The 2024 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 53rd edition in the event's history, took place from October 9 to 20, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]
The festival's opening film was Universal Language (Une langue universelle) by Matthew Rankin,[2] and it closed with Misericordia (Miséricorde) by Alain Guiraudie.[3]
Overall, the festival screened over 200 feature and short films.[4]
Awards
The winners of the short film awards were announced on October 16, with the winners of feature film awards announced on October 20 at the festival's conclusion.[5]
| Award
|
Film
|
Filmmaker
|
| National Competition, Grand Prize
|
Measures for a Funeral
|
Sofia Bohdanowicz
|
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor
|
Lázaro at Night (Lázaro de noche)
|
Nicolás Pereda
|
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Honorable Mention
|
There, There
|
Heather Young
|
| International Competition, Grand Prize
|
Toxic (Akiplėša)
|
Saulė Bliuvaitė
|
| International Competition, Daniel Langlois Innovation Award
|
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být)
|
Klára Tasovská
|
| International Competition, Best Performance
|
Simon of the Mountain (Simon de la montaña)
|
Lorenzo Ferre
|
| New Alchemists Prize
|
The Hyperboreans (Los hiperbóreos)
|
Cristobal León, Joaquín Cociña
|
| New Alchemists Prize, Honorable Mention
|
Barrunto
|
Emilia Beatriz
|
| Prix Temps 0
|
Life's a Bitch (Chiennes de vies)
|
Xavier Seron
|
| Prix Temps 0, Honorable Mention
|
We Are Aliens (みーんな、宇宙人)
|
Kenichi Ugana
|
| Audience Award, Temps 0
|
The Gesuidouz (ザ·ゲスイドウズ)
|
Kenichi Ugana
|
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award
|
Cu Li Never Cries (Cu Li Không Bao Gio Khóc)
|
Phạm Ngọc Lân
|
| Prix Fierté Montréal
|
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být)
|
Klára Tasovská
|
| Audience Award, Panorama International
|
Flow (Straume)
|
Gints Zilbalodis
|
| TV5 Audience Award
|
Ghosts of the Sea (Les Enfants du large)
|
Virginia Tangvald
|
| National Competition, Short Film
|
perfectly a strangeness
|
Alison McAlpine
|
| National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
Sleep Talking
|
Ethan Godel
|
| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize
|
Gender Reveal
|
Mo Matton
|
| International Competition, Short Film
|
Vox Humana
|
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
|
| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
The Colloquy of Dogs (Le Colloque des chiens)
|
Norman Nedellec
|
| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film
|
Sans voix
|
Samuel Patthey
|
| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize
|
Samaa
|
Ehsan Gharib
|
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize
|
Grandmamauntsistercat
|
Zuza Banasińska
|
| RPCÉ Grand Prize
|
Pan & Syrinx
|
a. laurel lawrence
|
| RPCÉ Grand Prize Honorable Mention
|
Voies de passage
|
Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings
|
| RPCÉ Coup de coeur Vidéographe
|
L'Eau coule sans demander pardon
|
Marie-Frédérique Lemieux
|
| RPCÉ Coup de coeur Vidéographe Honorable Mention
|
Hogar
|
Olly Norambuena
|
Official selections
International Competition
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Cu Li Never Cries |
Cu Li Không Bao Gio Khóc |
Phạm Ngọc Lân |
Vietnam, Singapore, France, Philippines, Norway
|
| Formosa Beach |
Praia Formosa |
Julia De Simone |
Brazil, Portugal
|
| I'm Not Everything I Want to Be |
Jeste nejsem, kým chci být |
Klára Tasovská |
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria
|
