Монреаль халықаралық кинофестивалі

Annual film festival held in Montreal, Canada

The Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF; ) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto International Film Festival is North America's only accredited non competitive festival). The public festival, which was founded in 1977 as a replacement for the defunct Montreal International Film Festival (1960–68), is held annually in late August in the city of Montreal in Quebec. Unlike the Toronto International Film Festival, which has a greater focus on Canadian and other North American films, the Montreal World Film Festival has a larger diversity of films from all over the world. The festival was cancelled in 2019. In 2022, former festival president Serge Losique announced plans to revive the festival as the Global Montreal Film Festival, with a 2022 edition featuring free screenings of a selection of films that had previously screened at FFM, leading to a full revival of the festival in 2023.

Prior to the beginning of each event, the Festival's board of directors appoints the juries who hold sole responsibility for choosing which films will receive the blessing of a WFF award. Jurors are chosen from a wide range of international artists, based on their body of work and respect from their peers.

Year Film Original Title Director Country 1978 Ligabue Salvatore Nocita France / Italy 1979 1+1=3 [de] Heidi Genée West Germany 1980 The Stunt Man Richard Rush United StatesFontamara Carlo Lizzani Italy 1981 The Chosen Jeremy Kagan United States 1982 Time for Revenge Tiempo de revancha Adolfo Aristarain ArgentinaBrimstone and Treacle Richard Loncraine United Kingdom 1983 The Go Masters Mikan no taikyokuJi shun Duan & Jun'ya Satô & Shu'an Liu Japan / China 1984 The North El NorteGregory Nava United States / United Kingdom 1985 Our Father Padre nuestroFrancisco Regueiro Spain 1986 Betty Blue 37°2 le matinJean Jacques Beineix France 1987 The Kid Brother KennyClaude Gagnon Japan / United States / Canada 1988 The Reader La lectriceMichel Deville France 1989 Freedom Is Paradise S. E. R. Svoboda eto raiSergey Bodrov Soviet Union 1990 Fallen from Heaven Caídos del cieloFrancisco J. Lombardi Peru / Spain 1991 Salmonberries Percy Adlon Germany 1992 The Dark Side of the Heart El lado oscuro del corazónEliseo Subiela Argentina / Canada 1993 Betrayal TrahirRadu Mihaileanu France / Switzerland / Spain / Romania 1994 Once Were Warriors Lee Tamahori New Zealand 1995 Georgia Ulu Grosbard United States / France 1996 Different for Girls Richard Spence United Kingdom / France 1997 Children of Heaven Bacheha Ye asemanMajid Majidi Iran 1998 The Quarry Marion Hänsel Belgium / France / Netherlands / Spain Full Moon VollmondFredi M. Murer Switzerland / Germany / France 1999 Color of Paradise Rang e khodaMajid Majidi Iran 2000 The Taste of Others Le goût des autresAgnès Jaoui France Innocence Paul Cox Australia / Belgium 2001 Rain BaranMajid Majidi Iran Abandoned TorzókÁrpád Sopsits Hungary 2002 The Best Day of My Life Il più bel giorno della mia vitaCristina Comencini Italy / United Kingdom 2003 The Cordon KordonGoran Markovic Yugoslavia 2004 The Syrian Bride Ha Kala Ha SuritEran Riklis France / Germany / Israel 2005 Off Screen KleisterleePieter Kuijpers Netherlands / Belgium 2006 A Long Walk Nagai sanpoEiji Okuda Japan The Greatest Love of All O Maior Amor do MundoCarlos Diegues Brazil 2007 Ben X Nic Balthazar Belgium / Netherlands A Secret Un secretClaude Miller France 2008 Departures OkuribitoYōjirō Takita Japan 2009 Freedom KorkoroTony Gatlif France 2010 Oxygen AdemHans van Nuffel Belgium / Netherlands 2011 Come as You Are Hasta la VistaGeoffrey Enthoven Belgium 2012 Where the Fire Burns Ateşin Düştüğü Yerİsmail Güneş Turkey 2013 Life Feels Good Chce sie zycMaciej Pieprzyca Poland 2014 Perfect Obedience Obediencia perfectaLuis Urquiza Mexico 2015 Mad Love Fou d'amourPhilippe Ramos France 2016 The Constitution Ustav Republike Hrvatske Rajko Grlić Croatia 2017 And Suddenly the Dawn Y de pronto el amancer Silvio Caiozzi Chile 2018 Curtiz Tamás Yvan Topolánszky Hungary

