Check our videos  Montreal FFM 2014 closing excerpts - Awards FFM 38 2014 Slideshow

Jury

President : SERGIO CASTELLITTO, director and actor (Italy)

RACHID BOUCHAREB, director (France-Algeria)

ANDRÉANNE BOURNIVAL, cinéma professional (Canada)

FRIDRIK THOR FRIDRIKSSON, director and producer (Iceland)

ANA TORRENT, actress (Spain)

JANE ZHANG, singer and actress (China)

FEATURE FILMS

Grand prix des Americas:

OBEDIENCIA PERFECTA (PERFECT OBEDIENCE) by Luiz Urquiza Mondragon (Mexico)

Special Grand Prix of the jury:

FUSHIGI NA MISAKI NO MONOGATARI (CAPE NOSTALGIA) by Izuru Narushima (Japan)

Best Director:

SOKONOMINITE HIKARI KAGAYAKU (THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE) by Mipo O (Japan)

Best Actress :

RACHAEL BLAKE and LUCIE DEBAY for the film MELODY by Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium-France-Luxembourg)

Best Actor :

YAO ANLIAN for the film DA GONG LAO BAN (FACTORY BOSS) by Zhang Wei (China)

Best Screenplay:

UN RAGAZZO D’ORO by Pupi Avati, screenplay by Pupi Avati (Italy)

Best Artistic Contribution :

DAS ZIMMERMÄDCHEN LYNN (THE CHAMBERMAID LYNN) by Ingo Haeb (Germany)

Innovation Award:

TRAVELATOR by Dusan Milic (Serbia-Montenegro)

SHORT FILMS :

1st prize: HJONABANDSSAELA (CHUM) by Jörundur Ragnarsson (Iceland)

Jury Award: BAD HUNTER by Sahim Omar Kalifa (Belgium)

Special mention: RABBIT by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (France)

ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2014:

Members of the jury of the First Fiction Films:

Noboru Hirose (Japon)

Bahman Maghsoudlou (Iran-USA)

Martin Malina (Canada)

Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature film:

GONZALEZ by Christian Diaz Pardo (Mexico)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film : 

L’ANNÉE PROCHAINE (NEXT YEAR) by Vania Leturcq (Belgium-France)

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film : 

A BERNI KÖVET (THE AMBASSADOR TO BERN) by Attila Szasz (Hungary)

PUBLIC AWARDS

The public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories:

Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival:

RASTRES DEL SANDAL (TRACES OF SANDALWOOD) by Maria Ripoll (Spain)

Public Award for the most popular Canadian Feature Film:

SWEEPING FORWARD by Patricia MacDowell (Canada)

Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film:

OBEDIENCIA PERFECTA (PERFECT OBEDIENCE) by Luiz Urquiza Mondragon (Mexico)

Award for Best documentary:

NO LAND’S SONG by Ayat Najafi (Germany-France)

Award for Best Canadian Short Film:

TODAY, I DID MY LAUNDRY by Zach Patton (Canada)

FIPRESCI PRIZES

FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition:

DAS ZIMMERMÄDCHEN LYNN (THE CHAMBERMAID LYNN) by Ingo Haeb (Germany)

FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the First Films Competition:

LOS BAÑISTAS (OPEN CAGE) by Max Zunino (Mexico)

ECUMENICAL PRIZES

FUSHIGI NA MISAKI NO MONOGATARI (CAPE NOSTALGIA) by Izuru Narushima (Japan)

Special mention of the Ecumenical jury:

MELODY by Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium-France-Luxembourg)

OTHER AWARDS:

Special awards for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art:

CLAUDE LELOUCH

MICHAEL J. WERNER

ALAIN RESNAIS (posthumous)

FUSHIGI NA MISAKI NO MONOGATARI / CAPE NOSTALGIA

2014, Colour, Japan, World Competition 

Production Team

Director : Izuru Narushima

Screenwriter : Masato Kato, Teruo Abe. D'apres le roman/Based on the novel: Niji No Misaki No Kissaten. De/By: Akio Morisawa

Cinematographer : Mutsuo Naganuma

Editor : Hideaki Cohata

Cast : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Abe, Yuko Takeuchi, Tsurube Shofukutei, Takeo Nakahara, Renji Ishibashi, Masakane Yonekura

Music : Goro Yasukawa

Film production and Sales : Prod. & Ventes/Sales: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Izuru Narushima, Riuko Tominaga, Toei Company Ltd., 2-17, 3-Chome, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8108 (Japon), tél.: (+81-3) 3535 76 21, dai_yashiki@toei.co.kp

Synopsis

Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow. 

Director

Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan in 1961, Izuru Narushima's debut feature, THE HUNTER, (2004) won him Best New Director honours at the 2005 Japanese Professional Movie Awards and the Yokohama Festival. His subsequent films include FLY, DADDY FLY! (2005), MIDNIGHT EAGLE (2007), LOVE FIGHT (2008), A LONE SCALPEL (2010), ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO (2011), REBIRTH (2011), winner of best director at the Japanese Academy, and A CHAIR ON THE PLAINS (2013). 

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Québec Film "FOR THE LOVE OF POE" has its world premiere in Montreal

The feature-film will be presented in two distinct original versions: English and French, a rare event.   FOR THE LOVE OF POE, produced written, directed and starring Nils Oliveto, will be presented in world premiere at the Montreal World Films Festival (MWFF) on August 30 at 18h45.   The film, screened separately in a French original version (''Pour l'Amour de Poe'') and also in an English original version, will turn out to be a rare event at the MWFF for a fea...

27.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Pupi Avati in Montreal to present his latest film with Sharon Stone...Golden Boy

For its 38th edition, the Montreal World Film Festival is delighted to host the great director, screenwriter and Italian producer, Pupi Avati. The director is presenting UN RAGAZZO D’ORO (A Golden Boy) in the world competition, starring Sharon Stone and italiian actorRiccardo Scamarcio.             The World Competition feature film UN RAGAZZO D'ORO (A Golden Boy), tells the...

27.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Golden Boy - Un Ragazzo d'Oro has its world premiere in Montreal Pupi Avati in attendance

Written and directed by Pupi Avati with cinematography by Blasco Giurato, edited by Luigi Capalbo; starring Riccardo Scarmacio, Sharon Stone, Cristiana Capotondi, Giovanna Ralli; music by Raphael Gualazzi Synopsis When Davide's father, a maker of B movies, dies in a car accident, he is said to have left behind an unpublished autobiography. Unable to find the book, Davide decides to write his own.    Director Born in Bologna, Italy in 1938, Pupi Avati j...

27.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Lelouch opens the 38th MWFF

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22.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

The 38th Montreal World Film Festival opens today, word from the President

The 38th Montreal World Film Festival August 21 - September 1, 2014   Since its founding 38 years ago, the Montreal World Film Festival continues to offer film lovers and professionals a rich program based on cultural diversity, innovation, independence and creativity. The success and international reputation of the Montreal World Film Festival are firmly linked to these principles and goals. The World Film Festival is the only competitive film event in North America recogniz...

21.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

38th edition of the MWFF The Cinema Under the Stars will be showing free movies!

The Montreal World Film Festival Cinema Under the Stars program will be back this year with twelve nights of free outdoor movie screenings. Beginning August 21 and running nightly at 8 :30 pm through Labour Day, September 1, the Festival will show a wide selection of popular movies on the esplanade of the Place des Arts. Pick your places… first come first serve!   Thursday, August 21th LA VIE EN ROSE, France 2007, French, Olivier Dahan. Biopic of French singing icon Edit...

20.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Italian focus in Montreal: Thirteen films, produced or co-produced by Italy, are on show

LA DOLCE VITA DOWNTOWN ITALY IN FINE FORM AT THE 38th MWFF As always the Montreal World Film Festival has a bumper crop of Italian films to show, this year more than ever. Starting with the president of the jury, Sergio Castellitto, and continuing through various sections of the Festival, lovers of Italian cinema will have plenty to celebrate.             Thirteen films, produced or co-produced by Italy, are on show and Pupi Avati w...

