17 FEATURES FROM QUEBEC AND CANADA – FOCUS 2012
The Festival du nouveau cinéma is pleased to announce the films for the Focus lineup (Quebec/Canada), including the opening film Mars et Avril by Martin Villeneuve to be screened on October 11 at the Cinéma Impérial. This year, the section highlighting the wide-ranging Quebec and Canadian film industry will feature 10 films in competition and six out of competition.
Martin Villeneuve’s sci-fi-tinged fable Mar...
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is pleased to pre-announce several films on this year’s program, giving a sneak peek at what promises to be an exciting anniversary edition. One hundred domestic and foreign films will be screened during the 15th RIDM, from November 7 to 18 at the Cinémathèque québécoise, Cinéma Excentris, the Grande Bibliothèque and Concordia University.
FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL
A number of not-to-be-missed films at this year’s RIDM ...
AWARDS – 43rd CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
NORMAN MCLAREN AWARD FOR THE OVERALL WINNER:
8,75$ by Claudia Hébert (York University, Toronto)
BEST NEW CANADIAN DIRECTOR:
YOUTH AND TRADITION by John Palanca (York University, Toronto)
BEST ANIMATION FILM:
TENGRI by Alisi Telengut (Concordia University, Montréal)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:
HOTEL CANADA by Aliaa Khachouk (UQAM, Montréal)
BEST E...
212 feature films (110 world or international premieres)
16 medium length films (12 world or international premieres)
144 short films (94 world or international premieres)
60 films in the Canadian Student Film Festival
A Chinese film “Million Dollar Crocodile” for the opening
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The 36th Montreal World Film Festival announces that it will honour Mel Hoppenheim with its Grand Prize of the Americas. "There are few men in our cinema with the Mel Hoppenheim's stature," declared MWFF president Serge Losique. "He is among the men most responsible for the concrete development of Quebec and Canadian film industries. As a builder and entrepreneur but also as a generous philanthropist, Mel was a prime mover in the establishment of a true domestic film industry....
The Montreal World Film Festival is proud to announce the inaugural China Film Business Week at this year's 36th edition, August 23 – September 3, 2012.
“The aim is to bring the burgeoning Chinese film industry on a permanent basis to North America,” explained MWFF president Serge Losique. “This is where the west will meet the east, where decision makers of the Chinese film industry will meet their western counterparts. All facets of the Chinese film industry will be i...
Doc Circuit Montreal is pleased to announce three new professional activities for its 7th edition, scheduled for November 14 to 16, 2011, during the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM).Doc LabLed by a team of experts in cinema and interactive media, Doc Lab is an intensive 3-day workshop where 12 participants will explore new forms of documentary development and production. Working in teams of four, participants will be asked to develop an idea for a web documentary, serious gamin...
The Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) are proud to announce the awards of their 12th edition.
CAMERA STYLO AWARD - presented by the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ):
The Sound of Insects - Record of a Mummy, by Peter Liechti.
For its ability to communicate in pure cinematic form a disturbing meditation on life and death, while delivering a powerfully sensual experience with remarkable evo...
The Calgary Cinematheque is pleased to present “Pushing Boundaries: Canadian Independent Films of the ‘60s and ‘70s”, a series devoted to four rare and important works of Canadian cinema, including: High (Larry Kent, 1967), Montreal Main (Frank Vitale, 1972), A Married Couple (Allan King, 1969), and The Rubber Gun (Allan Moyle, 1977). These films represent a forgotten moment in Canadian cinema, featuring gritty, urban themes and direct cinema techniques.The EventPushing Boundaries takes ...
Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma presents its 37th annual event October 8 to 19. With nearly 250 films in every conceivable format, several North American and world premieres, and one of the most enjoyable festival experiences anywhere, the FNC is more accessible than ever. Films from some sixty countries including shorts and feature-length films, documentary and fiction, animation, retrospectives, tributes, exhibits, industry meetings and special events 11 full days to satisfy the most di...
Telefilm Canada Developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation reporting to Parliament through the Department of Canadian Heritage. Headquartered in Montréal, Telefilm provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry by means of four regional offices located in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal and Halifax. Telefilm mandate Telefilm Canada is a federal cultur
For the two weeks, editorial focus will be on the Montreal World Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Check out all the excitement via the Online Dailies Sites. Montreal World Film Festival Dailies: www.fest21.com/blog/montreal_world_film_festival Toronto International Film Festival Dailies: www.fest21.com/blog/toronto_film_festival Come back for more Coming Attractions coverage in 2 weeks.............Sandy Mandelberger, Comin...
Sunday, September 2-------As the 31st edition of the Montreal World Film Festival enters its final 48 hours, here are some ambience shots, photos courteosy of the Festival organization....
Monday, August 20--------The Montreal World Film Festival will open on Friday, August 24th with the world premiere of a film from the local Quebec film industry. BLUFF, by Marc-Andre Lavoie and Simon Olivier Fecteau, will open theatrically in Canada on September 7th. To view the film's website: http://www.bluff-lefilm.com/Follow films, filmmakers and special events at the Montreal World Film Festival by visiting the Online Dailies site: www.fest21.com/blog/montrealfilmfestival.Sandy...
Amnesia, the second student film directed by Jean-Francois Morin, has been selected at the 30th edition of the Festival des Films du Monde de Montreal, from August 24 to September 4, 2006, in the Student section.
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DOCircuitMtl The first Quebec documentary market November 16-17, 2005 At the Cinémathèque québécoise Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) and DOC-Québec are proud to announce a major new industry event to support the production and promotion of Quebec documentaries. DOC CIRCUIT MTL is the first ever marketplace for documentary film and video productions from Québec. It takes place November 16 and 17, in English and French, at the Cinémathèque québécoise, i...
The City of Montreal reaffirms its support to the World Film Festival for its 30th Anniversary in 2006The City of Montreal through its Cultural Section has renewed its support of the Montreal World Film Festival to be held from August 24 to September 4, 2006. It would be impossible to organize an important international festival without the active cooperation of the City. We publish herewith the content of the letter dated October 13, 2005 and addressed to the President of the Festival:“The Ci...
The Festival of Nouveau Cinema de Montréal (FNC) announces eight new titles and one retrospective among the 150 enticing offerings on the program for the 34th edition, which will be held from October 13 to 23 at Ex-Centris, Cinéma Impérial, Cinémathèque québécoise, the Hall Theatre at Concordia University, Cinéma du Parc, and the Studio at the Just for Laughs Museum.Programming Director Claude Chamberlan is proud to announce the world-premiere screening of PETIT POW! POW! NOEL, Robert Mo...
A meeting was held Tuesday in Montréal between representatives of the Atlantic Film Festival Association (AFF), the Festival international de films de Montréal (FIFM) and Telefilm Canada, to address issues ensuing the date overlap situation.All parties have agreed to work closely together to resolve logistical considerations, such as print movement, guest and press relations between the AFF and the FIFM.“I appreciated the candour of the meeting and understand the realities of the situation,...
