Call for submissions
44th edition of Le FIFA
Don’t wait and submit your project now!
You now have until October 24, 2025 to submit your project for the 44th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) to be held from March 12 to 22, 2026 in theatres and from March 20 to 29, 2026 online.
This call for submissions is aimed at directors, producers or distributors who have finished or are finishing a fiction film about art, a biographical film, a documentary, a performance recording, an art video or media art. It will allow them to premiere their work(s) in Montreal.
Fee
Take advantage of an “early bird” discount by submitting your film before August 18, 2025!
Registration fees are:$55 CAD $40 CAD for works longer than 40 minutes$30 CAD $20 CAD for works lasting 40 minutes or less
Eligibility Requirements
The Festival presents documentaries, fiction films on art, biographical films, art videos, performance recordings, music videos, interactive and/or immersive works and encompasses all the arts, of all periods and styles, in the following fields: animation, archaeology, architecture, art brut, contemporary art, culinary art, street art, circus art, art of living, art and politics, art and science, naive art, public art, technological art, therapeutic art, video art, graphic arts, media and digital arts, textile arts, comics, calligraphy, cinema, collage, collections, dance, design, interior design, drawing, experimental, artists’ films, gallerists, art history, art historians, installations, gardens, jazz, video games, literature, art market, crafts, mime, fashion, museum, music, new technologies, works on paper, opera, painting, performance, photography, poetry, broadcasting, restoration, sculpture, sociology of art, tattooing, theater, art theories, urban planning, and related subjects.
Le FIFA accepts submissions for the following types of works:
Short films (less than 30 min.)
Medium-length films (31−59 min.)
Feature films (60 min. and up)
- Only Works in one of the following eight versions will be accepted: French, English, dubbed in French, dubbed in English, subtitled in French, subtitled in English, without dialogue, without sound. Bilingual Works are preferred.
- Films or videos presented publicly in Montreal theatres, at another Montreal festival, on television, online or distributed on any other free or paid platform accessible to the Montreal public before March 30, 2026, are not eligible.