2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma
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Film festival in Montreal, Canada
Opening filmThe Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung
Closing filmThe Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley
Founded1971
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| Opening film | The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Festival date | October 4 - 15, 2023 |
| Website | nouveaucinema |
| 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]
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
International Competition
| 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
| 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
| 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)
| 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)
| 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
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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | Eric 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
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
| 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
| 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
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
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
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
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
- ↑ Bill Brownstein, "FNC is screening 105 films, and Zoé Protat has seen them all". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2023.
- ↑ Martin Gignac, "Quoi voir au Festival du nouveau cinéma ?". La Presse, October 4, 2023.
- ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FNC 2023) Chloé Leriche et Ariane Louis-Seize récompensées". Films du Québec, October 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Le FNC présente « Yannick » de Quentin Dupieux en projection surprise". Lien Multimédia, October 6, 2023.