2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma

2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma
Opening filmUnderground (Souterrain) by Sophie Dupuis
Closing filmMy Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded1971
Festival dateOctober 7-31, 2021
Websitenouveaucinema.ca/en

The 2020 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 49th edition in the event's history, took place from October 7 to 31, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, it was staged almost entirely online, with the exception of a few outdoor screenings at Ciné-parc FNC x YUL, a temporary drive-in theatre in the employee parking lot of Montréal–Trudeau International Airport.[2]

The festival had planned to include some in-person screenings, but was forced to cancel these when the government of Quebec imposed a 28-day lockdown on September 29, just days before the festival was set to begin.[3] As the drive-in and online components were already planned, the festival was able to quickly pivot its strategy,[2] although the tight timeframe meant that a few films that had been scheduled for in-person screenings had to be pulled from the program rather than being added to the online platform.[1]

The festival was slated to open with a free public screening of Underground (Souterrain) by Sophie Dupuis at FNC x YUL, but this event had to be cancelled due to severe weather.[4] It closed with the film My Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau on October 16;[5] some, but not all, films in the program then remained available on the online platform until October 31.[6]

Awards

Award winners were announced on October 17.[7]

The international competition jury comprised Pascale Bussières, Louise Lecavalier and Félix Dufour-Laperrière, while the national competition jury consisted of Evelyne de la Chenelière, Timothée Donay and Ewa Puszczynska.[8]

Award Film Filmmaker
National Competition, Grand Prize Judy Versus Capitalism Mike Hoolboom
National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Without Havana (Sin la Habana) Kaveh Nabatian
International Competition, Grand Prize Atlantis (Атлантида) Valentyn Vasyanovych
International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois Ecstasy (Êxtase) Moara Passoni
International Competition, Best Acting Performance This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection Mary Twala Mhlongo
FIPRESCI International Critics Prize Last and First Men Jóhann Jóhannsson
New Alchemists Prize Khamsin Grégoire Orio, Grégoire Couvert
P'tits Loups À la mode Jean Lecointre
FNC Explore Panorama Prize O Qiu Yang
FNC Explore Horizon Prize The Book of Distance Randall Okita
National Competition, Short Film Foam (Écume) Omar Elhamy
National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention Benjamin, Benny, Ben Paul Shkordoff
National Competition, Short Film Public Prize Shooting Star (Comme une comète) Ariane Louis-Seize
International Competition, Short Film Filipiñana Rafael Manuel
International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention Red Aninsri, or, Tiptoeing on The Still Trembling Berlin Wall Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
New Alchemists, Animated Short Film Serial Parallels Max Hattler
New Alchemists, National Dada Prize Barcelona Burning (Barcelona de foc) Theodore Ushev
New Alchemists, International Dada Prize How to Disappear Total Refusal
RPCÉ Grand Prize Danica's Mom Kennedy Kao
Pitch Premières Œuvres Ghosts of the Sea (Les Enfants du large) Virginia Tangvald

Official selections

International Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Abandonment Desterro Maria Clara Escobar Brazil, Portugal, Argentina
Atlantis Атлантида Valentyn Vasyanovych Ukraine
Bad Roads Pohani dorohy Natalya Vorozhbyt Ukraine
The Cloud in Her Room Ta fang jian li de yun Zheng Lu Xinyuan China, Hong Kong
Ecstasy Êxtase Moara Passoni Brazil
Kill It and Leave This Town Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta Mariusz Wilczyński Poland
Servants Služobníci Ivan Ostrochovský Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Ireland
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs Laila aur satt geet Pushpendra Singh India
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese Lesotho, South Africa, Italy
Topside Celine Held, Logan George United States

National Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Judy Versus Capitalism Mike Hoolboom Canada
There Are No False Undertakings Il n'y a pas de faux métier Olivier Godin
Violation Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli
Without Havana Sin la Habana Kaveh Nabatian

International Panorama

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Apples Mila Christos Nikou Greece
Cocoon Kokon Leonie Krippendorf Germany
Drowsy City Thanh Pho Ngu Gat Dung Luong Dinh Vietnam
If It Were Love Si c'était de l'amour Patric Chiha France
Moving On Nam-Mae-Wui Yeo-Reum-Bam Yoon Dan-bi South Korea
Mum, Mum, Mum Mamá, mamá, mamá Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière Argentina
Oasis Oaza Ivan Ikić Serbia
Sisters with Transistors Lisa Rovner United States
A Thief's Daughter La hija de un ladrón Belén Funes Spain
Wisdom Tooth Ri Guang Zhi Xia Liang Ming China
A Yellow Animal Um animal amarelo Felipe Bragança Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique

The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
DAU. Natasha Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel Russia, Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Khamsin Grégoire Orio, Grégoire Couvert France, Lebanon
Last and First Men Jóhann Jóhannsson Iceland
Maggie's Farm James Benning United States
Night Has Come Peter Van Goethem Belgium
Red Moon Tide Lúa vermella Lois Patiño Spain
To the Moon Tadhg O'Sullivan Ireland

The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Conference Konferentsiya Ivan Tverdovskiy Russia, Estonia, United Kingdom, Italy
There Is No Evil Sheytân vojūd nadârad Mohammad Rasoulof Germany, Czech Republic, Iran
Undine Christian Petzold Germany, France
Uppercase Print Tipografic majuscul Radu Jude Romania
Wim Wenders, Desperado Andreas Frege, Eric Friedler Germany

Temps 0

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Book of Vision Carlo S. Hintermann Italy, United Kingdom, Belgium
Caught in the Net V síti Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák Czech Republic
Fishlove Poissonsexe Olivier Babinet France, Belgium
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq L'enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq Guillaume Nicloux France
Out of the Blue Dennis Hopper United States
Red Post on Escher Street エッシャー通りの赤いポスト Sion Sono Japan
Shell and Joint Isamu Hirabayashi Japan
Siberia Abel Ferrara Italy, Germany, Mexico
Simply Black Tout simplement noir Jean-Pascal Zadi, John Wax France
Thalasso Guillaume Nicloux France
The Tremor Nilanadukkam Balaji Vembu Chelli India

Special Presentations

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Octobre Pierre Falardeau Canada
Orders Les Ordres Michel Brault Canada
Saint-Narcisse Bruce La Bruce Canada

Cult Films at Ciné-Parc

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Mad Max George Miller Australia
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior George Miller Australia
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller, George Ogilvie Australia
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller Australia, United States
Pink Floyd: The Wall Alan Parker United Kingdom
The Shining Stanley Kubrick United States
Total Recall Paul Verhoeven United States

International Competition for Short Films

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Battlefield Jannis Lenz Austria, Germany
Digital Funeral: Beta Version Sorayos Prapapan Thailand
L'Effort commercial Sarah Arnold France
The End of Suffering (A Proposal) To telos tou ponou (Mia protasi) Jacqueline Lentzou Greece
Erpe-Mere Noemi Osselaer Belgium
The Eyes of Summer Gimhanaye Netra Rajee Samarasinghe Sri Lanka, United States
Filipiñana Rafael Manuel Philippines, United Kingdom
Fishbowl Ngabo Emmanuel Rwanda
Heaven Reaches Down to Earth Tebogo Malebogo South Africa
Lake on Fire Sjö i brand Jennifer Rainsford Sweden
Maalbeek Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis France
Menarca Lillah Halla Brazil
Motorway65 Evi Kalogiropoulou Greece
Our Kingdom O Nosso Reino Luis Costa Portugal
Places Miegamasis Rajonas Vytautas Katkus Lithuania
Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain A chuva acalanta a dor Leonardo Mouramateus Portugal, Brazil
Red Aninsri, or, Tiptoeing on The Still Trembling Berlin Wall Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Thailand
The Return of Tragedy Bertrand Mandico France
Song of Clouds Ankit Poudel Nepal
Sudden Light Sophie Littman United Kingdom
Sun Dog Dorian Jespers Belgium, Russia
Talk to Her Iwa South Korea
This Means More Nicolas Gourault United Kingdom, France, Portugal
Towards Evening Axşama doğru Teymur Hajiyev Azerbaijan
The Unseen River Giòng Sông Không Nhìn Thấy Phạm Ngọc Lân Vietnam, Laos
Which Is Witch? Marie Losier France
White Goldfish Jan Roosens, Raf Roosens Belgium

National Competition for Short Films

English title Original title Director(s) Province
Acting Out Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon Quebec
Aniksha Vincent Toi Quebec
As Spring Comes Comme la neige au printemps Marie-Ève Juste Quebec
August 22, This Year Graham Foy Ontario
Benjamin, Benny, Ben Paul Shkordoff Ontario
Every Day's Like This Lev Lewis Ontario
Father Neptune Erik Horn British Columbia
Fear in Motion Jean-Christophe Yacono Quebec
Foam Écumne Omar Elhamy Quebec
Happy as Can Be Chez les heureux de ce monde Jean-François Sauvé Quebec
Here at Home À la maison Renaud Ouimet Quebec
Inuit Languages in the 21st Century Ulivia Uviluk Quebec
Moon Lune Zoé Pelchat Quebec
Nadia Malorie Urbanovitch Quebec
Parlour Palm Rebeccah Love Ontario
Point and Line to Plane Sofia Bohdanowicz Ontario
The Pond, at Night L'Étang, la nuit Olivia Boudreau Quebec
Shooting Star Comme une comète Ariane Louis-Seize Quebec
Spring Tide Jean Parsons British Columbia
Storm Child L'Enfant-tempête Ines Guennaoui Quebec
Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird Qiuli Wu British Columbia
Vaivén Nisha Platzer British Columbia
Zen Basketball Mike Hoolboom Ontario