18.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Line up for The Montreal World Film Festival announced

        AT THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL from August 21 to September 1, 2014     A RICH SELECTION FROM 74 COUNTRIES   THE FUTURE OF CINEMA WITH 51 FIRST FEATURE FILMS   350 FEATURES AND SHORT FILMS 160 feature films (100 world or international premieres and 32 North American premieres)       A jury presided over by Italian actor and director Serge Castellitto   Claude Lelouch will present «Salaud, on t&rsq...

07.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Strong German participation in Montreal

MONTREAL COMPETITIONS WITH GERMAN ENTRIES 38th Montreal World Film Festival (21 August – 1 September 2014)   German films are prominently and abundantly represented in Montreal's 2014 program: after four German films shown last year, this year sees no less than six films with German involvement screening in the World Competition and First Films Competition. In total, 34 German films and co-productions have been programmed in the Montreal World Film Festival.   All of t...

07.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Hippolyte Girardot will attend Montreal showing of Resnais’ last film Aimer, boire et chanter

Montreal World Film Festival president Serge Losique and director-general Danièle Cauchard are pleased to announce that a posthumous tribute will be paid to Alain Resnais at this year’s Festival to mark his extraordinary career. Actor and personal friend of Resnais, Hippolyte Girardot, will attend the film’s showing to accept the Festival’s award in Resnais’ honour. One of the giants of French cinema, Resnais began his career in the late 1950s and consolidated h...

04.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Montreal FFM pays Tribute to Michael J. Werner

  The Montreal World Film Festival will pay tribute to international distributor-producer Michael J. Werner, chairman of film sales of Fortissimo Films. The veteran America-born producer has been located in Hong Kong over the past two decades from where he guided the production and distribution of Asian films to markets around the world.   “Michael J. Werner is an essential figure in the world of independent cinema, a shining example of how to make and distribute quality fil...

04.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Jury of the 38th Montreal World Film Festival

Sergio Castellitto, president    The Montreal World Film Festival is pleased to announce that  Franco-Algerian director-producer Rachid Bouchareb, Andréanne Bournival, grande dame of Quebec television and cinema, and noted Icelandic producer Fridrik Thor Fridriksson will complete the international jury of the 38th Festival. These three join already announced jurors, actresses Ana Torrent and Jane Zhang under the presidency of Italian actor and director Sergio Castellitt...

04.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Alain Resnais’ last film, Aimer, boire et chanter (Life of Riley), will close the 38th Montreal World Film Festival

Alain Resnais’ last film, Aimer, boire et chanter (Life of Riley), will receive its North American premiere to close the 38th Montreal World Film Festival on September 1, it was announced by Festival president Serge Losique and director-general Danièle Cauchard. Resnais began his career in the late 1950s and consolidated his early reputation with Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), and Muriel (1963), all of wh...

18.07.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Salaud, on t'aime, (We Love You, You Bastard) by Lelouch will open the 38th edition of Montreal

  Salaud, on t’aime, (We Love You, You Bastard) the latest film by celebrated French director Claude Lelouch, will open the 38th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival on August 21, it was announced by the MWFF’s president Serge Losique and director-general Danièle Cauchard. “I am faithful to this great festival and I am very happy to return to Montreal to show Salaud, on t’aime,” declared Lelouch. “The Montreal World Film Fest...

18.07.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Interview with Hyppolite Girardot for Life of Riley (Closing FFM 38)

AIMER, BOIRE ET CHANTER / LIFE OF RILEY 2013, Colour, France, World Greats    Production Team Director : Alain Resnais Screenwriter : Laurent Herbiet, Alex Reval, Jean-Marie Besset Cinematographer : Dominique Bouilleret Editor : Hervé De Luze Cast : Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Kiberlain, Caroline Silhol, André Dussolier, Hippolyte Girardot, Michel Vuillemoz, Alb ...

03.09.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

No Land'S Song Interview with Ayat Najafi and Sarah Najafi winners for Best Documentary in Montreal FFM 38

      NO LAND'S SONG / NO LAND'S SONG 2014, Colour, Germany, France, Documentaries of the World    Production Team Director : Ayat Najafi Cinematographer : Koohyar Kalari, Sarah Blum Editor : Julia Wiedwald, Schokofeh Kamiz Film production and Sales : Prod.: Gunter Hanfgam, Anne Grange, Rouven Rech, Teresa Renn, Torero Film GbR, Blarerstr. 56, 7846 ...

03.09.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Montreal FFM 2014 closing excerpts

  Jury Président : SERGIO CASTELLITTO, réalisateur et acteur (Italie) RACHID BOUCHAREB, réalisateur (France-Algérie) ANDRÉANNE BOURNIVAL, professionnelle du cinéma (Canada) FRIDRIK THOR FRIDRIKSSON, réalisateur et producteur (Islande) ANA TORRENT, actrice (Espagne) JANE ZHANG, chanteuse et actrice (Chine)   LONGS MÉTRAGES   Grand prix d ...

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Awards FFM 38 2014 Slideshow

  Jury

03.09.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Palmarès du Jury FIPRESCI

  Production Team Director : Ingo Haeb Screenwriter : Ingo Haeb. D'après le roman de/Based on the novel by: Markus Orths Cinematographer : Sophie Maintigneux Editor : Nicole Kortüke Cast : Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Münster, Christian Aumer, Christine Schorn Music : Jakob Ilja Film production and Sales : Prod.: Ingmar Trost, SutorKolonko / Olaf Hirschberg, 58Filme, Mülheimer Freiheit 126, 51063 Cologne (Alle...

03.09.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Le Jury œcuménique 2014 attribue son Prix au film Cap Nostalgie (Fushigi Na Misaki No Monogatari) de Izuru Naroshima (Japon)

  Un film de grande qualité qui parle de vie, de mort, d’amour et d’amitié dans un village japonais. Avec humour, profondeur et humanité le réalisateur décrit la vie tranquille et sereine d’une communauté au bord de la mer.  Le film est bien construit avec des images superbes; il nous emmène de la nostalgie vers l’avenir et vers la célébration de la vie.     Et une Mention spéc...

03.09.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Interview avec Hyppolite Girardot à Montréal avec Aimer Boire et Chanter, le dernier film d'Alain Resnais

AIMER, BOIRE ET CHANTER / AIMER, BOIRE ET CHANTER 2013, Couleur, France, Hors concours    Équipe de production   Réalisation : Alain Resnais Scénarisation : Laurent Herbiet, Alex Reval, Jean-Marie Besset Direction photo : Dominique Bouilleret Montage : Hervé De Luze Interprètes : Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Kiberlain, Caroline Silhol, André Dussolier, Hippolyte Girardot, Michel Vuillemoz, Alba Gaia B...

03.09.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

Palmarès du Festival des Films du Monde Montréal 2014

  Le lundi 1er septembre 2014   Jury Président : SERGIO CASTELLITTO, réalisateur et acteur (Italie) RACHID BOUCHAREB, réalisateur (France-Algérie) ANDRÉANNE BOURNIVAL, professionnelle du cinéma (Canada) FRIDRIK THOR FRIDRIKSSON, réalisateur et producteur (Islande) ANA TORRENT, actrice (Espagne) JANE ZHANG, chanteuse et actrice (Chine)   LONGS MÉTRAGES   Grand prix des Amériques: ...

