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| China's 'Thieves' kicks off Montreal's festival... | ||
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| Topic Started: Aug 28 2005, 03:37 AM (25 Views) | ||
| Ryan Montross | Aug 28 2005, 03:37 AM Post #1 | |
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China's 'Thieves' kicks off Montreal's festival battle TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - When the curtain goes up on the 29th Montreal World Film Festival Friday, it will launch eight weeks of marathon screenings in Montreal by three different festivals. A gala screening at the Place des Arts for Chinese director Xiaogang Feng's "A World Without Thieves" caps off a difficult year for MWFF founder and director Serge Losique, who lost key government funding to the rival New Montreal FilmFest, which opens September 18. At the same time, Claude Chamberlan is set to go ahead with the 34th edition of the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media on October 13, having seen key backers Daniel Langlois and Sheila de la Varende defect to the New Montreal FilmFest. Losique earlier planned to open his festival with the world premiere of "Karla," U.S. director Joel Bender's low-budget biopic about Canada's most notorious serial killer, Karla Homolka. But Losique had to yank "Karla" from the opening slot after key sponsors, including Air Canada, told him they didn't want to be associated with a film about school-girl rapists and killers. In all, MWFF will unspool 342 films from 70 countries during the next 10 days and host a 22-strong film competition that features no U.S. contenders. Left to battle like alphabet-soup boxing federations, all three Montreal film festivals are now looking to emerge as the city's best hope to challenge the star-driven Toronto International Film Festival, which opens September 8, and restore the city's reputation for hosting world-class cultural events. To get an edge over his rivals, Losique has this year revamped his programming, replacing the Panorama Canada, Latin American Cinema and Cinema of Tomorrow sections with three umbrella sidebars, World Competition, Focus on World Cinema, First Films World Competition. Besides Place des Arts, MWFF films will also unspool at the Imperial Cinema, the Cinematheque Quebecoise, the NFB Cinema and Theater Maisonneuve. |
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| Sinion Kabe | Aug 28 2005, 04:44 PM Post #2 | |
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Sounds ok. | |
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| MissBehavin | Aug 28 2005, 09:16 PM Post #3 | |
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Wh!p La$h W0nd3r
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i bet its well funny | |
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| Ryan Montross | Aug 29 2005, 01:13 AM Post #4 | |
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Sounds Pretty Good. | |
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