Montreal World Film Festival

Canada
All genres

A FIAPF accredited film festival, the Montreal World Film Festival is one of Canada’s oldest. Its goal is to encourage cultural diversity and understanding between nations, and so has a large international program.
Its World Competition section is open to World and International Premiere films and its First Films World Competition (director’s first fiction feature-length film) gives priority to world premieres.
Other competitive sections include Documentaries of the World and Student Films. Non-competitive sections are World Greats, Focus on World Cinema, Tributes and Cinema Under the Stars.
The festival hosts an accompanying market with film buyers from around the world.


ATTENDEE TIPS

“The Montreal audience seemed like a very aware and ‘cinema-literate’ audience. It was an inspiring screening, showing that the film had the potential to be popular with an audience.”

SCREEN AUSTRALIA HAS NOT TRACKED SCREENINGS AND AWARDS AT THIS FESTIVAL SINCE 2010.

Awards

2006 - Won - Checkpoint - Jury Prize - World Competition

2005 - Won - Three Dollars - Special Mention - Ecumenical Prize - World Competition

2004 - Won - Man's Gotta Do, A - Golden Zenith - Cinema of Oceania

2003 - Won - Alexandra's Project - Golden Zenith for the Best Film from Oceania - Cinema of Oceania

2000 - Won - Innocence - Grand Prix of the Americas (Best Film) - Shared - Official Competition

2000 - Won - Innocence - People's Choice Award - Official Competition

Screenings

2009 - Documentaries of the World - Salt

2009 - Focus on World Cinema - Blind Company

2009 - Focus on World Cinema - Arioi Vahine

2009 - Focus on World Cinema - Floating

2009 - Focus on World Cinema - Lucky Country

2009 - Focus on World Cinema - Miracle Fish

2009 - Focus on World Cinema - Nice Shootin' Cowboy

2008 - Focus on World Cinema - Bitter and Twisted

2008 - Focus on World Cinema - Cactus

2008 - Focus on World Cinema - Father

2008 - Focus on World Cinema - Frail

2008 - Focus on World Cinema - Son Of A Lion

2008 - Focus on World Cinema - Summer Breaks

2008 - Focus on World Cinema - Yolk

2007 - Documentaries of the World - Music In Me, The

2007 - Focus on World Cinema - Him

2007 - Focus on World Cinema - Skin

2007 - Focus on World Cinema - Girl Who Swallowed Bees, The

2007 - Midnight Slam - Black Water

2007 - Documentaries of the World - Feet Unbound

2007 - Documentaries of the World - In Our Name

2007 - Focus on World Cinema - Falling

2007 - Focus on World Cinema - My Last Ten Hours With You

2006 - World Competition - Checkpoint

2006 - Documentaries of the World - All About Olive

2006 - Documentaries of the World - Unfolding Florence - The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

2006 - Focus on World Cinema - Quiet Spot, A

2006 - Focus on World Cinema - Breathe

2006 - Focus on World Cinema - Marti's Party

2006 - Focus on World Cinema - Ten Feet Tall

2006 - Focus on World Cinema - Agreement, The

2006 - Focus on World Cinema - 48 Shades

2006 - Focus on World Cinema - EM 4 JAY

2006 - World Competition - Checkpoint

2005 - Focus on World Cinema - Short Films - Everything Goes

2005 - Focus on World Cinema - Short Films - Monster

2005 - Focus on World Cinema - Short Films - One Lonely Lost Umbrella Seeks Companion

2005 - World Competition - Three Dollars

2005 - Short Films World Competition - Reverie Sans Frontiers

2005 - Short Films World Competition - Message From Fallujah, A

2005 - Short Films World Competition - Don't Say A Word

2005 - World Competition - Three Dollars

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - Man's Gotta Do, A

2004 - Montreal World Film Festival - What Grown-Ups Know

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - One Perfect Day

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - Mona Lisa

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - Great Dark, The

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - Le Violoncelle

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - Widower, The

2004 - World Competition - Human Touch

2004 - World Competition - Peaches

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - Tom White

2004 - Cinema of Oceania - Man's Gotta Do, A

2004 - World Competition - Recycle

2004 - Montreal World Film Festival - Big Day, The

2004 - Montreal World Film Festival - Cadet, The

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Roy Höllsdotter Live

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Roundabout

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Alexandra's Project

2003 - International Competition - Basilisk Stare

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Night We Called It a Day, The

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Finished People, The

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Ash Wednesday

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Cough

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Visitors

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Clutch

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Violet Lives Upstairs

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Martha's New Coat

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Calling Gerry Molloy

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Edge of Realty

2003 - Movies Under The Stars - Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The

2003 - Cinema of Oceania - Alexandra's Project

2002 - Montreal World Film Festival - Cold Summer, A

2002 - Montreal World Film Festival - Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002 - Montreal World Film Festival - Beneath Clouds

