Montreal is a city of cinema, but it is also a city of theater, dance, art, and performance. Every year, one festival brings all our passions together and projects them onto the big screen: the Festival du Film sur l’Art.
In 2026, the festival will be celebrating its 44th edition and, as every year, we have a packed schedule of screenings and events.
Our schedule for FIFA 2026
The opening film of this edition is the highly anticipated documentary “Mon amour, c’est pour le restant de mes jours” (My Love, It’s for the Rest of My Life) by Montreal director André-Line Beauparlant—a cinematic diary about her life and her romantic relationship with filmmaker Robert Morin and the memories of the artist couple. Thursday, March 12 at 7 p.m.
“Cinema Paradiso” by Giuseppe Tornatore—part of the FIFA Classics program. This great classic of Italian cinema, about mad love and a favorite of many film buffs and romantics, will be shown for free at the Sanaaq Center. Monday, March 16 at 2 p.m.
“I am Martin Parr” by Lee Shulman, premiering in Quebec. The iconic English photographer known for his tongue-in-cheek approach to kitsch, pop-colored tourism, and overconsumption with humor passed away in 2025. Photographer Lee Shulman, whose work was featured at the MOMENTA Biennale, pays tribute to him. Monday, March 16 at 5:30 p.m .
“Omega wants to dance” by Ramon Tort, in its Canadian premiere. Part of FOCUS SPAIN. “The origin of the universe and the origin of the body are exactly the same. Both begin with dancing atoms.” It’s about dance, across North America, and humanity in motion. Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m.
“Ai Weiwei’s Turandot” by Maxim Derevianko, premiering in Quebec. The film follows Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei as he takes his first steps as an opera director, invited by the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome to revisit Giacomo Puccini’sTurandot. Wednesday, March 18 at 8 p.m.
“Hotel Chelsea” by Stephen O’Connell, in its world premiere. The film will be shown during NUIT DE LA DANSE at Théâtre Outremont. The film is inspired by the life of Patti Smith and the legendary Chelsea Hotel in New York—a moving meditation on sanctuary and creation. Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m.
Art is for everyone…
We associate films about art with an intelligentsia that spends half the year in Europe, wears thin oval-framed glasses andpenny loafers, andrides a Vespa even in winter. The democratization and popularization of art often comes through artists who touch everyone—like Michel Gondry with his music videos that everyone, everywhere, has seen.
In addition to collaborations with HEC and Concordia universities, FIFA’s online platform, ARTS.FILM —which operates as a VOD platform with a subscription fee of $79/year—is available free of charge in the university libraries of UQÀM, Concordia, and Cégep du Vieux Montréal.
It will soon be available in more educational and academic institutions, making its catalog of over 650 films available to students.
For those under 30, the festival also offers a$30 theater pass, and a single ticket for a screening is $14. Many screenings are also free.
Enjoy the festival!
