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Montreal 2015 Video Channel on Youtube by filmfestivals.com : 24 videos 123 minutes 39th Montreal World Film Festival opening with Muhammad Interview with Azahar Iqbal sum of histories Interview with Cornelia Travnicek for Chucks competing in Montreal chucks chucks Interview with Cornelia Travnicek for Chucks competing in Montreal Interview with Jean Jacques Annaud Interview with Isen Robbins David Puttnam masterclass sum of histories Interview with Azahar Iqbal Video Interview with Susanna Duellmann "Where are you going Habibi"! Interview de diane rouxel pour Fou d Amour Video Interview with Emma Jaay and Martin Butz for Beijing Beeing Interview with Roberto Gervitz for his documentary a matter of courage 39th Montreal World Film Festival opening with Muhammad Interview with Stephan Ivanov DoP of Petrov File in Montreal competition Interview with Ma Mingzhu for ARIA of life Interview with Manoj Annadurai and Sania Jhankar for Get Happy Interview avec Marc Ruchmann et Salam Jawad pour QUI SUIS-JE APRÈS TON EXIL EN MOI A CHANCE TO DRESS Interview with Ramon Termens for evil that men can do Interview with René Frotscher and Michal Rogalski filmakers of Summer Solstice Meet Jon Pettersson the director of John Hron: world premiere in Montreal Meet Norihito Iki the director of Noboke having its World Premiere in Montreal Interview with Actor Charles Lemaire for Now we are Alive Meet Nemanja Cipranic Director of Legacy / Amanet René Frotscher / Michal Rogalski filmakers of Summer Solstice Best Screenplay at Montreal Fest

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Latin, Room 17 Monday, September 7, at 2.30 p.m., Cinéma Quartier Latin, Room 14 Synopsis In

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Interview with Alice Bouvrie for A Chance to Dress

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Editor : Bernice Schneider Music : Claes Nystrom Film production and Sales : Prod.: Alice D. Bouvrie,

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Bartroli Editor : Anna Térmens Cast : Daniel Faraldo, Andrew Tarbet, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Priscilla

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Interview with Manoj Annadurai and Sania Jhankar for Get Happy


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Annadurai Screenwriter : Tom Shipley Cinematographer : Eric Giovon Editor : Matt O’Brien Cast :

Chris Riggi, Adam LaVorgna, Rebecca Blumhagen, Jordan Lane Price, Lauren Sweetser Music : Allison

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Interview with Ma Mingzhu for ARIA of life

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Editor : Ma Mingzhu Cast : Wang Xian, Han Jingru, Wang Yu, Wang Yi, Yan Fanfan, Liang Jing, Zhang

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gay loved each other. When the film was screened in Vietnam in March 2015 , it got special attention

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Triptych Media et Galafilm (Canada), Marianna Films (Finlande), Starhaus Filmproduktion

(Allemagne) et Anagram (Suède) sont heureuses d’annoncer la première mondiale du long-métrage

La reine-garçon (The Girl King) au Festival des films du monde les 4 et 6 septembre prochains en

présence du réalisateur Mika Kaurismäki, de l’actrice Malin Buska et du scénariste Michel Marc

Bouchard. Le réalisateur Finlandai...


Interview with Frederike Migom for Nkosie Coiffure

2015, Colour, Belgium, World Competition - short films Production Team Director : Frederike Migom

Screenwriter : Frederike Migom Cinematographer : Laurens de Geyter Editor : Tom Denoyette Cast :

Nele Vereecken, Kurt Vandendriessche, Awa Sene Sarr, Stella Kitoga, Wivine Ngoy-Mutemba Music :

Jens Bouttery, Fredy Massamba Film production and Sales : Prod.: Jules Debrick, 2nd to the Right,

Baksteenkaai 50, 1000 Bruxelles (Belgique), jules@2ndto...


MARIANGOLA CASTRO, member of the jury, presented the Students Film Awards.

MARIANGOLA CASTRO, member of the jury, presented the awards ...


