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Montreal World Film Festival
Location	; Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
Founded	1977
Film titles	400+
Hosted by	Montreal World Film Festival Group
Language	International
Website	www.ffm-montreal.org

The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; French: le Festival des Films du Monde; alternative official name Montreal International Film Festival, not commonly used), founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto International Film Festival is North America's only accredited non-competitive festival). The public festival is held annually in late August in the city of Montreal in Quebec.^[1] Unlike the Toronto International Film Festival, which has a greater focus on Canadian and other North American films, the Montreal World Film Festival has a larger diversity of films from all over the world.^[2]

Festival

Programmes

The World Film Festival is organised in various sections:

World Competition (features and shorts)

First Films World Competition (features)

Out of Competition (features)

Focus on World Cinema (features and Shorts)

Documentaries of the World (features, medium-length films, shorts)

Tributes

Cinema Under the Stars

Student Film Festival (Canadian and international shorts)

Juries

Prior to the beginning of each event, the Festival’s board of directors appoints the juries who hold sole responsibility for choosing which films will receive the blessing of a WFF award. Jurors are chosen from a wide range of international artists, based on their body of work and respect from their peers.

Awards

Competition

Grand Prix des Amériques

Special Grand Prix of the jury

Best Director

Best Actress

Best Actor

Best Screenplay

Best Artistic Contribution

Innovation Award

Zenith Award for The Best First Fiction Feature Film, (Golden, Silver and Bronze)^[3]

Short Films (1st Prize and Jury Prize)

In addition the festival-going public votes for the films they liked best in different categories:

People's Choice Award

Award for the Most Popular Canadian Film

Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Film from Latin America

Best Documentary Film Award

Best Canadian Short Film Award.

Grand Prix des Amériques winners

Year	Film	Original Title	Director	Country
1978	Ligabue		Salvatore Nocita	France / Italy
1979	1+1=3		Heidi Genée	West Germany
1980	The Stunt Man		Richard Rush	United States
1980	Fontamara		Carlo Lizzani	Italy
1981	The Chosen		Jeremy Kagan	United States
1982	Time for Revenge	Tiempo de revancha	Adolfo Aristarain	Argentina
1982	Brimstone and Treacle		Richard Loncraine	United Kingdom
1983	The Go Masters	Mikan no taikyoku	Ji-shun Duan & Jun'ya Satô & Shu'an Liu	Japan / China
1984	The North	El Norte	Gregory Nava	United States / United Kingdom
1985	Our Father	Padre nuestro	Francisco Regueiro	Spain
1986	Betty Blue	37°2 le matin	Jean-Jacques Beineix	France
1987	The Kid Brother	Kenny	Claude Gagnon	Japan / United States / Canada
1988	The Reader	La lectrice	Michel Deville	France
1989	Freedom Is Paradise	S.E.R. - Svoboda eto rai	Sergey Bodrov	Soviet Union
1990	Fallen from Heaven	Caídos del cielo	Francisco J. Lombardi	Peru / Spain
1991	Salmonberries		Percy Adlon	Germany
1992	The Dark Side of the Heart	El lado oscuro del corazón	Eliseo Subiela	Argentina / Canada
1993	Betrayal	Trahir	Radu Mihaileanu	France / Switzerland / Spain / Romania
1994	Once Were Warriors		Lee Tamahori	New Zealand
1995	Georgia		Ulu Grosbard	United States / France
1996	Different for Girls		Richard Spence	United Kingdom / France
1997	Children of Heaven	Bacheha-Ye aseman	Majid Majidi	Iran
1998	The Quarry		Marion Hänsel	Belgium / France / Netherlands / Spain
1998	Full Moon	Vollmond	Fredi M. Murer	Switzerland / Germany / France
1999	Color of Paradise	Rang-e khoda	Majid Majidi	Iran
2000	The Taste of Others	Le goût des autres	Agnès Jaoui	France
2000	Innocence		Paul Cox	Australia / Belgium
2001	Rain	Baran	Majid Majidi	Iran
2001	Abandoned	Torzók	Árpád Sopsits	Hungary
2002	The Best Day of My Life	Il più bel giorno della mia vita	Cristina Comencini	Italy / United Kingdom
2003	The Cordon	Kordon	Goran Markovic	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
2004	The Syrian Bride	Ha-Kala Ha-Surit	Eran Riklis	France / Germany / Israel
2005	Off Screen	Kleisterlee	Pieter Kuijpers	Netherlands / Belgium
2006	A Long Walk	Nagai sanpo	Eiji Okuda	Japan
2006	The Greatest Love of All	O Maior Amor do Mundo	Carlos Diegues	Brazil
2007	Ben X		Nic Balthazar	Belgium / Netherlands
2007	A Secret	Un secret	Claude Miller	France
2008	Departures	Okuribito	Yôjirô Takita	Japan
2009	Freedom	Korkoro	Tony Gatlif	France
2010	Oxygen	Adem	Hans van Nuffel	Belgium / Netherlands
2011	Come as You Are	Hasta la Vista	Geoffrey Enthoven	Belgium
2012	Where the Fire Burns	Ateşin Düştüğü Yer	İsmail Güneş	Turkey
2013	Life Feels Good	Chce sie zyc	Maciej Pieprzyca	Poland
2014	Perfect Obedience	Obediencia perfecta	Luis Urquiza	Mexico
2015	Mad Love	Fou d'amour	Philippe Ramos	France
2016	The Constitution	Ustav Republike Hrvatske	Rajko Grlić	Croatia
2017	And suddenly the dawn	Y de pronto el amancer	Silvio Caiozzi	Chile
2018	Curtiz	Curtiz	Tamás Yvan Topolánszky	Hungary

