2010 (34th) Montreal World Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal International Film Festival)
• Edition: 34th
• Period: August 26-September 6, 2010
• Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Awards

• Grand prix des Americas: OXYGEN (ADEM) by Hans Van Nuffel (Belgium/Netherlands)
• Special Grand Prix of the jury: DALLA VITA IN POI (FROM THE WAIST ON) by Gianfrancesco Lazotti (Italy)
• Best Director ex-aequo:

LIMBO by Maria Sødahl (Norway/Sweden/Denmark/Trinidad and Tobago) TÊTE DE TURC by Pascal Elbé (France)

• Best Actress: Eri Fukatsu "Villain" - Sang-il Lee (Japan)
• Best Actor: FRANÇOIS PAPINEAU for the film ROUTE 132 by Louis Bélanger (Canada)
• Best Screenplay: DE LA INFANCIA (FROM CHILDHOOD) by Carlos Carrera, screenplay by Silvia Pasternac, Fernando Leon, Carlos Carrera (Mexico)
• Best Artistic Contribution: VENICE (WENECJA) by Jan Jakub Kolski (Poland)
• Innovation Award: TROMPER LE SILENCE (SILENCE LIES) by Julie Hivon (Canada)

East Asian Feature Films @ 34th Montreal World Film Festival

World Competition

• "Villain" - Sang-il Lee (Japan)
• "Box: Hakamada Case" - Banmei Takahashi (Japan)
• "Sword Of Desperation" - Hideyuki Hirayama (Japan)

First Films World Competition

• "An Eternal Lamb" - Gao Feng (China)
• "The Recruits" - Danilo Gomez Anonuevo (Philippines)
• "Rail Truck" - Hirofumi Kawaguchi (Japan, Taiwan)

Out of Competition

• "Abacus and Sword" - Yoshimitsu Morita (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Blue Knight" - Gehe Zhuo (China)
• "Caterpillar" - Koji Wakamats (Japan)
• "Confucius" - Mei Hu (China)
• "The First Gun" - Yimou Zhang (China)

Focus on World Cinema

• "Dooman River" - Lu Zhang (China/South Korea)
• "East Wind, Rain" - Yunlong Liu (China)
• "Emir" - Chito S. Rooo (Philippines)
• "The Incite Mill" - Hideo Nakata (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Lost Love Murder" - Shoji Kubota (Japan)
• "Sigwa" - Joel Lamangan (Philippines)
• "Sweet Little Lies" - Hitoshi Yazaki (Japan)
• "When the End of Winter is Almost Spring" - Sherman Ong (Singapore)

Documentaries of the World

• "Dancing Chaplin" - Masayuki Suo (Japan)
• "Being Born" - Tomo (Japan)