Meet the Winners of the Students Film Competition at Montreal World Film Festival

FLORENCE PELLETIER, student from Concordia University, was awarded for the short: "Fondue

chinoise", in the 39th FFM 2015. Fondue chinoise: by Florence Pelletier, Colour, 6 minutes, Canada,

2014 Saturday August 29, 2015 - 07:00 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 2 Wednesday September 2,

2015 - 03:00 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 2 ...


Student Film Festival Awards ceremony


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The Awards Ceremony of the 46th Student Film Festival will take place today wednesday September

2, 2015 at 4 :30 pm at Resto Végo, 1720 Saint-Denis Street, Montréal The following prizes will be

awarded : International Section: First Prize Jury Prize (ex-aequo) Best Fiction Best Documentary Best

film, experi...


Xing Jian, the director of Seven Days speaks on his film at the Press Conference

SEVEN DAYS 2015, B&W, China, World Competition Production Team Director : Xing Jian

Screenwriter : Liu Jinkai, Xing Jian Cinematographer : Chen Liyang, Gu Shouzhu Editor : Xing Jian

Cast : Wang Deshun, Wang Shiwenqi, Huang Songbo Music : Liu Suola Film production and Sales :

Prod.: Xing Jian, Beijing Yijie Film Culture Media Co., tél.: +86 (139) 1141 22 52,

[email protected]. Synopsis In the earl...


Greg Reitman Invited to Montreal with his film Rooted in Peace

Greg Reitman winner of Sundance Audience Award Documentary with his documentary 'Fuel' returns

to Montreal with Rooted in Peace ...


Director Mehmet Eryilmaz talks about The Visitor, his film in Montreal World Competition


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MISAFIR / THE VISITOR 2015, Colour, Turkey, World Competition Production Team Director :

Mehmet Eryilmaz Screenwriter : Mehmet Eryilmaz Cinematographer : Cemil Kizildag Editor : Ugur

Hamidogullari, Sultan Ilhan, Taner Sarf, Mehmet Eryilmaz Cast : Zümrüt Erkin, Tamer Levent, Ayten

Uncuoglu, Hale Akinli, Ersin Umut Güler, Melek Çinar Music : Sema Film production and Sales : Prod.:

Sultan llhan, Atlanta Film, Si...


Under Heaven to screen at Montreal as world Premiere

Dalmira Tilepbergen with Bruno Chatelin and Consul of Kyrgyzstan in Montreal UNDER

HEAVEN "ASMAN ALDYNDA" Style: Drama Running time: 88 minutes Language: Kyrgyz Subtitles:

English, Russian Director : Dalmira Tilepbergen Screenwriter : Dalmira Tilepbergen Cinematographer :

Akjol Bekbolotov Editor : Eldiar Madakim Cast : Anvar Osmonaliev, Taalaikan Abazova, Nurjigit

Kanaev, Munara Dooronbekova Music : Murzali Jenbaev Film prod...


Superb article in The Gazette de Montreal about lord David Puttnam's Masterclass at the Festival

Superb article in The Gazette by [email protected] / twitter.com/billbrownstein

"Rather than ask David Puttnam to name the great British films he has made, the easier question

could be: What great British filmsdidn’t he have a hand in making? It may be a shorter list. As a

consequence of his film success on the other side of the pond, he is now Lord Puttnam, or Sir David.

But frankly, he wishes folks would just call him David, or Pu...


“HAPPY” screening at Regard sur les films du Monde- @FFM 2015, by the youngest director of this

year’s festival !


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Come check out “HAPPY”, official selection - Regard sur les films du Monde- @FFM 2015, written &

directed by 24 year-old, NYU- Tisch graduate, Jordan Goldnadel - the youngest director of this year’s

festival ! SCREENNING TIMES: SEPTEMBER 1 / 5pm @ QUARTIER LATIN - L9.01.5 followed by

Q&A with writer/director Jordan Goldnadel and leading actress Isabel Ryan. SEPTEMBER 2 / 9:10am

@QUARTIER LATIN - L9.01.5 Synop...


