The 2020 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 49th edition in the event's history, took place from October 7 to 31, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, it was staged almost entirely online, with the exception of a few outdoor screenings at Ciné-parc FNC x YUL, a temporary drive-in theatre in the employee parking lot of Montréal–Trudeau International Airport.[2]
The festival had planned to include some in-person screenings, but was forced to cancel these when the government of Quebec imposed a 28-day lockdown on September 29, just days before the festival was set to begin.[3] As the drive-in and online components were already planned, the festival was able to quickly pivot its strategy,[2] although the online-only model forced them to pull some of the films that had been scheduled for in-person screenings.[1]
The festival was slated to open with a free public screening of Underground (Souterrain) by Sophie Dupuis at FNC x YUL, but this event had to be cancelled due to severe weather.[4] It closed with the film My Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau on October 16.[5]
Some films were available on the online platform for only a limited time, while others remained available for viewing until October 31.[6]
Award winners were announced on October 17.[7]
The international competition jury comprised Pascale Bussières, Louise Lecavalier and Félix Dufour-Laperrière, while the national competition jury consisted of Evelyne de la Chenelière, Timothée Donay and Ewa Puszczynska.[8]
| Award
|
Film
|
Filmmaker
|
| National Competition, Grand Prize
|
Judy Versus Capitalism
|
Mike Hoolboom
|
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor
|
Without Havana (Sin la Habana)
|
Kaveh Nabatian
|
| International Competition, Grand Prize
|
Atlantis (Атлантида)
|
Valentyn Vasyanovych
|
| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois
|
Ecstasy (Êxtase)
|
Moara Passoni
|
| International Competition, Best Acting Performance
|
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
|
Mary Twala Mhlongo
|
| FIPRESCI International Critics Prize
|
Last and First Men
|
Jóhann Jóhannsson
|
| New Alchemists Prize
|
Khamsin
|
Grégoire Orio, Grégoire Couvert
|
| P'tits Loups
|
À la mode
|
Jean Lecointre
|
| FNC Explore Panorama Prize
|
O
|
Qiu Yang
|
| FNC Explore Horizon Prize
|
The Book of Distance
|
Randall Okita
|
| National Competition, Short Film
|
Foam (Écume)
|
Omar Elhamy
|
| National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
Benjamin, Benny, Ben
|
Paul Shkordoff
|
| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize
|
Shooting Star (Comme une comète)
|
Ariane Louis-Seize
|
| International Competition, Short Film
|
Filipiñana
|
Rafael Manuel
|
| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
Red Aninsri, or, Tiptoeing on The Still Trembling Berlin Wall
|
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
|
| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film
|
Serial Parallels
|
Max Hattler
|
| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize
|
Barcelona Burning (Barcelona de foc)
|
Theodore Ushev
|
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize
|
How to Disappear
|
Total Refusal
|
| RPCÉ Grand Prize
|
Danica's Mom
|
Kennedy Kao
|
| Pitch Premières Œuvres
|
Les Enfants du large
|
Virginia Tangvald
|
Official selections
[edit]International Competition
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Abandonment |
