32nd Edition of Cinemania: from November 4 to 15 Karin Viard and Marc Labrèche will co-chair the “Faces of the Francophonie” jury
The CINEMANIA Film Festival, whose 32nd edition will take place in Montreal from November 4 to 15, 2026, is pleased to unveil the composition of the jury for its international competition Visages de la francophonie, as well as the ten feature films that will be presented in this context.
Karin Viard and Marc Labrèche co-presidents of the jury Visages de la francophonieAs is tradition at CINEMANIA, it is a duo of Quebec and French artists who will co-president the jury of the competition, rewarding the titles of the international selection of feature films. The French actress Karin Viard and the Quebec actor and host Marc Labrèche will therefore chair the jury for this 32nd edition, also made up of the French actor and singer-songwriter Eddy de Pretto, the Quebec actress Evelyne Brochu, the Quebec filmmaker Kim Nguyen, the Quebec actor Pier-Luc Funk, the French-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter Aliocha Schneider, and the Luxembourg actress Astrid Roos.
This year, ten films were selected in the international feature film competition: À voix low by Leyla Bouzid (France, Tunisia), Congo Boy by Rafiki Fariala (Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy), La gradiva by Marine Atlan (France, Italy), La vie d’une femme by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet (France, Belgium), Marie-Madeleine by Gessica Généus (Haiti, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada), Notre salut by Emmanuel Marre (Belgium, France), Some words of love by Rudi Rosenberg (France), Suddenly by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (France, Japan, Germany, Belgium), A detour by Diane by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni (Belgium, France) and A woman today by Robert Guédiguian (France, Italy). A selection offered as a window opening wide onto the geopolitical, social and societal realities of the countries making up the international French-speaking space. Most of the selected titles come, in particular, from the most recent editions of the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlinale, or even the Venice Film Festival.
The jury will announce the award recipients during the closing ceremony of the festival on November 14. The prize list will include: the Best Film Award presented by TV5 Québec Canada; the Best Director Award presented by BNP Paribas; the Best Male Actor Award presented by Michel Brisson; the Prize for Best Female Interpretation awarded by ADAMI; the Marc-André Lussier Jury Prize awarded by La Presse; the Best Screenplay Prize awarded by the SACD; as well as the Colombier-Dompierre Prize for Best Original Music awarded by the Maison de la Chanson et de la Musique du Québec.
Furthermore, let us recall that CINEMANIA announced in recent weeks that it is the feature film Paradis, directed by Jérémy Comte which will open the festival on November 4 at the Monument National while the film Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend by Yan Lanouette Turgeon, with Rémi Goulet and Rosalie Bonenfant, will be presented in preview and gala evening of the 32nd edition on November 9 at the Théâtre Maisonneuve of the Place des Arts. Finally, actor Théodore Pellerin will receive the CINEMANIA dHonneur on November 11 during the benefit gala of the 32nd edition on November 11 at the Auberge Saint-Gabriel.
The 32nd edition of CINEMANIA will take place in Montreal, from November 4 to 15, 2026 at the Monument-National and the Cineplex Odéon Quartier Latin, as well as at the Cinémathèque québécoise, the Cinéma du Musée, Cinéma du Parc and several other Montreal locations. The full program will be revealed on October 21, 2026.