Montreal World Film Festival 2011

"Black Thursday"

"North Sea Texas"

35th Montreal World Film Festival (Canada, August 18-28, 2011), www.ffm-montreal.org.

Prize, World Film Competition: Black Thursday (Czarny czwartek) by Antoni Krauze (Poland, 2011).
Prize, First Film Competition: North Sea Texas (Noordzee, Texas) by Bavo Defurne (Belgium, 2011). Details

Jury: Alin Tasciyan, Turkey, president ("Star Gazetesi"), Alissa Simon, USA ("Variety"), György Kárpáti, Hungary ("Magyat Nemzet"), Eduardo Alvariza, Uruguay ("Busqueda"), Tadeusz Szczepanski, Poland ("Kino"), Juan M. Dominguez, Argentina ("Perfil"), Nicolas Bauche, France ("Positif"), Giorgio Rinaldi, Italy ("Il Secolo XIX"), Marie Claude Mirandette, Canada ("Ciné-bulles").

Reports

What's Love Got To Do With French Movies? Nicolas Bauche analyses the selected French films in Montreal.
First Feature Flicks. Alissa Simon examines three debut films in Montreal's First Feature Competition Section.
Of State Violence and Peoples Solidarity. Alin Tasciyan looks at how a part documentary/part fictional style film, based on real and bloody events in Poland, is crafted by a master of his art veteran director. The result ensures that the audience is left with something very memorable.
Down with Political Correctness at the Movies. Giorgio Rinaldi sees every politically incorrect operation and behaviour, whether it be in the documentary or feature film programs.
Crossing the Boundaries. Tadeusz Szczepański looks at films which want, or are forced, to go beyond the limits of their endurance, thereby providing an interesting illustration of the dynamics and fluidity of the world we live in.
The Perennial Feel-Good Factor. Juan M. Dominguez argues that the simplicity in the documentary We Ain´t Rich or Famous But We Are The Happy Pals is one that usually tends to fly under the film festival radar, compensating in soul for any such lack of high production values.

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