Montreal Black Film Festival

The 20th edition of the Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) will feature 100 films from 30 countries, and will hold its closing film and award ceremony at Concordia.

The festival also features Spike Lee, back for the fourth time — this time as the honorary president and for an intimate conversation where festival-goers will hear the Academy Award-winning director discuss his journey as a filmmaker/producer as well as his views on today’s political and socio-economic environment.

Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, Canada’s largest Black Film Festival, the MIBFF returns for a 20th year that promises to entertain but most importantly to inspire through thought-provoking films. The festival, which started out as a Haitian Film Festival 20 years ago, is proud to highlight several powerful and inspiring Haitian films and series this year. MIBFF’s mission remains, as always, to give minorities a voice on- and off-screen and to shine the spotlight on diversity within the industry.

Besides Spike Lee’s talk, the program features 100 films including six world premieres, five international premieres, 10 North American premieres, 13 Canadian premieres and 39 Quebec premieres; the MIBFF Black Market space dedicated to the cinema industry; the very popular Fabienne Colas Foundation’s (FCF’s) Being Black in Canada short film series; the impactful MIBFF in the Neighborhoods and the Pop-Up Market. Among the countries represented: Canada, Italy, Colombia, U.S., Qatar, Haiti, Sierra Leone, France, Kenya, French Guiana, Martinique, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Somalia, Cameroon, Switzerland, Senegal, Ecuador, Sweden, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, Mexico, Democratic Republic of Congo, Curacao and the Netherlands.

Two screenings held at Concordia

Kidnapping Inc.
September 27, 2024
8:30 p.m.

The Village Next to Paradise
September 29, 2024
5 p.m.