The 41st edition of the Festival des Films du Monde is offering us this year only ninety-two movies and forty-two shorts from countries all over the world. It might be a reduced formula (no printed program, no press room, no film market) but, still, no other festival could offers such diversity.
The information has finally finished to trickle down and we now know the complete list of the movies to be screened and their schedule. Unfortunately, aficionado of Japanese cinema will feel a little short-changed this year as the lists includes only FOUR Japanese movies:
- World Competition (18 movies, including one from Japan: Dear Etranger)
- First Movie Competition (19 movies, including one from Japan: Noise)
- Chinese Film Festival (10 movies)
- Focus on World Cinema (32 movies, including a S. Korea/Japan co-production: Nightscape)
- Documentaries of the World (18 movies)
- Student Film Festival (7 movies)
- Tributes (1 movie)
- World Great / Out of Competition (4 movies)
- Short Films Competition (42 shorts, including a Japan/U.K. co-production: No Song to Sing)
The movies will be screened in three theatres:
- Cinema Imperial (see the schedule on the FFM website)
- Cinema du Parc (see the schedule on the FFM website)
- Cinema Dollar (see the schedule on the FFM website)
Day 1: I went to see my first movie tonight, Noise. The theatre was almost empty, but that’s to be expected for a Japanese movie on a Friday night. I have taken notes on the bus ride on my way back, and I’ll post my comments on the movie as soon as I can. However, I will not see much movies this year: the one in competition for sure (Dear Etranger), but I’ll see for the other two (a horror movie and a short ?). The first day went smoothly so, even with the minimalist organisation, the festival seems to be doing well (I guess that with the experience of last year’s disaster they were better prepared this time). I hope it will continue and get better in the future. This year is the eighteeth time I have been covering and reporting on the FFM and I wish I’ll reach the twentieth time…
Here is what they say about the FFM in the news:
- Festival des films du monde is back for more (The Gazette)
- Tonnerre sur la marquise (Le Devoir)
- FFM, mode d’emploi (La Presse)
- Ouverture du 41e FFM: en formule… écologique! (La Presse)
- Un 41e Festival des films du monde auréolé de mystère (Le Devoir)
- Le Dollar, ce cinéma bien secret (Le Devoir)
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