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The Montreal World Film Festival's blog


The MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF MONTREAL) is the only competitive film festival in North America recognized by the FIAPF.

Montreal ranks among the most prestigious festivals in the world.
Filmfestivals.com rates it in the top 10

The 2012 Festival edition runs August 23 - September 3

See you next year

 


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More pix from Montreal FFM winners

Krsto Pvic, Flower Square Breast cancer         Photos by Leopoldo Soto: Huatulco Food and Film Festival  ...

A visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal

I managed to grab a bit of the MBAM for a few moments on my way back home, wonderful visit organised by THomas Bastien. "I,ll be back " www.mbam.qc.ca    ...

Montréal FFM gives its awards

  The festival delivered a classic ceremony for the 36th edition of the FFM. The audience and media seem to share the views of the jury, Wings was th emost controversial of the award winners "The Flower Square", my personal favorite, was awarded a "freedom of speech award". Krsto Papic 's the croatian master suffered from political controversy around his message on the corruption of the croatian authorities and the mafia.       JURY...

Something viral (marketing) from Montreal

  The first thing I wanted to share is this the interactive postcard for Shiftting the Blame ( Director Lars-Gunnar Lotz's debut film) with a the QrCode leading to the website ww.schuld-film.de (check our Interview with the team) The second nice is a surprise flyer for a film "Cyber" not even present or showing at the festival. If any more media picked it was worth the pain of the poor guy in kinda Batman tights at the walk out of the main theater...

Hans Fraikin Quebec Film Commissioner sponsor of the 5 à 7 terrace meeting

The market has daily drinks networking parties, Beer, Orangina and wine for the badg holders. Hndy, useful, relaxed, easy networking opportunities for connections...and interviews. On the first day, on my arrival, I came across my old friend and former colleague at Fox (I have founded the first Joint Venture UGC FOX DISTRIBUTION in France, Hans Fraikin was running the marketing (such hits as Idependence Day, ID4, which hold the Box Office record for 10 years. We chatted a few secon...

AHAR BINIAZ (miss Canada) at Ambrosia film Premiere in Montreal

 Video Interview by Leopoldo Soto Huatulco Food and film Festival   Video Interview with the Director PRODUCTION TEAM   Filmmaking : Baharak Saeid Monir   Scriptwriter : Baharak Saeid Monir Photography : Farhad Saba   Montage : Baharak Saeid Monir interpreters : Sahar Biniaz, Camyar Chai, Heather Doerksen, John Emmet Tracy, Paulin Egan, Veenu Sandhu, Tina Milo Milvojevic Production House : Baharak Saied Monir, Ambrosia...

Video Interview with Santo Tomas Wine sponsor of the festival

Video Interview by Leopoldo Soto Huatulco Food and film Festival  ...

Video Interview in Montreal with Halley Webb for Rushlights

  Video Interview by Leopoldo Soto Huatulco Food and film Festival ...

Video Interview with Rushlights team in MONTREAL JOSHH HENDERSON, HALLEY WEBB, and ANTONI STUTS

   PRODUCTION TEAM Filmmaking : Antoni Stutz   Scriptwriter : Ashley Scott Meyers Photography : Gregg Easterbrook   Montage : Michael Palmerio, Jane Abramowitz interpreters : Beau Bridges, Aidan Quinn, Josh Henderson, Haley Webb, Jordan Bridges, Lorna Raver, Joel McKinnon Miller, Crispian Belfrage Production House : Antoni Sutz, Jeffrey Coulter, Gabriella Stollenwerck, Crosstown Films / Rus...

Video Interview with Montreal awarded winners Directors Gerhard Ertl and Sabine Hiebler for Coming of Age

PRODUCTION TEAM Filmmaking : Gerhard Ertl, Sabine Hiebler   Scriptwriter : Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl Photography : Wolfgang Thaler   Montage : Karin Hammer interpreters : Karl Merkatz, Christine Ostermeyer, Erni Mangold, Branko Samarovski Production House : Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glase, NGF Filmproduktion GmbH, Hildebrandgrasse 26, 1180 Vienne (Autriche), tél.: (43) 1 403 01 62, f...

Montreal World entry: Trailer for A L AVEUGLE by Xavier Palud

Montreal World FF showed "A L aveugle by Xavier Palud", an EuropaCorp production. Xavier might turn into an eye specialist since he directed Ils, and the american remake with Jessica Alba The Eye. ...

