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.[1] Over 160,000 people attend each year. One of the oldest film festivals in Canada, it is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short films.[2]
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Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal |
Location | Montreal, Quebec Canada |
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Founded | 1971 |
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Most recent | 2023 |
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Festival date | October 6–17, 2021 |
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Website | nouveaucinema.ca |
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Founded in 1971, the Festival welcomes Québécois, Canadian, and international filmmakers, and encourages exchanges between industry professionals and the grand public.
Over its history, it has introduced audiences to filmmakers such as François Girard, Atom Egoyan, Denis Villeneuve, Guy Maddin, Léa Pool, Jim Jarmusch, Abbas Kiarostami, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Raymond Depardon, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Wong Kar-wai, Peter Greenaway, Chantal Akerman and Marguerite Duras.
- Compétition internationale highlighting the unique perspectives of the filmmakers who will shape tomorrow's cinema
- Compétition nationale, homegrown Canadian cinema
- Temps Ø, the wild bunch or bold cinematic rebels and adventurous films
- Incontournables, the greatest names in cinema
- Les Nouveaux alchimistes, a selection of films pushing the limits, breaking the rules and exploring the boundless creative potential that the medium offers
- Panorama international, international feature films
- Histoire(s) du cinéma, look-backs on the works that have left their mark
- Présentations spéciales, an eclectic section presenting unusual works
- FNC Explore, immersive, interactive and virtual reality programmes that are free and open for all
- FNC Forum, an industry network incubator
- P'tits loups, new cinema for children young and old
- Les Rencontres pancanadiennes du cinéma étudiant or RPCE, a national competition of short student films
Notes
- The Compétition nationale section (meaning National competition) was previously known as Focus Québec/Canada and was created in 2006
- The Temps Ø section was created in 2004
- The FNC Lab section was divided into two sections in 2016: Les Nouveaux alchimistes and FNC Explore
- The FNC Forum section was previously known as FNC Pro and Open Source
- The RCPÉ (meaning Pan-Canadian Student Meetings) was created in 2015
- The P'tits loups section (meaning Little wolves) was created in 2008
- Louve d'or
- Daniel Langlois Innovation Award
- Prix d’interprétation
- Fipresci Prize
- Focus Grand Prize
- Loup argenté - short film
- Grand Prix Focus Short Film
- Temps Ø People's Choice Award
- Nouveaux alchimistes Prize
- Experimentation Award
- Dada Award
- P'tits loups Award
The festival was founded in 1971 by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipidès. The festival went through several name changes.
- 1971: Festival international du cinéma en 16mm de Montréal (Montreal International 16mm Film Festival).
- 1980: Renamed Festival international du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (Montreal International Festival of New Cinema)
- 1984: Renamed Festival international du nouveau cinéma et de la vidéo de Montréal (Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and Video)
- 1995: Renamed Nouveau festival international, cinéma, vidéo et nouvelles technologies de Montréal (New Montreal International Festival of Cinema, Video and New Technologies);
- 1997: Renamed Festival international du nouveau cinéma et des nouveaux médias de Montréal or FCMM (Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media) as a result of the merger with the Festival international du court métrage de Montréal (Montreal International Short Film Festival).
- 2001: The Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary by offering an extraordinary selection and a commemorative book summarizing the festival's 30-year history.
- 2004: Adopted the current name Festival du nouveau cinéma (Festival of New Cinema).
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