The 40 Club
A circle of ambassadors and donors with a passion for art and cinema
The International Festival of Films on Art invites artists, business community and passionate friends to join its circle of ambassadors. These committed allies, driven by their love of art and cinema, play an essential role in FIFA’s outreach, enabling this unique festival to celebrate Art in all its forms. Thanks to their support, we are able to build a festival that lives up to our ambitions, while fostering rich and innovative initiatives.
Every year, our community grows. Le FIFA, a platform open to the world and to humanity, offers an exceptional window on the creative genius of artists and filmmakers from all horizons. Classic, avant-garde or resolutely experimental, their works reveal the depths of the imagination and the many facets of human spirit.
From March 13 to 23, 2025, Montreal and Quebec City will vibrate to the rhythm of the 43rd edition of Le FIFA, an event that promises to inspire, question and nourish the imagination. And because art can also be experienced beyond physical borders, a selection of films will be available online across Quebec on our ARTS.FILM platform, from March 21 to 30.
Recognized today as the world’s largest art film festival, Le FIFA will present over 150 films from more than 40 countries, affirming its mission to celebrate art, forge links and open up spaces where creativity can flourish.
The members
Anne-Marie Lavoie
Painter bryologist
Bénédicte Décary
Brigitte Haentjens
Carmen Garcia
Producer, Argus Films
Caroline Apollon
Cécile Neyra
Céline Lacerte Lamontagne
Attorney, retired judge, philanthropist
Christiane LeBlanc
Claude Brunet
Lawyer
Claudette Hould
Clément Delacroix
President and CEO of CinéRuelles festival
Cynthia Wu-Maheux
Denis Gagnon
Designer
Élodie Marteau
Annual campaign director, Université de Montréal
Faten Hodroge
Ginette Petit
Producer, Les Films Outsiders
Grace Sebeh Byrne
Co-founder & Executive Director , Yellow Pad Sessions
Isabelle Huiban
Communication Strategist
Jean-Christophe Yacono (aka Yako)
Visual and multimedia artist
Jean-François Renaud
Jo-Ann Kane
Art Advisor
Jonathan Burnham
Joyce Borenstein
Julien Silvestre
Executive director, Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec
Laurence McFalls
Professor of political science, Université de Montréal
Lionel Pardin
President, Rouge On Blue
Lolitta Dandoy
Lorraine Pintal
Executive and Artistic Director, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
Louis Dussault
Associate Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
Lucie Leclerc
President and CEO, BIP Recherche
Marc Kandalaft
Creative director, RAP – Bureau d’étude et de design
Martin Houle
Architect, MRIAC, founding director, Kollectif
Mathilde Borsenberger
Director of Associate and Student Programs, Gowling WLG
Mathilde Leclère
Associate professor, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Département de sciences cliniques, Université de Montréal
Michel Paradis
President — Grantham Foundation for the Arts and the Environment
Nadia Khalil Luong
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Nadine Lajoie
Nancy Cleman
Nathalie Pratte
Dr Nicolas Chevrier
Chair, Le FIFA, Psychologist and President, Services Psychologiques Séquoia
Nicolas Fonta
General Manager, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Autodesk
Patrick J. Clune
President, Digital Cut Post-Production
René Rozon
Founder, Festival International du Film sur l’Art
Rudy Hinh-Thai
PhD, Owner-pharmacist
Samatar Abdillahi
Analyst-Programmer, Mouvement Desjardins
Dre. Sophia Koukoui
Professor of psychology, Université de Montréal, and clinical psychologist
Suzanne Sauvage, C.M., O.Q.
Consultant
Thomas Giboudeaux
Marketing communications director, MUTEK
Valérie Lessard
Director of Filigrane Archives