The 2026 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 55th edition in the event's history, will take place from October 8 to 18, 2026, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada."Le 55e Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal ouvrira avec « Violence du corps de l’autre » de Denis Côté". Qui Fait Quoi, August 17, 2026.
The festival's first programming announcements, including opening film Nobody's Violence (Violence du corps à l'autre) by Denis Côté, were announced on August 17,Marissa Groguhé, "Le nouveau film de Denis Côté en ouverture du FNC". La Presse, August 17, 2026. with a second preview announcement released on August 25. The full schedule was released on September 22.Manon Dumais, "Festival du nouveau cinéma: La programmation de la 55e édition dévoilée". La Presse, September 22, 2026.
Awards Award winners will be announced at the conclusion of the festival. The 2026 awards program will include a new Queer Louve award for LGBTQ films, created in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival's Queer Palm to replace the FNC's former Fierté Montréal award."FNC – PROGRAMMATION de la 55e édition du Festival du nouveau cinéma du 8 au 18 octobre 2026". CTVM, September 23, 2026.
Juries National Competition, Feature Films: Thomas Hakim, Hugo Scheubel, Pamela Varela International Competition, Feature Films: Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Julien Élie, Dominique Sirois-Rouleau National Competition, Short Films: Mari Liis Keevallik, Nicolas Khabbaz, Andreea Pătru International Competition, Short Films: Jérémy Gagnon, Dominick Rustam, Isabelle Stachtchenko New Alchemists: Irina Tempea, Alina Herta, Moia Jobin-Paré New Alchemists, Short Films: Solenne d’Arnoux de Fleury, Daniel Racine, André Roy Queer Louve: Eli Jean Tahchi, Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay, Sami Landri RPCÉ: Romain F. Dubois, Ariane Roy-Poirier, Zuza/Juzek Kopcińska FIPRESCI: Elijah Baron, Manon Marcillat, Rubén Peralta Rigaud Campus Critique: Rachel Goulet, Virginie Pronovost, Juliette Roland First Works Pitch: Bianca Bellange, Ilann Girard, Flavia Zanon International Projects: Sol Bondy, Serge Noël, Amanda Trokan
Official selections Opening and closing films English title Original title Director(s) Production country L'Autre Alexandre Franchi Canada Nobody's Violence Violence du corps à l'autre Denis Côté Canada
International Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country 17 Kosara Mitić North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia 9 Temples to Heaven 9 วัด สู่สวรรค์ Sompot Chidgasornpongse Thailand, Singapore, France, Norway, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Qatar Everytime Sandra Wollner Austria, Germany Filipiñana Rafael Manuel United Kingdom, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands The House on the Moon Nelson Yeo Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, Indonesia I Plant My Hand in the Garden Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri Germany, Serbia, United States Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest Viv Li Germany, Netherlands Under a Bad Star Mauvaise étoile Yann Berlier, Lola Cambourieu France
National Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Clubfoot Nathan Donovan Canada The Color of the Sun Xavier Tera Canada, Italy, Japan A Fire There Un feu au loin Marlene Edoyan Canada In the Heart of the South Nyla Innuksuk Canada Manhunt Wayne Wapeemukwa Canada The Shimmering Shadows Les Ombres lumineuses Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière Canada Still Night, Burning House Carol Nguyen Canada
International Panorama English title Original title Director(s) Production country A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra Mia mera sti zoi tis tzo: kefalaio Faidra Jacqueline Lentzou Greece, Germany, France Elephants in the Fog तिनीहरू Abinash Bikram Shah Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway I'll Be Gone in June Katharina Rivilis Switzerland, Germany, United States The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer La ilusión de un verano sin fin Alessandra Sanguinetti Argentina, United States Rehearsals for a Revolution خاطرات ایران Pegah Ahangarani Czech Republic, Spain A Secret Heart Cœur Secret Tom Fontenille France Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion A veces me entra tristeza, otras veces rebelión María Aparicio Argentina, Spain Where the River Begins Donde comenzia el rio Juan Andrés Arango Canada, Colombia, Norway You Don't Belong Here Nu e locul tău aici Florin Șerban Romania