03.09.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

NOMADIC CHILDHOODS interview with Christophe Boula

  NOMADIC CHILDHOODS / NOMADIC CHILDHOODS 2014, Colour, France, First Films World Competition    Production Team Director : Christophe Boula Screenwriter : Christophe Boula, Tenzin Kunchap Cinematographer : Arnaud Hémery Editor : Christophe Boula Cast : Sonam Wangmo, Sampel Gyatso, Sasha Uvaroskaya, Kolya Fedotov, Otgonjargal Huygbaatar, Irka Erden Baatar Music : German Khatylaev Film production and Sales : Prod.: La...

29.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

le Festival du film étudiant de Montréal a dévoilé son palmarès

Chapeauté par le Festival des films du monde, le jury du  Festival du film étudiant a dévoilé son palmarès 2014, hier le mercredi 27 août à 16 h.  Le Festival du film étudiant a présenté 86 films, répartis en deux sections en compétition qui comprennent 26 productions canadiennes et 60 productions internationales. Les membres du jury pour l’édition 2014 sont Alisi Telengut, qui a déj&...

28.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

L'HEUREUX NAUFRAGE, un film de GUILLAUME TREMBLAY en première à Montréal

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27.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |  

C'est MAINTENANT OU JAMAIS qu'on doit voir ce film!

C'est MAINTENANT OU JAMAIS qu'on doit voir ce film!  (En fait c'est demain matin - lundi 25 août - à 9 h, demain soir 19 h ou mardi 26 août à 14 h). Courez le voir pendant qu'il est encore temps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRT1DtF51NM MAINTENANT OU JAMAIS Bande Annonce (2014) Une mère de famille se lance dans le grand banditisme...

25.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |

45ème édition du festival des films d'étudiants à Montréal

FESTIVAL DU FILM ÉTUDIANT DU 23 AU 27 AOÛT 2014   26 productions canadiennes, 60 productions internationales sélectionnées Une année pleine de diversité   Montréal, le 12 août 2014 — Chapeauté par le Festival des films du monde, le Festival du film étudiant aura lieu du 23 au 27 août 2014. On pourra y voir 86 films, 2 sections en compétitionqui compre...

21.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |

FFM les films à la belle étoile sur la place des arts

      38ème édition du FFM DE GRANDS FILMS À LA BELLE ÉTOILE À LA PLACE DES ARTS    C’est avec plaisir que la direction du Festival des Films du Monde annonce la programmation des projections extérieures à la Place des Arts débutant le 21 août.   Voici la programmation complète des projections extérieures gratuites. Les projections auront lieu à 20h30.   Le Fes...

20.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog |

350 films de 74 pays dont 100 premières mondiales à Montréal

     AU FESTIVAL DES FILMS DU MONDE du 21 août au 1er septembre 2014     UNE SÉLECTION DE QUALITÉ EN PROVENANCE DE 74 PAYS   L’AVENIR DU CINÉMA AVEC 51 PREMIERS LONGS MÉTRAGES   350 LONGS MÉTRAGES ET COURTS MÉTRAGES 160  longs métrages dont 100 en premières mondiales ou internationales et 32 en premières nord-américaines     Un jury présid...

07.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog | 

Hippolyte Girardot sera présent pour l'hommage à Alain Resnais au Festival des films du monde

Serge Losique, président du CA et Danièle Cauchard, directrice générale, ont le plaisir d’annoncer qu’un hommage posthume sera rendu à Alain Resnais afin de souligner la carrière extraordinaire du réalisateur. L’acteur et ami d’Alain Resnais, Hippolyte Girardot viendra à Montréal représenter le réalisateur et accepter ce prix en son honneur.         &nbs...

04.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Hommage à Michael J. Werner

Afin de souligner la contribution majeure de Michael J. Werner au rayonnement du cinéma asiatique, le Festival des films du monde rend hommage au prolifique producteur américain installé depuis une vingtaine d’années à Hong Kong, avec une sélection de films dont le rayonnement artistique et culturel a su dépasser les frontières de l’Asie. En faisant cette annonce, le président du Festival Monsieur Serge Losique a d&eac...

04.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog | 

Le jury de la 38ème édition du FFM

  Sergio Castellitto, président La direction du Festival des films du monde a le plaisir d’annoncer la présence de Rachid Bouchareb, réalisateur et producteur franco-algérien, d’Andréanne Bournival, grande dame de la télévision et du cinéma québécois ainsi que du réalisateur et producteur islandais Fridrik Thor Fridriksson qui complètent le Jury international du 38ème FFM. Ces trois no...

04.08.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog | 

Claude lelouch fera l'ouverture du Festival de Montréal

Serge Losique, président du CA et  Danièle Cauchard, directrice générale du FFM ont le plaisir d’annoncer que Salaud, on t’aime le plus récent film de Claude Lelouch inaugurera festival le 21 août prochain en première internationale. « Je suis un fidèle de ce grand festival et je me réjouis une fois de plus de revenir à Montréal pour présenter Salaud, on t’aime &r...

18.07.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog | 

Alain Resnais en clôture du festival de Montréal

  Serge Losique, président du CA et Danièle Cauchard, directrice générale, ont le plaisir d’annoncer que Aimer, boire et chanter d’Alain Resnais sera présenté en clôture du 38e Festival des films du monde le 1er septembre 2014 pour sa première nord-américaine.  Alain Resnais, un des plus grands cinéastes français est l’auteur de films qui ont marqué l’his...

18.07.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog | 

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 Italy’s renown for cinematographic avant-gardisme, not to mention actresses whose skills match their striking beauty. 

Capece, whose style is reminiscent of Fellini’s (in his masterfully daring use of the camera), used his cinematographic skills to depict the emptiness and inherent dangers of hedonism.

The lead female character masterfully portrayed by the illustrious Corinna Coroneo, leads a life of pure indulgence as a highly paid female “escort”.  Her encounter with a sculptor of tremendous ability, played by Adrien Liss, leads to an emotionally charged relationship, in which neither can do without the other.

In the face of rising economic problems, which leave his best clients bankrupt, and in the wake of a society`s rejection of art, the sculptor finds himself without the means to live, while those who have, find themselves unable, or unwiling to pay for it.  The sculptor, victim of  both, changing attitudes towards art, and the economic crisis, ends up by engaging in prostitution in order to maintain the lifestyle to which he had become accustomed.  The tragic end, serves to underscore the emptiness of raw consumerism, and the degree to which love is central to the human condition.

While some are sure to misunderstand, or even misrepresent, the message this film so vivdly  conveys, La Scultura follows Alieno, Uomo di Futuro.  That film, no less exquistiely directed by both, Capece and  Pierpaolo Moio (which premiered at Montreal`s World Film Festival in 2008) was a stark critique of the drive towards automation, in which man and machine became one and the same, to the point where humanity is lost.

Mauro John`s unmistakable style represents a return to the glory days of Italian cinema –  that encapsulates the Italian soul –  probing, analitical, with rich plays on the emotions via exceptional camera work, complete with the presentation of ideas that are tinged with humour and irony, all of which serve to lead the viewer to question socially accepted conventions.

La Scultura is a MUST-SEE for all who are concerned with the direction society is taking, as well as for Italian cinema buffs.  

LA SCULTURA / THE SCULPTURE

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 honoured to pay tribute to the cinematic ‘culture’ that Lord Puttnam introduced in his three decades as a producer on both sides of the Atlantic,” said MWFF Chairman Serge Losique. “Anyone perusing the list of films that he generated cannot help but be nostalgic about a ‘golden’ era during which art and popular entertainment in the movies were happily married.”

Born in London in 1941, David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam (he was knighted in 1995), had an early career in advertising and as an agent for the photographers David Bailey and Brian Duffy. But he made his indelible mark on 20th century cinema as a producer of such films as Bugsy Malone (1976), The Duellists (1977), Midnight Express (1978), Chariots of Fire (1981), Local Hero (1983), The Killing Fields (1984), The Mission (1986), Memphis Belle (1990) and Le Confessional (1995, directed by Robert Lepage). His films have won ten Oscars, 25 Baftas and the Palme d'or at Cannes. 

