The 2023 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 52nd edition in the event's history, took place from October 4 to 15, 2023 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]
The festival opened with The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung, and closed with The Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley.[2]
Awards
Award winners were announced on October 15 at the conclusion of the festival.[3]
| Award
|
Film
|
Filmmaker
|
| National Competition, Grand Prize
|
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
|
Ariane Louis-Seize
|
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor
|
Seagrass
|
Meredith Hama-Brown
|
| International Competition, Grand Prize
|
The Settlers (Los Colonos)
|
Felipe Gálvez Haberle
|
| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois
|
Birdland (Indivision)
|
Leïla Kilani
|
| International Competition, Best Acting Performance
|
The Bride
|
Sandra Umulisa
|
| International Competition, FIPRESCI Prize
|
How to Have Sex
|
Molly Manning Walker
|
| New Alchemists Prize
|
Allensworth
|
James Benning
|
| New Alchemists Prize, Honorable Mention
|
Open-Pit (Cielo abierto)
|
Felipe Esparza Pérez
|
| Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film
|
Power Alley (Levante)
|
Lillah Halla
|
| Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film, Honorable Mention
|
The Bride
|
Myriam U. Birara
|
| Panorama Public Prize
|
Junkyard Dog (Chien de la casse)
|
Jean-Baptiste Durand
|
| Temps 0 Public Prize
|
Mars Express
|
Jérémie Périn
|
| TV5 Public Prize for Best Francophone Film
|
Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw)
|
Chloé Leriche
|
| P'tits Loups
|
Funny Birds (Drôles d'oiseaux)
|
Charlie Belin
|
| P'tits Loups, Honorable Mention
|
The Spyglass (Kikaren)
|
Malin Erixon
|
| FNC Explore Panorama Prize
|
Over the Rainbow
|
Craig Quintero
|
| FNC Explore Panorama Prize, Honorable Mention
|
Cycle of Violence
|
Felicia Bergström
|
| FNC Explore Horizon Prize
|
Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics
|
Terril Calder
|
| National Competition, Short Film
|
Summer of 2000 (Été 2000)
|
Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier
|
| National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
Gaby's Hills (Gaby les collines)
|
Zoé Pelchat
|
| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize
|
Mothers and Monsters
|
Édith Jorisch
|
| International Competition, Short Film
|
Oyu
|
Atsushi Hirai
|
| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
8
|
Anaïs-Tohé Commaret
|
| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film
|
AliEN0089
|
Valeria Hoffmann
|
| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize
|
Lake Baikal (Baigal Nuur)
|
Alisi Telengut
|
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize
|
Bloom
|
Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado
|
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize Honorable Mention
|
Blank Photograph
|
Che-Yu Hsu
|
| RPCÉ Grand Prize
|
Sun, Moon and Four Peaks
|
Kevin Jin Kwan Kim
|
| RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize
|
Dynamite, Fish Head! (Dynamite, tête de poisson!)
