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.[1]
The festival opened with a free public screening of Underground (Souterrain) by Sophie Dupuis at FNC x YUL, and closed with the film My Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau on October 16.[4] Some films were available on the online platform for only a limited time, while others remained available for viewing until October 31.[5]
Award winners were announced on October 17.[6]
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.[7]
| Award
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Film
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Filmmaker
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| National Competition, Grand Prize
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Judy Versus Capitalism
|
Mike Hoolboom
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| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor
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Without Havana (Sin la Habana)
|
Kaveh Nabatian
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| International Competition, Grand Prize
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Atlantis (Атлантида)
|
Valentyn Vasyanovych
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| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois
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Ecstasy (Êxtase)
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Moara Passoni
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| International Competition, Best Acting Performance
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This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
|
Mary Twala Mhlongo
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| FIPRESCI International Critics Prize
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Last and First Men
|
Jóhann Jóhannsson
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| New Alchemists Prize
|
Khamsin
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Grégoire Orio, Grégoire Couvert
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| P'tits Loups
|
À la mode
|
Jean Lecointre
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| FNC Explore Panorama Prize
|
O
|
Qiu Yang
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| FNC Explore Horizon Prize
|
The Book of Distance
|
Randall Okita
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| National Competition, Short Film
|
Foam (Écume)
|
Omar Elhamy
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| National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
Benjamin, Benny, Ben
|
Paul Shkordoff
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| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize
|
Shooting Star (Comme une comète)
|
Ariane Louis-Seize
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| International Competition, Short Film
|
Filipiñana
|
Rafael Manuel
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| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
Red Aninsri, or, Tiptoeing on The Still Trembling Berlin Wall
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Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
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| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film
|
Serial Parallels
|
Max Hattler
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| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize
|
Barcelona Burning (Barcelona de foc)
|
Theodore Ushev
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| 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
|
International Competition
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| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
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| Abandonment |
Desterro |
Maria Clara Escobar |
Brazil, Portugal, Argentina
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| Atlantis |
Атлантида |
Valentyn Vasyanovych |
Ukraine
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| Bad Roads |
Pohani dorohy |
Natalya Vorozhbyt |
Ukraine
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| The Cloud in Her Room |
Ta fang jian li de yun |
Zheng Lu Xinyuan |
China, Hong Kong
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| Ecstasy |
Êxtase |
Moara Passoni |
Brazil
|
| Kill It and Leave This Town |
Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta |
Mariusz Wilczyński |
Poland
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| Servants |
Služobníci |
Ivan Ostrochovský |
Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Ireland
|
| The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs |
Laila aur satt geet |
Pushpendra Singh |
India
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| This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection |
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese |
Lesotho, South Africa, Italy
|
| Topside |
Celine Held, Logan George |
United States
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National Competition
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International Panorama
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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The Essentials (Les Incontournables)
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Special Presentations
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International Competition for Short Films
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
|
Production country
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| The End of Suffering (A Proposal) |
To telos tou ponou (Mia protasi) |
Jacqueline Lentzou |
Greece
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| Heaven Reaches Down to Earth |
Tebogo Malebogo |
South Africa
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| Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain |
A chuva acalanta a dor |
Leonardo Mouramateus |
Portugal, Brazil
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| Sun Dog |
Dorian Jespers |
Belgium, Russia
|
| Towards Evening |
Axşama doğru |
Teymur Hajiyev |
Azerbaijan
|
National Competition for Short Films
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| English title
|
Original title
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Director(s)
|
Province
|
| Acting Out |
Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon |
Quebec
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| Aniksha |
Vincent Toi |
Quebec
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| As Spring Comes |
Comme la neige au printemps |
Marie-Ève Juste |
Quebec
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| August 22, This Year |
Graham Foy |
Ontario
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| Benjamin, Benny, Ben |
Paul Shkordoff |
Ontario
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| Every Day's Like This |
Lev Lewis |
Ontario
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| Father Neptune |
Erik Horn |
British Columbia
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| Fear in Motion |
Jean-Christophe Yacono |
Quebec
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| Foam |
Écumne |
Omar Elhamy |
Quebec
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| Happy as Can Be |
Chez les heureux de ce monde |
Jean-François Sauvé |
Quebec
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| Here at Home |
À la maison |
Renaud Ouimet |
Quebec
|
| Inuit Languages in the 21st Century |
Ulivia Uviluk |
Quebec
|
| Moon |
Lune |
Zoé Pelchat |
Quebec
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| Nadia |
Malorie Urbanovitch |
Quebec
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| Parlour Palm |
Rebeccah Love |
Ontario
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| Point and Line to Plane |
Sofia Bohdanowicz |
Ontario
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| The Pond, at Night |
L'Étang, la nuit |
Olivia Boudreau |
Quebec
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| Shooting Star |
Comme une comète |
Ariane Louis-Seize |
Quebec
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| Spring Tide |
Jean Parsons |
British Columbia
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| Storm Child |
L'Enfant-tempête |
Ines Guennaoui |
Quebec
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| Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird |
Qiuli Wu |
British Columbia
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| Vaivén |
Nisha Platzer |
British Columbia
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| Zen Basketball |
Mike Hoolboom |
Ontario
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Special Presentations Short Films
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Country
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The New Alchemists, Short Films
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Province
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Short film program of animation for children.
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Virtual reality projects.
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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Films planned but not screened
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Due to the last-minute cancellation of in-person screenings, some films that had been scheduled by the festival were withdrawn by their distributors.[5]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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