In A Museum in the City, director Luc Bourdon takes us on a tour of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA)—a backstage visit that explores the institution’s 150-year history. Journeying from pavilion to pavilion, we meet curators, educators, artisans and its visionary director, Nathalie Bondil, as well as the dynamic and dedicated team of volunteers without whom the Museum would not exist.

A film about a museum has to be a film about art. Luc Bourdon chose to make a film about the art of bringing a museum to life.