MONTREAL -- Having survived a rival film festival and the loss of key government funding, the Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF) launched Thursday night to a chorus of disapproval for Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. A no-frills MWFF opened with a gala screening of Nos amis les terriens, (Our Earthmen Friends), a first feature for French sci-fi writer Bernard Werber. But festival founder and president Serge Losique struggled to get his 30th edition off the ground after Telefilm Canada, the federal government's film financier, and SODEC, its Quebec counterpart, pulled key funding for MWFF for the second year running.
- 8/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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