Desterro |
Maria Clara Escobar |
Brazil, Portugal, Argentina
|
| Atlantis |
Атлантида |
Valentyn Vasyanovych |
Ukraine
|
| Bad Roads |
Pohani dorohy |
Natalya Vorozhbyt |
Ukraine
|
| The Cloud in Her Room |
Ta fang jian li de yun |
Zheng Lu Xinyuan |
China, Hong Kong
|
| Ecstasy |
Êxtase |
Moara Passoni |
Brazil
|
| Kill It and Leave This Town |
Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta |
Mariusz Wilczyński |
Poland
|
| Servants |
Služobníci |
Ivan Ostrochovský |
Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Ireland
|
| The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs |
Laila aur satt geet |
Pushpendra Singh |
India
|
| This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection |
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese |
Lesotho, South Africa, Italy
|
| Topside |
Celine Held, Logan George |
United States
|
National Competition
[edit]International Panorama
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Apples |
Mila |
Christos Nikou |
Greece
|
| Cocoon |
Kokon |
Leonie Krippendorf |
Germany
|
| Drowsy City |
Thanh Pho Ngu Gat |
Dung Luong Dinh |
Vietnam
|
| If It Were Love |
Si c'était de l'amour |
Patric Chiha |
France
|
| Moving On |
Nam-Mae-Wui Yeo-Reum-Bam |
Yoon Dan-bi |
South Korea
|
| Mum, Mum, Mum |
Mamá, mamá, mamá |
Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière |
Argentina
|
| Oasis |
Oaza |
Ivan Ikić |
Serbia
|
| Sisters with Transistors |
Lisa Rovner |
United States
|
| A Thief's Daughter |
La hija de un ladrón |
Belén Funes |
Spain
|
| Wisdom Tooth |
Ri Guang Zhi Xia |
Liang Ming |
China
|
| A Yellow Animal |
Um animal amarelo |
Felipe Bragança |
Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique
|
The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| DAU. Natasha |
Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel |
Russia, Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom
|
| Khamsin |
Grégoire Orio, Grégoire Couvert |
France, Lebanon
|
| Last and First Men |
Jóhann Jóhannsson |
Iceland
|
| Maggie's Farm |
James Benning |
United States
|
| Night Has Come |
Peter Van Goethem |
Belgium
|
| Red Moon Tide |
Lúa vermella |
Lois Patiño |
Spain
|
| To the Moon |
Tadhg O'Sullivan |
Ireland
|
The Essentials (Les Incontournables)
[edit]Special Presentations
[edit]Cult Films at Ciné-Parc
[edit]International Competition for Short Films
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Battlefield |
Jannis Lenz |
Austria, Germany
|
| Digital Funeral: Beta Version |
Sorayos Prapapan |
Thailand
|
| L'Effort commercial |
Sarah Arnold |
France
|
| The End of Suffering (A Proposal) |
To telos tou ponou (Mia protasi) |
Jacqueline Lentzou |
Greece
|
| Erpe-Mere |
Noemi Osselaer |
Belgium
|
| The Eyes of Summer |
Gimhanaye Netra |
Rajee Samarasinghe |
Sri Lanka, United States
|
| Filipiñana |
Rafael Manuel |
Philippines, United Kingdom
|
| Fishbowl |
Ngabo Emmanuel |
Rwanda
|
| Heaven Reaches Down to Earth |
Tebogo Malebogo |
South Africa
|
| Lake on Fire |
Sjö i brand |
Jennifer Rainsford |
Sweden
|
| Maalbeek |
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis |
France
|
| Menarca |
Lillah Halla |
Brazil
|
| Motorway65 |
Evi Kalogiropoulou |
Greece
|
| Our Kingdom |
O Nosso Reino |
Luis Costa |
Portugal
|
| Places |
Miegamasis Rajonas |
Vytautas Katkus |
Lithuania
|
| Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain |
A chuva acalanta a dor |