The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes) English title Original title Director(s) Production country At Night Beatrice Gibson United Kingdom, France Az Zeeb Rafael Guendelman Chile, Qatar Chronovisor Jack Auen, Kevin Walker United States Holy Destructors Aistė Žegulytė Lithuania, France, Latvia If Pigeons Turned to Gold Kdyby se holubi proměnili ve zlato Pepa Lubojacki Czech Republic, Slovakia Objet a Ann Oren Germany, Luxembourg, Greece Prelude and Fugues: The Wood Thrush Préludes et fugues - la grive des bois Pierre Hébert Canada Second Skin Mariia Lapidus United States, Mexico
The Essentials (Les Incontournables) English title Original title Director(s) Production country Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad Pedro Almodóvar Spain La bola negra Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi Spain, France Butterfly Jam Kantemir Balagov France Club Kid Jordan Firstman United States Dao Alain Gomis France, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal The Diary of a Chambermaid Le journal d'une femme de chambre Radu Jude France, Romania The Dreamed Adventure Das Geträumte Abenteuer Valeska Grisebach Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria Fatherland Paweł Pawlikowski Poland, France, Italy, Germany Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors Makikiraan Po Lav Diaz Philippines A Long Winter Andrew Haigh United States, Canada, United Kingdom Look Back Rukku Bakku Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Minotaur Минотавр Andrey Zvyagintsev France, Germany, Latvia My Wife Cries Meine Frau weint Angela Schanelec Germany, France Red Rocks Les Roches rouges Bruno Dumont France Rose Markus Schleinzer Austria, Germany Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki Takashi Miike Japan Sixteen Moments of My Life Seize moments de ma vie Albert Serra Spain, France Tender Loving Care Mike Leigh United Kingdom Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh United Kingdom, United States, Chile
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English title Original title Director(s) Production country Arrested Memory Sabu Taiwan, Japan Claire à Montréal Cécile Herreman France, Canada A Mighty Adventure Toe Yuen Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? ネルソンさん、あなたは人を殺しましたか? Shinya Tsukamoto Japan Oddities Tyler Savage Vertiginous Le Vertige Quentin Dupieux France Grand-Guignol & Early Cine-Macabre Balaoo the Demon Baboon Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset France The Cutter of Heads Le Coupeur des têtes Pathé France Delilah Fred Paul United Kingdom A Desperate Crime Les Incendiares Georges Méliès France The Doll's Revenge Cecil Hepworth United Kingdom The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots Alfred Clark United States Figures of Wax Figures de cire Maurice Tourneur France The Flat Fred Paul United Kingdom The Hand La Main Édouard-Émile Violet France The House of the Devil Le Manoir du diable Georges Méliès France The Jest Fred Paul United Kingdom Suspense Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley United States Terrible Anguish Terrible angoisse Lucien Nonguet France Those Who Worry About It Celles qui s'en font Germaine Dulac France
Special Presentations English title Original title Director(s) Production country FNC x Momenta: Ali Cherri Beirut the Encounter Beyrouth la rencontre Borhane Alaouié Lebanon The Dam Le Barrage Ali Cherri Ōshima Mon Amour In the Realm of the Senses Nagisa Ōshima Japan Max mon amour France, Japan Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Furyo Japan, United Kingdom, New Zealand Matrix After Dark The Animatrix Andy Jones, Mahiro Maeda, Shinichirō Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Kōji Morimoto, Peter Chung United States, Japan, South Korea The Matrix The Wachowskis United States The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions The Matrix Resurrections Spotlight: Adrienne Barbeau Escape from New York John Carpenter United States The Fog Oddities Tyler Savage