Come Away With Me will have its Canadian Premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Come Away With Me is a powerful, heart-felt short film relating to the issues of Post-Traumatic

Stress Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease. It won the Platinum Remi Award at WorldFest in Houston

this year, the Best Director Award in the Woods Hole Film Festival, and recently came back from the

Diversity in Cannes Film Festival. The cast includes actor/director Ellen Gerstein (Shameless,

Southland, & James Dean) and actor, Charlie Robinson (Night Court, Hart of Dixie, & The Game). Las...


SIN & ILLY Still Alive Coming of Age Drama selected at Montreal World Fest

SIN & ILLY STILL ALIVE selected at Montréal Film Festival will screen Tuesday September 1, 2015 -

02:00 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 12 SIN & ILLY STILL ALIVE - Winner of the White Bembel -

MBF AWARD for best feature film, 8th LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International 2015 further festival

participations: achtung berlin - new berlin film award, Germany 4/2015 Neiße Film Festival,

Germany, 5/2015 Montréal World Film Festival, Can...


Only for the Week End premieres in Montreal


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The screening will be on September 6th at 6:30 PM / Quartier Latin Screen 10 (350 Rue Emery -

Montreal - Quebec) Check the trailer of "Solo per il Weekend" We have attached the Digital Press Kit

of the film in PDF format. 'SOLO PER IL WEEKEND' A film by Director Kobayashi Produced by

Director Kobayashi and Indiana Production All your life can change in a weekend It may seem like

Las Vegas, but it's Milan. A...


World premiere of Yony Leyser's debut feature DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE

World premiere of Yony Leyser's debut feature DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE in Montreal. Venue:

Cinema Quartier Latin Cinema 15 DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE is Yony Leyser's debut fiction feature

and his follow up to his acclaimed 2010 documentary feature "William S Burroughs: A Man Within"

which was released theatrically in several countries including the USA via Oscilloscope. Ezra, an

American writer of Palestinian and Israeli parentage...


Premiere of Invention for Destruction a film by Karel Zeman from Czech Republican

INVENTION FOR DESTRUCTION 1958 / N&B / 78 min / Czech Republic Dir.: Karel Zeman Cast: Lubor

Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr, Václav Kyzlink, Jana Zatloukalová. Prod.:

Ondrej Beranek, Punk Film Synopsis THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE (Czech: Vynález zkázy,

literally The Deadly Invention or An Invention for Destruction) is a 1958 Czech adventure film

directed by Karel Zeman. Based on ...


A Sunday Kind of Love to have World Premiere in Montreal


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Synopsis Adam Loule, 31, is trying to write the next great novel. It isn’t going well. His previous

books have all been failures, and now he’s only surviving thanks to his girlfriend Tracy, 29, a

successful lawyer. His blind obsession for greatness has recently put a strain on their relationship, not

that Adam's noticed. He does however notice the beautiful and flattering Emma, 25, especially when

she tells Adam she also goes by another name, Death…and sh...


God Will Provide Has its World Premiere at Montreal World Film Festival

The short-film "God Will Provide", directed by Luís Porto, will have its world Premiere at Montreal

World Film Festival today at 4pm, in the Quartier Latin 11. It will also screen on the 7th September,

at 11:30am, in the Quartier Latin 9. 1984. Maria lives alone in the countryside, on a remote village.

She is a woman of strong moral and religious beliefs. Alone and isolated, she has no way of justifying

a sudden and unwanted pregnancy. Title: God Will Provi...


Projects at the Festival Market...

Let us hear about the Montreal Canada China Film Festival By Leopoldo Soto ...


Box of Freedom Romanian project in preproduction takes co production meetings in Montreal

Meet some of the players at Montreal Industry Office and Market . ...



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Interview with Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl who return to Montreal with Chucks

Chuck had its world Premiere in Montreal World Film Festival August 30 CHUCKS - Live. Love. Dance.

Now! The team behind "Coming of Age (Anfang 80)", Montreal 2012 Festival Audience Award

Winner (and best actor Award), returns to the Montreal with a new drama/comedy having its world

Premiere in competition. A film by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl After the novel by Cornelia

Travnicek CHUCKS, the new film by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard ...