|
William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre
|
| RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize, Honorable Mention
|
All In
|
Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet
|
Official selections
International Competition
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Between Revolutions |
Vlad Petri |
Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran
|
| Birdland |
Indivision |
Leïla Kilani |
France, Morocco
|
| The Bride |
Myriam U. Birara |
Rwanda
|
| The Face of the Jellyfish |
El Rostro de la medusa |
Melisa Liebenthal |
Argentina
|
| How to Have Sex |
Molly Manning Walker |
United Kingdom
|
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell |
Bên trong vỏ kén vàng |
Phạm Thiên Ân |
Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain
|
| Orlando, My Political Biography |
Orlando, ma biographie politique |
Paul B. Preciado |
France
|
| The Settlers |
Los Colonos |
Felipe Gálvez Haberle |
Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany
|
| Sweet Dreams |
Ena Sendijarević |
Netherlands, Sweden, Indonesia, France
|
| The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed |
Joanna Arnow |
United States
|
National Competition
International Panorama
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Animal |
Sofia Exarchou |
Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus
|
| Banel & Adama |
Banel et Adama |
Ramata-Toulaye Sy |
France, Senegal, Mali
|
| Chicken for Linda! |
Linda veut du poulet! |
Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta |
France
|
| Here |
Bas Devos |
Belgium
|
| Junkyard Dog |
Chien de la casse |
Jean-Baptiste Durand |
France
|
| #Mito |
Daisuke Miyazaki |
Japan
|
| No Love Lost |
La Fille de son père |
Erwan Le Duc |
France
|
| The Old Oak |
Ken Loach |
United Kingdom, France, Belgium
|
| Omen |
Augure |
Baloji |
Belgium, Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa
|
| Power Alley |
Levante |
Lillah Halla |
Brazil
|
| Samsara |
Lois Patiño |
Spain
|
| Smoke Sauna Sisterhood |
Savvusanna sõsarad |
Anna Hints |
Estonia, France, Iceland
|
| Tótem |
Lila Avilés |
Mexico, Denmark, France
|
The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Allensworth |
James Benning |
United States
|
| The Breath of Life |
Nummer achttien |
Guido van der Werve |
Netherlands
|
| The Human Surge 3 |
El Auge del Humano 3 |
Eduardo Williams |
Argentina, Portugal, Brazil, Netherlands, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Peru
|
| Mammalia |
Sebastian Mihăilescu |
Romania, Poland, Germany
|
| Mannvirki |
Gustav Geir Bollason |
Iceland, France
|
| Music |
Angela Schanelec |
Germany, France, Serbia
|
| Open-Pit |
Cielo abierto |
Felipe Esparza Pérez |
Peru, France
|
| V F C |
C. S. Roy |
Canada
|
| Wild Feast |
Festin boréal |
Robert Morin |
Canada
|
The Essentials (Les Incontournables)
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| About Dry Grasses |
Kuru Otlar Üstüne |
Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden
|
| Anatomy of a Fall |
Anatomie d'une chute |
Justine Triet |
France
|
| The Beast |
La Bête |
Bertrand Bonello |
France, Canada
|
| A Brighter Tomorrow |
Il sol dell'avvenire |
Nanni Moretti |
Italy, France
|
| La Chimera |
Alice Rohrwacher |
Italy, France, Switzerland
|
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World |
Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii |
Radu Jude |
Romania
|
| Evil Does Not Exist |
悪は存在しない |
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi |
Japan
|
| Fallen Leaves |
Kuolleet lehdet |
Aki Kaurismäki |
Finland, Germany
|
| Four Daughters |
بنات ألفة |
Kaouther Ben Hania |
France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
|
| In Our Day |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| Kidnapped |
Rapito |
Marco Bellocchio |
Italy, France, Germany
|
| Last Summer |
L'Été dernier |
Catherine Breillat |
France
|
| Lost in the Night |
Perdidos en la noche |
Amat Escalante |
Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark
|
| May December |
Todd Haynes |
United States
|
| MMXX |
Cristi Puiu |
Romania, Moldova, France
|
| Monster |