History of Cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma) English title Original title Director(s) Production country Barbara Forever Brydie O'Connor United States Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern Mike Mendez United States Double Freedom La libertad doble Lisandro Alonso Argentina, Chile, Luxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom Freedom La libertad Argentina Imperium Sergei Loznitsa Germany, Italy, France, Lithuania In the Realm of the Senses Nagisa Ōshima Japan Max mon amour France, Japan Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Furyo Japan, United Kingdom, New Zealand The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Canada Wild Skin La peau sauvage Ariane Louis-Seize Canada
International Competition for Short Films English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Apple Doesn't Fall... Dean Wei China As a Cure Dorothea Sing Zhang China, United Kingdom The Blessing Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel France The Bovine Comedy Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke France City of Owls Zhenia Kazankina France, Germany, Italy Cul-de-Sac! Clyde Gates, Gabriel Sanson Belgium, France For the Opponents Federico Luis Mexico, Chile, France, United Kingdom Madrugada Sebastián Lojo Guatemala, Turkey, United Kingdom Nobody Barks Julia Coldwell Serra Spain Nobody Knows the World Roddy Dextre Peru, Colombia, Spain, Mexico Nothing Happens After Your Absence Ibrahim Omar Sudan Opera of Horror and Salvation Anastasia Veber Germany, France, Belgium, Malta Paper Life An Chu Taiwan Pithead Wannes Vanspauwen, Pol de Plecker Belgium, France Silent Voices Nadine Misong Jin South Korea, United States Stallion and a Crystal Ball Christian Avilés Spain Taxi Moto Gaël Kamilindi France, Switzerland Whispers of a Burning Scent Mo Harawe Somalia, Austria, Germany
National Competition for Short Films English title Original title Director(s) Province Almost Pink Presque rose Justine Prince Canada Amor Eterno Joshua Brad-Lee Garrido Canada And What Do the Pigs Think? Et qu'en pensent les cochons? Édith Jorisch Canada Are You Being Thanked Endlessly? Gulzar G Canada Between Late April and Early May Sophia Smith Canada Between Us Entre nous Félix Bouffard-Dumas Canada Burnt Toast Brielle Leblanc Canada The Comet La Comète Julie Charette Canada The Fading of Morning Light Jessamine Yu Fok Canada Footsteps on the Ceiling Giran Findlay Liu Canada Girl Found Dead Molly Shears Canada I Am the Heir La Chaleur du dauphin Lou Scamble Canada I See Myself in You Amreen Kullar Canada Imichki Yza Nouiga Canada It Comes in Waves Michael Petruzzelli Canada Leo on the Wire Kristina Wagenbauer Canada Lullaby from the Motherland Luvleen Hunjan Canada, India Pacific Spirit Antoine Bourges Canada Skinny Boots Skinny Bottines Romain F. Dubois Canada Till the Milk Runs Dry Kalainithan Kalaichelvan Canada Treasure Island L'Île aux trésors Miryam Charles Canada
The New Alchemists, Short Films English title Original title Director(s) Production country Acid City Will Freudenheim, Jack Wedge United States Another Earth Ben Russell France Ãsheghetam Saleh Kashefi France, Switzerland, Iran Au hasard Darren Dominique Heroux Canada Depuis des lunes... Patrick Bergeron Canada Display Nature Nicolas Gebbe Germany The End Niki Lindroth von Bahr Sweden, Denmark, France The Flesh of the Mountain Adam Piron United States Forever...Forever Johann Lurf Austria Ghazal-e Sorkh Maryam Tafakory Iran, France, United Kingdom Home Is Where the Heart Is Timothée Engasser France Invisible Harvests Stephanie Dudley Canada Kontrewers Zuza Banasińska Poland, Netherlands, France Like Moths to Light Gala Hernández López Spain, Italy, France Melk Filip Anthonissen Belgium Parie 6 Tomas Dessureault Canada Pure Reason Sofia Bohdanowicz Canada The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants Burak Çevik Turkey, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom The Wind, One Brilliant Day Ben Rivers China, United Kingdom
Pan-Canadian (RPCÉ) Student Short Film Competition