The truth about lies screens at Montreal Festival, we sat down with the producer Isen Robbins

Do not miss this beautiful romantic comedy THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES. Come see THE TRUTH ABOUT

LIES at the 2015 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL! Meet the producer Isen Robbins with whom we

sat down in Montreal and shared about the film and the vast festival experience he has. Sunday Aug.

30, 2015 - 11:00 AM Tuesday Sept 1, 2015 - 01:30 PM CINEMA QUARTIER LATIN 13 THE TRUTH

ABOUT LIES stars Fran Kranz, Odette Annable, Chris Diamantopoulos, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Miles

Fisher, and...


Wanja to screen in the Focus On World Cinema Section

FLICKFILM proudly presents WANJA WANJA to receive North American Premiere at Montreal World

Film Festival, in the Focus On World Cinema Section Feature film, 4K, 87 Min., Germany, 2015

Written and directed by Carolina Hellsgård Produced by Johanna Aust / FLICKFILM GbR Cast: Anne

Ratte-Polle, Nele Trebs, Viktor Minich, Marko Dyrlich, Michael Baderschneider and Mehmet Yilmaz

The former bank robber Wanja is released from a long prison sentence. As her f...


Interview with Cornelia Travnicek the author of Chucks

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We met Cornelia the author of Chucks, avery successful book turned into a film. Chucks, The film, has

had its world premiere today in Montreal: the directing couple Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl

return to the festival, 3 years after their Audience Award Prize. A Conversation with Cornelia

Travnicek Was there a scene or statement that led you to write the novel CHUCKS? In hindsight, of

course, that’s always hard to say – there’s that nice word “i...


Kurdistan screens at the WFF

KURDISTAN-KURDISTAN Réal./Dir.: Bulent Gunduz. Monday, August 31st, 4.10 pm, Cinéma Quartier

Latin, Room 16 Synopsis In the 1990s, Delil Dilanar, one of the great Kurdish singers, who continues

to keep alive a tradition of a rich and complex musical style of dengbej that he has inherited from

master Egîtê Cimo, was forced to leave his homeland and go into exile in Europe. After 20 years of

exile, he finds that his heart hasn’t followed him. During a concert in...


Sum of Histories: Interview with the filmmakers attending Montreal Festival

TERUG NAAR MORGEN / SUM OF HISTORIES Lukas Bossuyt (director and scriptwriter) and Ivy

Vanhaecke in Montreal 2015, Colour, Belgium, Netherlands. The, First Films World Competition

Production Team Director : Lukas Bossuyt Screenwriter : Lukas Bossuyt Cinematographer : Stijn Van

der Veken Editor : Philippe Ravoet Cast : Koen De Graeve, Matteo Simoni, Robrecht Vanden Thoren,

Karina Smulders, Charlotte Anne Bongaerts, Bart Holland...


Interview with Azahar Iqbal

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David Puttnam Masterclass ambiance


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Susanna Duellmann in Montreal to present "Where are you going Habibi"!

Susanna Duellmann 2015, Colour, Germany, Focus on World Cinema Production Team Director :

Tor Iben Screenwriter : Tor Iben, Kristina Spitzley, Samir Moussa, Niklas Peters Cinematographer :

Manuel Ruge Editor : Markus Morkötter Cast : Özay Fecht, Neil Malik Abdullah, Tuncay Gary, Ilknur

Boyraz Music : William Kudahl, Sørensen, Bartosz Bludau, Tele Film production and Sales : Prod.:

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Video Interview with Emma Jaay and Martin Butz for Beijing Beeing

2015, Colour, Australia, China, Focus on World Cinema Production Team Director : Emma Jaay

Screenwriter : Emma Jaay Cinematographer : Husain Amer Editor : Ryan Walsh Cast : Emma Jaay,

Martin Butz, Carlotta Trevisan, Levi Woodard, Shao Yue Heng, Zhou Le, Fu Song Music : Travis Ash

Film production and Sales : Prod.: Emma Jaay, Em Jaay Productions, 12 Lang Road, Centennial Park,

Sydney NSW 2021 (Australie), [email protected] / Beijing Meishao M...