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl |
Rungano Nyoni |
Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland
|
| Pepe |
Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias |
Dominican Republic, Germany, France, Namibia
|
| Simon of the Mountain |
Simon de la montaña |
Federico Luis |
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
|
| Toxic |
Akiplėša |
Saulė Bliuvaitė |
Lithuania
|
| Viet and Nam |
Trong lòng đất |
Minh Quý Trương |
Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Vietnam
|
| Who Do I Belong To |
Mé el Aïn |
Meryam Joobeur |
Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
|
National Competition
International Panorama
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| All the Long Nights |
Yoake no subete |
Shô Miyake |
Japan
|
| bluish |
Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky |
Austria
|
| Disco's Revenge |
Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara |
Canada
|
| Favoriten |
Ruth Beckermann |
Austria
|
| Flow |
Straume |
Gints Zilbalodis |
Latvia, France, Belgium
|
| A History of Love and War |
Una historia de amor y guerra |
Santiago Mohar Volkow |
Mexico
|
| I Saw Three Black Lights |
Yo vi tres luces negras |
Santiago Lozano Álvarez |
Colombia, Mexico, France, Germany
|
| Kalak |
Isabella Eklöf |
Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Greenland
|
| Kyuka: Before Summer's End |
Kostis Charamountanis |
Greece, North Macedonia
|
| Most People Die on Sundays |
Los domingos mueren más personas |
Iair Said |
Argentina, Italy, Spain
|
| Patient No. 1 |
Пациент №1 |
Rezo Gigineishvili |
Georgia
|
| Realm of Satan |
Scott Cummings |
United States
|
| Shambhala |
Min Bahadur Bham |
Nepal, France, Norway, Turkey, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States, Qatar
|
| Skin in Spring |
La Piel en primavera |
Yennifer Uribe Alzate |
Colombia, Chile
|
| Tendaberry |
Haley Elizabeth Anderson |
United States
|
| To a Land Unknown |
Mahdi Fleifel |
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine
|
The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Barrunto |
Emilia Beatriz |
United Kingdom, Puerto Rico
|
| Bogancloch |
Ben Rivers |
United Kingdom, Germany, Iceland
|
| Do You Want to See Part Two? |
cricri sora ren |
Germany, Russia, China
|
| Eat the Night |
Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel |
France
|
| The Human Hibernation |
Anna Cornudella Castro |
Spain
|
| The Hyperboreans |
Los hiperbóreos |
Cristobal León, Joaquín Cociña |
Chile
|
| Reas |
Lola Arias |
Argentina, Germany, Switzerland
|
| Space Down |
Dominic Gagnon |
Canada
|
| Tale of Shepherds |
Historia de pastores |
Jaime Puertas Castillo |
Spain
|
| Through the Graves the Wind Is Blowing |
Travis Wilkerson |
United States
|
The Essentials (Les Incontournables)
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Afternoons of Solitude |
Tardes de soledad |
Albert Serra |
Spain, France, Portugal
|
| All We Imagine as Light |
Payal Kapadia |
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
|
| Anora |
Sean Baker |
United States
|
| The Apprentice |
Ali Abbasi |
Canada, Denmark, Ireland, United States
|
| Bird |
Andrea Arnold |
United Kingdom
|
| By the Stream |
수유천 |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| Caught by the Tides |
风流一代 |
Jia Zhangke |
China
|
| Dragon Dilatation |
Bertrand Mandico |
France
|
| Emilia Pérez |
Jacques Audiard |
France
|
| Ernest Cole: Lost and Found |
Raoul Peck |
France
|
| A Family |
Une famille |
Christine Angot |
France
|
| The Girl with the Needle |
Pigen med nålen |
Magnus von Horn |
Denmark, Poland, Sweden