He was Chairman and CEO of Columbia Pictures from 1986 to 1988. Among the notable films Columbia “green lit” or picked up during his tenure were Hope and Glory (1987), The Last Emperor (1987) and The Big Easy (1987). From 1994 to 2004 he was Vice President and Chair of Trustees at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) and was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in 2006. He retired from active film production in 1998 to focus on his work in public policy as it relates to education, the environment, and the creative and communications industries, but he continued to execute produce documentaries, most recently We Are the People We've Been Waiting For (2009) and I Am Chut Wutty (2014).

In October 2013 he stepped down as Chancellor of the Open University a post he was appointed to in 2006, following ten years as Chancellor of The University of Sunderland.

He is the Republic of Ireland's Digital Champion; President of the Film Distributors’ Association; Chair of the TSL Advisory Board; Chair of the Academic Board, Pearson College; a UNICEF Ambassador, and Adjunct Professor of Film Studies and Digital Humanities at University College Cork.  

He was Deputy Chairman of Channel 4 Television (2006 - 2012) in Britain, and The Sage Gateshead (2007- 2012), founding Chair of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and Chair of both the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television and the National Film and Television School for ten years. He has also served as a trustee of the Tate Gallery in London, the Science Museum and the Thomson Foundation, among other organizations.

Puttnam was knighted in 1995 and was appointed to the British House of Lords (where he sits on the Labour benches) in 1997. In France he was made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1985, becoming an Officer in 1992, and a Commander in 2006.

The 39th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival will be held August 27 to September 7, 2015.

The Montreal World Film Festival 

Wang Fan, directs a free adaptation of classic Prosper Merimee´s Carmen, in a chinesse version. It´s her first feature film, and was produced throught the coproducton forum, in the past Festival du Films du Monde in Montreal. Leopoldo Soto interviewed the director for filmfestivals.com

BEIJING CARMEN

2015, Colour, China, First Films World Competition 

Production Team

Director : Wang Fan

Screenwriter : Wang Fan

Cinematographer : Han Xiaosu, Andreas Thalhammer

Editor : Zhang Yifan

Cast : Li Rui, Cary Woodworth, Zhao Jian, Dong Chun, Zhuan Ran, Xu Yiming

Music : Cha Ainan

Film production and Sales : Prod.: Wang Fan, Beijing Film Co-Productions Co., Ltd., Wang Fu Wen Xin Condo, Rooms 35-1-502, Changping, Beijing 1002200 (Chine), michelle@beijingfilmcoproductions.com / Beijing Novo United Films Co., Ltd. (Chine).

Synopsis

American choreographer Coen has come to Beijing to stage a modern dance drama about a woman who would rather die than lose her freedom. But he is frustrated by his failure to find the right candidate for the title role. Ye Men is an orphan girl from the Wa ethnic tribe in southwestern China, adopted and brought up by a local woman in a free and easy atmosphere. One night during a village revel, Ye Men has a fight with the bullying princess of the tribe and cuts her face with a knife. Fearing the chief’s revenge, Ye Men has to leave the village and bids farewell to her childhood sweetheart, Ai Yong, who has promised to take care of her and her foster grandma. Ye Men ends up in Beijing working in a restaurant as a waitress and singer, in an attempt to break away from tribal customs. Coen, who happens to be dining in the restaurant, witnesses how Ye Men handles a harassing male customer, and is duly impressed. He leaves his business card on the table. Ye Men shows up at Coen’s rehearsal hall and accepts his offer to join his dance troupe, only to be plunged into her romantic and pathetic destiny with Coen in this Beijing version of Prosper Merimée’s classic tale. 

Director

Born in 1976, Wang Fan trained in traditional Chinese dance at an early age. She graduated from Xi’an International Studies University in 2000 and Beijing Film Academy with a master’s degree in 2006. Founder of Beijing Film Co-productions, she has documented various dance performances and international dance exchange events, such as the China Europe Cultural Exchange in Belgium and Israel. She assisted director Bruce Beresford on MAO’S LAST DANCER (2008) and showed her own dance documentary, Taste of Body, at the 2012 Montreal World Film Festival. 

 

Projections

Sunday August 30, 2015 - 12:30 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 9
Monday August 31, 2015 - 02:30 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 9
Sunday September 6, 2015 - 07:00 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 17

AWARDS OF THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL MONTRÉAL 2015

Jury 

President : Dany Laferrière, writer (Canada)

Luis Urquiza, filmmaker (Mexico)

Gerardo Salcedo, festival programmer (Mexico)

Peter Rainer, writer & film critic (United States)

Ventura Pons, filmmaker, (Spain)

Tea Falco, actress (Italy)

Features

Grand Prize of the Americas: Mad Love from Philippe Ramos (France)

Video interview with Diane Rouxel for Fou d'Amour

Special Grand Jury Award: Misafir (The Visitor/La Visiteuse) from Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)

Interview withthe director

2 films-Tie for Best director: 2 nights til morning de Mikko Kuparinen (Finland / Luthania) etDosieto Petrov (Petrov File / Le Dossier Petrov) from Georgi Balabanov (Bulgaria / Germany)

Interviews with the team of Petrov Files  en français and in  english

Best Actress: Malin Buska for The Girl King de Mika Kaurismäki (Canada / Finland /Germany / Switzerland)

  interview with Malin Buska

Best Actor: Wolfram Berger for Rider Jack de This Lüscher (Switzerland)

Best Screenplay: Letnie Przesilenie (Summer Solstice / Solstice d’été) from Michal Rogalski(Poland/ Germany)

Interview with screenplay writer and producer

Best Artistic contribution: Seven Days de Xing Jian (China)

Interview withthe director

Innovation Award : Un Instante En La Habana (Havana Moment) from Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA / Cuba / Mexico/ Colombia)

The team reacts on screen 

Short Films :

1st Prize : La Voce (La voix) from David Uloth (Canada)

Jury Award: Honeysuckle from Lucy Lumsden (United Kingdom)

Zenith awards for best first fiction feature

Jury members for First Fiction Films: Pierre Henri Deleau and Antoine Zeind

Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature Film: Chuyi (The Funeral / Les funérailles) from Qi Wang (China)

Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: Para Minha Amada Morta (To My Beloved / À Ma Bien Aimée) from Ali Muritiba (Brazil))

Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: La Linea Delgada Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line) from Celso Garcia (Mexico)

Special Mentions of the First Feature Film Jury: Asman Aldynda (Under Heaven) from DalmiraTilepbergen (Kyrgyzstan) and Rosa Chumbe from Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru)

Dalmira Tilepbergen with Bruno Chatelin  and Consul of Kyrgyzstan in Montreal

Public Awards

The Public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories of films presented during the 2015 Montreal World film festival

Audience Award for Chucks by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl from Cornelia Travnicek(s book (Autriche)

Interview de l'équipe en anglais Interview de l auteur de Chucks

Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival  : The Girl King from Mika Kaurismäki (Canada / Finland /Germany / Switzerland)

 Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American: La Delgada Linea Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line) from Celso Garcia (Mexico)

Award for Best Documentary: TIE  Marzia, Ystäväni(Marzia My Friend / Marzia Mon Amie) from Kirsi Mattila (Finland) et  Playing Lecuona de Pavel Giroud (Spain- Colombia)

Best Canadian Short Film  : La Voce (The Voice / La Voix) from David Uloth (Canada)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONALE FILM CRITICS), WORLD compétition  : Misafir (The Visitor / La Visiteuse) from Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)

FIPRESCI PRIZE (INTERNATIONALE FILM CRITICS), First Feature : Rosa Chumbe from Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru)

Ecumenical Jury Prize : L’orchestre de minuit de Jérôme Cohen Olivar (Morroco)

Ecumenical Jury Mentions

Un Instante En La Habana by Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia) and Dorogo Na Berlin (On The Road To Berlin) de Sergei Popov (Russie)

OTHER AWARDS

A special grand prize of the Americas is awarded to producer Lord Puttnam for his exceptional contribution to the world of cinema.

