{"id":5290,"date":"2026-09-24T01:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/du-8-au-18-octobre-2026-le-56e-festival-du-nouveau-cinema-de-montreal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T01:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:02:41","slug":"du-8-au-18-octobre-2026-le-56e-festival-du-nouveau-cinema-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/du-8-au-18-octobre-2026-le-56e-festival-du-nouveau-cinema-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"From October 8 to 18, 2026: the 56th Montreal New Cinema Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" post-id=\"90673\" fifulocal-featured=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90687 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Festival-du-nouveau-cinema-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Du 8 au 18 octobre 2026 : le 56e Festival du nouveau cin\u00e9ma de Montr\u00e9al\" title=\"Du 8 au 18 octobre 2026 : le 56e Festival du nouveau cin\u00e9ma de Montr\u00e9al\" width=\"2048\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Festival-du-nouveau-cinema-2026.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Festival-du-nouveau-cinema-2026-768x257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Festival-du-nouveau-cinema-2026-1536x514.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>55th edition of the Festival Du Nouveau Cin\u00e9ma from October 8 to 18, 2026: new voices and big names in cinema to see first<\/p>\n<p>The Festival du nouveau cin\u00e9ma de Montr\u00e9al (FNC) is very pleased to unveil the programming for its 55th edition which will be held from October 8 to 18. Festival-goers will have the opportunity to discover the works of today&rsquo;s most prominent filmmakers as well as films that have been featured in international festivals, while discovering emerging talents, in addition to taking advantage of the thematic activities organized by the festival. All formats combined, nearly 200 works will be screened, from more than 30 countries. The films and events will be presented at the Monument-National, the Cin\u00e9plex Od\u00e9on Quartier Latin, the SGWUA auditorium at Concordia University, the Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, the Mus\u00e9e cinema and the Agora du Coeur des Sciences at UQAM.<\/p>\n<p>Opening and closing films Freshly awarded a Youth Jury Prize at the Locarno Festival while the Official Competition Jury awarded a special mention to Xavier Bergeron for his performance, and following its North American premiere at TIFF, Violence du corps de l&rsquo;autre by Denis C\u00f4t\u00e9 will therefore be presented as a preview and opening of the festival to the Montreal public on October 8 at the Monument National, before being shown throughout Quebec on October 23. A delicate reflection on life, death, love and compassion, Violence of the Body of the Other stars Larissa Corriveau, whose fifth collaboration with Denis C\u00f4t\u00e9 after R\u00e9pertoire des Villes Disappears (2019), Hygi\u00e8ne sociale (2021), Un \u00e9t\u00e9 comme \u00e7a (2022) and Mademoiselle Kenopsia (2023) as well as, among others, the French actor Philippe Rebbot (\u00c0 bicyclette, Trois fois nothing!), Xavier Bergeron (The Return of Anna Brodeur), Gabrielle Lazure, Pierrette Robitaille, Louise Desch\u00e2telets and Eve Pressault (Nelly).<\/p><div id=\"linit-4129584085\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just after having had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, L&rsquo;Autre by Alexandre Franchi will close this 55th edition on Saturday, October 17 at the SGWUA auditorium at Concordia University before hitting the screens in Quebec on October 30. The film stars a renowned cast including Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Bilel Chegrani, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Nah\u00e9ma Ricci, Beno\u00eet Gouin, Maxime Genois and the late Marc Messier.<\/p>\n<p>Honorary wolf to Atom Egoyan Faithful from the start, Atom Egoyan embodies the audacious spirit of the FNC, which very early on celebrated its unique vision. A pioneer of Canadian cinema, the festival will present him with an honorary Louve on Wednesday, October 14, followed by the restored screening of his film The Sweet Hereafter as well as a discussion on his complete filmography<\/p>\n<p>International competition \u2013 Louve d\u2019Or presented by QuebecorThis competition, always eagerly awaited by festival regulars, presents the most beautiful discoveries of the year, first and second films, and highlights filmmakers demonstrating creativity and certain talent. This year, the international competition is made up of two films about youth and their questions of identity and intimacy. 