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Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012)

Pierre Juneau

Canadian film and broadcast executive

Pierre Juneau was a Canadian film and broadcast executive, a one-time member of the Canadian Cabinet, the first chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and subsequently president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is credited…
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Montreal World Film Festival

Defunct annual film festival formerly held in Montreal, Canada

The Montreal World Film Festival, commonly abbreviated MWFF in English or FFM in French, was an annual film festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1977 to 2019. Founded and run throughout its lifetime by Serge Losique, it was the only competitive film festival in North…
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