|
| Grand Tour |
Miguel Gomes |
Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China
|
| The Invasion |
L'Invasion |
Sergei Loznitsa |
Netherlands, France, United States
|
| Motel Destino |
Karim Aïnouz |
Brazil, France, Germany
|
| Oh, Canada |
Paul Schrader
|
| Rumours |
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson |
Canada, Germany
|
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig |
Mohammad Rasoulof |
Iran, France, Germany
|
| A Traveler's Needs |
여행자의 필요 |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| The Visitor |
Bruce LaBruce |
United Kingdom
|
Temps 0
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Animal |
Animale |
Emma Benestan |
Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia
|
| Being Blanche Houellebecq |
Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq |
Guillaume Nicloux |
France
|
| The Box Man |
箱男 |
Gakuryū Ishii |
Japan
|
| Comme dans un vrai film |
Zoé Rivemale |
France
|
| The Crazy Family |
Gyaku-funsha Kazoku |
Gakuryū Ishii |
Japan
|
| Else |
Thibault Emin |
France, Belgium
|
| The Gesuidouz |
ザ·ゲスイドウズ |
Kenichi Ugana |
Japan
|
| Life's a Bitch |
Chiennes de vies |
Xavier Seron |
Belgium
|
| One-Way Ticket to the Other Side |
Douglas Buck, Jen Gatien, Edgar Pêra, Buddy Giovinazzo, Martina Schöne-Radunski, David Gregory, Truman Kewley, Patrycja Planik, Guillaume Campanacci, Katsuki Kuroyanagi, Jerome Vandewattyne |
Belgium, Germany
|
| Peaches Goes Bananas |
Marie Losier |
France
|
| Peau de cochon |
Philippe Katerine |
France
|
| Plastic Guns |
Les pistolets en plastique |
Jean-Christophe Meurisse |
France
|
| The Real Superstar |
Cédric Dupire |
France
|
| Sam & Lola |
Sam et Lola |
Mahaut Adam |
France
|
| Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust |
Ishan Shukla |
India, France, Germany
|
| School of the Holy Beast |
Seijū gakuen |
Norifumi Suzuki |
Japan
|
| The Second Act |
Le deuxième acte |
Quentin Dupieux |
France
|
| Striptease intégral |
Jean Libon, Clémentine Bisiaux, Régine Dubois, Stéphanie De Smedt, Mathilde Blanc, Yves Hinant |
France, Belgium
|
| We Are Aliens |
みーんな、宇宙人。 |
Kenichi Ugana |
Japan
|
Special Presentations
History of Cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma)
International Competition for Short Films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| 102 Narra |
Rafael Manuel, Tatjana Fanny |
Netherlands
|
| Across the Waters |
Viv Li |
France
|
| At That Very Moment |
En el mismísimo momento |
Rita Pauls, Federico Luis |
Argentina, Germany
|
| Bad for a Moment |
Mau por um momento |
Daniel Soares |
Portugal
|
| The Colloquy of Dogs |
Le Colloque des chiens |
Norman Nedellec |
France
|
| Days Before the Death of Nicky |
Jours avant la mort de Nicky |
Denis Côté |
Canada
|
| The Distance Between Us |
Qu'importe la distance |
Léo Fontaine |
France
|
| Fragments of Summer |
Youmin Kang, Soomin Kang |
South Korea
|
| Leela |
Tanmay Chowdhary |
India
|
| looking she said I forget |
Naomi Pacifique |
Netherlands, Switzerland
|
| The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent |
Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti |
Nebojša Slijepčević |
Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia
|
| Masterpiece Mommy |
Dorothy Sing Zhang |
United Kingdom, China
|
| The Moon Also Rises |
Wang Yuyan |
France
|
| The Moving Garden |
O Jardim em Movimento |
Inês Lima |
Portugal
|
| My Senses Are All I Have to Offer |
As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para oferecer |
Isadora Neves Marques |
Portugal
|
| The Nature of Dogs |
Pom Bunsermvicha |
