Arab World Festival of Montreal

The Arab World Festival of Montreal (Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal or FMA) is an event dedicated to the meeting of Arabic and Western cultures. Through its four sections – Performing Arts, Culture Forum, Cinema, and Orientalys – the FMA presents modern bodies of work through original productions in dance, music, theater and multidisciplinary arts, debates, conferences, lectures and films.

Performing Arts (partial list)

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October 29
Cinquième Salle, Place Des Arts

Élans Flamenco
October 30
Salle Bourgie

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October 30
Cinquième Salle, Place Des Arts

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November 1
Cinquième Salle, Place Des Arts

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November 2
Salle Claude-Léveillée, Place Des Arts

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November 8
Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts

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Cinema
Presented at Cinema de Parc

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Stable Unstable by Mahmoud Hojeij
November 1

It’s About to Rain by Aseel Haider Rashid
November 1

Byblos by Joanne Geha
November 1

Ladder to Damascus by Mohamed Malas
November 2

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When I Saw You by Annemarie Jacir
November 2

Baba Noël by Walid Mattar
November 2

Baghdad Messi by Sahim Omar Kalifa
November 2

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Culture Forum (exhibitions, encounters and debates)

The Culture Forum section allows extraordinary encounters with painters, writers, thinkers and authors coming from the Arab World, Europe, the United States and Canada. Well known and famous intellectuals lead debates and forums of thought and exchange about diversity, cross-cultural relations, the Arab World of nowadays and of our ancestors.

For more information: festivalarabe.com