17 by Kosara Miti\u0107 (Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia) takes us on a tense school trip with a teenager who confronts sexual violence and the silence that protects them and Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest by Viv Li (Germany, Netherlands) shows the director in her daily life with her torn between the traditionalism of her Chinese culture of birth and the progressivism of queer culture in Berlin. Two films come together through reflections on the spiritual quest and the notion of family: in 9 Temples to Heaven by Sompot Chidgasornpongse (Thailand, Singapore, France, Norway, China, Hong Kong SAR China, Indonesia, Qatar), a Thai family on a pilgrimage to nine Buddhist temples to save their sick mother and in I Plant My Hand in the Garden by Boris Had\u017eija and Hoda Taheri (Germany, Serbia, United States), a couple of Iranian and Serbian-Montenegrin migrants build a non-conformist daily life in this mischievous docufiction, inspired by the experiences of the two filmmakers. In Filipi\u00f1ana by Rafael Manuel (United Kingdom, Philippines, Singapore, Netherlands, France) and in Bad Star by Yann Berlier and Lola Cambourieu (France), we find common concerns about the dynamics\/abuse of power as well as critical reflections on different social classes. One takes place in a posh golf club which becomes the scene of a funny dissection of class relations in the Philippines and the other presents a couple who tear themselves apart before the helpless eyes of their daughter, trapped in a toxic and abusive family pattern. In the field of sensational cinema, the strange and the mysterious, the international competition concludes with The House on the Moon by Nelson Yeo (Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, Indonesia); an epic martial arts and science fiction film, both a rereading of a famous Chinese myth and an ecological parable and with Everytime by Sandra Wollner (Austria, Germany), Un Certain Regard prize at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, which presents us with a sensitive and moving story of a family confronted with mourning and the memories of the living.<\/p>\n<p>National competitionLike every year, the Festival du nouveau cin\u00e9ma is keen to highlight local talents and offers them pride of place by offering films by established or emerging filmmakers from Canadian provinces and territories. Through In the Heart of the South (Ontario) by Nyla Innuksuk and Manhunt (British Columbia) by Wayne Wapeemukwa, Indigenous and M\u00e9tis stories and perspectives from the territories are brought to the screen in the form of a thrilling thriller. In one, an Inuk artist confronts her childhood demons and experiments with the exploitation of indigenous stories by the Canadian cultural industry and in the other, two teenagers obsessed with video games commit a crime in the middle of the forest and a demonstration of the construction of ordinary monsters follows. Two films respond to each other on the exploration of intimate memory and mourning: Still Night, Burning House (Quebec) by Carol Nguyen which investigates between Canada and Vietnam on her missing uncle and confronts the taboos surrounding the schizophrenia from which he suffered and Clubfoot (Alberta) by Nathan Donovan which features two freewheeling teenagers kidnap a young boy in a winding and high tension road movie. In a research on human resilience and geopolitics, A Fire in the Distance (Quebec) by Marlene Edoyan offers us three young men torn between attachment to traditions and the desire for a better life in an Armenian village in southern Georgia. Finally, two films push formal research and work on aesthetics as a character in its own right: in Les ombres Lumin\u00e9es (Qu\u00e9bec) by Nicolas Dufour-Laperri\u00e8re, moose hunters and wild nature are at the heart of this contemplative ballet with supernatural accents largely inspired by La B\u00eate Luminaire by Pierre Perrault and The Color of the Sun (Qu\u00e9bec, Italy, Japan) by Xavier Tera: a sensitive learning story between a Japanese teenager and a young American, on background of cultural differences in Okinawa, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Essentials These films, with a remarkable career on the international