The New Alchemists, Short Films

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Aletsch Negative Laurence Bonvin Switzerland
Alltöting Andreas Hykade Germany, Canada, Portugal
Barcelona Burning Barcelona de Foc Theodore Ushev Canada, Spain
Blue Lips Lèvres bleues Philippe Hamelin Canada
Coldshot Evan Collis Canada
Disappearing Silence Le Silence a disparu Sarah Seené Canada
Dissolution Prologue (Extended Version) Siegfried Fruhauf Austria
Drink Some Darkness Trevor Mowchun Canada
Earthbound Terrestres Normand Rajotte Canada
Forwards, Backwards Mitchell Stafiej Canada
Glimmer Dan Browne Canada
Grand-maman piano Guillaume Vallée Canada
Here and There Aquí y allá Melisa Liebenthal Argentina, France
How to Disappear Total Refusal Austria
Imperial Irrigation Lukas Marxt Austria, Germany
Inflorescence Nicolaas Schmidt Germany
Instructions for Robots Mike Hoolboom Canada
The long wail of a passing train slips into the heart of the ghosts and everything explodes in silence Le long cri du train qui passe se glisse au coeur des spectres et tout explose en silence Anne-Marie Bouchard Canada
Marcel Broodthaers in Conversation with Hideaki Anno and Akhenaten Marcel Broodthaers en conversation avec Hideaki Anno et Akhenaton Julie Tremble Canada
May 35 Tina Takemoto United States
Meine Liebe Clara Jost Portugal
Mood Hall Takumi Kawai, Hiroki Okamura Japan
Mr. Carreaux Marie-Hélène Turcotte Canada
Notes, Imprints (On Love): Part 1 Alexandra Cuesta United States, Ecuador
One Anouk De Clercq Belgium, Norway
The Peepul Tree Sonja Feldmeier Switzerland
Push This Button If You Begin to Panic Gabriel Böhmer United Kingdom
Recoding Entropia François Vautier France
The Roses of Damascus Les Roses de Damas Gabriel Gonzalez Guirola, Yasmina Touzani France
The Selkie Monade Li France
Serial Parallels Max Hattler Hong Kong, Germany
Sfumato Robert Seidel Germany, United States
Something to Remember Något att minnas Niki Lindroth von Bahr Sweden
There Must Be Some Kind of Way Out of Here Rainer Kohlberger Austria, Germany
Thorax Siegfried Fruhauf Austria
Untitled Sequence of Gaps Vika Kirchenbauer Germany
The Walk La Marche Yoakim Bélanger Canada
When We Are Nothing Left Milja Viita Canada, Finland

RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Province
33' Lot Sarah Genge British Columbia
L'Abat Olivier Côté Quebec
Adelante Romy Boutin St-Pierre Quebec
Cave In Mathilde Chamussy, Gabrielle Chicoine, Marie-Ève Drolet Quebec
The Cold Le Froid Natalia Duguay Quebec
Danica's Mom Kennedy Kao Ontario
Eve and Fatima Ève et Fatima Julie Redon Quebec
Familiar Cécilia Alain Quebec
Hope Kwizera Romeo Axcel Uwemera Quebec
I Must Be Going Jack Pocaluyko Ontario
Kijâtai Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo Quebec
Léphémer Anne Delarue Quebec
The Mediator Le Médiateur Philippe Besner Quebec
Mitochondrial Laura Kamugisha Quebec
Monstre d'eau douce Maxym Bronsard Quebec
Promise Me Alison Duke Ontario
Sleeping with the Fishes Jordan Beck Crouse Nova Scotia
Take Me Prends-moi Chloé Sirois, Samuel Boucher, Ali Dupont-Proulx Quebec

RPCÉ Partner: National University of Colombia

English title Original title Director(s) Province
Manacillo Nicolás Garcés Colombia
No lo encuentro Mariana Jiménez
Umbral Juan Francisco Rodriguez

