Tuesday, August 21, 2018

MWFF 2018: Films in Competition


Montreal World Film Festival
42th Edition

August 23 - September 3, 2018


The 42th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival will open with a Japanese film by Daisaku Kimura SAMURAI’S PROMISE on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 7 p.m. at the Cinema Imperial. This film will also compete in the WORLD COMPETITION – FEATURE FILMS category.

Competitions

WORLD COMPETITION
FEATURE FILMS 
There are 24 films in this competition.

CURTIZ by Tamas Yvan Topolánszky, Hungary
DYING TO SURVIVE by Muye Wen, China
EIGHT OUT OF TEN / OCHO DE CADA DIEZ by Sergio  Umansky, Mexico
ELEPHANTS CAN PLAY FOOTBALL by Mikhail Segal, Russia
ETERNAL WINTER / ÖRÖK TÉL by Attila Szász, Hungary
FLASH / MESO by Saša Hajdukovic, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Serbia
IN THIS LAND NOBODY KNEW HOW TO CRY / S’AFTI TI HORA KANEIS DEN IXERE NA KLEI by Giorgos Panousopoulos, Greece - France
ISABELLE by Mirko Locatelli, Italy - France
KAOS by Semir Aslanyürek, Turkey
KARMA by Wei-Heng Chung, Taiwan
KU DAMM 59 (Part 1) by Sven Bohse, Germany
LIFE IN OVERTIME / OWATTA HITO by Hideo Nakata, Japan
MOCKING OF CHRIST / RUGANJE SO HRISTOS by Jani Bojadzi, Macedonia
PARDON / ULASKAWIENIE  by Jan Jakub Kolski, Poland - Czech Republic - Slovakia
SAMURAI'S PROMISE / CHIRITSUBAKI by Daisaku Kimura / Japan
STRANGERS OF PATIENCE / STRANNIKI TERPENIYA by Vladimir Alenikov / Russia
THE COMMITMENT by Jian Lu / China
THE DEAD QUEEN / PEDRO E INÊS by António Ferreira / Portugal- France -Brazil
THE ETRUSCAN SMILE by Mihal Brezis, Oded  Binnun / Switzerland - Germany - United States - United Kingdom
THE LAST TOUCH / DIE LETZTE POINTE by Rolf Lyssy,  Switzerland
THE LORD EAGLE / TOYON KYYL by Eduard Novikov / Russia
THE NIGHT OF THE TWO MOONS / LA NOCHE DE LAS DOS LUNAS by Miguel Ferrari / Venezuela - Spain
THE PADRE by Jonathan Sobol, Canada - Ireland
THE TWO BROTHERS / OS DOIS IRMÃOS by Francisco Manso / Portugal - Cape Verde

FIRST FILMS WORLD COMPETITION
There are 19 films in this competition.

BORDERS, RAINDROPS / GRANICE KIŠE by Vlastimir Sudar and Nikola Mijovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of Srpska) - Montenegro – Serbia - Sweden - United Kingdom
BROKEN MIRRORS / MAROT SHVOROT by Imri Matalon and Aviad Givon, Israel
CAMILA´S AWAKENING / EL DESPERTAR DE CAMILA by Rosario Jiménez Gili, Chile
DAVID'S SECRET / O SEGREDO DE DAVI by Diego Freitas, Brazil
DIANA by Alejo Moreno, Spain
HAVE YOUR NAME CARVED by Lei Xu, China
HORIZONS / HORIZONTI by Svetislav Dragomirovic, Serbia
I HOPE YOU'LL DIE NEXT TIME :-) / REMÉLEM LEGKÖZELEBB SIKERÜL MEGHALNOD :-) by Mihály Schwechtje, Hungary
JIM SHOE by Peter Sutton, United States
KILL ME TODAY, TOMORROW I`M SICK! by Joachim Schroeder and Tobias Streck, Germany
LADA KAMENSKI by Sara Hribar and Marko Santic, Croatia
MADAM YANKELOVA'S FINE LITERATURE CLUB by Guilhad Emilio Schenker, Israel
NEVERENDING PAST / IZMEDJU DANA I NOCI by Andro Martinovic, Montenegro - Serbia
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW /  NADIE SABRÁ NUNCA by Jesús  Torres Torres, Mexico
NOT GUILTY / NEVINOVEN by Andzor Emkuzh, Russia
ON THE RUN / ODNAJDE CIE by Beata Dzianowicz, Poland
THE GAZELLE'S DANCE / EL BAILE DE LA GACELA  by Iván Porras Meléndez, Costa Rica - Mexico
THE INDIAN SIBLING / ALFRADELINDIAN by Rogelio Farfuquino, Italy
YOU ARE MY BROTHER by Da Fei, China

SHIRT FILMS WORLD COMPETITION
There are 14 films in this competition.

A Song of Flare by Dave Deohans, India
Alexander at the End of the World by Tanju Ozdemir, United States - Turkey
All My Guardian Angels / Todos mis padres by Bernabé Rico, Spain
Cooee by Toby Morris, Australia
Introduction to Epilogue by Indra Sproge, Latvia
Martyrdom by Phil Volken, United States
Next Wednesday / Jövo szerdán by Norbert Molvay, Hungary
Pepper / Gochu by Jayil Pak, United States - South Korea
Piegonberry / Varjúháj by Pici Pápai, Hungary
Prawn by Andrew Gillingham, Canada
Symbiosis by Dmitry Ivanov, Russia
The Red Mustang by Rehan Mudannayake, Sri Lanka
Vagabonds by Amartei Armar, Ghana
We'll always have Toynbee by Sonia B. Boileau, Canada

Visit the Montreal World Film Festival's website for more information.
Programming information courtesy of  MWFF.

Winners of the MWFF 2018 Competitions, click here.

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