The 2023 edition of the

Festival du nouveau cinéma The Festival du nouveau cinéma or FNC (English: ''Festival of New Cinema'') is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring independent films from around the world. Over 160,000 people attend each year. One of ...

, the 52nd edition in the event's history, took place from October 4 to 15, 2023 in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. The festival opened with '' The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant)'' by

Tran Anh Hung Trần Anh Hùng (born December 23, 1962) is a Vietnamese-born French film director and screenwriter. Early life Hùng was born in Mỹ Tho, South Vietnam. Following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, he immigrated to Fr ...

, and closed with ''

The Animal Kingdom ''The Animal Kingdom'' (also known as ''The Woman in His House'' in the UK) is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith based upon a comedy of manners play of the same name by Philip Barry. ...

(Le Rène animal)'' by

Thomas Cailley Thomas Cailley (born 29 April 1980) is a French screenwriter and film director. In 2014, he made his feature directorial debut with ''Love at First Fight (film), Love at First Fight'', which won three César Awards including César Award for Best ...

Awards

Award winners were announced on October 15 at the conclusion of the festival.

Official selections

International Competition

National Competition

International Panorama

The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

Temps 0

In addition to the already-announced lineup, a surprise screening of

Quentin Dupieux Quentin Dupieux (, born 14 April 1974), also known by his musical stage name Mr. Oizo (), is a French filmmaker, electronic musician, and DJ. Dupieux is credited with his legal name for his films, while the name "Mr. Oizo" is used for his musica ...

's film ''

Yannick Yannick is a first name that originated in Brittany, France, where the combination of its two Breton language parts, '' Yann'' and ''-ick'', results in the meaning of ''Little John'' or ''Petit Jean'' in French. It is used as a first name mostly ...

'' was announced after the festival opening."Le FNC présente « Yannick » de Quentin Dupieux en projection surprise"
''Lien Multimédia'', October 6, 2023.

Special Presentations

History of Cinema

Retrospective: The New Cinema of Bertrand Bonello

International Competition for Short Films

National Competition for Short Films

Special Presentations, Short Films

The short films of

Ariane Louis-Seize Ariane Louis-Seize is a Canadians, Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. She has attracted critical acclaim and more than dozen awards for her filmmaking work. Career Short films She received critical acclaim in 2016 for her fi ...

, 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

RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition

RPCÉ International Student Short Films

A selection of student films from the Icelandic Film School.

P'tits loups

Short film program of animation for children.

FNC Explore

Virtual reality projects.

Estival

Film screenings that were held at an outdoor venue in August, several weeks before the regular festival program.

References

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