P'tits loups

Short film program of animation for children.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
À la mode Jean Lecointre France
And Yet We're Not Super Heroes On est pas prêts d'être des super héros Lia Bertels Belgium
Archie Ainslie Henderson United Kingdom
Athleticus 2: Luge Nicolas Deveaux France
Athleticus 2: Une patinoire pour deux Nicolas Deveaux France
Autumn Winds, Spring Winds and Two Doves Le Vent d'automne, le vent de printemps et les deux coulombes Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh Iran, France
Away Au large Mathilde Pepinster Belgium
Boriya Sung Ah Min France, South Korea
Dorothy the Rambler Dorothy la vagabonde Emmanuelle Gorgiard France
The Horn Quartet: Up to the Mountain Le Quatuor des cornes: Là-haut sur la montagne Benjamin Botella, Arnaud Demuynck France, Belgium
The Kindergarten Show Le Spectacle de maternelle Loïc Bruyère France
The Last Day of Autumn Le Dernier jour de l'automne Marjolaine Perreten Switzerland, France, Belgium
Leaf Listek Aliona Baranova Czech Republic
A Lynx in the Town Un Lynx dans la ville Nina Bisiarina France, Switzerland
Mishou Milen Vitanov Germany, Bulgaria
Non-Non Gets Shrunk Non-Non rétrécit Wassim Boutaleb Joutei France
Northern Lights Au pays de l'aurore boréale Caroline Attia France, Switzerland
Promenade sentimentale Émilie Tronche France
Setting Suns Soleils couchants Aurélie Montèix France
Sweet Night Nuit chérie Lia Bertels Belgium
The Tiger and His Master Le Tigre et son maître Fabrice Luang-Vija France, Belgium
To the Dusty Sea À la mer poussière Héloïse Ferlay France
Umbrellas Parapluies José Prats, Alvaro Roblès France, Spain
Under the Ice Sous la glace Milan Baulard, Ismail Berrahma, Flore Dupont, Laurie Estampes, Quentin Nory, Hugo Potin France

FNC Explore

Virtual reality projects.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1st Step: From Earth to the Moon Jörg Courtial, Maria Courtial Germany
Agence Pietro Gagliano Canada
Black Bag Qing Shao China
The Book of Distance Randall Okita Canada
Daughters of Chibok Joel Benson Nigeria
Dreamin' Zone Fabienne Giezendanner France, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea
The Hangman at Home 3D Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot Denmark, France, Canada
Hominidae Brian Andrews United States
In the Land of the Flabby Schnook Au pays du cancre mou Francis Gélinas Canada
The Line Ricardo Laganaro Brazil
Meet Mortaza Josephine Derobe France, Belgium
Minimum Mass Raqi Syed, Areito Echevarria New Zealand, France, United States
Mirror: The Signal Pierre Zandrowicz France, Belgium
Missing Pictures: Bird of Prey Clément Deneux France, United Kingdom, Taiwan
O Qiu Yang Taiwan
An Ode to Moss SU Taiwan
Passenger Sobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine Australia
The Passengers Les Passagers: elle et lui Ziad Touma Canada, France
Recoding Entropia François Vautier France

Films planned but not screened

Due to the last-minute cancellation of in-person screenings, some films previously announced by the festival that had been planned for in-person rather than online screenings were not included in the festival.[6]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Another Round Druk Thomas Vinterberg Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands
La Contemplation du mystère Albéric Aurtenèche Canada
Days Rìzi Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
Irreversible Straight Cut Irréversible — Inversion Intégrale Gaspar Noé France
Lux Æterna Gaspar Noé France
Mandibles Mandibules Quentin Dupieux France
Music Hole Gaëtan Lekens, David Mutzenmacher Belgium
No Trace Nulle trace Simon Lavoie Canada
The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw United States, Greece, Italy
The Woman Who Ran Domangchin yeoja Hong Sang-soo South Korea

References

  1. ^ a b Alex Rose, "Here’s what’s on at the Festival du nouveau cinéma 2020". Cult MTL, October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Lauren Malyk, "Festival du nouveau cinema’s 11th hour pivot". Playback, October 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Gabriel Sigler, "Montreal’s FNC film festival goes 100% virtual, announces complete lineup". Bad Feeling, October 1, 2020.
  4. ^ André Duchesne (October 7, 2020). "Festival du nouveau cinéma | Annulation de la projection de Souterrain au ciné-parc FNC x YUL". La Presse (in French).
  5. ^ François Lévesque, "Horizons virtuels". Le Devoir, October 7, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Odile Tremblay, "Un FNC dans la tempête". Le Devoir, October 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Amélie Revert, "«Atlantis», «Sin La Habana» et «Judy vs Capitalism» au palmarès du FNC". Métro, October 19, 2020.
  8. ^ "Dévoilement du Palmarès 2020 de la 49e édition du FNC". CTVM, October 18, 2020.
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