Dear friends,

We would like to inform you that the 25th Montreal International Children’s Film Festival (FIFEM) will be held from February 26 to March 6, 2022 in a hybrid format – online and live in Montreal.

The festival’s program includes the short film “Santiago” (2020) by the Bulgarian director Andrey Koulev.

The film tells the story of a friendship between an Inuit child, and an old fisherman.

The story is inspired by the novel “The Old Man and the Sea” by the writer Ernest Hemingway.

A member of the jury of the festival will be the Bulgarian director Andrey Hadzhivasilev.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ho_J0y3L0

Enjoy the movie!

From the Embassy of Bulgaria, Ottawa