Festival du nouveau cinéma

Annual film festival held in Montreal, Canada
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Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal
LocationMontreal, Quebec
Canada
Founded1971
Most recent2023
Festival dateOctober 6–17, 2021
Websitenouveaucinema.ca

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]

History

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.

Sections

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

Prizes

Important moments

The festival was founded in 1971 by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipidès. The festival went through several name changes.

FNC and FIFM

In 2004 Daniel Langlois, director of FNC since 1999, left the organization to begin the Festival International de Films de Montréal (known in English as New Montreal FilmFest), which was initiated and created with the support of SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles) and Telefilm Canada after a dispute between these Canadian government sponsors and the Montreal World Film Festival.

Langlois initially programmed the Festival International de Films de Montréal (FIFM; New Montreal FilmFest) to coincide with the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media (FCMM). According to press reports pertaining to the controversy between the Montreal World Film Festival (WFF/FFM) and the New Montreal FilmFest, Langlois planned to merge the two festivals, but failed to do so when the FCMM refused any such merger. The dates for the inaugural New Montreal FilmFest were ultimately changed to avoid conflicting with the dates of the FCMM.

In 2005, both the FNC and the New Montreal FilmFest came under new management. In early 2006, the New Montreal FilmFest folded after the failure of its inaugural festival. Both the FNC and the Montreal World Film Festival would continue to exist after the demise of the New Montreal FilmFest.

Events

See also

References

  1. ^ William Sanger, Festival du nouveau cinéma (Le Polyscope, October 14, 2008)
  2. ^ "Rules & Eligibility". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. July 28, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2020.

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