Toronto -- More evidence that the Canadian government and Serge Losique's Montreal World Film Festival have kissed and made up emerged Friday as Ottawa said it will inject Can$445,000 ($411,500) into this year's Aug. 27-Sept. 7 edition.
Mwff president Losique welcomed the cash infusion from Ottawa, adding "I hope that this program will be extended beyond 2010."
The Mwff has been starved of public subsidies by Telefilm Canada, the federal government film financier, since 2005 as taxpayer money that year was diverted to the ill-fated New Montreal Film Festival.
Losique subsequently filed a Can$2.5 million lawsuit against Telefilm Canada, alleging the federal agency had damaged his festival's reputation by withdrawing long-standing taxpayer support.
Montreal suffered as a result of its summer film festival fracas as local distributors opted for the Toronto International Film Festival as a preferred launch pad.
But with the legal woes and personal enmity between Losique and Ottawa behind them, Christian Paradis,...
Mwff president Losique welcomed the cash infusion from Ottawa, adding "I hope that this program will be extended beyond 2010."
The Mwff has been starved of public subsidies by Telefilm Canada, the federal government film financier, since 2005 as taxpayer money that year was diverted to the ill-fated New Montreal Film Festival.
Losique subsequently filed a Can$2.5 million lawsuit against Telefilm Canada, alleging the federal agency had damaged his festival's reputation by withdrawing long-standing taxpayer support.
Montreal suffered as a result of its summer film festival fracas as local distributors opted for the Toronto International Film Festival as a preferred launch pad.
But with the legal woes and personal enmity between Losique and Ottawa behind them, Christian Paradis,...
- 7/31/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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