Recognized by FIAPF - International Federation of Film Producers Associations as a "non-specialized festival with a feature film competition" - Category A.

The different sections of the Montreal World Film Festival have been reorganized in order to better reflect its vocation as "World Film Festival". Toward this end the Festival will present the "World Competition" and the following sections "Cinema of Europe". "Cinema of the Americas" (divided in 3 sub-sections: Panorama Canada, Cinema of the U.S.A., Latin American Cinema), "Cinema of Asia", "Cinema of Africa", "Cinema of Oceania", "Documentaries of the world".