Arab World Festival of Montreal – October 24 to November 8, various locations LiveEvents October 24, 2014 4557 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) [one_half] www.laplacedesarts.com October 29 Cinquième Salle, Place Des Arts Élans Flamenco October 30 Salle Bourgie www.laplacedesarts.com October 30 Cinquième Salle, Place Des Arts [/one_half] [one_half_last] www.laplacedesarts.com November 1 Cinquième Salle, Place Des Arts www.laplacedesarts.com November 2 Salle Claude-Léveillée, Place Des Arts www.laplacedesarts.com November 8 Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts [/one_half_last] Cinema Presented at Cinema de Parc [one_half] 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 [/one_half] [one_half_last] When I Saw You by Annemarie Jacir November 2 Baba Noël by Walid Mattar November 2 Baghdad Messi by Sahim Omar Kalifa November 2 [/one_half_last] 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