The 2021 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 50th edition in the event's history, took place from October 6 to 17, 2021 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, it was staged as a hybrid event, with a mixture of in-person and online screenings; although the festival officially concluded on October 17, the online platform remained open until October 31.[2]
The festival opened with the film Bootlegger by Caroline Monnet, and closed with Félix Dufour-Laperrière's film Archipelago (Archipel).[3] Marking the 50th anniversary of the festival, Bootlegger was also paired with 50 temps, a short documentary film about the festival by Luc Bourdon.[4]
Awards
Award winners were announced on October 18 at the conclusion of the festival.[2]
| Award
|
Film
|
Filmmaker
|
| National Competition, Grand Prize
|
Night Raiders
|
Danis Goulet
|
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor
|
The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs)
|
Philippe Grégoire
|
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Honorable Mention
|
The White Fortress (Tabija)
|
Igor Drljaca
|
| International Competition, Grand Prize
|
Great Freedom (Große Freiheit)
|
Sebastian Meise
|
| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois
|
The Crossing (La Traversée)
|
Florence Miailhe
|
| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois Honorable Mention
|
Taste (Vi)
|
Lê Bào
|
| International Competition, Best Acting Performance
|
Moon, 66 Questions (Selini, 66 erotiseis)
|
Sofia Kokkali
|
| FIPRESCI International Critics Prize
|
Damascus Dreams
|
Émilie Serri
|
| Eurimages Audentia Award
|
The Crossing (La Traversée)
|
Florence Miailhe
|
| New Alchemists Prize
|
Esqui
|
Manque La Banca
|
| New Alchemists Prize Honorable Mention
|
The Child of Plomo (El Niño del Plomo)
|
Daniel Dávila
|
| Panorama Prize
|
Gallant Indies (Les Indes Galantes)
|
Philippe Béziat
|
| Temps 0 Public Prize
|
Some Like It Rare (Barbaque)
|
Fabrice Éboué
|
| Vortex
|
Gaspar Noé
|
| P'tits Loups
|
Dans la nature
|
Marcel Barelli
|
| FNC Explore Panorama Prize
|
In the Mist
|
Chou Tung-Yen
|
| FNC Explore Horizon Prize
|
Marco and Polo Go Round
|
Benjamin Steiger Levine
|
| FNC Explore Horizon Prize Honorable Mention
|
Goliath: Playing with Reality
|
Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla
|
| National Competition, Short Film
|
In the Jam Jar
|
Colin Nixon
|
| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize
|
| International Competition, Short Film
|
A Present Light (Luz de Presença)
|
Diogo Costa Amarante
|
| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention
|
My Uncle Tudor (Nanu Tudor)
|
Olga Lucovnicova
|
| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film
|
Love, Dad (Mily tati)
|
Diana Cam Van Nguyen
|
| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize
|
Boobs (Lolos)
|
Marie Valade
|
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize
|
Happy Valley
|
Simon Liu
|
| RPCÉ Grand Prize
|
Roots Home
|
Audrey Rainville
|
| RCPÉ Honorable Mentions
|
Project Human Revival
|
Yuqian Zhang
|
| Université de Sisyphe
|
Étienne Pouy
|
| Pitch Première Oeuvre
|
Adieu Minette
|
Sarra El Abed
|
| Pitch Première Oeuvre Special Mention
|
Home of the Flying Moons
|
Victoria Catherine Chan
|
| Nouveau Marché
|
Bells of Kabul
|
Chabname Zariab
|
| Nouveau Marché Special Mentions
|
Mexico 1986
|
César Diaz
|
| Motherhood
|
Meryam Joobeur
|
| Jury Prize, Virtual Reality
|
Fight Back VR
|
Céline Tricart
|
| Future Rites
|
Sandra Rodriguez, Alexander Whitley
|
Official selections
International Competition
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| The Crossing |
La Traversée |
Florence Miailhe |
France, Germany, Czech Republic
|
| District Terminal |
Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini |
Iran, Germany
|
| Great Freedom |