Golden Zenith winners for The Best Feature Film in competition First Films World Competition

Year	Film	Original Title	Director	Country
1989	Queen of Hearts	Queen of Hearts	Jon Amiel	Great Britain
1990	Printemps perdu	Printemps perdu	Alain Mazars	France
1990	Time of the Servants	Cas sluhu	Irena Pavlaskova	Czechoslovakia
1991	La Mujer de Benjamin	La Mujer de Benjamin	Carlos Carrera	Mexico
1991	North	Nord	Xavier Beauvois	France
1992	Little Sharks	Kleine Haie	Sonke Wortmann	Germany
1993	Betrayal	Trahir	Radu Mihaileanu	Romania / France
1994	Everynight ... Everynight	Everynight... Everynight	Alkinos Tsilimidos	Australia
1995	Cross My Heart and Hope to Die	Ti kniver i hjertet	Marius Holst	Norway
1995	Manneken Pis	Manneken Pis	Frank Van Passel	Belgium
1996	Okaeri	Okaeri	Makoto Shinozaki	Japan
1997	Romani kris - Cigánytörvény	Romani kris - Cigánytörvény	Bence Gyöngyössy	Germany / Hungary
1998	2 Seconds	2 secondes	Manon Briand	Canada
1999	Juan, I Forgot, I don’t Remember	Del Olvido al no me acuerdo	Juan Carlos Rulfo	Mexico
2000	Daughters of the sun	Dakhtaran-e khorshid	Mariam Shariar	Iran
2002	Various Positions	Various Positions	Ori Kowarsky	Canada
2003	I always wanted to be a saint	J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte	Geneviève Mersch	Luxembourg / Belgium
2004	The Magician	El mago	Jaime Aparicio	Mexico
2005	The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros	Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros	Auraeus Solito	Philippines
2006	More than anything in the world	Más que a nada en el mundo	Andrés León Becker, Javier Solar	Mexico
2007	The wooden box	La caja	Juan Carlos Falcón	Spain / Portugal
2008	For a moment, freedom	Ein augenblick, freiheit	Arash T. Riahi	Austria / France
2009	You will be mine	Je te mangerai	Sophie Laloy	France
2010	Liquid love	Amore liquido	Mario Luca Cattaneo	Italy
2011	In Our Name	In Our Name	Brian Welsh	United Kingdom
2012	Casadentro	Casadentro	Joanna Lombardi	Peru
2013	The long way home	Eve Dönüs: Sarikamis 1915	Alphan Eseli	Turkey
2014	González: falsos profetas	González: falsos profetas	Christian Díaz Pardo	Mexico
2015	The Funeral	Chuyi	Qi Wang	China
2016	A Father's will	Atanyn kereezi	Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar uulu	Kyrgyzstan
2017	The return	Dolaonda	Chul Heo	South Korea
2018	The Gazelle's Dance	El Baile de la Gacela	Iván Porras Méndelez	Costa Rica / Mexico