怪物 |
Hirokazu Kore-eda |
Japan
|
| Our Body |
Notre corps |
Claire Simon |
France
|
| Perfect Days |
Wim Wenders |
Japan
|
| Priscilla |
Sofia Coppola |
United States, Italy
|
| Seven Veils |
Atom Egoyan |
Canada
|
| The Zone of Interest |
Jonathan Glazer |
United Kingdom, Poland, United States
|
Temps 0
In addition to the already-announced lineup, a surprise screening of Quentin Dupieux's film Yannick was announced after the festival opening.[4]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Challenge of the Tiger |
Bruce Le |
Hong Kong, Italy, United States
|
| Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind |
Tsui Hark |
Hong Kong
|
| The Dragon Lives Again |
Law Kei |
Hong Kong
|
| Enter the Clones of Bruce |
David Gregory |
United States
|
| Enter the Dragon |
Robert Clouse |
Hong Kong, United States
|
| Le Garçon qui la nuit |
Jérémy Piette |
France
|
| The Girls |
Kenichi Ugana |
Japan
|
| The Invisible Fight |
Rainer Sarnet |
Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland
|
| King of Algiers |
Omar la fraise |
Elias Belkeddar |
France, Algeria
|
| The Last Cartoon: Nonsense, Optimistic, Pessimistic |
Bertrand Mandico |
France
|
| Mars Express |
Jérémie Périn |
France
|
| Mon p'tit papa |
Mahaut Adam |
France
|
| Ninja Strikes Back |
Bruce Le |
Hong Kong, France
|
| Rainer, a Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley |
Bertrand Mandico |
France
|
| Shadow of Fire |
Hokage |
Shinya Tsukamoto |
Japan
|
| She Is Conann |
Bertrand Mandico |
France
|
| Six Singing Women |
Yoshimasa Ishibashi |
Japan
|
| Thick and Thin |
Tout fout le camp |
Sébastien Betbeder |
France
|
| Visitors |
Kenichi Ugana |
Japan
|
| Yannick |
Quentin Dupieux |
France
|
Special Presentations
History of Cinema
Retrospective: The New Cinema of Bertrand Bonello
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| The Adventures of James and David |
Les Aventures de James et David |
Bertrand Bonello |
France
|
| Cindy: The Doll Is Mine
|
| Coma
|
| House of Tolerance |
L'Apollonide - souvenirs de la maison close
|
| Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice |
Ingrid Caven, musique et voix
|
| My New Picture
|
| On War |
De la guerre
|
| The Pornographer |
Le Pornographe
|
| Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera |
Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme
|
| Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? |
Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2)
|
| Who I Am |
Qui je suis
|
International Competition for Short Films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| 8 |
Anaïs-Tohé Commaret |
France
|
| A Bird Called Memory |
Pássaro Memória |
Leonardo Martinelli |
Brazil, United Kingdom
|
| Alpha Kings |
Enrique Pedraza-Botero, Faye Tsakas |
United States
|
| Aykuo |
Ayaal Ayaal Adamov |
Russia
|
| Been There |
Corina Schwingruber Ilić |
Switzerland
|
| The Birthday Party |
L'Anniversaire d'Enrico |
Francesco Sossai |
Germany, France, Italy
|
| The Damned Yard |
Pátio do Carrasco |
André Gil Mata |
Portugal
|
| Flores del otro patio |
Jorge Cadena |
Switzerland, Colombia
|
| Honeymoon |
Alkis Papastathopoulos |
Greece, Cyprus, France
|
| I Saw the Face of the Devil |
J'ai vu le visage du diable |
Julia Kowalski |
France
|
| Intelligence |
Cosme Castro, Jeanne Frenkel |
France
|
| Oyu |
Atsushi Hirai |
Japan, France
|
| Paradise Europe |
Du bist so wunderbar |
Paulo Menezes, Leandro Goddinho |
Germany
|
| Phalène |
Sarah-Anaïs Desbenoit |
France
|
| The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry |
Faris Alrjoob |
Germany, Jordan
|
| Sawo Matang |
Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto |
Indonesia, Canada, United States
|
| Sentimental Stories |
Xandra Popescu |
Germany
|
| Shrooms |
Jorge Jácome |
Portugal
|
| A Woman in Makueni |
Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina |
Germany, Kenya
|
National Competition for Short Films
Special Presentations, Short Films
The short films of Ariane Louis-Seize, in conjunction with her feature debut Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) in the main national narrative competition.
