The Aporia · Montreal filmmakers headline list of movies up for the $25,000 WIFF prize

Kaitlyn McGrath

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Montreal GPE · 5× Canada GPE · 2× TORONTO GPE · 2× Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette PERSON · 1× Bachir Bensaddek PERSON · 1× Bulgarian NORP · 1× Geneviève Dulude-De Celles PERSON · 1× Ontario GPE · 1× Pauline Julien PERSON · 1× Rafaël Ouellet PERSON · 1×

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Other Montreal filmmakers include Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette whose biopic “Pauline” is about the late singer-songwriter and activist Pauline Julien; Bachir Bensaddek who directed “You Will Be Free” about a woman dealing with repercussions after escaping an arranged marriage and Rafaël Ouellet, whose film “Haunted” sees a teenager discover her new rural home is haunted by a 19th-century woman.

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🔮 Other Montreal filmmakers include Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette whose biopic “Pauline” is about the late singer-songwriter and activist Pauline Julien; Bachir Bensaddek who directed “You Will Be Free” about a woman dealing with repercussions after escaping an arranged marriage and Rafaël Ouellet, whose film “Haunted” sees a teenager discover her new rural home is haunted by a 19th-century woman.

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Montreal filmmakers headline list of movies up for the $25,000 WIFF prize · assertive framing

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TORONTO - Montreal-based filmmakers dominate the list of movies nominated for the Windsor International Film Festival’s top prize. asserted

filmmakers → base → prize

The southwestern Ontario film festival announced 10 nominees for the $25,000 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film on Wednesday. asserted

festival → announce → Wednesday

Six directors who call Montreal home are among the nominees including Geneviève Dulude-De Celles who directed the film “Nina Roza” about a Bulgarian-Canadian art consultant who returns to his homeland to investigate a supposed child prodigy. asserted

who → call → prodigy

home → include → woman

Also nominated is the surreal documentary “Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney” about the rise of the former prime minister from Matthew Rankin, who is from Winnipeg but lives in Montreal and “Ba’s Book” which sees Montreal-based director Ashley Da-Le Duong recreate her father’s memoir in Vietnam in the hybrid documentary. asserted

Duong → nominate → documentary

Two films that highlight transgender experiences are also up for the cash prize. asserted

that → highlight → prize

The animated film “Julián” from Irish filmmaker Louise Bagnall is an allegory that follows a young boy who dreams of becoming a mermaid, while “Neverman” directed by Toronto-based Rodrigo Barriuso, is about a transgender activist with Alzheimer’s disease living in a hostile nursing home. asserted

Neverman → animate → home

Two other documentaries made the list including “Run Terry Run,” directed by Hamilton’s Sean Menard, which gives an in-depth look at Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope and Rico King’s exploration of gun violence in Canada, “Nekai Walks.” asserted

which → make → Canada

WIFF will announce the winner on Nov. 1. asserted

WIFF → announce → Nov.

The festival runs from Oct. 29 to Nov. 8. asserted

festival → run → Nov.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 16, 2026. asserted

report → publish → Press

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