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
Ana Marinescu
Annabelle Beauchamp
Anne-Marie Lavoie
Painter bryologist
Anne-Marie Martino
Brian Melanson
Carmen Garcia
Producer, Argus Films
Caroline Apollon
Céline Lacerte Lamontagne
Attorney, retired judge, philanthropist
Claude Brunet
Lawyer
Claudette Hould
Clément Delacroix
President and CEO of CinéRuelles festival
Danielle Lysaught
Dave Rosenbaum
Denis Gagnon
Designer
Dominique Blain
Élodie Marteau
Annual campaign director, Université de Montréal
Ginette Petit
Producer, Les Films Outsiders
Hélène LeBel
Ian Gailer
Jean-Christophe Yacono (aka Yako)
Visual and multimedia artist
Jennifer Alleyn
Joyce Borenstein
Laurence McFalls
Professor of political science, Université de Montréal
Lionel Pardin
President, Rouge On Blue
Lolitta Dandoy
Fashion & lifestyle journalist
Louis Dussault
Directrice des campagnes annuelles — Université de Montréal
Marc Kandalaft
Creative director, RAP – Bureau d’étude et de design
Marie Saint-Pierre
Marie-Josée Dupont
Marie-Josée Lacroix
Marie-Julie Dallaire
Mariella Pandolfi
Martin Houle
Architect, MRIAC, founding director, Kollectif
Mathilde Borsenberger
Directrice associée Nationale, Optimisation des talents et initiatives — 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
Nadine Lajoie
Nathalie Courville
Nicolas Fonta
General Manager, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Autodesk
Nicolas Ranger
Olivier Blouin
Patrick Blanchette
Philippe Brault
Pierre Desmarais
Pierre-Anaîs Parent St-Gelais
René Rozon
Founder, Festival International du Film sur l’Art
Rudy Hinh-Thai
PhD, Owner-pharmacist
Sonia Gagné
Stefanie Roy
Comité d’honneur de l’encan — architecte OAQ et artiste
Suzanne Masson
Suzanne Sauvage, C.M., O.Q.
Consultant
Tatiana Braun
- Chargée de projets — Goethe-Institut Montreal
Thomas Giboudeaux
Marketing communications director, MUTEK
Valérie Lessard
Director of Filigrane Archives
Véronique Duplain
