Montreal World Film Festival
dal 22/8/2007 al 2/9/2007
Segnalato da
22/8/2007
Montreal World Film Festival
Different Venues, Montreal
A world of discoveries. The goal of the Montreal World Film Festival is to encourage cultural diversity and understanding between nations, to foster the cinema of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema, to promote filmmakers and innovative works, to discover and encourage new talents, and to promote meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
A world of discoveries
The goal of the Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal International Film Festival) is to encourage cultural diversity and understanding between nations, to foster the cinema of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema, to promote filmmakers and innovative works, to discover and encourage new talents, and to promote meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
The World Film Festival - Montreal 2007 will include the following sections:
. World Competition
. First Films World Competition
. Hors Concours (World Greats, out-of competition)
. Focus on World Cinema (Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania)
. Documentaries of the World
. Tributes
. Cinema Under the Stars
. Canadian Student Film Festival
The high profile WORLD COMPETITION will include world and international premieres. The international official Jury will award the various prizes for the feature films of his section: Grand Prix of the Americas, Special Grand Prix of the Jury, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Artistic Contribution, Innovation Award. This same Jury will award two prizes for the short films of this section.
The FIRST FILMS WORLD COMPETITION will give the opportunity to authors of selected first feature films to be recognized. A separate jury will award the Golden Zenith, Silver Zenith and Bronze Zenith to the winners of this section.
As in the past, the Festival will include an "HORS CONCOURS" (World Greats, out of competition) category.
The section FOCUS ON WORLD CINEMA (Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania) reflects the vocation of the Festival as "World Film Festival".
The "DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WORLD" section will include non-fiction films reflecting the subjects and concerns of filmmakers from countries around the globe.
As well, the 2007 program will include :
TRIBUTES to cinematic creators
The 38th CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
CINEMA UNDER THE STARS
Every year, films from more than seventy countries, including well-known and first-time filmmakers alike, are selected. Many films have been discovered in Montreal. The Festival welcomes cinema professionals and the general public.
The festival-going public will be invited to vote for the films they liked best in different categories.
* People's Choice Award
* Award for the Most Popular Canadian Film
* Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Film from Latin America
* Best Documentary Film Award
* Best Canadian Short Film Award.
The Official Program is an indispensable guide for movie buffs and film professionals alike. It contains detailed information on more than 400 Canadian and foreign films presented in the various sections of the World Film Festival. All the films presented during the Festival are listed and thoroughly described.
Different venues
Montreal