The festival is dedicated solely to quality French-language feature films emanating from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, and other French-speaking regions.

In addition, in 2008 the SACD decorated Teitelbaum with the Médaille Beaumarchais awarded each year since 1 777 to the persons who best exemplify efforts to protect the rights of artists, composers and writers.

[3] As young French film critic Guilhem Caillard joined the team in March 2011, CINEMANIA began a collaboration with the Cinémathèque Québécoise, which allows, each year, to welcome a greater number of prestigious guests.

The French feature films such as Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of A Lady on Fire and Québec’s Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone represent their respective countries in the race for the 2020 Oscars, further enhancing the selection.

[9] This same year, as the event celebrates its 26th edition, Guilhem Caillard announces that CINEMANIA "opens a new chapter in its history by offering 34 short films, an original selection with an emphasis on creativity and diversity.

Further, our association with the Saguenay International Short Film Festival, whose 24th edition was abruptly interrupted by the quarantine, is indicative of the strong ties we maintain with our colleagues.

Well-known directors whose work appears frequently on CINEMANIA's screen include André Téchiné, Anne Fontaine, François Ozon, Maïwenn, Robert Guédiguian, Manuel Poirier, Aki Kauresmaki, and the Dardennes Bros.

There have been guest appearances by such notable filmmakers as Bertrand Tavernier, Arnaud Desplechin, Olivier Assayas, Cédric Klapisch, Nicole Garcia, Alexandre Arcady, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Jacques Beinix, Patrice Leconte, and Radu Mihaileanu.

After 11 years at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CINEMANIA moved to the Imperial Cinema to increase its capacity and thus respond to cinephiles' ever growing interest in the festival.

This is, I believe, what we must remember about the complex situation we are all facing: the health crisis has exacerbated the need for culture, entertainment, the appetite for a different kind of cinema, the need to discover and defend French-language films.

"[12] CINEMANIA organizes quality events that challenge and stimulate many cinephiles: master classes, discussion panels, presentation of films by their directors and actors, question and answer sessions after the projections.

Over the years, the Mel Hoppenheim Prix du Public went to the following films: CINEMANIA presents, since 2012, an additional award dedicated to encouraging talented newcomers of the francophone cinema world.

For the competition, the Programming Committee selects feature films that offer reflections on the Francophone world, its political and social issues and the contemporary history of the countries portrayed.