The Montreal World Film Festival

In 2008, Eric Gozlan and GoldRush Entertainment were proud to have their feature film, “Burning Mussolini” chosen for Official Selection at the Montreal World Film Festival. The question, of course, is exactly what the Montreal World Film Festival is and how they decide on their awards.

The Montreal World Film Festival has as its mission to encourage cultural diversity and understand among nations. They also want to strengthen cinema by honoring quality cinematic endeavors and promoting filmmakers and innovative works. Similarly, they aim to help discover new talents. They offer many areas of competition at their yearly festival including the: World Competition, First Films World Competition, Hors Concours, Focus on World Cinema, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student Film Festival.

Each year at the Montreal World Film Festival there are films submitted from more than 70 countries!

Get Ready for "Car Jacked"

Gold Rush Entertainment and its CEO Eric Gozlan, together with Grodfilm Corp. is getting ready for the next feature film called "Car Jacked." Scheduled for 2010, this is the action-packed story of a young mother whose car is carjacked by a bank robber while she and her son are in it. When it becomes evident that they will not be released safely, the mother has to find the strength to break free and save herself and her child.

This film is the next in the long line of Gold Rush Entertainment films that are in production and currently being viewed. Other films in production include "Dear Santa" and "Beauty and the Beast."

Understanding Executive Producers

Certainly, most of us enjoy going to the movies or watching movies at home. We often don’t realize, however, just how much goes into the production of the movie. When you look at the credits from the movie, you realize just how many people and how much energy goes into making each movie.

In 2008 alone, for instance, Eric Gozlan was the executive producer of “Burning Mussolini” for Gold Rush Entertainment. Executive producers are in charge of obtaining the money for the filming of the movie. They manage all of the relationships as well. These include business relationships with the financiers, distributors, marketers and more. It also includes hiring the producer, the director and the writer.

In addition, the executive producer, such as Eric Gozlan, is responsible for making sure that the project finishes on time and that it stays within budget. It is quite a task that they are assigned!