Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Film News: Last film, 'buy a suit,' to premiere at Tokyo Fest -- Helmer Jun Ichikawa, 59, died after collapsing at lunch on Friday and being rushed to a Tokyo hospital. The cause of death has not yet been announced.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Film News: Film is sequel to Antonio Mercero's hit -- Playwright-turned-director Albert Espinosa will helm "5th Floor," a sequel to Antonio Mercero's "4th Plant." Pic rolls February.
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
MONTREAL – Canada has submitted Montreal helmer Benoit Pilon’s “The Necessities of Life,” a French- and Innu-language film about an Inuit hunter with tuberculosis in 1950s Quebec, for consideration in the Academy Awards’ foreign-language film category. Pic world preemed at the recent Montreal World Film Festival and is playing in cinemas in Quebec. It stars Natar [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Film News: Singapore selects Eric Khoo's 'My Magic' -- The Motion Picture Producers' Association of Japan (Eiren) has selected the Yojiro Takita helmed drama "Okuribito" (Departures) as Japan's contender for the foreign language Oscar, the pic's international distrib, Shochiku, announced Friday.
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
For those caught up in the TIFF frenzy, cinephiles and TIFF enthusiasts alike may have missed The Necessities of Life, which was the audience favourite at the Montreal World Film Festival. Ce... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Film News: Film stars French rapper MC Jean Gab'1 -- Rolling off the Montreal World Film Festival, Paris-based sales and production company Wide Management has closed an all-rights deal on helmer Pierre Laffargue's "Black" with startup Montreal-based indie distrib Evokative Films.
Israelated (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
At the recent World Film Festival in Montreal, Israeli director Eitan Green won the Innovation Award for “It All Begins at the Sea.” A film in three episodes, it tells the story of an Israeli family coping with a familiar array of life experiences - friendship, love, sex, death. You can find out more about the film and the fest at the World Film Festival of Montreal website. You can get Did You Know?...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
A Japanese film, Okuribito, by director Yojiro Takita, has won the top prize at the Montreal World Film Festival, but a film by Quebec filmmaker Benoît Pilon was the audience favourite.
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Japanese helmer Yojiro Takitaâ��s “Departures” took home the Grand Prix des Ameriques, the top prize at the 32nd Montreal World Film Festival, which wrapped on Monday. “Departures” is a tear-jerker about a cellist forced to take a job as an undertaker after his orchestra disbands. The jury, headed by helmer Mark Rydell, gave the runner-up prize, the [...]
Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Monday, September 1------- After a 10 day marathon of world cinema, the Montreal World Film Festival concluded this evening with its gala Awards Ceremony and a screening of the French/Swiss/Belgian film Home , starring Isabelle Huppert . read more
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Film News: 'Life' takes runner-up prize -- Japanese helmer Yojiro Takita’s "Departures" took home the Grand Prix des Ameriques, the top prize at the 32nd Montreal World Film Festival, which wrapped on Monday.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Film News: Sequel to be directed by Verheyen -- "Dossier K," the sequel to Belgian box office hit "De Alzheimer zaak" (Memory of a Killer), will be directed by Jan Verheyen rather than original helmer Erik Van Looy.
Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Monday, September 1-------- The Montreal World Film Festival closes this evening with the North American Premiere screening of Home , the newest film from French/Swiss director Ursula Meier . The film will screen at the Theatre Maisonneuve following the announcement of the juried awards. read more
Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Online Dailies Coverage of the 32nd Montreal World Film Festival, held in the beautiful city of Montreal, Quebec from
Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Sunday, August 31------- The Montreal World Film Festival is saluting the fine work done by the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute , a Japanese organization that promotes both classic and contemporary Japanese films, by showcasing three classic Japanese films here. The Film Institute was founded by Madame Kashiko Kawakita to promote Japanese cinema abroad. read more
