Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper apparently cut the country's Art/Media/whatever budget, so funding was abruptly cut for the MachinExpo in Montreal, so they improvised and now the festival is being hosted in a specially designed theater in Second Life. The good thing about this is, anyone can attend now. A few days ago, I got an e-mail from coordinator Phil Rice that Boomerang has been accepted into the festival.
So, please come out on November 9th and support that guy you don't like by attending the festival.