39th Montreal World Film Festival opening with Muhammad

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Video Interview with Roberto Gervitz director of 'A matter of Courage' feature film in Montreal Fest

2015

PROVA DE CORAGEM / A MATTER OF COURAGE 2015, Colour, Brazil, Uruguay, World Competition

Production Team Director : Roberto Gervitz Screenwriter : Roberto Gervitz. D’après/Based on: Horse

Hands. De/By: Daniel Galera Cinematographer : Lauro Escorel Editor : Manga Campion Cast :

Armando Babaioff, Mariana Ximenes, Áurea Maranhão, Daniel Volpi, Cesar Troncoso Music : Luiz

Henrique Xavier Film production and Sales&nb...


Lord David Puttnam, my former boss at Sony to give a masterclass today at Montreal Fest

Lord David Puttnam will teach a master class on the importance of the audio visual world in Montréal

for the WFF. The class will be held at cinema Impérial at 2 PM this Friday August 28th. It's free and

for everyone. First arrived first enlightened! ...


'Under Construction' written and directed by Rubaiyat Hossain as her second feature film

'Under Construction' had its world premiere at Seattle International Film Festival 2015 the film is

participating in this year’s Montreal World Film Festival. This is a film about a modern Muslim woman

struggling to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh, written and directed by Rubaiyat Hossain

as her second feature film. 2015, Colour, Bangladesh, Focus on World Cinema Production Team

Director : Rubaiyat Hossain Screenwriter : Rubai...


Dany Laferrière will head the Jury at FFM 2015

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DANY LAFERRIÈRE, President Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1953, Dany Laferrière left his native

country following the killing of his colleague and friend, journalist Gasner Raymond. His first novel,

Comment faire l’amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer was published in 1985 and became an

overnight success, propelling him into the front ranks of the new generation of Quebec writers. The

novel was later adapted into a sccreenplay by Laferrière and Richard Sadl...


Get Happy, a romantic comedy, will be having its world premiere at the 39th Montreal World Film

Festival

The romantic comedy, Get Happy, which will be having its world premiere at the 39th Montreal

World Film Festival. The film previously had a test screening at the Manhattan Film Festival were it

won Best Romantic Comedy! The lead actor, Chris Riggi, well known for his role on Gossip

Girl, among other prominent movies and TV shows, will be in attendance during the festival

screenings. Get Happy is about about a perpetually miserable...


AUTOUR DE MA R by He er Charf at Montreal World Film Fes val

The documentary Autour de Ma r (In Ma r s Company), directed and produced by He er Charf, has

been selected by the 9th Montreal World Film Fes val (Fes val des Films du Monde de Montréal),

August 27 to September 7, 2015 and figures in the section Documentaries of the World

(Documentaires du Monde). There will be two showings of this world premiere: Saturday, September

5 at 18h30 (6.30 pm.) and Sunday, September 6 at 12h00 (noon.) They will both take place in the

Quartier Latin movi...


Montreal 2012 Audience Award Winners return to win the Audience Award with Chucks, a film by

Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl


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Chucks had its world Premiere in Montreal World Film Festival August 30, 2015 and received the

Audience Award CHUCKS - Live. Love. Dance. Now! The team behind "Coming of Age (Anfang 80)",

Montreal 2012 Festival Audience Award Winner (and best actor Award), returns to the Montreal with

a new comedy having its world Premiere in competition. A film by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl

After the novel by Cornelia Travnicek CHUCKS, the...


Muhammad by Iranian director Majid Majidi will open Montreal FFM 2015

The latest film by renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi (3-time winner of the Grand Prix des

Amériques) will open the festival and have its world premiere at the 39th Montreal World Film

Festival, it was announced. This 171-minute epic on the early years of the prophet of Islam is, with a

budget of over $50 million, the most expensive film ever made in Iran, and has been in production

for five years. “The Festival is very proud to be able to host the premiere of this imp...


