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MONTREAL, March 8, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is teaming up with Telefilm Canada to present the ninth annual Canadian Front event, which runs from March 14 to 19, 2012, in New York City, the centre of independent filmmaking in the United States.
"This year's Canadian Front demonstrates thatCanadian cinema is truly global, with movies that enthrall markets around the world," said Carolle Brabant, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada. "From dramas to documentaries, by way of comedies, New Yorkers will be able to see a range of original stories through these 11 feature films and one short. The line-up includes, notably the New York premieres of Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar, which we are proud to present in following Philippe's wonderful Oscar run, and of Jean-Marc Vallee's Canada-France co-production Cafe de Flore, starring Vanessa Paradis. Both these films have captivated movie-lovers worldwide."
"Canadians have a gift for humour, sometimes dry, sometimes slippery, which is evident in this year's survey, and moves east from Halifax with a Saturday-Night-Live straight face Roller Town, through Quebec with an all too relevant Starbuck, and the Toronto mini-budget comedy i am a good person / i am a bad person, and ends on the West Coast with the Vancouver foul-mouthed and hilarious mockumentary The Sunflower Hour," added Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film, at MoMA, which is organizing Canadian Front. "But all that is good is not necessarily funny, such as the documentaries The Heart of Auschwitz and Over My Dead Body, about the idea of mortality, and Bestiary, about the...