Montreal World Film Festival

Event Date: 
Aug 26, 2010 | 12:00 AM - Sep 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Canada

The 2010 Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal International Film Festival) runs from August 26 to September 6. Route 132, directed by Montreal filmmaker Louis Bélanger, will open the festival and inaugurate its official competition.

The Montreal World Film Festival encourages cultural diversity and understanding among 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 2010 Montreal World Film Festival 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

Website: www.ffm-montreal.org