Thailand, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
|
| Panadrilo |
Marcela Heilbron |
Panama
|
| Le reste n'a pas d'importance |
Romain Dumont |
France
|
| A Son and a Father |
1 Hijo & 1 padre |
Andrés Ramírez Pulido |
Colombia, France
|
| That's How I Love You |
Tako Te Volim |
Mário Macedo |
Croatia, Portugal
|
| Vox Humana |
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan |
Philippines, Singapore, United States
|
National Competition for Short Films
Special Presentations Short Films
Short films from Wapikoni Mobile, a film training organization for emerging indigenous filmmakers in Quebec, in celebration of the organization's 20th anniversary.[6]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Country
|
| Among the Forest |
Oqim Nicholas |
Canada
|
| Batailles |
Karen Pinette Fontaine
|
| Démo Wapikoni |
Louis Fontaine
|
| I Created Memories |
Je crée des souvenirs |
Sammy Gadbois
|
| Innu-assit |
Jonathan Grégoire
|
| Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century |
Ulivia Uviluk
|
| It's Me, Landon |
C'est moi, Landon |
Landon Moise
|
| Life on the Move |
Jack Belhumeur
|
| Neka |
Nemnemiss McKenzie
|
| Nin Kamashitshet |
André-Charles Ishpatao
|
| We Are Not Speaking the Same Language |
Danika St-Laurent
|
The New Alchemists, Short Films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| A Black Screen Too |
Rhayne Vermette |
Canada
|
| Adrift Potentials |
Potenciais à deriva |
Leonardo Pirondi |
Brazil, United States
|
| Dérailler |
Marielle Dalpé |
Canada
|
| Dreams About Putin |
Nastia Korkia, Vlad Fishez |
Belgium
|
| Dull Spots of Greenish Colours |
Sasha Svirsky |
Germany
|
| The Eggregores' Theory |
Andrea Gatopoulos |
Italy
|
| The Exploding Girl |
La Fille qui explose |
Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel |
France
|
| for here I am sitting in a tin can far above the world |
Gala Hernández López |
France
|
| Fort Garry Lions Pool |
Ryan Steel |
Canada
|
| Go Between |
Chris Kennedy |
Canada
|
| Grandmamauntsistercat |
Zuza Banasińska |
Netherlands, Poland
|
| The Great Thaw |
Michaela Grill, Karl Lemieux |
Canada, Austria
|
| Look on the Bright Side |
Wang Yuyan |
France, Italy
|
| The Masked Monster |
괴인의 정체 |
Syeyoung Park |
South Korea
|
| Le Mirage des mains ultra réalistes |
Guillaume Vallée |
Canada
|
| Nemo 1 |
Albéric Aurtenèche |
Canada
|
| The Oasis I Deserve |
Inès Sieulle |
France
|
| Positive Transparencies |
Marianne Thodas |
Canada
|
| Renaissance Printanière à la source du Pêcher |
Emma Roufs |
Canada
|
| Revolving Rounds |
Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik |
Austria
|
| Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky |
Rituels sous un ciel écarlate |
Samer Najari, Dominique Chila |
Canada
|
| Samaa |
Ehsan Gharib |
Canada
|
| Sans voix |
Samuel Patthey |
Switzerland
|
| Someplace in Your Mouth |
Beatrice Gibson, Nick Gordon |
Italy, United Kingdom
|
| The Sunset Special 2 |
Nicolas Gebbe |
Germany
|
| Transit |
Sebastian Freudenschuss |
Austria
|
| Volcelest |
Éric Briche |
France
|
| Wind |
Mike Hoolboom |
Canada
|
| The Wolf |
Le Loup |
Theodore Ushev |
Canada
|
RPCÉ Student Short Film Competition
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province/Country
|
| À la dure |
Daniel Cyr |
Quebec
|
| After Blue |
Dag Davidge |
British Columbia
|
| Amanite tueuse d'Éclipse |
Hugo Lamarre, Laurence Patenaude, Jérémy Burelle |
Quebec
|
| Antipersonnelle |
Léonie Savard |
Quebec
|
| Aquaphobe |
Élio Matias, Maëlle Sallée |
Quebec
|
| Au bord des limbes |
Maxime Mompérousse |
Quebec
|
| Au-delà du regard |
Arianna Bardesono |