scene, will be presented in preview at the FNC. This year, among the essentials produced by big names in world cinema, we find: Minotaure (France, Germany, Latvia) by Andre\u00ef Zviaguintsev, crowned Grand Prix at the last Cannes Film Festival; Autofiction (Spain) by Pedro Almod\u00f3var; La bola negra (France, Spain) by the filmmaker duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, Best Director Award at Cannes tied with Fatherland (Poland, Germany, Italy, France) by Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski starring Sandra H\u00fcller; the actress is also starring in Rose (Austria, Germany) by Markus Schleinzer, a portrait of a woman who, for years, has lived under a masculine identity in order to conquer a freedom that her time denies her and for which Sandra H\u00fcller received the Silver Bear for best performance at the Berlinale; Another touching portrait on the program: that of an eternal adolescent caught up in his responsibilities in Club Kid (United States) by Jordan Firstman; A Long Winter (Canada, United Kingdom) by Andrew Haigh; Butterfly Jam (France, Belgium, Germany), a sensitive learning story by Kantemir Balagov where transmission, exile and filiation intertwine with great accuracy; Dao (France, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau) by Alain Gomis; The Diary of a Chambermaid (France, Romania) by Radu Jude; Red Rocks (France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal) by Bruno Dumont; Festival regular Lav Diaz returns to FNC with Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors (Philippines) presented at this year&rsquo;s Venice Film Festival; Look Back (Japan) by Hirokazu Kore-Eda; My wife is crying (Germany, France) by Angela Schanelec; Sixteen moments of my life (France, Spain) documentary by Albert Serra; Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki (Japan) by the prolific Takeshi Miike, who here turns to documentary for the first time; Wild Horse Nine (UK, USA, Chile) by Martin McDonagh, fresh after its presentation in Venice; spectators will also be able to see the neo-western The Dreamed Adventure (Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria) by Valeska Grisebach; finally, movie buffs will be able to discover Tender Loving Care (United Kingdom), Mike Leigh&rsquo;s latest film.<\/p>\n<p>Temps \u00d8The Temps \u00d8 section is aimed at thrill-seekers, rebels and movie buffs who think they&rsquo;ve seen it all and always want more. The section will pay tribute to the icon Adrienne Barbeau, with 35 mm projections of the essentials The Fog and Escape from New York, in the presence of the actress. The public will also be able to (re)discover her in the horror thriller Oddities (United States) by Tyler Savage; also on the program Le Vertige (France), animated and primitive comedy by Quentin Dupieux; Roma Elastica (France, Italy), homage to 1980s Italian cinema by Bertrand Mandico starring Marion Cotillard; The Best Summer (US) by Tamra Davis, an intimate look at the 1996 Asian tour of the Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Bikini Kill and Kim Deal; Totality (United States), documentary by David Heilbroner and Kate Davis which follows twenty-one film crews, from Mexico to Canada, who captured the total eclipse of 2024 and the journey of several groups of individuals who actively prepared for this exceptional event; When the world will watch us (France), societal thriller behind closed doors by Th\u00e9o Hellermann; documentary filmmaker John Wilson&rsquo;s first feature-length fiction film, The History of Concrete (United States); Sabu and his amnesia thriller Arrested Memory (Taiwan, Japan); Shinya Tsukamoto and his masterful war film Mr. Nelson, Did you Kill People? (Japan); the Grand-Guignol &#038; Early Cine-Macabre program (France, United States), program of 14 genre films with musical accompaniment by David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets); finally, a big FNC regular, Japanese director Kenichi Ugana will be accompanied by three actresses to present the world premieres of the feature film The Day We Embraced the Universe; Oscillation (Japan) and the short film Screengazer (Japan).