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The Montreal World Film Festival is in deep trouble with Quebec’s tax man.

An injunction filed by Revenue Quebec on June 27 asked the Quebec Superior Court to shut down the festival because of unpaid taxes.

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Court documents revealed that as of May 23, 2018, the festival owes $499,000 in unpaid taxes to Revenue Quebec.

The injunction may prevent the festival from staging its 42nd edition, currently scheduled to take place from Aug. 23 to Sept. 3, 2018.

The festival’s debt has been piling up since 2015. In November of that year, Revenue Quebec revoked the festival’s permit to operate, citing the unpaid sum. That means that the 40th and 41st versions of the festival took place illegally in 2016 and 2017.

Festival director Serge Losique appeared in court in Montreal Thursday morning to answer to the injunction. Losique was ordered to pay a minimum of $32,000 to the government before Aug. 1 to potentially save the festival.

The Montreal World Film Festival is an annual film competition and exposition for dozens of movies from around the world.