Quebec
|
| Broken Reflections |
Jason Swallow |
Quebec
|
| Donne-moi du love |
Noah Zinck, Elizabeth Daigneault, Fabrice Leclerc |
Quebec
|
| L'Eau coule sans demander pardon |
Marie-Frédérique Lemieux |
Quebec
|
| Écrire, vivre, déneiger |
Laetitia Clareton |
Quebec
|
| Face cachée |
Nicolas Lecavalier |
Quebec
|
| Un goût amer |
Daniel Cyr |
Quebec
|
| Le Gun |
Louis Mercier |
Quebec
|
| He's Not That Special |
Nickiesha Flemmings |
Quebec
|
| Hogar |
Olly Norambuena |
Quebec
|
| Iris |
Bianca Delmar, Alyana Jandumon, Gladys Lou |
Ontario
|
| Juste des robots |
Maxime Mompérousse |
Quebec
|
| Marée noire |
Anthony Bouchard, Mélodie Poulin |
Quebec
|
| Marie et moi |
Diane Premi |
Quebec
|
| Mes larmes sont vides |
Philippe Scrive |
Quebec
|
| Mirage |
Jules Brulay |
Quebec
|
| Mise à nu |
Chloé Dauchez |
Quebec
|
| Monsieur de Garie |
Laura Marroquin-Éthier |
Quebec
|
| Mother and Son |
Con dại cái mang |
Thu Uyen Dao |
Vietnam
|
| Our Time Together |
Emiliano Aguayo |
Alberta
|
| Pan & Syrinx |
a. laurel lawrence |
Nova Scotia
|
| Parenthèse |
Ludivine Smeets |
Quebec
|
| Retrace |
Một cõi đi về |
Thi Ha Trang Tran |
Vietnam
|
| Terrarium |
Miguel Morin |
Quebec
|
| Three Seasons |
三季 |
Yuhan Yang |
British Columbia
|
| Tourterelle triste |
Zachary Roberge |
Quebec
|
| Turn the Other Cheek You Little Shit |
Tristan Ramos |
British Columbia
|
| Vérité augmentée |
Édouard Lamarre |
Quebec
|
| Voies de passage |
Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings |
Quebec
|
| Wooden Fish Guitar |
Đàn Cá Gỗ |
Dat Nguyen |
Vietnam
|
| Les Yeux la couleur de la mer |
Yann Reynolds |
Quebec
|
P'tits loups
Short film program of animation for children.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Ana Morphose |
João Rodrigues |
Portugal
|
| Bébert et l'omnibus |
Yves Robert |
France
|
| Beurk! |
Loïc Espuche |
France
|
| Carotte |
Mathieu Labaye, Simon Médard |
Belgium
|
| Los Carpinchos |
Alfredo Soderguit |
France, Chile, Uruguay
|
| Clawlolo (Gramophone) |
Aleksey Alekseev |
Cyprus
|
| Crème à glace |
Rachel Samson |
Canada
|
| Criss Cross |
Nina Rybárová, Tomáš Rybár |
Slovakia, Czech Republic
|
| Gilbert |
Arturo Lacal, Alex Salu, Jordi Jiménez |
Spain
|
| Gina Kamentsky's Pinocchio in 70MM |
Gina Kamentsky |
United States
|
| Le Grand party annuel des créatures de la lune |
Francis Desharnais |
Canada
|
| Jardin le lutin |
Zahya Tétreault Bélanger |
Canada
|
| Nube |
Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada, Christian Arredondo Narvaez |
France, Hungary, Mexico
|
| The Swineherd |
Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith |
Denmark
|
| Tête en l'air |
Rémi Durin |
France, Belgium
|
| Weeds |
Pola Kazak |
Czech Republic
|
Estival
The festival's separate summer program of free public screenings of older films.
References
- ^ Justine Smith, "Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinéma to screen some of this year’s best films from Oct. 9 to 20". Cult MTL, September 26, 2024.
- ^ Charles Rioux, "Une langue universelle de Matthew Rankin en ouverture du FNC". Ici Radio-Canada, September 25, 2024.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Le FNC annonce sa programmation". La Presse, September 24, 2024.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Plus de 200 films au programme de la 53e édition du Festival du nouveau cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, September 24, 2024.
- ^ "Le FNC dévoile son palmarès". CTVM, October 21, 2024.
- ^ "53e FNC: le meilleur du cinéma mondial en primeur à Montréal du 9 au 20 octobre 2024". CTVM, September 25, 2024.