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.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.
The festival's opening film was Universal Language (Une langue universelle) by Matthew Rankin,Charles Rioux, "Une langue universelle de Matthew Rankin en ouverture du FNC". Ici Radio-Canada, September 25, 2024. and it closed with Misericordia (Miséricorde) by Alain Guiraudie.Manon Dumais, "Le FNC annonce sa programmation". La Presse, September 24, 2024.
Overall, the festival screened over 200 feature and short films.Maxime Demers, "Plus de 200 films au programme de la 53e édition du Festival du nouveau cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, September 24, 2024.
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."Le FNC dévoile son palmarès". CTVM, October 21, 2024.
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 English title Original title Director(s) Production country Alberta Number One Alexander Carson Canada Cherub Devin Shears Canada Ghosts of the Sea Les Enfants du large Virginia Tangvald Canada, France Inedia Liz Cairns Canada Lázaro at Night Lázaro de noche Nicolás Pereda Canada, Mexico Matt and Mara Kazik Radwanski Canada Measures for a Funeral Sofia Bohdanowicz Canada There, There Heather Young Canada You Are Not Alone Vous n'êtes pas seuls Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien Canada
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
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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 English title Original title Director(s) Production country Days of Happiness Les jours heureux Chloé Robichaud Canada Jaws Steven Spielberg United States Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc United States Jaws 3 Joe Alves United States Jaws: The Revenge Joseph Sargent United States Tampopo タンポポ Juzo Itami Japan Vibrant Vivant Yann Arthus-Bertrand France When Adam Changes Adam change lentement Joël Vaudreuil Canada
History of Cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma) English title Original title Director(s) Production country Bona Lino Brocka Philippines Eight Postcards from Utopia Opt ilustrate din lumea ideală Radu Jude Romania Eldorado Charles Binamé Canada Holy Motors Leos Carax France It's Not Me C'est pas moi Leos Carax France Orders Les Ordres Michel Brault Canada Paris, Texas Wim Wenders Germany, France Sleep #2 Radu Jude Romania
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