DISSONANCE, short film blending animation and live-action will screen at Montreal

Till Nowak’s amazing, award-winning short film, DISSONANCE will screen at Montreal. Written and

directed by Nowak, the film features a stunning blend of animation and live-action, and a gripping

story about a lonely musician’s struggles to separate fantasy and reality. After premiering at the

Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, DISSONANCE went on to win the Best Animation Award at the

Aspen Shortsfest, the Grand Prix at Brazil’s Anima Mundi and has played in countless...


MINA WALKING has its North American premiere at the 39th Montreal World Film Festival in the

Focus on World Cinema category


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September 3, 2015, at 6 p.m. September 4, 2015, at 11:40 a.m. at Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin

Minerva Pictures and Baraki Film are delighted to announce that the film Mina Walking by Yosef

Baraki will be screened at the Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin theatre as part of the Montreal World

Film Festival, which is being held from August 27 to September 7. Acclaimed for its documentary-

style portrait of contemporary Afghanistan and for the tour-de-force performance of its 12-year-old

star ...


The Montreal World Film Festival had added the world premiere of The Girl King, directed by Mika

Kaurismäki to the competition

The Montreal World Film Festival had added the world premiere of The Girl King, directed by Mika

Kaurismäki to its official competition, it was announced. Co-produced by Galafilm and Triptych

Media(Canada), Marianna Films (Finland), Starhaus Filmproduktion (Germany) and Anagram

(Sweden). “I was seduced by Michel-Marc Bouchard’s script,” says producer Arnie Gelbart. “It’s an

unusual story of an extraordinary woman. The characters are very contempora...


Belgian Rhapsody by Vincent Bal selected as the MWFF closing film

Belgian Rhapsody the MWFF closing film will be North-American Premiered (Out of Competition) it

was announced. Produced by Peter Bouckaert for Eyeworks (Ben X, The Verdict, Marina presented

and awarded at the MWFF) this comedy stars Amaryllis Ouitterlinden, Arthur Dupont, Jos Verbist,

Marc Weiss, Koen Van Impe, Philippe Résimont. Two Belgian brass bands, the Flemish “Sint Cecilia”

and the Walloon “En Avant”, have both been select...


24 films in the World Greats (out of competition) section of the MWFF 2015

THE WORLD GREATS SECTION OF THE MWFF PRESENTS NEW FILMS BY NOTED DIRECTORS Twenty-

four features from a score of countries are being shown in the World Greats (out of competition)


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section of the MWFF. “ Dedicated to experienced filmmakers, this selection offers the latest works by

some of the best known directors from around the world, ” said Serge Losique. Notable among the

cineastes included are Majid Majidi whose Muhammad will be getting ...


Jury of MWFF competition 2015

39TH MWFF JURY DANY LAFERRIÈRE, President Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1953, Dany Laferrière

left his native country following the killing of his colleague and friend, journalist Gasner Raymond. His

first novel, Comment faire l’amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer was published in 1985 and became

an overnight success, propelling him into the front ranks of the new generation of Quebec writers.

The novel was later adapted into a sccreenplay by Laferri&e...


MWFF unveiled the line up with a virtual online press conference

The 39th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival gets with the times. A digital age requires a

digital solution. Over 86 countries will be represented in its 2015 edition, a new record. We wanted

to allow domestic and international media simultaneous access to the line-up of films in the World

Competition and the First Films Competition. This announcement will be accompanied by an online

discussion open to journalists from anywhere and the MWFF will respond directly via chat mode to ...


Montreal Native Subject of Film Premiering at Montreal World Film Festival

TREE MAN, a feature documentary film, will have its world premiere at the 39th Montreal World

Film Festival, with screenings on August 28th and 29th at the Cinéma Quartier Latin. Directed by Jon

Reiner and Brad Rothschild, Tree Man focuses on Francois, a Montreal native who leaves his wife and

children every holiday season to sell Christmas trees on a New York City sidewalk while living out of

his van. Francois is one of hundreds of men and women from Quebec and elsewhere who, ove...