Audience award to Claude Gagnon's Karaka

KARAKARA Looking to embark on a spiritual journey, Pierre Masson, a 61-year-old retired Quebec university professor, ends up making a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa with Junko, a 40-year-old runaway wife. The unprepared intellectual would rather not get involved with this unlikely and passionate lover, especially in an unfamiliar and disorienting cultural context. The confused, unwilling sexagenarian decides nevertheless to follow his destiny, unsure of where it (she?…) wil...

Video interview of Hyatt workers on strike in the front of the Hotel

                                      About 70 workers were picketing (during the festival) in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Montreal, the home and hot spot of the Festival.Their main points of contention surround shift work. Staff are not happy with the four-hour shifts that some get. ...

Liv Ullmann at Festival des Films du Monde 2012

Festival President Serge Losique   Serge Losique a wonderful host to all festival guests, with Liv Ulmann and Dheeraj Akolkar     Liv Ulmann welcome at the Festival with Greta Scacchi and Henry Welsh (Directeur des communications du Festival des Films du Monde)     Check the video: coming soon Photo by Leopoldo Soto ...

Festival restaurants, not to miss

 Kalohin is definately on my top list if you like chinese food, clearly one of the best. Check the attached list.   ...

Video Interview with Svetlana Tsvichenko in film Latitude 52

check the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh3J5xmyZR8&feature=youtu.be ...

Trailer for The Exam

A film by Péter Bergendy Variety's review by By BOYD VAN HOEIJ "It's an enjoyable ride that helmer Bergendy and screenwriter Kobli take auds on, with possible loyalty reversals and unsuspected motives surfacing as the action goes back and forth between Jung's dwelling and the hideout of those spying on him from the building across the street. Despite its historical background, the pic is not a character piece a la "The Lives of Others," with a continued emphas...

Video Interview with Gabriella Hamori - The Exam

Interview from Montreal FFM   A Vertigo Media presentation of a Vertigo Media, Unio Film, Hungarian Television production. (International sales: Hungarian National Film Fund, Budapest.) Produced by Istvan Bodzsar. Directed by Peter Bergendy. Screenplay, Norbert Kobli. Péter Bergendy. Hungary. 2012. 89mins  The reliability of an inscrutable Hungarian National Security officer is put to the test in post-1956 Budapest in "The Exam,&...

Video Interview with Leopoldo Soto Festival de Cine y Gastronómia Huatulco

FOOD AND FILM What else, th eultimate experience you have to take with this great festival happening every November in beautiful Huatulco  Watch the video interview taken while in Montreal  ...

Video interview with Ivan Trujillo - Festival Director - Guadalajara Film Festival

  Festival Festival presentation: Mexican short and feature Films Presented in Competition, with a special section for documentary films.Ibero American Competition in feature and short films.Children´s film competition for Ibero Amercian Films. Edition: 28 Festival Logo: Theme: Latin American Films Category/Format: Mixed Festival Info Price info: US $ 10,000.00 ...

Video Interview with Kenneth Fernandez about the market and festival

Kenneth Fernandez is a comedian, a writer and TV reportere focusing on cutlure. he walks us through the Market in Montreal  ...

NAÎTRE PÈRE (FATHER'S BIRTH) by Delphine Lanson, a feature document on

                                                              2012 / Colour / 80 minFranceDocumentaries of the World (feature film) PRODUCTION TEAM Filmmaking : Delphine Lanson Scriptwriter : Delphine Lanson Photography : Delphine Lanson Montage : Anne Klotz Production House :...

CVJETNI TRG - Place des fleurs / Flower Square in the Montreal world competition

I saw this film in competition and was amazed by the strength of this script in this powerful thriller movie by thisCroatian film legend, he was a leading director of Croatia's new cinema of the late 1960s, still very much active. I love th epitch an actor is hired to play a priest who will hear the supposedly last confession of a catholic monster mafia mobster. Filmmaking : Krsto Papić   Scriptwriter : Mate Matišić Photography : Branko Cahun   Montage : Ro...

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The MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF MONTREAL)is the only competitive film festival in North America recognized by the FIAPF. Montreal ranks among the most prestigious festivals in the world.

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