Große Freiheit |
Sebastian Meise |
Austria, Germany
|
| In the Mirror |
Spogulī |
Laila Pakalnina |
Latvia, Lithuania
|
| Miguel's War |
Eliane Raheb |
Germany, Lebanon, Spain
|
| Moon, 66 Questions |
Selini, 66 erotiseis |
Jacqueline Lentzou |
France, Greece
|
| Passion |
Maja Borg |
Sweden, Spain
|
| The Pink Cloud |
A Nuvem Rosa |
Iuli Gerbase |
Brazil
|
| Taste |
VỊ |
Lê Bảo |
Vietnam, Singapore, France, Thailand, Germany, Taiwan
|
| What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? |
Alexandre Koberidze |
Germany, Georgia
|
National Competition
International Panorama
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| 1970 |
Tomasz Wolski |
Poland
|
| Bliss |
Glück |
Henrika Kull |
Germany
|
| Celts |
Kelti |
Milica Tomović |
Serbia
|
| Compartment No. 6 |
Hytti nro 6 |
Juho Kuosmanen |
Finland, Estonia, Germany, Russia
|
| The Fam |
La Mif |
Fred Baillif |
Switzerland
|
| Faya Dayi |
Jessica Beshir |
United States, Ethiopia, Qatar
|
| Gagarine |
Gagarin |
Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh |
France
|
| Gallant Indies |
Les Indes Galantes |
Philippe Béziat |
France
|
| The Girl and the Spider |
Das Mädchen und die Spinne |
Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher |
Switzerland
|
| Hit the Road |
Jadde Khaki |
Panah Panahi |
Iran
|
| Mr. Bachmann and His Class |
Herr Bachmann und Seine Classe |
Maria Speth |
Germany
|
| Unclenching the Fists |
Razzhimaya kulaki |
Kira Kovalenko |
Russia
|
| The Velvet Queen |
La Panthère des neiges |
Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier |
France
|
| Venus by Water |
Shui Bian Wei Na Si |
Lin Wang |
China
|
| Wood and Water |
Jonas Bak |
Germany, France
|
The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| The Child of Plomo |
El Niño del Plomo |
Daniel Dávila |
Chile
|
| Come Here |
Anocha Suwichakornpong |
Thailand
|
| The Edge of Daybreak |
Phayasohk phiyohkyam |
Taiki Sakpisit |
Thailand, Australia
|
| The Fisherman's Daughter |
Tzarevna Scaling |
Uldus Bakhtiozina |
Russia
|
| Letters to a Young Traveller |
Lettres à un jeune voyageur |
Federico Hidalgo |
Canada
|
| The Penultimate |
Den Næstsidste |
Jonas Kærup Hjort |
Denmark
|
| Ski |
Esquí |
Manque La Banca |
Argentina, Brazil
|
| Ste. Anne |
Rhayne Vermette |
Canada
|
| Virgin Blue |
Bu yao zai jian a, Yu hua tang |
Niu Xiaoyu |
China
|
The Essentials (Les Incontournables)
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Ahed's Knee |
Haberek |
Nadav Lapid |
Israel, France, Germany
|
| Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn |
Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc |
Radu Jude |
Romania
|
| Days |
Rìzi |
Tsai Ming-Liang |
Taiwan
|
| Dune |
Denis Villeneuve |
United States
|
| Earwig |
Lucile Hadžihalilović |
United Kingdom, Belgium, France
|
| The Hand of God |
È stata la mano di Dio |
Paolo Sorrentino |
Italy
|
| A Hero |
Qahremaan |
Asghar Farhadi |
Iran, France
|
| In Front of Your Face |
dangsin eolgul ap-eseo |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| Introduction |
Inteurodeoksyeon |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| Memoria |
Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
Thailand
|
| Parallel Mothers |
Madres paralelas |
Pedro Almodóvar |
Spain
|
| Paris, 13th District |
Les Olympiades |
Jacques Audiard |
France
|
| The Power of the Dog |
Jane Campion |
New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
|
| Red Rocket |
Sean Baker |
United States
|
| Reflection |
Vidblysk |
Valentyn Vasyanovych |
Ukraine
|
| The Star |
Nadav Lapid |
Israel, United States
|
| Tralala |
Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu |
France
|
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy |
Gūzen to Sōzō |
Ryusuke Hamaguchi |
Japan
|
| The Worst Person in the World |
Verdens verste menneske |
Joachim Trier |
Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden
|
Temps 0
Special Presentations
International Competition for Short Films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| After a Room |
Naomi Pacifique |
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland
|
| Atér |
Marie Fages |
France
|
| Dihya |
Lucia Martinez Garcia |
Switzerland
|
| Fata Morgana |
Nitzan Rozen |
Israel
|
| Hotel Royal |
Salomé Lamas |
Portugal
|
| How to Die Young in Manila |
Petersen Vargas |
Philippines
|
| Inherent |
Nicolai G.H. Johansen |
France
|
| Jesus Egon Christus |
Saša Vajda, David Vajda |
Germany
|
| Lemongrass Girl |
Pom Bunsermvicha |
Thailand
|
| Let's Do This Again Sometime |
Petrus van Staden |
South Africa, Spain
|
| The Men Who Wait |
Les Attendants |
Truong Minh Quý |
France, Singapore
|
| Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won’t Fit Into His Suit |
Al motociclista no le cabe la felicidad en el traje |
Gabriel Herrera |
Mexico
|
| My Uncle Tudor |
Nanu Tudor |
Olga Lucovnicova |
Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Moldova
|
| Neon Phantom |
Fantasma Neon |
Leonardo Martinelli |
Brazil
|
| New Abnormal |
Pid Pokati Mai |
Sorayos Prapapan |
Thailand, South Korea, Singapore
|
| On Solid Ground |
Über Wasser |
Jela Hasler |
Switzerland
|
| The Parents' Room |
Diego Marcon |
Italy
|
| Potted Palm Trees |
Topfpalmen |
Rosa Friedrich |
Germany
|
| A Present Light |
Luz de Presença |
Diogo Costa Amarante |
Portugal
|
| Sandstorm |
Mulaqat |
Seemab Gul |
Pakistan, United Kingdom
|
| Sunrise in My Mind |
Tngaireah knong chet |
Danech San |
Cambodia
|
| Sycorax |
Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro |
Spain, Portugal
|
| Techno, Mama |
Saulius Baradinskas |
Lithuania
|
| Widow & Orphan |
Hurenkind und Schusterjunge |
Niklas Pollmann |
Austria
|
National Competition for Short Films
Special Presentations Short Films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Country
|
| Ataguttaaluk: A Life to Live |
Carol Kunnuk |
Canada
|
| Auto Portrait / Self Portrait Post Partum |
Louise Bourque |
Canada
|
| Barcelona Burning |
Barcelona de Foc |
Theodore Ushev |
Canada
|
| Benjamin, Benny, Ben |
Paul Shkordoff |
Canada
|
| A Blue Room |
Une chambre bleue |
Tomasz Siwinski |
France
|
| La Cage |
Marc Paradis |
Canada
|
| Délivre-nous du mal |
Marc Paradis |
Canada
|
| Foam |
Écume |
Omar Elhamy |
Canada
|
| From Roots to Leaves |
Melissa Simon |
Canada
|
| Hitchhiking |
Frank Vitale |
Canada
|
| L'Incident Jones |
Marc Paradis |
Canada
|
| Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century |
Ulivia Uviluk |
Canada
|
| Islands |
Les Îles |
Yann Gonzalez |
France
|
| Kuujjuaq |
Sammy Gadbois |
Canada
|
| Letter to a Lover |
Lettre à un amant |
Marc Paradis |
Canada
|
| Little Brother |
Petit frère |
Rémi St-Michel |
Canada
|
| Oh What a Wonderful Feeling |
François Jaros |
Canada
|
| Réminiscences Carnivores |
Marc Paradis |
Canada
|
| Selva |
Sofía Quirós Ubeda |
Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile
|
| Shooting Star |
Comme une comète |
Ariane Louis-Seize |
Canada
|
| Le soleil brille pour tout le monde mais les hommes préfèrent les blondes |
Sylvie Laliberté |
Canada
|
| Système des beaux-arts |
Daniel Dion |
Canada
|
| The Tesla World Light |
Matthew Rankin |
Canada
|
| Vice, vertu et vice-versa |
Manon Labrecque |
Canada
|
| A Way of Life |
Dorothy Mesher |
Canada
|
The New Alchemists, Short Films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| 3XShapes of Home |
Elisabeth Brun |
Norway
|
| An Accumulation of Our Aftermaths |
Solomon Nagler |
Canada
|
| Anxious Body |
Yoriko Mizushiri |
Japan
|
| Anthologie 2020 |
Michael Yaroshevsky, Glauco Bermudez, Erin Weisgerber, Olivier Godin, Simran Dewan, Isabelle Stachtchenko, Matthew Wolkow, Miryam Charles, Jessica Lee Gagné, Van Royko |
Canada
|
| Boobs |
Lolos |
Marie Valade |
