2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma

2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma
Opening filmThe Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung
Closing filmThe Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded1971
Festival dateOctober 4 - 15, 2023
Websitenouveaucinema.ca/en
Festival du nouveau cinéma

The 2023 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 52nd edition in the event's history, took place from October 4 to 15, 2023 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]

The festival opened with The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung, and closed with The Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley.[2]

Awards

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Award winners were announced on October 15 at the conclusion of the festival.[3]

Award Film Filmmaker
National Competition, Grand Prize Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) Ariane Louis-Seize
National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Seagrass Meredith Hama-Brown
International Competition, Grand Prize The Settlers (Los Colonos) Felipe Gálvez Haberle
International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois Birdland (Indivision) Leïla Kilani
International Competition, Best Acting Performance The Bride Sandra Umulisa
International Competition, FIPRESCI Prize How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
New Alchemists Prize Allensworth James Benning
New Alchemists Prize, Honorable Mention Open-Pit (Cielo abierto) Felipe Esparza Pérez
Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film Power Alley (Levante) Lillah Halla
Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film, Honorable Mention The Bride Myriam U. Birara
Panorama Public Prize Junkyard Dog (Chien de la casse) Jean-Baptiste Durand
Temps 0 Public Prize Mars Express Jérémie Périn
TV5 Public Prize for Best Francophone Film Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) Chloé Leriche
P'tits Loups Funny Birds (Drôles d'oiseaux) Charlie Belin
P'tits Loups, Honorable Mention The Spyglass (Kikaren) Malin Erixon
FNC Explore Panorama Prize Over the Rainbow Craig Quintero
FNC Explore Panorama Prize, Honorable Mention Cycle of Violence Felicia Bergström
FNC Explore Horizon Prize Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics Terril Calder
National Competition, Short Film Summer of 2000 (Été 2000) Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier
National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention Gaby's Hills (Gaby les collines) Zoé Pelchat
National Competition, Short Film Public Prize Mothers and Monsters Édith Jorisch
International Competition, Short Film Oyu Atsushi Hirai
International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention 8 Anaïs-Tohé Commaret
New Alchemists, Animated Short Film AliEN0089 Valeria Hoffmann
New Alchemists, National Dada Prize Lake Baikal (Baigal Nuur) Alisi Telengut
New Alchemists, International Dada Prize Bloom Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado
New Alchemists, International Dada Prize Honorable Mention Blank Photograph Che-Yu Hsu
RPCÉ Grand Prize Sun, Moon and Four Peaks Kevin Jin Kwan Kim
RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize Dynamite, Fish Head! (Dynamite, tête de poisson!) William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre
RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize, Honorable Mention All In Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet

Official selections

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International Competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Between Revolutions Vlad Petri Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran
Birdland Indivision Leïla Kilani France, Morocco
The Bride Myriam U. Birara Rwanda
The Face of the Jellyfish El Rostro de la medusa Melisa Liebenthal Argentina
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker United Kingdom
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Bên trong vỏ kén vàng Phạm Thiên Ân Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain
Orlando, My Political Biography Orlando, ma biographie politique Paul B. Preciado France
The Settlers Los Colonos Felipe Gálvez Haberle Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany
Sweet Dreams Ena Sendijarević Netherlands, Sweden, Indonesia, France
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Joanna Arnow United States

National Competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Atikamekw Suns Soleils Atikamekw Chloé Leriche Canada
Days of Happiness Les Jours heureux Chloé Robichaud
Gamodi Felix Kalmenson
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant Ariane Louis-Seize
Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak! L'Ouragan Fuck You Tabarnak! Ara Ball
Seagrass Meredith Hama-Brown
When Adam Changes Adam change lentement Joël Vaudreuil

International Panorama

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Animal Sofia Exarchou Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus
Banel & Adama Banel et Adama Ramata-Toulaye Sy France, Senegal, Mali
Chicken for Linda! Linda veut du poulet! Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta France
Here Bas Devos Belgium
Junkyard Dog Chien de la casse Jean-Baptiste Durand France
#Mito Daisuke Miyazaki Japan
No Love Lost La Fille de son père Erwan Le Duc France
The Old Oak Ken Loach United Kingdom, France, Belgium
Omen Augure Baloji Belgium, Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa
Power Alley Levante Lillah Halla Brazil
Samsara Lois Patiño Spain
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Savvusanna sõsarad Anna Hints Estonia, France, Iceland
Tótem Lila Avilés Mexico, Denmark, France

