved the way for a new generation of Black artists by giving a free, bold, and uncompromising voice to a reality too often marginalized. Its film adaptation marked the history of Quebec cinema, breaking taboos and imposing new representations of diversity.\u201d \u2014 Fabienne Colas<\/strong>, Founder and President of MIBFF<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n A member of the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise since 2015<\/strong>, Dany Laferri\u00e8re is one of the most widely read francophone writers of his generation. A Quebec writer of Haitian origin, Laferri\u00e8re is the first Quebecer and the second Black man admitted to the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise. Born in Petit-Go\u00e2ve (Haiti), Dany Laferri\u00e8re<\/strong> is a major figure of francophone, Quebec, and Haitian literature. His body of work (nearly 40 books), translated worldwide, explores memory, identity, exile, desire, and freedom, and has had a lasting impact on literature and cinema in the francophone world, from Quebec to Haiti and far beyond.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n Laferri\u00e8re<\/strong> has also made profound contributions to cinema: several of his works have been adapted for the screen \u2014 <\/span>On the Verge of a Fever (Le go\u00fbt des jeunes filles) <\/span><\/i>directed by John L\u2019Ecuyer, <\/span>Heading South (Vers le Sud)<\/span><\/i> directed by Laurent Cantet, <\/span>How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l\u2019amour avec un n\u00e8gre sans se fatiguer)<\/span><\/i> directed by Jacques W. Benoit \u2014 and he has inspired numerous documentaries (<\/span>A Gentle Drifting of a Haitian Child – La d\u00e9rive douce d\u2019un enfant de Petit-Go\u00e2ve,<\/span><\/i> directed by Pedro Ruiz). He directed <\/span>How to Conquer America in One Night (Comment conqu\u00e9rir l\u2019Am\u00e9rique en une nuit)<\/span><\/i>, his first feature film based on an original screenplay. Through his words and images, Dany Laferri\u00e8re has helped redefine Black narratives, creating a bridge between Haiti, Quebec, and the world.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n 2025: THE YEAR OF ADAPTATIONS \u2013 LITERATURE & CINEMA<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n MIBFF 2025 highlights the adaptation of novels into films and the intimate relationship between literature and the seventh art: cinema extends literature into images and sounds, making it tangible, audible, and shareable. Through tributes, screenings, discussions, and masterclasses, the Festival explores how literary works are transformed into collective sensory experiences.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n NOT TO BE MISSED WITH DANY LAFERRI\u00c8RE \u2013 HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE 21ST MIBFF<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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