Year Film Original Title Director Country 1989 Queen of Hearts Queen of Hearts Jon Amiel Great Britain 1990 Lost Springtime Printemps perduAlain Mazars France Time of the Servants Cas sluhuIrena Pavlaskova Czechoslovakia 1991 Benjamin's Woman La Mujer de BenjaminCarlos Carrera Mexico North NordXavier Beauvois France 1992 Little Sharks Kleine Haie Sonke Wortmann Germany 1993 Betrayal Trahir Radu Mihaileanu Romania / France 1994 Everynight Everynight Everynight Everynight Alkinos Tsilimidos Australia 1995 Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Ti kniver i hjertetMarius Holst Norway Manneken Pis Manneken PisFrank Van Passel Belgium 1996 Welcome Home Okaeri Makoto Shinozaki Japan 1997 Gypsy Lore Romani kris Cigánytörvény Bence Gyöngyössy Germany / Hungary 1998 2 Seconds 2 secondes Manon Briand Canada 1999 Juan, I Forgot, I Don't Remember Del Olvido al no me acuerdo Juan Carlos Rulfo Mexico 2000 Daughters of the Sun Dakhtaran e khorshid Mariam Shahriar Iran 2002 Various Positions Various Positions Ori Kowarsky Canada 2003 I Always Wanted to Be a Saint J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte Geneviève Mersch Luxembourg / Belgium 2004 The Magician El mago Jaime Aparicio Mexico 2005 The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo OliverosAuraeus Solito Philippines 2006 More Than Anything in the World Más que a nada en el mundoAndrés León Becker, Javier Solar Mexico 2007 The Wooden Box La cajaJuan Carlos Falcón Spain / Portugal 2008 For a Moment, Freedom Ein augenblick, freiheitArash T. Riahi Austria / France 2009 You Will Be Mine Je te mangeraiSophie Laloy France 2010 Liquid Love Amore liquidoMario Luca Cattaneo Italy 2011 In Our Name In Our NameBrian Welsh United Kingdom 2012 Casadentro CasadentroJoanna Lombardi Peru 2013 The Long Way Home Eve Dönüs: Sarikamis 1915Alphan Eseli Turkey 2014 González González: falsos profetas]Christian Díaz Pardo Mexico 2015 The Funeral ChuyiQi Wang China 2016 A Father's Will Atanyn kereezi Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu Kyrgyzstan 2017 The Return Dolaonda Chul Heo South Korea 2018 The Gazelle's Dance El Baile de la Gacela Iván Porras Méndelez Costa Rica / Mexico

In 2005, Losique first announced and later withdrew the film Karla from the WFF after the principal sponsor of the festival, Air Canada, threatened to withdraw its sponsorship of the festival if that film were included. The film — about Karla Homolka, a young woman who was convicted of manslaughter and who served twelve years in prison for her part in the kidnapping, sex enslavement, rapes and murders of teenage girls, including her own sister, in a case said to involve ephebophilia — was controversial in Canada, with many calling for its boycott throughout the country. In 2015 a group of employees claimed they were not paid. In 2016 many of the employees resigned, citing poor leadership and financial uncertainty amongst other issues. In an interview with CTV News, Gazette entertainment columnist Bill Brownstein referred to Losique as having a "Napoleonic complex" and not "playing well with the other children" resulting in government and sponsors withdrawing their funding support. In 2019, the WFF announced that it was cancelling the 43rd edition of the event, leaving behind speculations about its later continuation.