<\/p>\n<p>International panoramaThis section celebrates creative and engaged voices, and human and intimate stories. This year, 9 works make up the section: Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (Argentina, Spain) by Mar\u00eda Aparicio, winner of the best director prize at the Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days); Donde comienza el r\u00edo, a co-production between Quebec and Colombia by Juan Andr\u00e9s Arango; A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Greece, Germany, France) by Jacqueline Lentzou; Secret Heart (France) by Tom Fontenille; I\u2019ll Be Gone in June (Switzerland, Germany, United States) by Katharina Rivilis; Elephants in the Mist (Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway) by Abinash Bikram Shah; Rehearsals for a Revolution (Czech Republic, Spain) by Pegah Ahangarani; The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer (Argentina, United States) by Alessandra Sanguinetti; and finally, You Don\u2019t Belong Here (Romania) by Florin \u0218erban, Golden Leopard at the 2026 Locarno Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The New AlchemistsThe films in this section explore a wide diversity of cinematographic languages. Produced by artists from various disciplines, such as cinema, theater, photography and visual arts, they bring together works ranging from fiction to documentary, including hybrid forms. Discover At Night (UK, France) by Beatrice Gibson; Az Zeeb (Chile, Qatar) by Rafael Guendelman; Chronovisor (United States) by Jack Auen and Kevin Walker; Holy Destructors (Lithuania, France, Latvia) by Aist\u0117 \u017degulyt\u0117; If Pigeons Turned To Gold (Czech Republic, Slovakia) by Pepa Lubojacki; Object a (Germany, Luxembourg, Greece) by Ann Oren; Preludes and fugues \u2013 the wood thrush (Canada) by Pierre H\u00e9bert; Second Skin (United States, Mexico) by Mariia Lapidus. History(s) of cinema This section offers cinema on cinema through self-reflexive works, classics and restored jewels including Barbara Forever (United States), a landmark cinematic project directed by Brydie O&rsquo;Connor, which is fully in line with the theme of archival research and queer history through the work of Barbara Hammer; Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (United States), directed by Mike Mendez, a vibrant documentary portrait of one of the most fascinating and atypical figures in American cinema; Imperium (Germany, Italy, France, Lithuania) by Sergei Loznitsa, an incisive look at History entirely constructed from forgotten archives filmed by a group of Italian filmmakers who traveled through more than twenty regions of the USSR between 1970 and 1973. It is the largest documentary project ever carried out by foreign filmmakers on Soviet territory. Finally, the festival will present the diptych La libertad (Argentina, 2001) and La libertad doble (Argentina, Chile, Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg) by Lisandro Alonso, master of new Argentine cinema which offers a direct temporal dialogue between the filmmaker&rsquo;s first masterpiece and his reinvention or rereading more than twenty years later.<\/p>\n<p>EventsThe big Matrix nightOn Saturday, October 10 at the Agora du Coeur des Sciences of UQAM, early fans will be able to (re)see the cult quadrilogy Matrix by Lana and Lilly Wachowski. From the green code to cyberpunk Kung Fu fights, the experience promises to be monumental. In addition, in the afternoon, a free cine-knitting session is planned during which Animatrix, an anthology of American-Japanese 2D and 3D animated short films, inspired by the universe of the saga and released in 2003, will be presented.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion with Denis C\u00f4t\u00e9In addition to the screening of the film Violence du corps de l&rsquo;autre at the opening of the Festival, meet Denis C\u00f4t\u00e9 at the festival on Tuesday October 13 for a discussion on his work and his journey at the festival here and internationally. This inspiring exchange will be followed by the launch of the book devoted to his cinematographic practice, published by the magazine 24 images. An unmissable event for cinema enthusiasts!<\/p>\n<p>\u014cshima, my loveAmong the young filmmakers who emerged from the \u201cnew wave\u201d launched by Sh\u014dchiku studios at the end of the 1950s to attract a new audience, Nagisa \u014cshima would emerge as the main troublemaker. His radical choices then led him to free himself from the studios to pursue a filmography which, populated by unforgettable visions, rebellious individuals and free ideas, has never ceased to be complex, daring and surprising. \u014cshima, mon amour is a collaboration between the Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise and the FNC for a tribute cycle to one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century. It gives pride of place to works created by \u014cshima from the 1960s as well as to the famous titles he signed later. From September 30 to October 31, the Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise will present the films Furyo (1983), In the Realm of the Senses (1976) and Max mon amour (1986).