The goal of the Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal International Film Festival) is to encourage cultural diversity and understanding among nations, to foster the cinema of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema, to promote filmmakers and innovative works, to discover and encourage new talents, and to promote meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
The World Film Festival - Montreal 2011 will include the following sections:
* World Competition
* First Films World Competition
* Hors Concours (World Greats, out-of competition)
* Focus on World Cinema (Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania)
* Documentaries of the World
* Tributes
* Cinema Under the Stars
* Canadian Student Film Festival
The high profile WORLD COMPETITION will include world and international premieres. The international official Jury will award the various prizes for the feature films of his section: Grand Prix of the Americas, Special Grand Prix of the Jury, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Artistic Contribution, Innovation Award. This same Jury will award two prizes for the short films of this section.
The FIRST FILMS WORLD COMPETITION will give the opportunity to authors of selected first feature films to be recognized. A separate jury will award the Golden Zenith, Silver Zenith and Bronze Zenith to the winners of this section.
As in the past, the Festival will include an "HORS CONCOURS" (World Greats, out of competition) category.
The section FOCUS ON WORLD CINEMA (Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania) reflects the vocation of the Festival as "World Film Festival".
The "DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WORLD" section will include non-fiction films reflecting the subjects and concerns of filmmakers from countries around the globe.
As well, the 2011 program will include :
TRIBUTES to cinematic creators, the 42nd CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL and CINEMA UNDER THE STARS.
Every year, films from more than seventy countries, including well-known and first-time filmmakers alike, are selected. Many films have been discovered in Montreal. The Festival welcomes cinema professionals and the general public.
The festival-going public will be invited to vote for the films they liked best in different categories.
* People's Choice Award
* Award for the Most Popular Canadian Film
* Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Film from Latin America
* Best Documentary Film Award
* Best Canadian Short Film Award.
The Montreal International Film Market will be held from August 26 to September 6, 2010 at the HYATT REGENCY Hotel located in the Complexe Desjardins in downtown Montreal.
The Montreal International Film Market is part of the Montreal World Film Festival. The Market is the meeting place for a large number of film and television professionals from around the world. The Market serves as a port of entry into the North American market for professionals from abroad, and as a link to the rest of the world for North American film and television people. The Market has become an important site for international exchanges and discoveries.
Access to the MARKET is restricted to film and television professionals registered at the World Film Festival .