Palazzo Grassi invites The International Festival of Films on Art 2025

From 2 to 5 October, for the fifth consecutive year, Palazzo Grassi invites the Festival International du Film sur l’Art (le FIFA) of Montreal to present a powerful series of films that shed light on cultural heritage and resilience across the globe.

This year's line-up explores timely questions around the restitution of artworks, the repatriation of cultural objects, and the renewal of collective memory. Through a tailored-made selection of international documentaries, Le FIFA invites audiences to engage in dialogue, reflect on shared histories, and imagine new paths toward reconciliation and cultural flourishing.

Thursday 2 October

6 pm
Dahomey by Mati Diop
Benin, France, Senegal, 2024, 68’
ov: French, Fon, English; sub: Italian

7.15 pm
So Surreal: Behind the Masks by Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson
Canada, 2024, 88’
ov: English; sub: French

Friday 3 October

6 pm
The Story of Ne Kuko by Festus Toll
Netherlands, 2024, 25’
ov: French, Lingala; sub: English

6.30 pm
No More History Without Us by Priscilla Brasil
Brazil, Portugal, 2024, 75’  
ov: English, Portuguese; sub: English

Saturday 4 October

5 pm
Fiume o morte! by Igor Bezinović
Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, 2025, 112’
ov: Croatian, Italian, Fiuman

Sunday 5 December

5 pm
Soundtrack to a Coup D'État by Johan Grimonprez
Belgium, France, Netherlands, 2024, 150’
ov: French, English, Dutch, Russian; sub: Italian