The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Allensworth James Benning United States
The Breath of Life Nummer achttien Guido van der Werve Netherlands
The Human Surge 3 El Auge del Humano 3 Eduardo Williams Argentina, Portugal, Brazil, Netherlands, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Peru
Mammalia Sebastian Mihăilescu Romania, Poland, Germany
Mannvirki Gustav Geir Bollason Iceland, France
Music Angela Schanelec Germany, France, Serbia
Open-Pit Cielo abierto Felipe Esparza Pérez Peru, France
V F C C. S. Roy Canada
Wild Feast Festin boréal Robert Morin Canada

The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
About Dry Grasses Kuru Otlar Üstüne Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden
Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet France
The Beast La Bête Bertrand Bonello France, Canada
A Brighter Tomorrow Il sol dell'avvenire Nanni Moretti Italy, France
La Chimera Alice Rohrwacher Italy, France, Switzerland
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii Radu Jude Romania
Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Japan
Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet Aki Kaurismäki Finland, Germany
Four Daughters بنات ألفة Kaouther Ben Hania France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
In Our Day Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Kidnapped Rapito Marco Bellocchio Italy, France, Germany
Last Summer L'Été dernier Catherine Breillat France
Lost in the Night Perdidos en la noche Amat Escalante Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark
May December Todd Haynes United States
MMXX Cristi Puiu Romania, Moldova, France
Monster 怪物 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan
Our Body Notre corps Claire Simon France
Perfect Days Wim Wenders Japan
Priscilla Sofia Coppola United States, Italy
Seven Veils Atom Egoyan Canada
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom, Poland, United States

Temps 0

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In addition to the already-announced lineup, a surprise screening of Quentin Dupieux's film Yannick was announced after the festival opening.[4]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Challenge of the Tiger Bruce Le Hong Kong, Italy, United States
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind Tsui Hark Hong Kong
The Dragon Lives Again Law Kei Hong Kong
Enter the Clones of Bruce David Gregory United States
Enter the Dragon Robert Clouse Hong Kong, United States
Le Garçon qui la nuit Jérémy Piette France
The Girls Kenichi Ugana Japan
The Invisible Fight Rainer Sarnet Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland
King of Algiers Omar la fraise Elias Belkeddar France, Algeria
The Last Cartoon: Nonsense, Optimistic, Pessimistic Bertrand Mandico France
Mars Express Jérémie Périn France
Mon p'tit papa Mahaut Adam France
Ninja Strikes Back Bruce Le Hong Kong, France
Rainer, a Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley Bertrand Mandico France
Shadow of Fire Hokage Shinya Tsukamoto Japan
She Is Conann Bertrand Mandico France
Six Singing Women Yoshimasa Ishibashi Japan
Thick and Thin Tout fout le camp Sébastien Betbeder France
Visitors Kenichi Ugana Japan
Yannick Quentin Dupieux France

Special Presentations

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Chip Chip Chopin par Desjardins Richard Desjardins Canada
Fitting In Molly McGlynn Canada
Irena's Vow Louise Archambault Canada
La Japonaise, film-fantôme d’Alain Robbe-Grillet Céline Ters France
Mad Max George Miller Australia
Mad Max 2 George Miller Australia
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller, George Ogilvie Australia
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller Australia
Renouer avec le vivant Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jérémy Frey France
Vibrant Vivant Yann Arthus-Bertrand France

History of Cinema

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ghosts… of the Civil Dead John Hillcoat Australia
Journey to Italy Roberto Rossellini Italy, France
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka Khavn De La Cruz Philippines
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) Khavn De La Cruz Philippines
Pictures of Ghosts Retratos Fantasmas Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil
Voyages en Italie Sophie Letourneur France

Retrospective: The New Cinema of Bertrand Bonello

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Adventures of James and David Les Aventures de James et David Bertrand Bonello France
Cindy: The Doll Is Mine
Coma
House of Tolerance L'Apollonide - souvenirs de la maison close
Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice Ingrid Caven, musique et voix
My New Picture
On War De la guerre
The Pornographer Le Pornographe
Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme
Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2)
Who I Am Qui je suis