The New Alchemists, Short Films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Acoustic Shadows |
Patrick Bergeron |
Canada
|
| AliEN0089 |
Valeria Hoffmann |
Chile, Argentina
|
| Aphasia |
Aphasie |
Marielle Dalpé |
Canada
|
| Ardent Other |
Le Mal des Ardents |
Alice Brygo |
France
|
| Artifacts of You, Artifacts of Me |
Brecht De Cock |
Belgium
|
| Blank Photograph |
Che-Yu Hsu |
France
|
| Bleu silico |
Éloïse Le Gallo, Julia Borderie |
France
|
| Bloom |
Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado |
Spain
|
| Center, Ring, Mall |
Mateo Vega |
Netherlands, Peru
|
| Cyclepaths |
Anton Cla |
Belgium
|
| The Daughters of Fire |
As Filhas do Fogo |
Pedro Costa |
Portugal
|
| Delight at Robert St. |
Milja Viita |
Finland, Canada
|
| Dickinsonia |
Charline Dally |
France, Canada
|
| Dinosauria, We |
Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer |
Canada
|
| Eschaton Ad |
Andrea Gatopoulos |
Italy
|
| Every Sunday, Grandma |
Laure Prouvost |
France, Belgium
|
| Families' Albums |
Albums de familles |
Moïa Jobin-Paré |
Canada
|
| Kinderfilm |
Adrian Jonas Haim, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel, Total Refusal |
Austria
|
| Lake Baikal |
Baigal Nuur |
Alisi Telengut |
Canada
|
| LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W |
Wen Pey Lim |
United Kingdom
|
| Let's Talk |
Simon Liu |
United States
|
| NYC RGB |
Viktoria Schmid |
United States, Austria
|
| Our Pain |
Shunsaku Hayashi |
Japan
|
| Outlets |
Duncan Cowles |
United Kingdom
|
| POV Memory |
Igor Smola |
Azerbaijan, Singapore
|
| Skyscraper Film |
Federica Foglia |
Italy, Canada
|
| Substrat |
Patrick Bergeron, Karl Lemieux |
Canada
|
| Sunflower Siege Engine |
Sky Hopinka |
United States
|
| Syncopated Green |
Arjuna Neuman |
United Kingdom
|
| The Veiled City |
Natalie Cubides-Brady |
United Kingdom
|
| Why Are You Image Plus? |
Diogo Baldaia |
Portugal
|
RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province
|
| All In |
Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet |
Quebec
|
| Among Ashes |
Parmi les cendres |
Laurent Déry-Lauzier |
Quebec
|
| Antitutorial |
Antitutoriel |
Léonie Savard |
Quebec
|
| Ashta |
Ryan Bechara |
Quebec
|
| The Bleeding Nose |
Médium saignant |
Marie-Esther Durocher |
Quebec
|
| Blink |
Marco Lavagnino |
Ontario
|
| The Captain's Dream |
Le Rêve du capitaine |
Yuan Zha, Charles Gourde Talbot |
Quebec
|
| The City |
La Ville |
Kaolin Dhouailly |
Quebec
|
| Collateral |
Collatéral |
Antoine Collins |
Quebec
|
| Dans l'ombre |
Gabrielle Desrochers, Sarah Blouin, Elsa Champagne |
Quebec
|
| The Drawing |
Le Dessin |
Faiza Benzakour |
Quebec
|
| Dynamite, Fish Head! |
Dynamite, tête de poisson! |
William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre |
Quebec
|
| An Ego and I |
Jesu Medina |
Quebec
|
| Ephemeral |
Éphémère |
Dominic Cluzeau |
Quebec
|
| Fais ton fric |
Brunk Dramatik |
Quebec
|
| Fan Day |
Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé |
Quebec
|
| The Fighter |
Nin Kamashitshet |
André-Charles Ishpatao |
Quebec
|
| Final Breakdown |
Dernier breakdown |
Jean-Philippe Groulx |
Quebec
|
| Hanami |
Olivier Basquin |
Quebec
|
| Jeu de mémoire |
Philippe Cormier |
Quebec
|
| Johnny Libertella |
Bruno Dramatik |
Quebec
|
| Kryptonite |
Fleur Cohen-Solal |
Quebec
|
| Larsen |
Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé |
Quebec
|
| Man Is Sick, Man Is Fine |
Kit Baronas |
British Columbia
|
| An Omelet for Godot |
Une omelette pour Godot |
Marie Francœur |
Quebec
|
| The Outage |
La Panne |
Elliot Tremblay |
Quebec
|
| Papa Guillotine |
Namaï Kham Po |
Quebec
|
| Parc Ex: The Heart of MTL |
