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.Bill Brownstein, "FNC is screening 105 films, and Zoé Protat has seen them all". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2023.
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.Martin Gignac, "Quoi voir au Festival du nouveau cinéma ?". La Presse, October 4, 2023.
Awards Award winners were announced on October 15 at the conclusion of the festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FNC 2023) Chloé Leriche et Ariane Louis-Seize récompensées". Films du Québec, October 16, 2023.
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 English title Original title Director(s) Production country Atikamekw Suns Soleils Atikamekw Chloé Leriche Canada Days of Happiness Les Jours heureux Chloé Robichaud Gamodi Felix Kalmenson Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant Ariane Louis-Seize Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak! L'Ouragan Fuck You Tabarnak! Ara Ball Seagrass Meredith Hama-Brown When Adam Changes Adam change lentement Joël Vaudreuil
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."Le FNC présente « Yannick » de Quentin Dupieux en projection surprise". Lien Multimédia, October 6, 2023.
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 English title Original title Director(s) Production country Chip Chip Chopin par Desjardins Richard Desjardins Canada Fitting In Molly McGlynn Canada Irena's Vow Louise Archambault Canada La Japonaise, film-fantôme d’Alain Robbe-Grillet Céline Ters France Mad Max George Miller Australia Mad Max 2 George Miller Australia Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller, George Ogilvie Australia Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller Australia Renouer avec le vivant Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jérémy Frey France Vibrant Vivant Yann Arthus-Bertrand France
History of Cinema English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ghosts… of the Civil Dead John Hillcoat Australia Journey to Italy Roberto Rossellini Italy, France National Anarchist: Lino Brocka Khavn De La Cruz Philippines Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) Khavn De La Cruz Philippines Pictures of Ghosts Retratos Fantasmas Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil Voyages en Italie Sophie Letourneur France
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