International Competition for Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
8 Anaïs-Tohé Commaret France
A Bird Called Memory Pássaro Memória Leonardo Martinelli Brazil, United Kingdom
Alpha Kings Enrique Pedraza-Botero, Faye Tsakas United States
Aykuo Ayaal Ayaal Adamov Russia
Been There Corina Schwingruber Ilić Switzerland
The Birthday Party L'Anniversaire d'Enrico Francesco Sossai Germany, France, Italy
The Damned Yard Pátio do Carrasco André Gil Mata Portugal
Flores del otro patio Jorge Cadena Switzerland, Colombia
Honeymoon Alkis Papastathopoulos Greece, Cyprus, France
I Saw the Face of the Devil J'ai vu le visage du diable Julia Kowalski France
Intelligence Cosme Castro, Jeanne Frenkel France
Oyu Atsushi Hirai Japan, France
Paradise Europe Du bist so wunderbar Paulo Menezes, Leandro Goddinho Germany
Phalène Sarah-Anaïs Desbenoit France
The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry Faris Alrjoob Germany, Jordan
Sawo Matang Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto Indonesia, Canada, United States
Sentimental Stories Xandra Popescu Germany
Shrooms Jorge Jácome Portugal
A Woman in Makueni Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina Germany, Kenya

National Competition for Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
All the Days of May Tous les jours de mai Miryam Charles Canada
Aujourd'hui c'est dimanche, demain on meurt Maxime Genois
Dead Cat Chat mort Annie-Claude Caron, Danick Audet
Discordia Rowan Gray
Gaby's Hills Gaby les collines Zoé Pelchat
Haunted Hollow Dominique van Olm
Heat Spell L'Été des chaleurs Marie-Pier Dupuis
Hir•aeth Anastasia Itkina
I Used to Live There Ryan McKenna
Katshinau Les Mains sales Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
Les Lavandières Laura Kamugisha
Making Babies Faire un enfant Éric K. Boulianne
Mothers and Monsters Édith Jorisch
Muscat Philippe Grenier
My Tomato Heart Mon coeur de tomate Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard
Ofrandā Vjosana Shkurti
Les rois Olivier Côté
Soleil de nuit Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias
Something Else Autre chose Étienne Lacelle
Summer of 2000 Été 2000 Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier
Troika Karl Kai, Robert Mentov
Vampires, It's Nothing to Laugh At Kinga Michalska
What Will You Do When I'm Gone Majboor-E-Mamool Haaris Qadri

Special Presentations, Short Films

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The short films of Ariane Louis-Seize, in conjunction with her feature debut Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) in the main national narrative competition.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Depths Les profondeurs Ariane Louis-Seize Canada
Être elles
Little Waves Les petites vagues
Rituals Rituels
See You in My Dreams Visites nocturnes silencieuses
Shooting Star Comme une comète
Wild Skin La Peau sauvage

The New Alchemists, Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Acoustic Shadows Patrick Bergeron Canada
AliEN0089 Valeria Hoffmann Chile, Argentina
Aphasia Aphasie Marielle Dalpé Canada
Ardent Other Le Mal des Ardents Alice Brygo France
Artifacts of You, Artifacts of Me Brecht De Cock Belgium
Blank Photograph Che-Yu Hsu France
Bleu silico Éloïse Le Gallo, Julia Borderie France
Bloom Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado Spain
Center, Ring, Mall Mateo Vega Netherlands, Peru
Cyclepaths Anton Cla Belgium
The Daughters of Fire As Filhas do Fogo Pedro Costa Portugal
Delight at Robert St. Milja Viita Finland, Canada
Dickinsonia Charline Dally France, Canada
Dinosauria, We Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer Canada
Eschaton Ad Andrea Gatopoulos Italy
Every Sunday, Grandma Laure Prouvost France, Belgium
Families' Albums Albums de familles Moïa Jobin-Paré Canada
Kinderfilm Adrian Jonas Haim, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel, Total Refusal Austria
Lake Baikal Baigal Nuur Alisi Telengut Canada
LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W Wen Pey Lim United Kingdom
Let's Talk Simon Liu United States
NYC RGB Viktoria Schmid United States, Austria
Our Pain Shunsaku Hayashi Japan
Outlets Duncan Cowles United Kingdom
POV Memory Igor Smola Azerbaijan, Singapore
Skyscraper Film Federica Foglia Italy, Canada
Substrat Patrick Bergeron, Karl Lemieux Canada
Sunflower Siege Engine Sky Hopinka United States
Syncopated Green Arjuna Neuman United Kingdom
The Veiled City Natalie Cubides-Brady United Kingdom
Why Are You Image Plus? Diogo Baldaia Portugal

RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Province
All In Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet Quebec
Among Ashes Parmi les cendres Laurent Déry-Lauzier Quebec
Antitutorial Antitutoriel Léonie Savard Quebec
Ashta Ryan Bechara Quebec
The Bleeding Nose Médium saignant Marie-Esther Durocher Quebec
Blink Marco Lavagnino Ontario
The Captain's Dream Le Rêve du capitaine Yuan Zha, Charles Gourde Talbot Quebec
The City La Ville Kaolin Dhouailly Quebec
Collateral Collatéral Antoine Collins Quebec
Dans l'ombre Gabrielle Desrochers, Sarah Blouin, Elsa Champagne Quebec
The Drawing Le Dessin Faiza Benzakour Quebec
Dynamite, Fish Head! Dynamite, tête de poisson! William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre Quebec
An Ego and I Jesu Medina Quebec
Ephemeral Éphémère Dominic Cluzeau Quebec
Fais ton fric Brunk Dramatik Quebec
Fan Day Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé Quebec
The Fighter Nin Kamashitshet André-Charles Ishpatao Quebec
Final Breakdown Dernier breakdown Jean-Philippe Groulx Quebec
Hanami Olivier Basquin Quebec
Jeu de mémoire Philippe Cormier Quebec
Johnny Libertella Bruno Dramatik Quebec
Kryptonite Fleur Cohen-Solal Quebec
Larsen Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé Quebec
Man Is Sick, Man Is Fine Kit Baronas British Columbia
An Omelet for Godot Une omelette pour Godot Marie Francœur Quebec
The Outage La Panne Elliot Tremblay Quebec
Papa Guillotine Namaï Kham Po Quebec
Parc Ex: The Heart of MTL Parc-Ex au cœur de MTL Ayesha Sheikh Quebec
Perennials Grant Macintosh Nova Scotia
Propulsion Joaquim Trudel Quebec
Some Dreams Are Just Deceptions Cuando los sueños se vuelven desilusiones José Ibáñez Quebec
Spinning Emily Tosh Alberta
Sun, Moon and Four Peaks Kevin Jin Kwan Kim British Columbia
Untitled US Thomas Mai British Columbia
Writer's Block Page blanche Yannick Lessard Quebec

RPCÉ International Student Short Films

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A selection of student films from the Icelandic Film School.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
I Don't Want to Feel Better Iðrun mín Öll Birkir Kristinsson Iceland
A Princess's Tale Skýjaborgin Magdalena Ólafsdóttir
Responsible Ábyrgð María Matthíasdóttir
Route 7 Óskar Þorri Hörpuson
Sophie Marie Lydie Bierne

P'tits loups

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Short film program of animation for children.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Animanimals Squirrel Julia Ocker Germany
Animanimals T-Rex Julia Ocker Germany
Animanimals Tiger Julia Ocker Germany
Coin Coin Anouk Archambault, Amélie Frit, Lucile Grunder, Solenn Lelaisant, Jeanne Marotte France
Funny Birds Drôles d'oiseaux Charlie Belin France
The Goose L'Oie du plus fort Jan Mika Czech Republic, France
Little Fan Sveta Yuferova Germany
My Friend the Dog Violeta Cortes France
O Homem das Pernas Altas Vitor Hugo Rocha Portugal
Shelter Julie Daravan Chea France
Somni Sonja Rohleder Germany
Spin & Ella An Vrombout Belgium
The Spyglass Kikaren Malin Erixon Sweden
Sunflower Tournesol Natalia Chernysheva France, Russia
The Tiny Voyage Le Tout petit voyage Emily Worms France
To Be Sisters Entre deux sœurs Clément Céard, Anne-Sophie Gousset France
Two One Two Shira Avni Canada

FNC Explore

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Virtual reality projects.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Age of the Monster Le Temps du monstre Benjamin Nuel France
Cycle of Violence Felicia Bergstrôm Germany
Dernier rappel Colas Wohlfahrt, Emilie Rosas Canada
ELELE Sjoerd van Acker Netherlands
Fresh Memories: The Look Volodymyr Kolbasa, Ondrej Moravec Ukraine, Czech Republic
In Search of Time Pierre Zandrowicz, Matt Tierney United States
Invisible Michel Lemieux Canada
Kabaret Gina Thorstensen Norway
Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics Terril Calder Canada
Midnight Story Antonin Niclass United Kingdom
Okawari Landia Egal, Amaury La Burthe Canada, France
Over the Rainbow Craig Quintero Taiwan
Missing 10 Hours Fanni Fazakas Hungary
Reimagined Volume II: Mahal Michaela Ternasky-Holland United States
Rock, Paper, Scissors Alex Rühl United Kingdom
The Soil of the Namib Christian Zipfel Germany
We Barbarians Nous les barbares Bertrand Mandico France

Estival

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Film screenings that were held at an outdoor venue in August, several weeks before the regular festival program.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
August 32nd on Earth Un 32 août sur Terre Denis Villeneuve Canada
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones Kite Zo A: laisse les os Kaveh Nabatian Canada
Smoking Causes Coughing Fumer fait tousser Quentin Dupieux France

References

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