Leonardo Mouramateus |
Portugal, Brazil
|
| Red Aninsri, or, Tiptoeing on The Still Trembling Berlin Wall |
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke |
Thailand
|
| The Return of Tragedy |
Bertrand Mandico |
France
|
| Song of Clouds |
Ankit Poudel |
Nepal
|
| Sudden Light |
Sophie Littman |
United Kingdom
|
| Sun Dog |
Dorian Jespers |
Belgium, Russia
|
| Talk to Her |
Iwa |
South Korea
|
| This Means More |
Nicolas Gourault |
United Kingdom, France, Portugal
|
| Towards Evening |
Axşama doğru |
Teymur Hajiyev |
Azerbaijan
|
| The Unseen River |
Giòng Sông Không Nhìn Thấy |
Phạm Ngọc Lân |
Vietnam, Laos
|
| Which Is Witch? |
Marie Losier |
France
|
| White Goldfish |
Jan Roosens, Raf Roosens |
Belgium
|
National Competition for Short Films
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province
|
| Acting Out |
Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon |
Quebec
|
| Aniksha |
Vincent Toi |
Quebec
|
| As Spring Comes |
Comme la neige au printemps |
Marie-Ève Juste |
Quebec
|
| August 22, This Year |
Graham Foy |
Ontario
|
| Benjamin, Benny, Ben |
Paul Shkordoff |
Ontario
|
| Every Day's Like This |
Lev Lewis |
Ontario
|
| Father Neptune |
Erik Horn |
British Columbia
|
| Fear in Motion |
Jean-Christophe Yacono |
Quebec
|
| Foam |
Écumne |
Omar Elhamy |
Quebec
|
| Happy as Can Be |
Chez les heureux de ce monde |
Jean-François Sauvé |
Quebec
|
| Here at Home |
À la maison |
Renaud Ouimet |
Quebec
|
| Inuit Languages in the 21st Century |
Ulivia Uviluk |
Quebec
|
| Moon |
Lune |
Zoé Pelchat |
Quebec
|
| Nadia |
Malorie Urbanovitch |
Quebec
|
| Parlour Palm |
Rebeccah Love |
Ontario
|
| Point and Line to Plane |
Sofia Bohdanowicz |
Ontario
|
| The Pond, at Night |
L'Étang, la nuit |
Olivia Boudreau |
Quebec
|
| Shooting Star |
Comme une comète |
Ariane Louis-Seize |
Quebec
|
| Spring Tide |
Jean Parsons |
British Columbia
|
| Storm Child |
L'Enfant-tempête |
Ines Guennaoui |
Quebec
|
| Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird |
Qiuli Wu |
British Columbia
|
| Vaivén |
Nisha Platzer |
British Columbia
|
| Zen Basketball |
Mike Hoolboom |
Ontario
|
The New Alchemists, Short Films
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Aletsch Negative |
Laurence Bonvin |
Switzerland
|
| Alltöting |
Andreas Hykade |
Germany, Canada, Portugal
|
| Barcelona Burning |
Barcelona de Foc |
Theodore Ushev |
Canada, Spain
|
| Blue Lips |
Lèvres bleues |
Philippe Hamelin |
Canada
|
| Coldshot |
Evan Collis |
Canada
|
| Disappearing Silence |
Le Silence a disparu |
Sarah Seené |
Canada
|
| Dissolution Prologue (Extended Version) |
Siegfried Fruhauf |
Austria
|
| Drink Some Darkness |
Trevor Mowchun |
Canada
|
| Earthbound |
Terrestres |
Normand Rajotte |
Canada
|
| Forwards, Backwards |
Mitchell Stafiej |
Canada
|
| Glimmer |
Dan Browne |
Canada
|
| Grand-maman piano |
Guillaume Vallée |
Canada
|
| Here and There |
Aquí y allá |
Melisa Liebenthal |
Argentina, France
|
| How to Disappear |
Total Refusal |
Austria
|
| Imperial Irrigation |
Lukas Marxt |
Austria, Germany
|
| Inflorescence |
Nicolaas Schmidt |
Germany
|
| Instructions for Robots |
Mike Hoolboom |
Canada
|
| The long wail of a passing train slips into the heart of the ghosts and everything explodes in silence |
Le long cri du train qui passe se glisse au coeur des spectres et tout explose en silence |
Anne-Marie Bouchard |
Canada
|
| Marcel Broodthaers in Conversation with Hideaki Anno and Akhenaten |