<\/p>\n<p>Wapikoni EveningImmerse yourself in a unique evening dedicated to the vibrant world of Wapikoni! In the spotlight: a captivating selection of their experimental films. Come celebrate the audacity, creativity and richness of Indigenous voices in a unifying atmosphere through a unique program that explores new forms and perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Les P\u2019tits LoupsAimed at budding film buffs, the section will present the feature film A Mighty Adventure (Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong) by Toe Yuen, in addition to two programs of short films, one for 3 year olds and (many!) older, on October 18, and one for 6 year olds and (many!) older, on October 10. Note also that the Grande Kermesse des P\u2019tits Loups will be back on Sunday, October 11 at the Agora du C\u0153ur des Sciences at UQAM.<\/p>\n<p>Screening evening: One Take Super 8The \u201cOne Take Super 8\u201d is a community film creation challenge open to all Montrealers. Registrations closed on August 22, 2026 on a first come, first served basis. Each participant received a roll of Super 8 film; the filming had to be carried out directly on the film (without further editing) and the reel had to be delivered to Main Film no later than September 25, 2026. As part of this challenge, participants also benefited from free development of their film (offered by Niagara Custom Lab) as well as free digital transfer of their film in 4K (offered by L&rsquo;image infinie). The films will be revealed on October 16, 2026 at the Agora du C\u0153ur des sciences.<\/p>\n<p>FNC x MOMENTAFor a second edition, the FNC and MOMENTA are joining forces to create joint programming and highlight their shared identities. Designed as a micro-festival, FNC x MOMENTA takes shape this year over two days with screenings, discussions and moments of exchange around the artistic and cinematographic practices of Ali Cherri. Lebanese artist and filmmaker, his cinematographic practice explores the links between archaeology, memory and political trauma. Through poetic stories on the borders of reality and fiction, he uses landscapes and objects to question the invisible traces of history. On Friday, October 9, there will be a screening of a program of three short films (The Digger, The Guetteur and The Sentinel) which explore the recurring figure of the guard, as well as the waiting, surveillance and exhaustion of the bodies assigned to watch. The session will be followed by an in-depth discussion with Ali Cherri on his overall artistic approach. Saturday October 10 will revolve around the filmmaker\u2019s influences and fictional work. First of all, Beirut, the meeting of Borhane Alaoui\u00e9 will be presented, a significant work dating from 1981 which strongly inspired Ali Cherri in his own practice. Subsequently, the public will discover his first feature film, Le Barrage, a poetic drama filmed in Sudan, followed by a question-and-answer session.<\/p>\n<p>Short filmsThe national selection of short films presents, as always, a rich and varied program. Among the films, the public will be able to discover the creations of several festival alumni, including Miryam Charles with Treasure Island; Edith Jorisch with And what do the pigs think?; Kristina Wagenbauer with Leo on the Wire; Lou Scamble with The Heat of the Dolphin; Antoine Bourges with Pacific Spirit; Girl Found Dead by Ontario\u2019s Molly Shears; Lullaby From the Motherland by Luvleen Hunjan; Are You Being Thanked Endlessly? by Gulzar or Skinny Bottines by Romain F. Dubois, presented at the Critics&rsquo; Week of the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of international competition, the selection includes several gems presented at international festivals, including the Cannes Palme d&rsquo;Or For the Opponents by Federico Luis. Also on the program, the return of regulars, whose latest productions stood out at Locarno as is the case for Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel for The Blessing or even Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke with The Bovine Comedy. Let us also mention the presence of Dean Wei, with The Apple Doesn\u2019t Fall\u2026 but also As A Cure by Dorothea Sing Zang.