LETNIE PRZESILENIE / SUMMER SOLSTICE

2014, Colour, Germany, Poland, World Competition 

Production Team

Director : Michal Rogalski

Screenwriter : Michal Rogalski

Cinematographer : Jerzy Zieli?ski

Editor : Joanna Brühl, Milenia Fiedler

Cast : Filip Piotrowicz, Jonas Nay, Urszula Bogucka, Maria Semotiuk, Steffen Scheuman, Gerdy Zint, Bart?omiej Topa, Agnieszka Krukówna

Music : Rainer Oleak

Film production and Sales : Prod.: Maciej Strzembosz, Ewa Borgu?ska, René Frotscher, Eva-Marie Martens, Prasa & Film Ltd., Chemska 21, build. 4, suite 53 00-724 Varsolvie (Pologne), office@pifpartners.pl / Sunday Filmproduktion and Mafilm Gmbh (Allemagne).

Synopsis

1943. Polish countryside. Germany has begun sending younger and younger recruits to war. That is how Guido, a sensitive 17-year-old, finds himself in Poland. While serving near a small village, he tries to escape the brutality of the war in the attic of the post where he listens to forbidden jazz records and dreams of better times. Meanwhile, Romek, a local Polish boy, tries to help his single mother by working as a railway engineer’s assistant and win the heart of Franka, the daughter of the well-to-do farmer. While helping drive the locomotive, Romek makes regular stops at an abandoned train station where German trains to death camps dispose of suitcases and other personal items of the Jewish victims. Unaware of the scope of the tragedy they represent, the items make little impression on Romek. When he salvages a discarded grammophone, fate brings him, Franka and Guido together. That one moment will change each of their lives forever. Then Romek meets Bunia, a Jewish girl who has managed to escape one of the death trains and he becomes her only hope for survival. The unlikely connection of these four leads to a series of tragedies. Who will survive is not entirely in their hands. 

Director

Born in Warsaw in 1970, Polish filmmaker Michal Rogalski graduated from Warsaw University’s School of Journalism and Political Science and the Lodz Film School. He began directing short fiction and documentaries in the 1990s before making his fiction feature debut in 2009 with THE LAST ACTION. His directing credits include numerous episodes of one of Polish television’s most popular series, Time of Honour (2011-2013). His medium-length credits include Kozietulskiego 6 (2004), 12 Tons (2008), Pawel and Ewa (2002), Silesian Strips (2006) and Where Did 80 Million Go? (2011). 

 

Projections

Wednesday September 2, 2015 - 09:30 AM - CINÉMA IMPÉRIAL
Wednesday September 2, 2015 - 04:30 PM - CINÉMA IMPÉRIAL

Laura Blum and Editor in chief Bruno Chatelin sat down with french icon director Jean Jacques Annaud about his new phenomenal film Wolf Totem, shot over 18 months in Mongolia with wolves...Historical moment where a french filmmaker gets to direct a smashing box office based on the best seller of a chinese book.

We often hear that directing animals and children is hell on a filmmaker. So why is Jean-Jacques Annaud nostalgic about the 200 horses, 1,000 sheep, 35 wolves and smattering of young humans he worked with for his new picture Wolf Totem? Maybe his fascination with wolves has something to do with it. As the title indicates, they're the real stars of this gorgeous 3-D spectacle. 

Drawn from Jiang Rong's semi-autobiographical novel, Wolf Totem tells the epic saga of a young Beijing student who is sent to Inner Mongolia in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution. The ready student, Chen Zhen (Feng Shaofeng) teaches the nomadic herdsmen to read and write while he studies life in the craggy steppes. There are the man-made trappings of a society in flux and an inevitable affair of the heart, but the soul of the film is a romance between Zhen and the wolf pup he takes in and raises. It's only the cuddliest of the wildlife stories to unfold in this endangered region, where nature is literally on thin ice.

Annaud partly credits ecological awareness with the film's success in China. The Chinese-French co-production is among China's top-grossing films of all time, and it is rumored to be that country's submission for a foreign-language Oscar in 2016. This has all come as a pleasant surprise for the director. His 1997 film Seven Years in Tibet was denounced by the Chinese government for its portrayal of military brutality and for its favorable take on the 14th Dalai Lama; Annaud and his stars were banned from stepping foot on Chinese soil. And that's to say nothing of the controversy that Rong's Wolf Totem stirred in China when it came out in 2004. Ultimately it would go on to become a literary sensation like Mao's Little Red Book.

The environment had been something of a taboo subject in China prior to the book's release. But it struck a chord with readers who were increasingly alarmed by the daily scourge of pollution. When Annaud was approached to direct the screen adaptation, he quickly grasped its potential to heighten ecological awareness. Now, nearly a decade later, the green message is more resonant than ever. "Chinese viewers are suffocating," the director told me during his late August visit to New York not long after the explosions in Tianjin. "Even now on official television, you see people getting home with their GPS because they can't see their building."

Annaud, for his part, had a clear vision: to tell the drama of China's northeastern grasslands, he would have to capture the pulse of the wild. The film's aesthetic -- with rugged landscapes and mystical wind and sky -- was fashioned to convey how it feels to roam free amid the constant threat of predation. Human expansion presents a formidable foe in this Darwinian narrrative. But it's the wolf cast that relates the emotional charge of what's at stake. "What you have to get is the intensity of desire," said Annaud. "Wolves are hunters. If they they don't hunt, they die."

What techniques did Annaud use with his wolf actors? Fortunately, he had considerable experience in directing animals. The lead role to went to an Alaskan grizzly in his 1998 orphan tale The Bear, and the titular siblings of his 2004 adventure Two Brothers are tigers. For those productions, as for Wolf Totem, the methods he had developed while directing TV commercials and movies featuring babies came in handy. "Bascially it's the same trick," said the 71-year-old filmmaker. "You cannot ask a five-month old baby to smile, and you cannot ask a ten-month-old to walk to a certain mark and put the yogurt all over his face. But what you can do is think about how you could have this baby do it by itself, by its own instinct. And that will give you something very authentic."

Take for example the scene in Wolf Totem where wolves climb the wall of a sheepfold. Annaud recounted, "We had to train the wolves to climb the wall for them to know that they could do it, the same way that you could show a baby to climb on a stool in order to climb on a table where he could have chocolate cake." During the day the wolves were allowed within tantalizing distance of the enclosed sheep. For the night shoot, the sheep were removed, but the wolves were still licking their chops. To ensure that they hit their marks, wolf wrangler Andrew Simpson and his crack team of trainers took up strategic positions inside the fold and called to the wolves. More persuasively, hunks of meat were set out on a ladder inside the wall as a reward for the enterprising wolves who would scale it.

Beyond food-driven schemes, how did Annaud connect emotionally with his four-legged performers in order to direct them? The veteran of 13 features dug into some of his best-known titles to set up his answer. "My function as a director is to identify with the individuals I have in front of my camera," he began. "So when I do a movie like Quest for Fire, set in the Stone Age, I have to identify with a very primitive, pre-human creature. When I do a medieval mystery like The Name of the Rose, I am supposed to identify with the Italian monks of the 14th century. When I do a movie like The Lover, I have to identify with a 15-year-old girl who is going to discover carnal love in the arms of a Chinese man. So my job is to identify with my stars. And my job when I do a movie like Wolf Totem is to identify with wolves."

I pressed Annaud about his process with the pack alpha named Cloudy, cast as the leading wolf. What helped the Frenchman understand how this creature thinks, what he likes and dislikes? He mused, "If you read with an open heart, you will discover the wolf inside you. I know there is a wolf inside me, just as there is a man inside my friend Cloudy."