History

The stated goal of the Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal International Film Festival) is to:

encourage cultural diversity and understanding between nations, to foster the cinema of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema, to promote filmmakers and innovative works, to discover and encourage new talents, and to promote meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.^[4]

The president of the Montreal World Film Festival (WFF) is Serge Losique; its vice-president is
Danièle Cauchard.^[5] Losique's management has been controversial. The WFF lost the sponsorship of its previous government cultural funders, SODEC and Telefilm Canada as a result of disagreements with Losique in 2004. Subsequently, these two funding agencies announced that they would support a new international film festival, called the New Montreal FilmFest (FIFM), to be managed by Spectra Entertainment and headed by Daniel Langlois (of SoftImage and Ex-Centris and the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma). After the inaugural edition of that new festival was unsuccessful, it was abandoned early in 2006. As of July 2007, Losique's lawsuits against the funding agencies were dropped, paving the way for a restoration of government funding.^[6]

Impact

According to a survey by Léger Marketing:^[7]

Approximately 385,000 attended the 2008 World Film Festival. Of these, 323,352 (84%) were local filmgoers and 61,591 (16%) were out-of-town visitors.

Among visitors, 27% were less than 35 years old, 34% were 35 to 54 years old and 39% were more than 54 years old.

During their stay in the greater Montreal area, visitors attracted here by the Festival spent an average of $921.60. Visitors from outside the province spent on average twice as much as visitors from Quebec, and this money was spent specifically within the framework of their attendance at the Festival.

Tourist spending generated by visitors to the Montreal World Film Festival is estimated at $21 million.

Controversy

In 2005, Losique first announced and later withdrew the film Karla from the WFF after the principal sponsor of the festival, Air Canada, threatened to withdraw its sponsorship of the festival if that film were included. The film — about Karla Homolka, a young woman who was convicted of manslaughter and who served twelve years in prison for her part in the kidnapping, sex-enslavement, rapes and murders of teenage girls, including her own sister, in a case said to involve ephebophilia — was controversial in Canada, with many calling for its boycott throughout the country.^[8]

In 2016 many of the employees resigned citing poor leadership and financial uncertainty amongst other issues.^[9] In an interview with CTV News, Gazette entertainment columnist Bill Brownstein referred to Losique as having a "Napoleonic complex" and not "playing well with the other children" resulting in government and sponsors withdrawing their funding support.
^[10]

In 2015 a group of employees claimed they were not paid.
^[11]

Notes

^ " Cinema has been 'abused horrifically'" Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. Matthew Hays and Martin Siberok, The Globe and Mail, Sep. 04, 2000

^ "TIFF-MWFF Filmfest fisticuffs, Montreal against Toronto". nationalpost.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2012-11-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ AWARDS OF THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – Montréal 2012 Archived January 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

^ Information from the home page. Cf. the "Manifesto" Archived October 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine of the organization for its perspective and goals in the context of its account of its history.

^ See "contact" links at the official website.

^ "Losique makes peace with Telefilm, SODEC". playbackmag.com.

^ "Attendance and economic benefits of the mwff". Festival du Film de Montreal. March 2008.
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^ See "Canadian Distributors to Release Homolka Film." Archived 2006-01-13 at the Wayback Machine CBC News 10 Jan. 2006, accessed 31 Aug. 2006.

^ "Montreal film festival employees resign en masse - CBC News". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28.

^ "End of the World Film Fest?". Montreal. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30.

^ "Employees at Serge Losique's World Film Festival complain of non-payment - CBC News". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27.

References

Alioff, Maurie. "Montreal World Film Festival." Take One. Dec. 2004. FindArticles.com. Accessed 1 Sept. 2006.

Kelly, Brendan. World Film Festival staggers into 30th year. Montreal Gazette. 9 Aug. 2006. Accessed 1 Sept. 2006.

Montreal Film Fest Might Fade to Black." CBC 30 July 2004, Arts & Entertainment. Accessed 1 Sept. 2006.

"Montreal Film Fest Sues Telefilm to Stop Proposed New Festival." CBC 15 Dec. 2004, Arts & Entertainment. Accessed 1 Sept. 2006.

"Montreal Jazz Fest Organizers Chosen to Create New Film Fest." CBC 17 Dec. 2004, Arts & Entertainment. Accessed 1 Sept. 2006.

