MWFF 2011: Montreal World Film festival

Montreal holds annually a number of film festivals. The most prominent one is

Montreal World Film Festival

It is taking place presently between August 18-28, 2011. This year it celebrates its 35th anniversary.

The festival presents

383 FILMS FROM OVER 70 COUNTRIES 

230 FEATURES AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS 

107 WORLD OR INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES

51 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES

153 SHORT FILMS

Here’s the festival’s website for your quick reference, where you can view all the projection schedules and a short description of each film:


http://www.ffm-montreal.org/

Another very popular film festival is

FIFA - International Film Festival of Films on Art 

Its acronym FIFA is derived from festival's French name - Festival International du Film sur Art.

Here are three articles I wrote about FIFA films in my blog

Art Frame

FIFA 29^thEdition: Anich Kapoor – Spiritual Sculpture

http://artframe.blogspot.com/2011/03/fifa-29-th-edition-anich-kapoor.html

FIFA 29^th Edition: Emily Carr: Spiritual Painting

http://artframe.blogspot.com/2011/03/fifa-29th-edition-emily-carr-spiritual.html

FIFA 29^th Edition: Spiritual Architecture
http://artframe.blogspot.com/2011/03/fifa-29th-edition-antwerp-central.html


My additional contribution about FIFA festival also appears in

Film Festival Today

http://www.filmfestivaltoday.com/world-cinema/the-art-of-the-art-film