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 always worked hard to assure its perenniality. It has always been about bringing to Montreal screens the new and interesting films that constitute the best showcase of essential cinema culture.”
This year the number of entries to the MWFF sections has overtaken those of previous years : over 2000 feature and short films (in equal proportion) have been screened by the selection commitee not mentioning the other films viewed during festivals abroad. The number of countries within the selection highlights this increase as 86 countries will be representred during the 39th edition of the Festival. There are 36 World Premieres in those competitions.
World Competition
26 Feature films from 31 pays will compete for the Grand Prize of the Americas.
2 Nights Till Morning by Mikko Kuparinen (Finland-Lithuania) 84 mins
A Havana Moment by Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA – Cuba - Mexico – Colombia)
A Matter of Courage byRoberto Gervitz (Brazil – Uruguay) 90 mins
Chucks by Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl (Austria) 93 mins
Demimonde by Attila Szàsz (Hungary) 88 mins
Gassoh by Tatsuo Kobayashi (Japan) 87 mins
Getaway of Love by Tonino Zangardi (Italy) 90 mins
Grey and Black byLuís Filipe Rocha (Portugal – Brazil)
Happy 140 by Gracia Querejeta (Spain) 98 mins
John Hron by Jon Pettersson (Sweden) 127 mins
L’Accabadora by Enrico Pau (Italy – Ireland) 97 mins
Mad Love by Philippe Ramos (France) 96 mins
Memories of the Wind by Özcan Alper (Turkey - Germany - France – Georgia) 140 mins
My Enemies by Stéphane Géhami (Canada) 106 mins
On the Road to Berlin by Sergei Popov (Russia) 82 mins
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 always worked hard to assure its perenniality. It has always been about bringing to Montreal screens the new and interesting films that constitute the best showcase of essential cinema culture.”
This year the number of entries to the MWFF sections has overtaken those of previous years : over 2000 feature and short films (in equal proportion) have been screened by the selection commitee not mentioning the other films viewed during festivals abroad. The number of countries within the selection highlights this increase as 86 countries will be representred during the 39th edition of the Festival. There are 36 World Premieres in those competitions.
World Competition
26 Feature films from 31 pays will compete for the Grand Prize of the Americas.
2 Nights Till Morning by Mikko Kuparinen (Finland-Lithuania) 84 mins
A Havana Moment by Guillermo Ivàn Duenas (USA – Cuba - Mexico – Colombia)
A Matter of Courage by Roberto Gervitz (Brazil – Uruguay) 90 mins
Chucks by Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl (Austria) 93 mins
Demimonde by Attila Szàsz (Hungary) 88 mins
Gassoh by Tatsuo Kobayashi (Japan) 87 mins
Getaway of Love by Tonino Zangardi (Italy) 90 mins
Grey and Black byLuís Filipe Rocha (Portugal – Brazil)
Happy 140 by Gracia Querejeta (Spain) 98 mins
John Hron by Jon Pettersson (Sweden) 127 mins
L’Accabadora by Enrico Pau (Italy – Ireland) 97 mins
Mad Love by Philippe Ramos (France) 96 mins
Memories of the Wind by Özcan Alper (Turkey - Germany - France – Georgia) 140 mins
My Enemies by Stéphane Géhami (Canada) 106 mins
On the Road to Berlin by Sergei Popov (Russia) 82 mins
Outliving Emily by Eric Weber (USA) 88 mins
Rider Jack by This Lüscher (Switzerland) 90 mins
Secret by Selim Evci (Turkey) 102 mins
Seven Days by Xing Jian (China) 73 mins
Summer Solstice by Michal Rogalski (Poland – Germany) 95 mins
Taboo by Khosro Masoumi (Iran) 108 mins
The Invisible Artery by Pere Vilà Barcelo (Spain) 119 mins
The Midnight Orchestra by Jérôme Cohen Olivar (Morocco) 114 mins
The Petrov File by Georgi Balabanov (Bulgaria – Germany) 90 mins
The Soul of a Spy by Vladimir Bortko (Russia) 110 mins
The Visitor by Mehmet Erylimaz (Turkey) 127 mins
First Feature Competition
Beijing Carmen by Wang Fan (China) 95 mins |
Closer by Mostafa Ahmadi (Iran) 90 mins |
Crushed by Megan Riakos (Australia) 111 mins |
Das Deckelbad by Kuno Bont (Switzerland) 97 mins |
Dear Deer by Takeo Kikuchi (Japan) 107 mins |
Fire Birds by Amir Wolf (Israel) 105 mins |
Kagurame byYassuo Okuaki (Japan) 112 mins |
Legacy by Nemanja Cipranic (Serbia – Montenegro) 90 mins |
Live by Vlad Paunescu (Romania) 107 mins |
Lost and found by Show Yanagisawa (Japan) 111 mins |
Maresia by Marcos Guttmann (Brazil) 90 mins |
Neboke by Norihito Iki (Japan) 115 mins |
Our Everyday Life by Ines Tanovic(Bosnia-Hezegovine – Slovenia – Croatia) |
Rainbow Without Colours by Tuyen Quang Nguyen (Vietnam) 93 mins |
Rosa Chumbe by Jonatan Relayze Chiang (Peru) 75 mins |
Orage by Fabrice Camoin (France) 80 mins |
Stubborn Boy by Moritz Kramer (Germany) 82 mins |
The Funeral by Qi Wang (China) 115 mins |
The Plastic Cardboard Sonata by Enrico Falcone, Piero Persello (Italy) 80 mins |
The Sum of Histories by Lukas Bossuyt (Belgium – Netherlands) 85 mins |
The Thin Yellow Line by Celso Garcia (Mexique) 95 mins |
Three Days in September by Darijan Pejovski (Macedonia – Kosovo) 90 mins To my Beloved by Aly Muritiba (Brazil) 113 mins |
Under Heaven by Dalmira Tilepbergen (Khirgizistan) 88 mins |
Vals by Anita Lakenberger (Austria) 120 mins |
The 39th Montreal World Film Festival and its International Film Market will take place from August 27th to September 7th 2015.