MİSAFİR "the visitor" will attend at world competition in montreal ff. from Turkey.


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Some say about the fate of any girl ‘like mother, like daughter’. But, Mum, I swear to God that my

little girl’s fate will be nothing like mine.” - NUR Ten years after being thrown out of her parental

home, Nur hears that her mother is at death’s door. Taking her young daughter with her, Nurhurries

back to her father’s world to see, and reconcile with her mother before it is too late. While the

universal theme of mother-daughter relat...


An Ode to Italian Silent Film Love Among the Ruins Selected to 39th Montreal World Film Festival

The charming Italian faux documentary Love Among the Ruins (Amore tra le rovine) will screen

among official selections at the Montreal World Film Festival on Saturday, August 29 and Sunday,

August 30. Following its European premiere at Valdarno Cinema Fedic Festival and North American

premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival, this enchanting mock-doc drama continues to

delight festival audiences with its blend of earnest tutorial on film restoration and play...


Film "Now We're Alive" : First feature of the talented young french director Thibault Arbre at

Montreal World Film Festival

The film started a promising festival circuit with 7 selections and several prizes so far: Montreal

World Film Festival, Cleveland Intl. Film Festival, Shanghai Intl Film Festival, Rhode Island Intl Film

Festival (Grand Prize for Best Feature), Worldfest Houston (Platinum Award for Best First Feature

Film, and Gold Award for Best Original Music), California Film Awards (Orson Welles Award), Skyline

Intl Film Festival. From producer Giles Daoust (ex...


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3 INDIESTORY films are invited to the 39th Montreal World Film Festival!

2 features and 1 short from INDIESTORY are invited to the 39th Montreal World Film Festival which

is held from August 27 to September 7 in Canada. The 1st feature is STRANGERS ON THE FIELD(Dir.

KIM Myeong- oon) invited to ‘Documentaries of the World’ and it deals with Korean-Japanese

baseball players in old times. The 2nd is HALF(Dir. KIM Se-yeon), selected for ‘Focus on World ...


The 39th MWFF unveils the lineup of its World Competition and first feature competition

The Montreal World Film Festival is proud to announce the line-up of its World Competition as well

as First Feature Competition. Members of both Juries are also public as of today. “Over the decades,

the MWFF has achieved its cultural and an economic mission by offering audiences and professionals

a multitude of films, of all genres and provenances,” stated Serge Losique who added “An institution

recognized by cineastes the world over, this great cinematic institution has alw...


Jury of the First Feature Prize Montreal 2015

Pierre-Henri Deleau Pierre-Henri Deleau began his career as an assistant director to Jacques Doniol-

Valcroze and Pierre Kast and then as a director in educational television. He directed a short, Virginie

ou la double rupture, in 1969. He is the co-founder of the FILMOBLIC production house which

produced or co-produced films by Hugo Santiago, Jean-Louis Comolli, Jean-François Dion, Claude

Miller, Edouardo de Gregorio and Jean-Pierre Lefebvre. In 1969, he co-founded the Di...


PRODUCTION EXCHANGE is a program of the Montreal International Film Market


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PRODUCTION EXCHANGE is a program of the Montreal International Film Market designed to help

producers find the necessary partnerships to complete the financing and distribution of their current

projects and to lay the groundwork for new international co-productions. There is no restriction on

project format, length, category, language or budget and registration is free. Producers are invited to

submit projects now. To do so, simply fill the Co-Production project formand send it b...


Montreal Forum: China Meets the West (August 29th – 30th)

The Forum: China Meets the West is an exclusive 2-day event hosted by the Montreal International

Film Market. The Forum will be a unique occasion to meet the most important decision makers, top-

level independent producers and investors of the Chinese film industry. The Official Chinese

delegation will be headed by Mr. La Peikang, Chairman of the China Film Corporation, Ltd. He will be

accompanied by eight Genenal Managers of subsiduaries of the China Film Corporation activ...