Parc-Ex au cœur de MTL |
Ayesha Sheikh |
Quebec
|
| Perennials |
Grant Macintosh |
Nova Scotia
|
| Propulsion |
Joaquim Trudel |
Quebec
|
| Some Dreams Are Just Deceptions |
Cuando los sueños se vuelven desilusiones |
José Ibáñez |
Quebec
|
| Spinning |
Emily Tosh |
Alberta
|
| Sun, Moon and Four Peaks |
Kevin Jin Kwan Kim |
British Columbia
|
| Untitled US |
Thomas Mai |
British Columbia
|
| Writer's Block |
Page blanche |
Yannick Lessard |
Quebec
|
RPCÉ International Student Short Films
A selection of student films from the Icelandic Film School.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| I Don't Want to Feel Better |
Iðrun mín Öll |
Birkir Kristinsson |
Iceland
|
| A Princess's Tale |
Skýjaborgin |
Magdalena Ólafsdóttir
|
| Responsible |
Ábyrgð |
María Matthíasdóttir
|
| Route 7 |
Óskar Þorri Hörpuson
|
| Sophie |
Marie Lydie Bierne
|
P'tits loups
Short film program of animation for children.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Animanimals Squirrel |
Julia Ocker |
Germany
|
| Animanimals T-Rex |
Julia Ocker |
Germany
|
| Animanimals Tiger |
Julia Ocker |
Germany
|
| Coin Coin |
Anouk Archambault, Amélie Frit, Lucile Grunder, Solenn Lelaisant, Jeanne Marotte |
France
|
| Funny Birds |
Drôles d'oiseaux |
Charlie Belin |
France
|
| The Goose |
L'Oie du plus fort |
Jan Mika |
Czech Republic, France
|
| Little Fan |
Sveta Yuferova |
Germany
|
| My Friend the Dog |
Violeta Cortes |
France
|
| O Homem das Pernas Altas |
Vitor Hugo Rocha |
Portugal
|
| Shelter |
Julie Daravan Chea |
France
|
| Somni |
Sonja Rohleder |
Germany
|
| Spin & Ella |
An Vrombout |
Belgium
|
| The Spyglass |
Kikaren |
Malin Erixon |
Sweden
|
| Sunflower |
Tournesol |
Natalia Chernysheva |
France, Russia
|
| The Tiny Voyage |
Le Tout petit voyage |
Emily Worms |
France
|
| To Be Sisters |
Entre deux sœurs |
Clément Céard, Anne-Sophie Gousset |
France
|
| Two One Two |
Shira Avni |
Canada
|
FNC Explore
Virtual reality projects.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Age of the Monster |
Le Temps du monstre |
Benjamin Nuel |
France
|
| Cycle of Violence |
Felicia Bergstrôm |
Germany
|
| Dernier rappel |
Colas Wohlfahrt, Emilie Rosas |
Canada
|
| ELELE |
Sjoerd van Acker |
Netherlands
|
| Fresh Memories: The Look |
Volodymyr Kolbasa, Ondrej Moravec |
Ukraine, Czech Republic
|
| In Search of Time |
Pierre Zandrowicz, Matt Tierney |
United States
|
| Invisible |
Michel Lemieux |
Canada
|
| Kabaret |
Gina Thorstensen |
Norway
|
| Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics |
Terril Calder |
Canada
|
| Midnight Story |
Antonin Niclass |
United Kingdom
|
| Okawari |
Landia Egal, Amaury La Burthe |
Canada, France
|
| Over the Rainbow |
Craig Quintero |
Taiwan
|
| Missing 10 Hours |
Fanni Fazakas |
Hungary
|
| Reimagined Volume II: Mahal |
Michaela Ternasky-Holland |
United States
|
| Rock, Paper, Scissors |
Alex Rühl |
United Kingdom
|
| The Soil of the Namib |
Christian Zipfel |
Germany
|
| We Barbarians |
Nous les barbares |
Bertrand Mandico |
France
|
Estival
Film screenings that were held at an outdoor venue in August, several weeks before the regular festival program.
References
- ^ Bill Brownstein, "FNC is screening 105 films, and Zoé Protat has seen them all". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2023.
- ^ Martin Gignac, "Quoi voir au Festival du nouveau cinéma ?". La Presse, October 4, 2023.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FNC 2023) Chloé Leriche et Ariane Louis-Seize récompensées". Films du Québec, October 16, 2023.
- ^ "Le FNC présente « Yannick » de Quentin Dupieux en projection surprise". Lien Multimédia, October 6, 2023.