2002 - Montreal World Film Festival - Horses - The Story of Equus

2002 - Montreal World Film Festival - Be4ore Love

2002 - Montreal World Film Festival - Projectionist, The

2001 - Montreal World Film Festival - Horses - The Story of Equus

2001 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Watchers, The

2001 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of our Time - Silent Partner

2001 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Harvey

2001 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of our Time - Mullet

2001 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - He Died with a Felafel in his Hand

2000 - World Greats - Bootmen

2000 - Films for Television - My Khmer Heart

2000 - Official Competition - Innocence

2000 - Official Competition - Innocence

2000 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Joy

2000 - World Cinema: Reflections of Our Time - My Mother Frank

2000 - Official Competition - Innocence

2000 - Official Competition - Innocence

1999 - World Greats - Siam Sunset

1999 - World Cinema: Reflections of Our Time - Milk

1999 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Erskineville Kings

1999 - Official Competition - Oops!

1998 - Hors Concours - Dance Me to My Song

1998 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Radiance

1998 - Official Competition - Interview, The

1998 - Official Competition - Interview, The

1998 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Terra Nova

1998 - Official Competition - Interview, The

1998 - Official Competition - Interview, The

1997 - Official Competition - Kiss or Kill

1997 - Official Competition - Kiss or Kill

1997 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Rock Et Man

1997 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Sapphire Room

1997 - Official Competition - Kiss or Kill

1997 - Official Competition - Kiss or Kill

1997 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Blackrock

1996 - Hors Concours - Lust And Revenge

1996 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Pact

1996 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Shooting the Breeze

1996 - Hors Concours - Brilliant Lies

1996 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - River Street

1996 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Not Fourteen Again

1995 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Code Blue

1995 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Sex Is A Four Letter Word

1995 - Hors Concours - Country Life

1995 - Montreal World Film Festival - Small Treasures

1994 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Only The Brave

1994 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Traps

1994 - Official Competition - Sum Of Us, The

1994 - Hors Concours - Spider and Rose

1994 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Bang on the Line

1994 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Time - Tall Stories

1994 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Loop

1994 - Hors Concours - Exile

1994 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Everynight...Everynight

1994 - Hors Concours - Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The

1994 - Official Competition - Sum Of Us, The

1994 - Cinema of Tomorrow: New Trends - Everynight...Everynight

1993 - Official Competition - Heartbreak Kid, The

1993 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Times - Nostradamus Kid, The

1993 - Cinema of Today: Reflections of Our Times - Say a Little Prayer

1993 - Hors Concours - Bedevil

1993 - Official Competition - Heartbreak Kid, The

1992 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Sacred Sex

1992 - Hors Concours - Strictly Ballroom

1991 - Hors Concours - Spotswood

1991 - Cinema of Today - Bad Day

1991 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Black Sorrow

1991 - Hors Concours - Proof

1991 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Holidays on the River Yarra

1991 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Deadly

1991 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Stan and George's New Life

1991 - Montreal World Film Festival - Good Woman Of Bangkok, The

1991 - Hors Concours - Blood Oath

1990 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Aya

1990 - Official Competition - Golden Braid

1990 - Short - No Problems

1990 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Sting in the Tale, A

1990 - Cinema of Today and Tomorrow - Tightrope Dancer, The

1989 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Mull

1989 - Montreal World Film Festival - Prisoner of St Petersburg, The

1989 - Montreal World Film Festival - Island

1989 - Hors Concours - Sweetie

1989 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow KLM declined invitation - Boys in the Island

1989 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Celia

1989 - Montreal World Film Festival - Emerald City

1989 - Montreal World Film Festival - Malpractice

1989 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Hungry Heart

1988 - Montreal World Film Festival - Fever

1988 - Montreal World Film Festival - Nights Belong To The Novelist, The

1988 - Montreal World Film Festival - Ground Zero

1988 - Montreal World Film Festival - Nights Belong To The Novelist, The

1987 - Montreal World Film Festival - Travelling North

1987 - Montreal World Film Festival - Travelling North

1987 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

1987 - Hors Concours - Right Hand Man, The

1987 - Hors Concours - High Tide

1987 - Montreal World Film Festival - Travelling North

1987 - Montreal World Film Festival - Travelling North

1987 - Montreal World Film Festival - Umbrella Woman, The

1986 - Montreal World Film Festival - Two Friends

1986 - Hors Concours - Fringe Dwellers, The

1986 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Devil in the Flesh

1986 - Montreal World Film Festival - Crocodile Dundee

1986 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Backlash

1986 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Around the World in Eighty Ways

1986 - Hors Concours - Burke and Wills

1986 - Competition - Cactus

1986 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - For Love Alone

1985 - Competition - Empty Beach, The

1985 - Hors Concours - Jenny Kissed Me

1985 - Cinema of Today & Tomorrow - Wrong World

1985 - Hors Concours - Boy Who Had Everything, The

1985 - Montreal World Film Festival - Street to Die, A

1985 - Cinema of Today & Tommorrow - Fran