That was when it hit me: Annaud looks almost wolflike, himself. It's not only his silver pate, lupine nose and engaged eye posturing that give him an air of the majestic creatures he has devoted eight years to. There is also a carniverous intelligence, an animalistic charisma. The shape-shifter wanded the air and went on, "What I can say after all those years of directing two-legged animals and four-legged animals is that there is something in common, of course, and that the main emotions you feel in animals are the same emotions you feel in people: the territoriality, the desire for supremacy, for hegemony, for finding a love partner, for enjoying food and the necessity of food." Pawing his chin, he declared, "Fear is something that is absolutely in common."

For evidence, we need only watch the caravan scene where Zhen's caged pup reacts to him with sudden aggression. Annaud explained that three pups played Little Wolf. Each came up in a peer group trained for certain behaviors. The group that was exposed to Shaofeng from infancy performed in the scenes when Little Wolf is playful and cuddly. The snappish pup on the caravan wagon hailed from the group that was kept apart from Shaofeng and failed to forge a relationship with him. Cultivating the wolf actors spanned years. The first group was started in 2008 and reached adulthood in 2011 while the second group was timed to yield the teen wolves, leaving third group as the source for the puppies.

Finding trainable wolves wasn't easy. "The first challenge was to get wolves that would tolerate the presence of a human crew," said Annaud. Mongol wolves are an endangered species, and those that still run free are notoriously shy, he explained. The team found a solution at China's Harbin Zoo. They would raise captive pups from the bottle.

Three years later, one of these fur balls would emerge as king. It was soon after Cloudy took power that Simpson brokered an introduction with Annaud. As the filmmaker remembered, "This wolf looked at me, and he put his ears down, his tail between his leg, and he crawled towards me. I was very impressed. And then, in a very humble way, he went on his back and offered his belly." At Simpson's encouragement, Annaud gave Cloudy a caress, and in return received a lick on his finger. Next the wolf let his approval be known to his subjects. Annaud reenacted the scenario, gestures and all. "He rubbed his fur against my legs and then went to the pack and rubbed himself against the others to have them feel my scent."

From there the bond only deepened. "Day after day, Cloudy became more and more friendly, and the licking became more intense," said Annaud. "By the end of the shoot I had to change coats because he wouldn't start the scene without me getting into their space. He would run to me, put his two front legs on my shoulders and give me a full licking session for 10 minutes. He would bite my ears, bite my nose, bite my cheeks."

Asked if man and beast talked, the director replied matter-of-factly, "Yes, of course. He would go, "Hhhh, mmmhhh, gghhhh, hhhhhh!" Apparently the daily effusions rankled on Cloudy's wife, Silver. "After five minutes she'd start pulling my jeans, like saying, 'Hey, you guys, that's enough!' " recalled Annaud. By the end of the shoot Cloudy became downright moony. "He really reinvented the French kiss," Annaud cracked, adding, "The tongue of a wolf is so long!"

What so compelled Cloudy about the director remains a bit of a mystery. "My crew believed that, because he was the king of the four-legged band, he perceived that I was the boss of the two-legged gang," offered Annaud. "But Andrew Simpson, who is very knowledgable about wolves, said no. He said it's just something personal."

Personal as in his psychology or his scent? I wanted to know. "Probably something to do with body language, with the fact that I'm not scared," said Annaud. Or something to do with the fact that I liked this individual, because he was a very good actor, so I respected him."

Beyond the feel-good vibe, the filmmakers and trainers took constant pains to cultivate the trust of the alpha and his pack. As Annaud put it, "First, the wolves have to feel that those are their parents, their friends, their protectors -- that they will never, ever betray them. If you betray them once, you lose them forever." 

That's why, when it came time to shoot the film's nocturnal blizzard sequence culminating on a frozen lake, there were no retakes with the same wolf. As Annaud explained, a dog may be game to fall through lake ice over and over, but a wolf only once.

In traditional Mongol culture, the wolf is a semi-god. "The wolf carries the spirit of dead people to what they call 'the eternal blue sky,' " said Annaud. "It was seen as an enemy, but a very respected enemy." It was also recognized as an essential partner in the region's ecosystem. "As the wolf population dwindles, the rats and marmots are free to destroy the grassland, and there's no more food, either for wolves or for humans."

What does Annaud most want Wolf Totem audiences to take away about wolves? "That they have a function in the world," he said, likening the dwindling species to the bees that both sting and sustain us. "By changing nature so much, we are in great danger." 

Laura Blum

Leopoldo Soto (filmfestivals.com correspondent fromMexico)  accepting The Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film: La Linea Delgada Amarilla (The Thin Yellow Line) from Celso Garcia (Mexico) Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Bertha Navarro and Alejandro Springall

AWARDS..."LA delgada línea amarilla" The yellow thin line...was awarded in 39o Montreal World Film Festival: Best Latinoamerican Movie - Glober Rocha Award- and also Bronze Zenith, for best Opera Prima.

Trailer

LA DELGADA LINEA AMARILLA / THE THIN YELLOW LINE

2015, Colour, Mexico, First Films World Competition 

Production Team

Director : Celso Garcia

Screenwriter : Celso García

Cinematographer : Emiliano Villanueva

Editor : Jorge García

Cast : Damián Alcázar, Joaquin Cosio, Silverio Palacios, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Américo Hollander

Music : Dan Zlotnick

Film production and Sales : Prod.: Bertha Navarro, Alejandro Springall, Guillermo del Toro, Springall Pictures, S.A., Londres nº 44, Ciudad de Mexico, D.F. 04100 Mexico (Mexique), alejandro@springallpictures.com.

Synopsis

THE THIN YELLOW LINE chronicles the journey of five men as they travel along an old road that links two forgotten Mexican towns. These men have been hired to paint the centre line that divides the road. They set out in an old ’76 pickup to cover more than a hundred and twenty miles of asphalt with a thin line of yellow paint. And they have less than a fortnight to do it. Toño, the man in charge, is a lonely 71-year-old. An old road hardhat, he helped to build thousands of miles of roads all around Mexico in the seventies. Now he has been put at the head of the crew who are going to paint the thin yellow line. This is how he meets Pablo, a 20-year-old who is passing by on his way to the United States to join his brother, who he hasn’t seen in four years. But this is a job where nothing ever goes as planned. It’s a story with straight lines, curves and potholes, just like life itself. 

Director

Celso Garci?a was born in Mexico City in 1976, and currently lives in Guadalajara. He has written and/or directed five shorts: Su radito (2002), Cabeza de huevo (2003), Zapato (2004) directed by Jesús Ochoa, Pata de gallo (2004) and La leche y el agua (2006), winner of 26 international awards including Best Short at Guadalajara, Havana, Huelva, Cartagena, and Los Angeles Latino. His script for THE THIN YELLOW LINE participated at screenwriters’ labs in Cannes and Sundance. 

Award Winners in Montreal 39th

Fou D Amour by Philippe Ramos tells the story of man accused of two murders in France (1959).

Found guilty, he is condemned to death. He is guillotined. But his head begins to tell the story of his life. He was a priest. He loved life, he loved women, he loved God and preached every Sunday in his church. A perfect life! An admired priest, a wonderful lover, his earthly paradise seemed neverending... “In my earlier film, Ici-bas, I placed all the anguish of the world on the shoulders of the priest, imbuing the story with a suffocating gravity: the lively and seductive side to the murderer was largely discarded. This left me with a sense of unfinished business. With FOU D’AMOUR, just as a painter repeats his motif in order to explore new aspects, I reworked my ‘canvas’: this time, the happiness and pleasure would be voluble and would precede the devastating madness. So the film has a lighter, even humorous tone, before the colours change here and there to create a deteriorating atmosphere and a darkening mood, until it all turns black and tragic.” -- Philippe Ramos 

FOU D'AMOUR / MAD LOVE

2015, Colour, France, World Competition 

Production Team

Director : Philippe Ramos

Screenwriter : Philippe Ramos

Cinematographer : Philippe Ramos

Editor : Philippe Ramos

Cast : Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Blanc, Diane Rouxel, Lise Lamétrie, Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Bonnafé, Jean-Paul Bodet, Virginie Petit

Music : Pierre-Stéphane Meugé

Film production and Sales : Prod. & Ventes/Sales: Paulo Branco, Alfama Films, 78 rue de Turbigo, 75003 Paris (France), tél.: +33 (01) 42 01 07 05, alfamafilms@orange.fr / Andrea Dos Santos, andrea.alfamafilms@orange.fr.

