2025 FIAF Congress in Montreal
The 2025 Congress will be hosted by the Cinémathèque québécoise and will take place in Montreal from 27 April to 2 May 2025. The theme of the Symposium on 28-29 April 2025 is "Les Archives du cinéma créent du cinéma"/"Film Archives Beget Films".
Registrations to attend the Congress in person are now open. Please use this online form to submit your registration. You will then receive an automatic confirmation email. Remember that FIAF Members are entitled to register four complimentary delegates and Associates two complimentary delegates. Additional delegates will have to pay a fee. Note that information on how to register for online participation in the various Congress sessions will be provided at a later date. The registration should not be filled in if you are planning to attend Congress sessions remotely.
The website of the 2025 FIAF Congress is accessible HERE. You can also find the first Congress Newsletter HERE.
Remember that the Christian Dimitriu Fund provides some funding assistance to a few delegates of FIAF affiliates. This Fund is intended to encourage a diverse range of FIAF representation at the annual Congress and to provide assistance to affiliates who may otherwise be unable to attend due to financial constraints. Applications for funding are now open and the form can be accessed HERE (you must be logged in).
Finally, the Call for Papers of the 2025 Symposium on the theme "Film Archives Beget Films" is now closed. Over 70 propopsals were received by the deadline and the Scientific Committee is now assessing the proposals. Their selection will be announced by the end of January.
See below a teaser of the 2025 FIAF Congress, courtesy of the Cinémathèque québécoise.
Future FIAF Congresses
No definitive decision has yet been made regarding the 2026 FIAF Congress. More information will be posted about it as soon as it becomes available. The 2027 Congress will be hosted by the Deutsche Kinemathek and will take place in Berlin in the spring of 2027 (exact dates to be determined). The host of the 2028 Congress will be decided at the General Assembly in April 2025.