Marcel Broodthaers en conversation avec Hideaki Anno et Akhenaton |
Julie Tremble |
Canada
|
| May 35 |
Tina Takemoto |
United States
|
| Meine Liebe |
Clara Jost |
Portugal
|
| Mood Hall |
Takumi Kawai, Hiroki Okamura |
Japan
|
| Mr. Carreaux |
Marie-Hélène Turcotte |
Canada
|
| Notes, Imprints (On Love): Part 1 |
Alexandra Cuesta |
United States, Ecuador
|
| One |
Anouk De Clercq |
Belgium, Norway
|
| The Peepul Tree |
Sonja Feldmeier |
Switzerland
|
| Push This Button If You Begin to Panic |
Gabriel Böhmer |
United Kingdom
|
| Recoding Entropia |
François Vautier |
France
|
| The Roses of Damascus |
Les Roses de Damas |
Gabriel Gonzalez Guirola, Yasmina Touzani |
France
|
| The Selkie |
Monade Li |
France
|
| Serial Parallels |
Max Hattler |
Hong Kong, Germany
|
| Sfumato |
Robert Seidel |
Germany, United States
|
| Something to Remember |
Något att minnas |
Niki Lindroth von Bahr |
Sweden
|
| There Must Be Some Kind of Way Out of Here |
Rainer Kohlberger |
Austria, Germany
|
| Thorax |
Siegfried Fruhauf |
Austria
|
| Untitled Sequence of Gaps |
Vika Kirchenbauer |
Germany
|
| The Walk |
La Marche |
Yoakim Bélanger |
Canada
|
| When We Are Nothing Left |
Milja Viita |
Canada, Finland
|
RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province
|
| 33' Lot |
Sarah Genge |
British Columbia
|
| L'Abat |
Olivier Côté |
Quebec
|
| Adelante |
Romy Boutin St-Pierre |
Quebec
|
| Cave In |
Mathilde Chamussy, Gabrielle Chicoine, Marie-Ève Drolet |
Quebec
|
| The Cold |
Le Froid |
Natalia Duguay |
Quebec
|
| Danica's Mom |
Kennedy Kao |
Ontario
|
| Eve and Fatima |
Ève et Fatima |
Julie Redon |
Quebec
|
| Familiar |
Cécilia Alain |
Quebec
|
| Hope |
Kwizera |
Romeo Axcel Uwemera |
Quebec
|
| I Must Be Going |
Jack Pocaluyko |
Ontario
|
| Kijâtai |
Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo |
Quebec
|
| Léphémer |
Anne Delarue |
Quebec
|
| The Mediator |
Le Médiateur |
Philippe Besner |
Quebec
|
| Mitochondrial |
Laura Kamugisha |
Quebec
|
| Monstre d'eau douce |
Maxym Bronsard |
Quebec
|
| Promise Me |
Alison Duke |
Ontario
|
| Sleeping with the Fishes |
Jordan Beck Crouse |
Nova Scotia
|
| Take Me |
Prends-moi |
Chloé Sirois, Samuel Boucher, Ali Dupont-Proulx |
Quebec
|
RPCÉ Partner: National University of Colombia
[edit]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province
|
| Manacillo |
Nicolás Garcés |
Colombia
|
| No lo encuentro |
Mariana Jiménez
|
| Umbral |
Juan Francisco Rodriguez
|
Short film program of animation for children.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| À la mode |
Jean Lecointre |
France
|
| And Yet We're Not Super Heroes |
On est pas prêts d'être des super héros |
Lia Bertels |
Belgium
|
| Archie |
Ainslie Henderson |
United Kingdom
|
| Athleticus 2: Luge |
Nicolas Deveaux |
France
|
| Athleticus 2: Une patinoire pour deux |
Nicolas Deveaux |
France
|
| Autumn Winds, Spring Winds and Two Doves |
Le Vent d'automne, le vent de printemps et les deux coulombes |
Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh |
Iran, France
|
| Away |
Au large |
Mathilde Pepinster |
Belgium
|
| Boriya |
Sung Ah Min |
France, South Korea
|
| Dorothy the Rambler |
Dorothy la vagabonde |
Emmanuelle Gorgiard |
France
|
| The Horn Quartet: Up to the Mountain |
Le Quatuor des cornes: Là-haut sur la montagne |
Benjamin Botella, Arnaud Demuynck |
France, Belgium
|
| The Kindergarten Show |
Le Spectacle de maternelle |
