MWFF’08 Event Wrap-Up

From August 21st to September 1st, the Montreal World Film Festival celebrated its 32nd anniversary with a selection of 234 feature films, and almost as many short to medium films. Like previous years, the pot was a mix of critical successes and abysmal failures. As is the case with such festivals, any one film enthusiast can hardly see them all, especially with more paying engagements throughout. The best place to start with the MWFF’08 is in the World Competition picks, 20 films that in the end will vie for the festival’s grand prize: The “Grand prix des Amériques” (Grand Prize of the Americas, or “Best Film”). Read more »