Canada
|
| The Capacity for Adequate Anger |
Vika Kirchenbauer |
Germany
|
| The Coast |
Sohrab Hura |
India
|
| Constrain |
Contraindre |
Antoine Fontaine, Galdric Fleury |
France
|
| The Detection of Faint Companions |
Sandro Aguilar |
Portugal
|
| Dust Bath |
Seth A. Smith |
Canada
|
| earthearthearth |
Daïchi Saïto |
Canada
|
| Eidolon |
Mike Rollo |
Canada
|
| First Time (The Time for All But Sunset: Violet) |
Nicolaas Schmidt |
Germany
|
| Fleeting: Here & There |
Gilnaz Arzpeyma |
Canada
|
| The Guy on the Bed |
Mike Hoolboom |
Canada
|
| The Hangman at Home |
Le Bourreau chez lui |
Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot |
Denmark, France, Canada
|
| Happy Life |
La Vie Heureuse |
Amélie Hardy |
Canada
|
| Happy Valley |
Simon Liu |
Hong Kong
|
| Heat |
Peter Kutin, Florian Kindlinger |
Austria
|
| Los Huesos |
Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña |
Chile
|
| I Am Not |
Julien Bouthillier |
Canada
|
| I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse |
Ayce Kartal |
France
|
| A Lack of Clarity |
Stefan Kruse Jørgensen |
Denmark
|
| Love, Dad |
Mily tati |
Diana Cam Van Nguyen |
France
|
| Moon River |
Misha Horacek |
Canada
|
| Notes from the Periphery |
Tulapop Saenjaroen |
Thailand, United Kingdom
|
| One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean |
Yuyan Wang |
France
|
| Portage Place Mall (With Love) |
Ryan Steel |
Canada
|
| Scum Mutation |
Ov . |
France
|
| Skinned |
Mike Hoolboom |
Canada
|
| Sometimes a Little Sin Is Good for the Soul |
Alex Beriault |
Canada, Germany
|
| Song for the New World |
Chanson pour le nouveau monde |
Miryam Charles |
Canada
|
| The Sunset Special |
Nicolas Gebbe |
Germany
|
| There Is, Indeed, the Unspeakable |
Es gibt allerdings Unaussprechliches |
Marzieh Emadi, Sina Sadaat |
Austria
|
| They Dance With Their Heads |
Ils dansent avec leurs têtes |
Thomas Corriveau |
Canada
|
| Thinner Than Two Ten-Thousandths of a Millimetre |
Dünner als zwei Zehntausendstel eines Millimeters |
Gregor Eldarb |
Austria
|
| Train Again |
Peter Tscherkassky |
Austria
|
| Tunable Mimoid |
Vladimir Todorovic |
Australia
|
| Vadim on a Walk |
Sasha Svirsky |
Russia
|
| We'll Find You When the Sun Goes Black |
Anouk De Clercq |
Belgium, Norway
|
RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province
|
| All I Am Is Now |
Patrick Custo-Blanch |
Quebec
|
| The Architect |
L'Architecte |
Mathieu Lorain Dignard |
Quebec
|
| The Awakening of the Ape |
L'Éveil du singe |
Philippe Besner |
Quebec
|
| A Chaos Filled with Poetry |
Un chaos rempli de poésie |
Daphné Cambronne |
Quebec
|
| Dors-tu? |
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais |
Quebec
|
| Father Like Son |
Anna Kuelken |
Alberta
|
| Life on the Move |
La Vie sur la route |
Jack Belhumeur |
Alberta
|
| Lifetime Loser |
Perdant à vie |
Yan Olivier |
Quebec
|
| The Morlock |
A.P. Bergeron |
Quebec
|
| Nature morte |
Julia Martel |
Quebec
|
| Paris, Ontario |
Arnaud Weissenburger |
Ontario
|
| Project Human Revival |
Yuqian Zhang |
British Columbia
|
| Roots Home |
Audrey Rainville |
Quebec
|
| Souvenirs fragmentés |
David Bianchetti |
Quebec
|
| Starting Out |
Bruno Vompean |
Ontario
|
| The Static in My Skin |
Emily Pickering |
Alberta
|
| L'Université de Sisyphe |
Étienne Pouy |
Quebec
|
| Utopia |
Jean-Félix Rioux |
Quebec
|
| La Ville fantôme |
Marc-André Côté |
Quebec
|
Student Short Films Not in Competition
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Province
|
| 20:12 |
Kevin Champagne-Lessard |
Canada
|
| La Cour des mirages |
Zoé Pelchat |
Canada
|
| Cousins |
Michal Haggiag |
Israel
|
| Empty Spaces |
Ben Ziv |
Israel
|
| La Femme nue |
Francis Lacelle |
Canada
|
| Le Froid |
Natalia Duguay |
Canada
|
| Her Dance |
Bar Cohen |
Israel
|
| Motel Paradise |
Virgina Tangvald |
Canada
|
| Ouverture |
Philippe Rioux |