Synopsis

Director

Born in 1966, Philippe Ramos attended the Paris film school La Fémis and is part of a group of young French film directors sometimes referred to as the new wave of French cinema, a group including Yves Caumon, Jean-Paul Civeyrac and François Ozon. After a series of shorts films -- Les îles désertes (1993), Vers le silence (1995), Ici-bas (1996), L'Arche de Noé (2000), Capitaine Achab (2003) -- he made his feature debut with ADIEU PAYS in 2003. Four years later he made a feature-length version of CAPITAINE ACHAB (best director at the Locarno Festival), followed by JEANNE CAPTIVE in 2011. 

Georgi Balabanov Stefan Ivanov

DOSIETO PETROV / THE PETROV FILE

2014, Colour, Germany, Bulgaria, World Competition 

Production Team

Director : Georgi Balabanov Stefan Ivanov

Screenwriter : Jean-Claude Carrière, Georgi Balabanov

Cinematographer : Stefan Ivanov

Editor : Vessela Martschevski

Cast : Mihail Bilalov, Hristo Shopov, Georgi Novakov, Anjela Ndyalkova, Ana Papadopulu, Radina Kardjilova, Bogdan Glishev

Music : Mario Scheider

Film production and Sales : Prod.: Dimitar Gotchev, Kamera, Veliko Tarnovo 22, Sofia 1000 (Bulgarie), tél.: +35 (988) 8833 3343, aastoyanova@yahoo.com / Ostlicht Filmproduktion, Weimar (Allemagne).

Synopsis

In the late 1980s, stage actor Alexander Petrov is banned from theatre without any apparent reason. When he reappears, after the demise of the Communist regime, he discovers that he had been denounced by the one man he admired most, his master and friend. He discovers this fact at the very moment that he is called upon to deliver a funeral eulogy for the man. Devastated, Petrov declares that he is retiring from public life. That’s when Markov offers his help. An old acquaintance, Markov was a former director of the secret service, who has become a successful businessman. Now, in the mid-1990s, the country is wracked by unretstrained capitalism, along with violence and gang wars. Markov, an admirer of Petrov’s stage talents, offers to make him the leader of a new political party aiming at rescuing the country. Can this work? Is Markov the right man to be allied with? Petrov must make a fateful decision. 

Director

Born in Sofia in 1951, Bulgarian filmmaker Georgi Balabanov graduated from The National Theatre Academy of Sofia and worked as a director at the Theatre of Pazardzhik in the 1970s. In 1981 he directed his first short film, Commemoration, a prizewinner at primer in several European festivals. After a series of films on Bulgarian painters and a stint at the Théâtre du Soleil, he settled in Paris and pursued a career as an independent filmmaker. Selected filmography: Shadow Hunter (1991), THE BORDER OF OUR DREAMS (doc. 1996), THE MISFORTUNES OF SOFIA (doc. 2000). 

 

Projections

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SAKLI / SECRET 2015, Couleur, Turquie, Compétition mondiale  Production Team Director : Selim Evci Screenwriter : Selim Evci Cinematographer : Ferhat Öçmen Editor : Selim Evci Cast : ?lhan Sesen, Settar Tanriögen, Turku Turan, Pelin Akil, Ümit Cirak, Sehnaz Bölen Taftali, Bala Atabek Music : Cengiz Onural Film production and Sales : Prod.: Selim Evci, Evci Films, ?stiklal Cad./mis Sok. Tan Apt. D:6, Beyo?l...

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Interview with Anna Bofarull director of Sonata for a Cello

Filmfestivals.com Leopoldo Soto met with Spanish filmmaker Anna Bofarull in Montreal. She took a humanities degree from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona before studying film at CECC and and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. She participated in the 2011 Berlinale Talent Campus. Filmography: To the Barbed Wire (2003), Pasajes (2004), HAMMADA (2009, shown at the MWFF), FOOTNOTES (2009), Expeditions (2014).  In the concert hall the audience are taking their seats. Julia, ...

07.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Nemanja Cipranic in Montreal for his first feature Legacy

Filmfestivals.com met with Nemanja Cipranic in Montreal where his debut featured premiered in competition. Born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1986, Nemanja Cipranic studied philosophy briefly at Belgrade University, before switching to cinema at Belgrade’s SAE Institute, from which he graduated in 2013. While there he directed and produced several projects, among them a documentary, The Roman Well, and a short film, The Madness of War. He also authored several music videos and television ...

07.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Charles Lemaire 'Et maintenant nous sommes en Vie'

ET MAINTENANT NOUS SOMMES EN VIE / NOW WE’RE ALIVE 2014, Colour, Belgium, France, Focus on World Cinema  Production Team Director : Thibault Arbre Screenwriter : Thibault Arbre Cinematographer : Vincent Toujas Editor : Thibault Arbre Cast : Charles Lemaire, Victoria Oberli, Laure Haulet Music : Climax Film production and Sales : Prod.: Gilles Daoust, Title Media, Galerie de la Porte Louise 203/5, 1050 Bruxelles (Belgique), t&e...

07.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Meet Jon Pettersson the director of John Hron: world premiere in Montreal

Filmfestivals.com met Jon Pettersson in Montreal where his film John Hron received its world premiere. Born in 1982, Swedish filmmaker Jon Pettersson enrolled at a very young age in film directing at university and, upon graduation, quickly sold two of his short films to television: Skuggan (2005) and Badvakten (2005). He subsequently directed Skönheten (2007) and A Waking Contradiction (2008). His first feature, JOHN HRON was self-produced and is based on a true story.  JOHN ...

07.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Meet Norihito Iki the director of Noboke having its World Premiere in Montreal

The Director Norihito Iki Professional photographer and former director commercials, Norihito Iki has had his works exhibited widely at national and international exhibitions and competitions, in particular in Vancouver, Busan, New York and at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial. His filmography includes: Tagboat, Art Line Daegu, Tokyo Front Line.  2015, Colour & B/W, Japan, First Films World Competition    Production Team Director : Norihito Iki Scr...

07.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

We support Montreal WFF

        The Montreal World Film Festival is an event wherethere is always something to discover. The 39th edition is the perfect illustration, with more than 80 countries represented: beside the major producing countries, the Festival is hosting works from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Congo, Greenland, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Nicaragua.&nbs...

07.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

BEHIND THE COVE, 2015, Japan by Keiko Yagi

BEHIND THE COVE, 2015, Japan by Keiko Yagi   Sunday, September 6, at 4.30 p.m., Cinéma Quartier Latin, Room 17  Monday, September 7, at 2.30 p.m., Cinéma Quartier Latin, Room 14     Synopsis In 2010, THE COVE, a documentary about dolphin hunting in Taiji, Japan, won an Academy Award. The movie certainly brought attention to the whaling issue as a whole. But was the documentary entirely truthful? Did it portray both sides of the story correctly? Or wa...

