In 2009, the cultural life of the metropolis welcomed LatinArte. LatinArte offers a window to the Latin-American culture lived here as well as a “real reunion” with the southern countries’ popular art. The objective is to integrate, discover and share the different aspects of art. LatinArte is a cultural event which diffuses creations of the Latin-American artists living in Montreal through various disciplines:  Visual arts;  Music;  Literature;  Dance;  Movies and photography;  Theatre.

The Montreal World Film Festival will be presenting 430 films from August 26 to September 6 2010; most of them are North American premieres. Gerard Depardieu will give a master class on the cinema, and he will share his experiences with the great film directors of his era, also his vision of the contemporary industry and the alchemy of moviemaking.

The festival has plenty of surprises. Depardieu's perspective on the 7th art includes his acting for a who's-who of contemporary cineastes from around the world, directors like Jean Beaudin, Claude Berri, Bernardo Bertolucci, Bertrand Blier, Claude Chabrol, Luigi Comencini, Alain Corneau, Marguerite Duras, Marco Ferreri, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Handke, Claude Miller, Maurice Pialat, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Alain Resnais, Barbet Schroeder, Ridley Scott, Daniel Schmid, François Truffaut, Andrzej Wajda, Peter Weir, and Claude Zidi, just to mention some of the   great French and international filmmakers.

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