The 2024 edition of the

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, the 53rd edition in the event's history, took place from October 9 to 20, 2024 in

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. The festival's opening film was ''

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(Une langue universelle)'' by

Matthew Rankin Matthew Rankin is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. His feature-length debut, '' The Twentieth Century,'' premiered in 2019 and was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, winning three. His second feature film, ''Universal Language (Une l ...

, and it closed with ''

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(Miséricorde)'' by

Alain Guiraudie Alain Guiraudie (; born 15 July 1964) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten mostly LGBT-related films since 1990. He is openly gay. Work Guiraudie has named Georges Bataille as an important influence. His 2013 film '' ...

. Overall, the festival screened over 200 feature and short films.

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.

Official selections

International Competition

National Competition

International Panorama

The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

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Special Presentations

History of Cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma)

International Competition for Short Films

National Competition for Short Films

Special Presentations Short Films

Short films from

Wapikoni Mobile Wapikoni Mobile is a Canadian non-profit organization based in Montreal, Quebec that hosts educational workshops and film screenings to raise awareness and educate the wider public about Indigenous cultures, issues and rights. Each year, an aver ...

, a film training organization for emerging

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filmmakers in Quebec, in celebration of the organization's 20th anniversary."53e FNC: le meilleur du cinéma mondial en primeur à Montréal du 9 au 20 octobre 2024"
''CTVM'', September 25, 2024.

The New Alchemists, Short Films

RPCÉ Student Short Film Competition

P'tits loups

Short film program of animation for children.

Estival

The festival's separate summer program of free public screenings of older films.

References

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October 2024 in Canada