Record number of short films Submissions to the Montreal Film Festival with a strong

filmfestivals.com partnership

A record number of short films were submitted to the Montreal Film Festival for this year’s edition.

Over 1200 shorts including some 400 Canadian and foreign student films, were submitted prior to

the festival deadline, an increase of 42 % over last year’s figures. Seven hundred and twenty-six films

from 64 countries have already be tabulated, with more countries sure to come. “These numbers

are evidence of the vitality of today’s young filmmakers,”...


Louis L. Roquet jons the board at FFM


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The Montreal World Film Festival is pleased to announce that Louis L. Roquet, President of

Investissement Québec s Board of Directors has agreed to serve on the board of the Festival. “I am

very honoured that Louis L. Roquet has accepted my invitation,” declared MWFF president Serge

Losique. “The expertise of Mr. Roquet is widely acknowledged and his economic vision of Quebec

and his openness to culture meshes perfectly with the mission of the Festival. I am ...


The Montreal World Film Festival opens Call For Entries

The Montreal World Film Festival August 27, September 7 The regulations and entry forms to submit

a film to the 2015 edition of the MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL are available for download.

Please follow the links to get a copy. - 2015 REGULATIONS - ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 MONTREAL

WORLD FILM FESTIVAL - ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL Click to

submit your film The Montreal World Film Festival's blog I W...


Celebrated UK producer David Puttnam to be honoured by Montreal World Film Festival

My boss at Sony in the 90s, the celebrated British producer David Puttnam will be honoured by the

Montreal World Film Festival, it was announced. Famous for overseeing the making of such classics

of the 1970s and 80s as Midnight Express (1978), Chariots of Fire (1981), The Killing Fields (1984) and

The Mission (1986), Lord Puttnam will will receive the Festival’s highest award, the Grand Prix of the

Americas, in a special evening at the 2015 MWFF. “The Festival is honou...


ANTONIONI, FELLINI...CAPECE, Italian cinema revives at Montreal's World Film Festival


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By Kenneth Fernandez

Spectacular camera work, engaging use of irony, superb directing and acting, herald Italian cinema’s

return to glory. La Scultura, premiered at Montreal’s World Film Festival, brilliant critique of

hedonism and Mauro John Capece’s unique cinematographic style, held audiences enthralled

Mauro John Capece’s most recent work premiered at Montreal’s World Film Festival, marks a return

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Dany Laferrière sera le prochain président du Jury du FFM en 2015

Le Festival des films du monde est heureux d’annoncer la nomination de Dany Laferrière comme

prochain président du Jury du FFM en 2015. « Dany est le héraut de la culture universelle, a déclaré

Serge Losique, qui précise « Cette vision universelle lui vient d’abord de ses connaissance profondes

de la culture francophone. Il a beaucoup contribué au rayonnement de cette culture francophone sur

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Le film “Mohamed”, réalisé par Mad id Mad idi en première mondiale à Montréal

Le plus récent long métrage du célèbre cinéaste Majid Majidi (trois fois lauréat du Grand Prix des

Amériques du FFM) sera présenté en ouverture et en première mondiale au 39e Festival des films du

monde. Ce film épique de 171 minutes produit en Iran et interprété par les plus grands acteurs de ce

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prochain président du Jury du FFM en 2015. « Dany est le héraut de la culture universelle, a déclaré

Serge Losique, qui précise « Cette vision universelle lui vient d’abord de ses connaissance profondes

de la culture francophone. Il a beaucoup contribué au rayonnement de cette culture francophone sur

l’échiquier mondi...


Le film “Mohamed”, réalisé par Madjid Madjidi en première mondiale à Montréal

Le plus récent long métrage du célèbre cinéaste Majid Majidi (trois fois lauréat du Grand Prix des

Amériques du FFM) sera présenté en ouverture et en première mondiale au 39e Festival des films du

monde. Ce film épique de 171 minutes produit en Iran et interprété par les plus grands acteurs de ce

pays est l’événement cinématographique de l’année. Ce long m&eac...

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