2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma

2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma
Opening filmFalcon Lake by Charlotte Le Bon
Closing filmThe Five Devils by Léa Mysius
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded1971
Festival dateOctober 5-16, 2022
Websitenouveaucinema.ca/en
Festival du nouveau cinéma

The 2022 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 51st edition in the event's history, took place from October 5 to 16, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] It was marked by a return to full in-theatre staging following the COVID-19 pandemic having forced the festival to proceed fully or partially online in 2020 and 2021.[2]

The festival opened with Charlotte Le Bon's film Falcon Lake, and closed with Léa Mysius's The Five Devils (Les Cinq diables).[3]

Awards

Award winners were announced on October 15 at the conclusion of the festival.[4]

Award Film Filmmaker
National Competition, Grand Prize The Maiden Graham Foy
National Competition, Honorable Mention Before I Change My Mind Trevor Anderson
National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Late Night Walks (Promenades nocturnes) Ryan McKenna
International Competition, Grand Prize Aftersun Charlotte Wells
International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois This House (Cette maison) Miryam Charles
International Competition, Best Acting Performance Aftersun Paul Mescal
International Competition, Best Acting Performance Honorable Mentions A Piece of Sky Elin Zgraggen
Love According to Dalva Zelda Samson
Aftersun Frankie Corio
Stone Turtle Samara Kenzo
The Worst Ones (Les Pires) Ensemble cast
International Competition, FIPRESCI Prize How to Save a Dead Friend Marusya Syroechkovskaya
New Alchemists Prize Super Natural Jorge Jácome
Temps 0 Public Prize 2012/Through the Heart (2012/Dans le cœur) Rodrigue Jean, Arnaud Valade
P'tits Loups Le Garçon et l'éléphant Sonia Gerbeaud
P'tits Loups, Special Mention La Naissance des oasis Marion Jamault
Ice Merchants João Gonzalez
FNC Explore Panorama Prize 21-22 China Thierry Loa
FNC Explore Horizon Prize From the Main Square Pedro Harres
National Competition, Short Film Standardized Patient Program (Programme d'utilisation des patients standardisés) Yan Giroux
National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention Dhulpa Kunsang Kyirong
National Competition, Short Film Public Prize Simo Aziz Zoromba
International Competition, Short Film Will My Parents Come to See Me Mo Harawe
International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention Twin Lakes Haven Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo
New Alchemists, Animated Short Film Backflip Nikita Diakur
New Alchemists, Animated Short Film Honorable Mention All My Scars Vanish in the Wind Angelica Restrepo, Carlos Velandia
New Alchemists, National Dada Prize I Thought the World of You Kurt Walker
New Alchemists, National Dada Prize Honorable Mention In the Heavens and on Earth (Dans les cieux et sur la terre) Erin Weisgerber
New Alchemists, International Dada Prize The Sower of Stars Lois Patiño
RPCÉ Grand Prize Going Back to Meet the World Santi Henderson
RPCÉ Honorable Mention Bedroom People Vivien Forsans
RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize Avant de partir, repeins ma joue Cassandra Minisini, Marilou Labbé
Pitch Première Oeuvre Ce qui hante Marlène Camille Trudel
Pitch Première Oeuvre, Special Mention La Professeure Eva Kabuya, Catherine Boily, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault
Nouveau Marché Demba Mamadou Dia

Official selections

International Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Aftersun Charlotte Wells United Kingdom
How to Save a Dead Friend Marusya Syroechkovskaya Sweden, Norway, France, Germany
Love According to Dalva Dalva Emmanuelle Nicot Belgium, France
Mutzenbacher Ruth Beckermann Austria
A Piece of Sky Drii Winter Michael Koch Germany, Switzerland
Stone Turtle Woo Ming Jin Malaysia, Indonesia
This House Cette maison Miryam Charles Canada
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fogo-Fátuo João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal, France
The Worst Ones Les Pires Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret France

National Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Before I Change My Mind Trevor Anderson Canada
Coyote Le Coyote Katherine Jerkovic
Diaspora Deco Dawson
Late Night Walks Promenades nocturnes Ryan McKenna
The Maiden Graham Foy
Night Detour Détour de nuit Ariane Falardeau St-Amour, Paul Chotel
Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie
So Much Tenderness Lina Rodriguez
Soft Joseph Amenta

