Montreal's film festival scene is booming as competition grows between Festival des Films du Monde, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, and RIDM.
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Keep ReadingAh, memories of Oscar, from Audrey Hepburn hiking up her dress to show NFB director Eunice Macaulay her outrageously high heels, to Oscar winning NFB animators, up on the big stage, frozen
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