Canada
|
| Wood |
Max Dufaud |
Canada
|
P'tits loups
Short film program of animation for children.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Altaï |
François Lagorce, Jean Lagorce |
France
|
| Bemol |
Oana Lacroix |
Switzerland
|
| Cat and Bird |
Saka sy vorona |
Franka Sachse |
Germany
|
| Colin Pané |
Paul Bouchart, Stéphanie Hu, Clément Opinel, Juliette Danesi, Camille Fruit |
France
|
| Colza |
Victor Chagniot, Camille Broutin, Matthieu Daures, Victoria de Millo Gregory, Maxime Jouniot, Jade Khoo |
France
|
| Comment j'ai vaincu ma peur des humains |
Hélène Ducrocq |
France
|
| Croc Marmottes |
Benjamin Botella |
France
|
| The Displeasure |
La Grogne |
Alisi Telengut |
Canada
|
| Épreuves du matin |
Masa Avramovic |
France
|
| The Finger of Death |
Le Doigt de la mort |
Mazarine Miloudi, Mélanie Levaux, Pauline Mahieu, Oriane Gros, Sébastien Pagès |
France
|
| The Frolic |
Jhao Yi Han |
Taiwan
|
| House of Memory |
Sofia Rosales Arreola |
Mexico
|
| Humanatee |
Sea Jin Park |
South Korea, United States
|
| I Am a Pebble |
Je suis un caillou |
Melanie Berteraut Platon, Yasmine Bresson, Leo Coulombier, Nicolas Grondin, Maxime Le Chapelain, Louise Massé |
France
|
| In Nature |
Dans la nature |
Marcel Barelli |
Switzerland
|
| Itchy the Camel: Tennis Ball |
Anders Beer, Pierre-Hughes Dallaire |
Canada
|
| Jean-Michel et les histoire interdites |
Mathieu Auvray |
France
|
| Just for the Record |
Vojin Vasovic |
Canada, Serbia
|
| Kiko and the Animals |
Kiko et les animaux |
Yawen Zheng |
France, Switzerland
|
| Lazare fait bien les choses |
Thomas Appelman |
France
|
| Marguerite |
Jasmine Dubé |
Canada
|
| Mega Mega Mega Mega Fête |
Collective |
Belgium
|
| Mum Is Pouring Rain |
Maman pleut des cordes |
Hugo de Faucompret |
France
|
| Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic |
Paul Bush |
Denmark, United Kingdom
|
| Patouille and the Parachute Seeds |
Patouille, des graines en parachute |
Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière, Clémentine Campos |
France
|
| Le Rire |
Capucine Gougelet |
France
|
| A Splash in a Mud |
Temps de cochon |
Emmanuelle Gorgiard |
France
|
| A Stone in the Shoe |
Un caillou dans la chaussure |
Éric Montchaud |
France, Switzerland
|
| Trona Pinnacles |
Mathilde Parquet |
France
|
| Vanille |
Guillaume Lorin |
France
|
FNC Explore
Virtual reality projects.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Bystanding: The Feingold Syndrome |
Nim Shapira, Roi Lev |
Israel, Canada, Germany
|
| End of Night |
David Adler |
Denmark, France
|
| Far Away from Far Away |
Bruce Alcock, Jeremy Mendes |
Canada
|
| Goliath: Playing with Reality |
May Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy |
United Kingdom, France
|
| Icarus |
Michel Lemieux |
Canada
|
| In the Mist |
Chou Tung-Yen |
Taiwan
|
| Marco & Polo Go Round |
Benjamin Steiger Levine |
Canada, Belgium
|
| Madrid Noir |
James A. Castillo |
France, United Kingdom
|
| Mindfield |
Vincent Ladouceur |
Canada
|
| Myriad, Where We Connect |
Michael Grotenhoff, Christian Zipfel |
Germany, Austria
|
| Once Upon a Sea |
Adi Lavy |
Israel, Canada
|
| Otherly |
Jessica Murwin, Grace An, Joanne Lam, Mirusha Yogarajah |
Canada
|
| Our Common Home |
Notre habitat commun |
Daniel Iregui |
Canada
|
| The Sick Rose |
Huang Yun-Hsien, Tang Zhi-Zhong |
Taiwan
|
References
- ^ Marc Cassivi, "Contre vents et marées". La Presse, October 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Le 50e Festival du nouveau cinéma dévoile son palmarès et se poursuit en ligne jusqu’au 31 octobre 2021". CTVM, October 18, 2021.
- ^ Léa Carrier, "Bootlegger et Archipel en ouverture et clôture". La Presse, August 23, 2021.
- ^ Gabriel Sigler, "FNC 2021 lineup: The Power of the Dog, Freakscene – The Story of Dinosaur Jr., Red Rocket, Night Raiders". Bad Feeling, September 28, 2021.