<\/p>\n<p>For lovers of strange and experimental works, The New Alchemists offers an eclectic competitive selection with, among others, The Wind, One Brilliant Day by Ben Rivers; like moths to light by Gala Hernandez L\u00f3pez; Pure Reason by Sofia Bohdanowicz or Forever\u2026 Forever by Johann Lurf.<\/p>\n<p>Pan-Canadian Student Cinema Meetings (RPC\u00c9)Presented in collaboration with L\u2019inis, the RPC\u00c9s will offer, from October 12 to 14, workshops, conferences and networking activities, in addition to the screening of their film in competition to young people from 22 Canadian schools. An international school is invited each year for a special program and this year, Poland is in the spotlight with the visit of the Warsaw Film School. This national student short film competition provides a unique platform for emerging filmmakers to meet, collaborate and exchange ideas. Four prizes \u2013 the Grand Prize, the Young Wolf Prize presented by Royal Photo, the Favorite Prize presented by Vid\u00e9ographe and, new this year, the Best Animated Film Prize \u2013 will be awarded during the evening celebrating the shorts and the next generation on October 14. This year&rsquo;s jury will be composed of Zuza\/Juzek Kopci\u0144ska, head of festival distribution at the Warsaw Film School, Ariane Roy-Poirier, general and artistic director of the Festival Plein(s) \u00c9cran(s) and Romain F Dubois, director.<\/p>\n<p>The Critic CampusFor a 5th consecutive year, the festival invites budding film critics to participate in an immersive experience of discussions and workshops with established film professionals and Quebec journalists. Experienced cultural journalists and critics act as mentors to 11 students who carry out interviews and reviews of films in the program. This year, the mentors will be Claire Valade (Panorama-cin\u00e9ma, S\u00e9quences) and Bruno Dequen (editor-in-chief of 24 images and President of the AQCC). The writer of the best review will have the chance to attend the La Rochelle Cin\u00e9ma Festival (FEMA \u2014 France) in June 2027!<\/p>\n<p>Prizes and JuriesAs every year, several prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival to reward the works presented in different sections. Furthermore, let us mention that as part of this 55th edition, the festival is pleased to announce the creation of a new prize, in partnership with the Queer Palm awarded each year at the Cannes Film Festival: the Queer Louve. The first iteration of the Queer Palm outside France, the selection competing for the Queer Louve will highlight LGBTQIA+ themes, feminist perspectives or challenge gender norms. The composition of the jury will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>The jury for the International Feature Film Competition, which will award the Louve d&rsquo;Or presented by Quebecor, the interpretation prize, the Daniel Langlois innovation prize, is made up of the General Director of MOMENTA Biennale d&rsquo;art contemporain Dominique Sirois Rouleau, the actor Pierre-Yves Cardinal, and the filmmaker Julien Elie.<\/p>\n<p>The New Alchemists feature film jury, which will award the New Alchemists Prize presented by Main Film, will be composed of director Mo\u00efa \u200b\u200bJobin-Par\u00e9, artist Alina Herta and Irina Tempea.<\/p>\n<p>The jury for the prestigious FIPRESCI International Critics Prize is made up of international critics Elijah Baron (Canada, Quebec), Manon Marcillat (France) and Rub\u00e9n Peralta Rigaud (Dominican Republic).<\/p>\n<p>The jury for the National Feature Film Competition, which will award the Grand Prize presented by Post-Moderne, will be made up of Hugo Scheubel, Acquisitions Manager at Salaud Morisset, Pamela Varela, co-president of ACID, and Thomas Akim, producer at Petit Chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The jury for the International Short Film Competition, which will award the Silver Wolf presented by CineGround, is made up of Jeremy Gagnon, winner of the national competition in 2025, the actor Dominick Rustam and the director of photography, Isabelle Strachtachenko.<\/p>\n<p>The jury for the National Short Film Competition, which will award the Grand Prize presented by CineGround, will be composed of Mari Liis Keevallik, Director of P\u00d6FF Shorts, Nicolas Khabbaz, Artistic Director of the Beirut Shorts &#038; Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, and critic and programmer Andreea P\u01cetru. The Audience Award is presented by SLA Location<\/p>\n<p>As for the short films The New Alchimists, the international Dada Prize presented by the ACQQ, the national Dada Prize presented by Main Film and the Best Animation Prize presented by TVPaint will be presented by film critics Solenne d&rsquo;Arnoux de Fleury, Daniel Racine and Andr\u00e9 Roy, members of the AQCC.