Loïc Bruyère |
France
|
| The Last Day of Autumn |
Le Dernier jour de l'automne |
Marjolaine Perreten |
Switzerland, France, Belgium
|
| Leaf |
Listek |
Aliona Baranova |
Czech Republic
|
| A Lynx in the Town |
Un Lynx dans la ville |
Nina Bisiarina |
France, Switzerland
|
| Mishou |
Milen Vitanov |
Germany, Bulgaria
|
| Non-Non Gets Shrunk |
Non-Non rétrécit |
Wassim Boutaleb Joutei |
France
|
| Northern Lights |
Au pays de l'aurore boréale |
Caroline Attia |
France, Switzerland
|
| Promenade sentimentale |
Émilie Tronche |
France
|
| Setting Suns |
Soleils couchants |
Aurélie Montèix |
France
|
| Sweet Night |
Nuit chérie |
Lia Bertels |
Belgium
|
| The Tiger and His Master |
Le Tigre et son maître |
Fabrice Luang-Vija |
France, Belgium
|
| To the Dusty Sea |
À la mer poussière |
Héloïse Ferlay |
France
|
| Umbrellas |
Parapluies |
José Prats, Alvaro Roblès |
France, Spain
|
| Under the Ice |
Sous la glace |
Milan Baulard, Ismail Berrahma, Flore Dupont, Laurie Estampes, Quentin Nory, Hugo Potin |
France
|
Virtual reality projects.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| 1st Step: From Earth to the Moon |
Jörg Courtial, Maria Courtial |
Germany
|
| Agence |
Pietro Gagliano |
Canada
|
| Black Bag |
Qing Shao |
China
|
| The Book of Distance |
Randall Okita |
Canada
|
| Daughters of Chibok |
Joel Benson |
Nigeria
|
| Dreamin' Zone |
Fabienne Giezendanner |
France, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea
|
| The Hangman at Home 3D |
Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot |
Denmark, France, Canada
|
| Hominidae |
Brian Andrews |
United States
|
| In the Land of the Flabby Schnook |
Au pays du cancre mou |
Francis Gélinas |
Canada
|
| The Line |
Ricardo Laganaro |
Brazil
|
| Meet Mortaza |
Josephine Derobe |
France, Belgium
|
| Minimum Mass |
Raqi Syed, Areito Echevarria |
New Zealand, France, United States
|
| Mirror: The Signal |
Pierre Zandrowicz |
France, Belgium
|
| Missing Pictures: Bird of Prey |
Clément Deneux |
France, United Kingdom, Taiwan
|
| O |
Qiu Yang |
Taiwan
|
| An Ode to Moss |
SU |
Taiwan
|
| Passenger |
Sobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine |
Australia
|
| The Passengers |
Les Passagers: elle et lui |
Ziad Touma |
Canada, France
|
| Recoding Entropia |
François Vautier |
France
|
Films planned but not screened
[edit]Due to the last-minute cancellation of in-person screenings, some films previously announced by the festival that had been planned for in-person rather than online screenings were not included in the festival.[6]
- ^ a b Alex Rose, "Here’s what’s on at the Festival du nouveau cinéma 2020". Cult MTL, October 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Lauren Malyk, "Festival du nouveau cinema’s 11th hour pivot". Playback, October 1, 2020.
- ^ Gabriel Sigler, "Montreal’s FNC film festival goes 100% virtual, announces complete lineup". Bad Feeling, October 1, 2020.
- ^ André Duchesne (October 7, 2020). "Festival du nouveau cinéma | Annulation de la projection de Souterrain au ciné-parc FNC x YUL". La Presse (in French).
- ^ François Lévesque, "Horizons virtuels". Le Devoir, October 7, 2020.
- ^ a b Odile Tremblay, "Un FNC dans la tempête". Le Devoir, October 15, 2020.
- ^ Amélie Revert, "«Atlantis», «Sin La Habana» et «Judy vs Capitalism» au palmarès du FNC". Métro, October 19, 2020.
- ^ "Dévoilement du Palmarès 2020 de la 49e édition du FNC". CTVM, October 18, 2020.