"Quebec Gov't Questions SODEC over Failed FilmFest." CBC 24 Feb. 2006, Arts & Entertainment. Accessed 1 Sept. 2006.

External links

Official Website Festival des Films du Monde de Montréal (Montreal World Film Festival [Montreal International Film Festival])

[1] " Cinema has been 'abused horrifically'" Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. Matthew Hays and Martin Siberok, The Globe and Mail, Sep. 04, 2000

[2] "TIFF-MWFF Filmfest fisticuffs, Montreal against Toronto". nationalpost.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2012-11-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[3] AWARDS OF THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – Montréal 2012 Archived January 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Information from the home page. Cf. the "Manifesto" Archived October 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine of the organization for its perspective and goals in the context of its account of its history.

[5] See "contact" links at the official website.

[6] "Losique makes peace with Telefilm, SODEC". playbackmag.com.

[7] "Attendance and economic benefits of the mwff". Festival du Film de Montreal. March 2008.
^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] See "Canadian Distributors to Release Homolka Film." Archived 2006-01-13 at the Wayback Machine CBC News 10 Jan. 2006, accessed 31 Aug. 2006.

[9] "Montreal film festival employees resign en masse - CBC News". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28.

[10] "End of the World Film Fest?". Montreal. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30.

[11] "Employees at Serge Losique's World Film Festival complain of non-payment - CBC News". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27.

v t e FIAPF-accredited film festivals
Feature (Competitive)	Berlin Cairo Cannes Goa Karlovy Vary Locarno Mar del Plata Moscow Montreal San Sebastián Shanghai Tallinn (PÖFF) Tokyo Venice Warsaw
Feature (Competitive Specialised)	Antalya Busan Cartagena Cluj Napoca (TIFF) Gijón Istanbul Kitzbuehel Kolkata Kyiv Minsk Namur Sitges Skopje Stockholm Sydney Trivandrum Turin Valencia (Jove) Wrocław
Feature (Non-competitive)	Toronto Vienna
Documentary and Short	Bilbao Krakow Oberhausen St. Petersburg Tampere

v t e Landmarks of Montreal
Museums	Château Ramezay Centre d'histoire de Montréal Biodome Maison Saint-Gabriel Museum Montreal Biosphère Canadian Centre for Architecture McCord Museum Montreal Insectarium Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Musée d'art contemporain Pointe-à-Callière Museum Redpath Museum Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site Montreal Science Centre Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène Just for Laughs Museum (closed)
Churches	Christ Church Cathedral Church of St. Michael and St. Anthony Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral Notre-Dame Basilica Saint James United Church Saint Joseph's Oratory
Skyscrapers	1000 de La Gauchetière 1250 René-Lévesque 1501 McGill College Tour de la Bourse Place Ville Marie Tour CIBC Sun Life Building Complexe Desjardins Westmount Square Maison Radio-Canada
Other structures	Atwater Market Bell Centre Big Orange Bonsecours Market Château Dufresne Montreal Casino Mount Royal Chalet Grande Bibliothèque Habitat 67 Hurtubise House Jean-Talon Market Montreal City Hall Montreal Clock Tower Montreal Forum Mount Royal Cross Olympic Stadium Palais des congrès de Montréal Place Bonaventure Place des Arts Windsor Station Montreal World Trade Centre Underground City
Nature and parks	Angrignon Park Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard Nature Park Bois-de-Liesse Nature Park Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park Jarry Park Parc Jean-Drapeau Jeanne-Mance Park Lachine Canal La Fontaine Park L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park Maisonneuve Park Montreal Botanical Garden Mount Royal George-Étienne Cartier Monument Old Port Olympic Park Oxford Park Pointe-aux-Prairies Nature Park Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park
Squares	Cabot Square Champ de Mars Dorchester Square Phillips Square Place d'Armes Place du Canada Place Émilie-Gamelin Place Jacques-Cartier Place Jean-Paul Riopelle Saint-Louis Square Victoria Square Place d'Youville
Islands	Île Bizard Île de la Visitation Island of Montreal Notre Dame Island Nuns' Island Saint Helen's Island
Transportation	Central Station Montreal Metro Société de transport de Montréal Réseau de transport métropolitain Gare d'autocars de Montréal Trudeau Airport
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