<\/p>\n<p>The short film jury of the Pan-Canadian Student Cinema Meetings (RPC\u00c9), which will award the Grand Prize, the Young Wolf Prize presented by Royal Photo, the Favorite Prize presented by Vid\u00e9ographe and, new this year, the Best Animated Film Prize is made up of Zuza\/Juzek Kopci\u0144ska, responsible for festival distribution at the Warsaw Film School, Ariane Roy-Poirier, general and artistic director of the Festival Plein(s) \u00c9cran(s) and Romain F Dubois, director.Tickets and general informationTicket sales are open now on the Festival website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nouveaucinema.ca\">www.nouveaucinema.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, FNC ticketing is going digital! For our 55th edition, we invite you to buy your tickets online \u2014 the simplest and fastest way to reserve your seats, avoid queues and plan your festival experience in advance. For festival-goers who want in-person assistance, a single physical ticketing point will be available at the Cin\u00e9plex Od\u00e9on Quartier Latin (350, rue \u00c9mery, Montr\u00e9al, QC H2X 1J1) for all festival screenings, from October 6 to 18, from 2:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Passports are on sale at the following prices: 6-ticket passport at $75, unlimited \u201cI support the FNC\u201d (with a donation receipt for $100) at $300; unlimited (regular rate) at $200; unlimited (rate 30 and under) at $150; CAL card: free offered to companions of card holders. Single tickets are on sale at the following prices: $16 (regular), $14 (30 years and under), $8 (12 years and under and P\u2019tits loups sessions), $11 (group rate from 10 tickets for the same session).<\/p>\n<p>About the Festival du nouveau cin\u00e9ma (FNC)Founded in 1971, the Festival du nouveau cin\u00e9ma (FNC) is an international film festival, established as one of the most important in North America and an unmissable event for contemporary cinema. For 55 years, it has presented nearly 200 works from around the world every fall in Montreal, providing a showcase for emerging voices as well as today&rsquo;s greatest filmmakers. In 2026, the FNC became a festival officially accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers&rsquo; Associations (FIAPF), joining the small select circle of festivals recognized for their contribution to the influence of world cinema and the development of the industry. Faithful to its mission of discovery, innovation and artistic excellence, each year the FNC brings together creators, industry professionals and audiences around the works that shape the cinema of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The FNC is presented by Quebecor and benefits from the financial support of the Government of Quebec, SODEC, the General Delegation of Quebec in Paris, Telefilm Canada, Tourisme Montreal, the Canada Arts Council, the Conseil des arts de Montr\u00e9al, the Consulate General of France in Quebec, in collaboration with Eurimages, as well as with the financial participation of the Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity and the support of the City of Montreal as part of the Festivals and Events Fund majors.The Canada Council for the Arts has a mandate to encourage and promote the study and dissemination of the arts, as well as the production of works of art. Through its grants, services, prizes, initiatives and payments, the Arts Council contributes to the dynamism of a diverse artistic and literary scene. These activities generate significant cultural, social and economic benefits in more than 2,000 communities in all regions of the country and abroad. The Council&rsquo;s investments and leadership promote public participation in the arts across the country, while contributing to the recognition of Canadian artists and arts organizations abroad. The Consulate General of France in Quebec pilots and manages the relationship between France and Quebec, firstly the rich political and economic exchanges and, more broadly, a constant dialogue between leaders and civil societies on contemporary issues. 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