The Festival du nouveau cinéma is looking for films, interactive works and performances for its 44th edition wich will run from October 7 to 18, 2015 in Montreal!
Send us your works BEFORE JUNE 1st, 2015 to maybe be part of the Festival this year! Early bird rate before April 30, 2015!
Two easy ways to submit a short or feature film on line:
- via Zone Festival
- via Withoutabox
For more information, you can write to soumissions@nouveaucinema.ca
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The 43rd Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) is pleased to announce the first wave of films from Quebec and Canada in our lineup. Once again this year, the Festival will be putting local cinema in the limelight by screening some much-awaited works spread out over several programs, including the International Competition – Louve d’or, Focus, FNC Lab, Panorama and Special Presentation for the features as well as a variety of short film programs.
The FNC will present t...
THE GOOD LIE, BY PHILIPPE FALARDEAU WILL KICK OFF THE FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 8
The much-anticipated The Good Lie (U.S.) from director Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar, FNC 2011 closing film; Congorama, FNC 2006 opening film) will mark the opening of the 43rd edition on Wednesday, October 8, at the Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts.
The director’s first American feature follows refugees of Sudan’s civil war, universally kn...
The Festival du nouveau cinéma is looking for films, interactive works and performances for its 43rd edition which will run from October 8 to 19, 2014 in Montréal !
Send us your works before June 15 to maybe be part of the Festival this year! Early bird rate before April 30, 2014 !
TO SUBMIT A FILM (FEATURE AND SHORT FILM)
Two easy ways to submit a short or feature film :
via Zone Festival
or via Withoutabox
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Festival du nouveau cinema's programmer Philippe Gajan shares his passion and vision on selecting films for the FNC .
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Festival du Nouveau Cinema shorts & FNC Lab programmer Philippe Gajan gives US a behind the scenes tour at the heart of the festival onsite office.
Video by Laurie Gordon
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A profoundly moving and richly cinematic exploration into the condition known as XP (Xeroderma Pigmentosum), a genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to process light from a variety of sources, making exposure to sunlight or ultraviolet rays a constant and present danger. In this enigmatic documentary by filmmaker/writer Carlo Shalom Hintermann (who served as second unit director on Tree of Life—we can thank him for those gorgeous shots of birds and other natural signs&mdas...
Julien Fonfrède programmer for the Temps 0 (zero) section of the Festival du nouveau cinema talks about selecting films for the festival and how he discovers new and "old" artists, trends in art and genre films as well as the development and vision of the FNC.
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Don’t Think is the cinematic/musical event of the year. Shot with 21 cameras at the 2011 edition of Japan’s renowned Fuji Rock Festival, …Don’t Think is projected on multiple giant screens and features a sound system and lighting setup worthy of a night club. This event is sure to be a highlight of this year’s FNC. The film will be followed by a set by DJ Cherry Cola who will ensure that you don’t get to bed until late into the night.
Evening projection nightly FNC event party at l'...
Another FUN FNC moment with Dan Karo FNC programmer, Nicolas Krief director and Laurie Gordon filmmaker. Video by Laurie G
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Don’t Think is the cinematic/musical event of the year. Shot with 21 cameras at the 2011 edition of Japan’s renowned Fuji Rock Festival, …Don’t Think is projected on multiple giant screens and features a sound system and lighting setup worthy of a night club. This event is sure to be a highlight of this year’s FNC. The film will be followed by a set by DJ Cherry Cola who will ensure that you don’t get to bed until late into the night. Bring your light...
AWARDS AND JURY 2012
Sélection internationale
Louve d’or presented by Quebecor
Best feature film in the International Sélection ($15,000 cash from Québecor)
Prix d’interprétation
Best actor or actress in a feature film in the International Sélection
Prix de l’AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma)
Best feature in the International Sélection
Prix de l’innovation - Daniel L...
Festival du Nouveau Cinema opening party October 10, 2012 - best always... Video by Laurie G.
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Festival du Nouveau Cinema founder Claude Chamberlan opening speech at Place des Arts Theatre Maisonneuve October 10, 2012 -
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HONOURING JAPAN AT THE 41ST FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA
Pop trade and culture of the avant-garde.
This year, the Festival du nouveau cinéma is honouring Japan. Operation seduction, post Fukushima and other disasters, far from the media stereotypes of a culture and a country that have always fascinated the West. It is the ideal opportunity for public and journalists alike to reflect on a film industry that is among the most important, dynamic and influential in the worl...
41ST FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA
The Festival du nouveau cinéma is opening its 41st edition on October 10 with the world premiere of La mise à l’aveugle (Small Blind) by Quebec director Simon Galiero. Camille Rewinds by French actress/director Noémie Lvovsky will close the Festival on Saturday, October 20.
La mise à l’aveugle (Small Blind), second feature by Simon Galiero (Nuages sur la ville), will mark the off...
The festival will run October 10-21, 2012 and will open with : LA MISE À L’AVEUGLE (Small Blind), Simon Galiero | Québec/Canada and close with : CAMILLE REDOUBLE (camille rewinds), Noémie Lvovsky | France
The films competing for the LOUVE D'OR
BLACKBIRD Jason Buxton | Canada
BLANCANIEVES Pablo Berger | Espagne/Franc...
Claude Chamberlan / Co-Founder / Director of Programming
The act of seeing with one’s own eyes
A fiesta of rubies...
For all the works that explore the cinematic realms
Of human realities, bodies and souls
Of our planet, our existence, our concerns, our whims
Of our affinities with space, depth and presence
For a new age of cinema, forever
And to avoid a cultural desert
For our 40th, celebrating 39 previous ones
With its team, its audiences, its guests, its films,...
Nicolas Girard Deltruc / Executive Director
With the development of new technologies and the evolution of new broadcasting platforms, we’re surrounded by moving images (kinema). Anyone can make, broadcast and watch a film. This flood of audiovisual content, available on a variety of platforms (Internet, TV, mobile devices), is bringing about a dramatic change in how we look at the world around us ? and ourselves. In a sense, this is what (new) cinema is all about: films with...
17 FEATURES FROM QUEBEC AND CANADA – FOCUS 2012
The Festival du nouveau cinéma is pleased to announce the films for the Focus lineup (Quebec/Canada), including the opening film Mars et Avril by Martin Villeneuve to be screened on October 11 at the Cinéma Impérial. This year, the section highlighting the wide-ranging Quebec and Canadian film industry will feature 10 films in competition and six out of competition.
Martin Villeneuve’s sci-fi-tinged fable Mar...
