the cinemania french film festival in montreal was established in 1995 and has continued annually ever since. 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. all films screened must be north american, canadian, or quebec premieres, and all are subtitled in english. the festival takes place every november during a period of 11 days opening on the first thursday of the month. all films are screened in the imperial cinema, in downtown montreal.