07.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

World Premiere of MAGIC WORLD in Montreal, Focus on the World section

  MAGIC WORLD, the first movie by young director Julien Hosmalin, produced by Pierre-André Marion, will screen at Montreal World Fest. MAGIC WORLD : 2015, Colour, France, Focus on World Cinema - short films    Production Team Director : Julien Hosmalin Screenwriter : Julien Hosmalin Cinematographer : Bertrand Marin Editor : Valentin Feron Cast : Eloise Parramore, Fantin Ravat, Anthony Bajon Music : Julien Besins Film producti...

05.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Alice Bouvrie for A Chance to Dress

A CHANCE TO DRESS 2015, Colour, USA, Documentaries  Production Team Director : Alice Bouvrie Cinematographer : Tom Curran, Brian Dowley, David Rabinovitz, Jonathan Skurnik, Alice Bouvrie Editor : Bernice Schneider Music : Claes Nystrom Film production and Sales : Prod.: Alice D. Bouvrie, Mineral King Productions, 143 Woodside Lane, Arlington, MA 02474 (États-Unis), tél.: 781 643-6347, abouvrie@comcast.net.     Synopsi...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Ramon Termens on The evil that men can do...

THE EVIL THAT MEN DO / THE EVIL THAT MEN DO 2015, Colour, Spain, Focus on World Cinema    Production Team Director : Ramon Térmens Screenwriter : Daniel Faraldo Cinematographer : Sergi Bartroli Editor : Anna Térmens Cast : Daniel Faraldo, Andrew Tarbet, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Priscilla Delgado, Nikol Kollars, José Sefami Music : Yuval Ron Film production and Sales : Prod.: Ramon Térmens, Segarra Films, Juan ...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Manoj Annadurai and Sania Jhankar for Get Happy

GET HAPPY! 2015, Colour, USA, Focus on World Cinema    Production Team Director : Manoj 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 Tartalia Film production and Sales : Prod.: Sania Jhankar, Monomyth Enchantment Inc., 300 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10017 (États-Unis), t&e...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Ma Mingzhu for ARIA of life

SHENG MING YONG TAN DIAO / ARIA OF LIFE 2015, Colour & B W, China, World Competition - short films  Production Team Director : Ma Mingzhu Screenwriter : Ma Mingzhu Cinematographer : Yi Ming Editor : Ma Mingzhu Cast : Wang Xian, Han Jingru, Wang Yu, Wang Yi, Yan Fanfan, Liang Jing, Zhang Ye Film production and Sales : Prod.: Yin Pandong, YM Perle Orientale Films, 16/F, Shimao Tower, No.92 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100022 (Chin...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

World Première of Rainbow without colours

World Première of “RAINBOW WITHOUT COLOURS" by Tuyen Quang Nguyen, produced by Leo Media and Technology limited at the First World Competition of Montréal World Film Festival.    The film was about the sexual prejudice from the mother against her borne and adopted sons, who were gay loved each other. When the film was screened in Vietnam in March 2015 , it got special attention from press and audience with with thousands of reviews from the users ...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

La reine-garçon (The Girl King) Au Festival des Films du Monde les 4 et 6 septembre

  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...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

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

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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 ...

04.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Student Film Festival Awards ceremony

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...

02.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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, xingjian@vip.163.com.     Synopsis In the earl...

02.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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 ...

02.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

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...

02.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

02.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

Superb article in The Gazette by bbrownstein@montrealgazette.com / 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...

01.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

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...

01.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

01.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

01.09.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Only for the Week End premieres in Montreal

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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 ...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

A Sunday Kind of Love to have World Premiere in Montreal

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Projects at the Festival Market...

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

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

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

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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 ...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Cornelia Travnicek the author of Chucks

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

31.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

30.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Interview with Azahar Iqbal

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30.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

David Puttnam Masterclass ambiance

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30.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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.: Susanna Duellmann, Duellmann Film...

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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), emjaay51@gmail.com / Beijing Meishao M...

29.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

39th Montreal World Film Festival opening with Muhammad

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28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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! ...

28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

'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...

28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Dany Laferrière will head the Jury at FFM 2015

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...

28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

AUTOUR DE MAÏR by Hejer Charf at Montreal World Film Festival

The documentary Autour de Maïr (In Maïr's Company), directed and produced by Hejer Charf, has been selected by the 39th Montreal World Film Festival (Festival 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...

28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Montreal 2012 Audience Award Winners return to win the Audience Award with Chucks, a film by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl

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...

28.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

27.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

26.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

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 ...

26.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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) 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 ...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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 ...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

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...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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-joon) 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 ...

25.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

13.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

13.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

PRODUCTION EXCHANGE is a program of the Montreal International Film Market

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...

05.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

05.08.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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,”...

30.06.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

Louis L. Roquet jons the board at FFM

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 ...

30.06.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

28.01.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

02.12.2014 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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

  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 Italy’s renown for cine...

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 l’échiquier mondi...

30.06.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

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 l’échiquier mondi...

30.06.2015 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

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...

To celebrate its 40th anniversary the Montreal World Film Festival is introducing a GOLDEN CHELEMof World Cinema: $1 million (US) in cash prizes will be added to the awards for its competitive sections. The prize money will be shared equally (on a 50/50 basis) by the producers and directors of the winning films, in order to encourage new cinematic creation. “No other festival in the world rewards its best films in such a generous way with 13 different prizes.” stated MWFF Chairman Serge Losique. With this initiative, MWFF ignites a “genuine revolution” in the organization of an international film festival.

A generous benefactor has undertaken to sponsor these prizes. He acknowledged the Festival’s s prominence and hard work, accomplished both at home and on the international scene over 40 years. The prize money will be deposited in-trust at a notary’s office in Montreal, so that it could only be used for that purpose at the MWFF’s Awards Ceremony on September 5, 2016.

WORLD COMPETITION

$250,000 - Grand Prize of the Americas

$120,000 - Jury Grand Prize

FIRST FILMS COMPETITION

$110,000 - Golden Zenith                                                          

  $50,000 - Silver Zenith                                                             

  $40,000 - Bronze Zenith                                                            

BEST SHORT FILM

$20,000 -MWFF Award 

BEST DOCUMENTARY   

$50,000                                      

BEST CANADIAN FILM

$110,000 - Gold Prize                                                                   

  $60,000 - Silver Prize                                                                   

SPECIAL CHINESE FILM COMPETITION

 $110,000 - Gold Prize                                                                  

    $60,000 - Silver Prize                                                                   

STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

$10,000 - Best Film, NATIONAL COMPETITION

$10,000 - Best Film, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

André Forcier’s Embrasses-moi comme tu m’aimes will open the 40thedition of the Montreal World Film Festival, it was announced.  The film’s world premiere in the MWFF’s World Competition will mark the fourth time a Forcier feature has competed in the festival, having won a variety of awards for Une histoire inventé (1990), A Wind From Wyoming (1994) andCoteau Rouge (2011). Scripted by Forcier and Linda Pinet, the film was produced by Louis Laverdière and Linda Pinet.

“André Forcier has had a long history with the Festival including as member of the jury in 2006,” noted MWFF president Serge Losique. “We are happy to be hosting his work again.”

1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. In Montreal, Pierre Sauvageau, 22, wants to join the army but he must take care of his twin sister Berthe, paraplegic from birth. This closeness awakens Berthe's sensuality who tries to seduce her brother. Pierre rejects her advances, but when he falls in love with Marguerite, the girlfriend of his best buddy, he is haunted by the fantasy of his sister. He would like to get rid of it, but the fantasy of Berthe is very persistent.

André Forcier’s singular world is once again populated with the cream of Quebec acting talent including Émile Schneider, Juliette Gosselin, Mylène Mackay, Céline Bonnier, Tony Nardi, Antoine Bertrand, Réal Bossé, Roy Dupuis, France Castel, Denys Arcand, Pascale Montpetit, Julien Poulin, Rémy Girard, Marc Hervieux and many others.

THE 40th MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL will run August 25-September 5, 2016