International Panorama

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Alcarràs Carla Simón Spain, Italy
Alma Viva Cristèle Alves Meira France, Portugal, Belgium
Broadway Christos Massalas Greece, France, Romania
Butterfly Vision Maksym Nakonechnyi Ukraine, Czech Republic, Croatia, Sweden
Call of the Mountain La Montagne Thomas Salvador France
Dos Estaciones Juan Pablo González Mexico, France
Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones Kite Zo A: Laisse les os Kaveh Nabatian Haiti, Canada
Klondike Maryna Er Gorbach Ukraine
Leila's Brothers Barādarān-e Leilā Saeed Roustayi Iran
Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Ukraine, United States
The Middle Ages La Edad Media Alejo Moguillansky, Luciana Acuña Argentina
Pamfir Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Ukraine, Poland, France, Luxembourg
Plan 75 Chie Hayakawa Japan, Philippines, France
Rule 34 Regra 34 Julia Murat Brazil, France
Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day? Bastaalak sa'at Mohammad Shawky Hassan Egypt, Germany, Lebanon
Small, Slow But Steady Shô Miyake Japan, France
The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou Jacky Caillou Lucas Delangle France

The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Anyox Ryan Ermacora, Jessica Johnson Canada
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel France, Switzerland
Human Flowers of Flesh Helena Wittmann France, Germany
Killing the Eunuch Khan Abed Abest Iran
Phi 1.618 Theodore Ushev Bulgaria, Canada
Super Natural Jorge Jácome Portugal
W Anna Eriksson Finland
A Woman Escapes Sofia Bohdanowicz, Blake Williams, Burak Çevik Canada, Turkey

The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Coma Bertrand Bonello France
Continental Drift (South) La dérive des continents (au sud) Lionel Baier France, Switzerland
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook South Korea
EO Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Italy
No Bears Jafar Panahi Iran
The Novelist's Film Soseolgaui Yeonghwa Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Pacifiction Tourment sur les îles Albert Serra France, Spain, Germany, Portugal
Petrov's Flu Petrovy v grippe Kirill Serebrennikov Russia, France, Switzerland, Germany, United States
Rimini Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany
Sparta Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany
Tchaikovsky's Wife Zhena Chaikovskogo Kirill Serebrennikov Russia, France, Switzerland
Tori and Lokita Tori et Lokita Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium, France
White Noise Noah Baumbach United States
Women Talking Sarah Polley United States

Temps 0

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
2012/Through the Heart 2012/Dans le cœur Rodrigue Jean, Arnaud Valade Canada
Dead for a Dollar Walter Hill United States
Everything Will Be OK Rithy Panh France, Cambodia
Extreme Prejudice Walter Hill United States
Grand Paris Martin Jauvat France
Harmony Céline Gailleurd, Olivier Bohler France
Holy Spider Ankabut-e moqaddas Ali Abbasi Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden
Inexorable Fabrice Du Welz France, Belgium
Jerk Gisèle Vienne France
Love Is a Dog from Hell Khavn De La Cruz Philippines, Germany
Made in Ugana: The Very Special Seance Kenichi Ugana Japan
Man Bites Dog C'est arrivé près de chez vous Rémy Belvaux, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Bonzel Belgium
November Novembre Cédric Jimenez France
Smoking Causes Coughing Fumer fait tousser Quentin Dupieux France
Sticking Together En même temps Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern France
Unicorn Wars Alberto Vázquez Spain, France
The Warriors Walter Hill United States

Special Presentations

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
About Sasha Chair tendre Jérémy Mainguy, Yaël Langmann France
Baby Driver Edgar Wright United States, United Kingdom
Call Jane Phyllis Nagy United States
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn United States
The Driver Walter Hill United States
Ever Deadly Tanya Tagaq, Chelsea McMullan Canada
For the Sake of Peace Thomas Sametin, Christophe Castagne France
Motel Paradis Sophie Deraspe Canada
Reign Supreme Le Monde de demain Katell Quillévéré, Hélier Cisterne France
Somewhere Boy Alex Winckler, Alexandra Brodski United Kingdom
Tampopo Juzo Itami Japan
Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections Théodore Ushev: liens invisibles Borislav Kolev Bulgaria, Canada
The Velvet Queen La panthère des neiges Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier France

History of Cinema

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Escape to the Silver Globe Ucieczka na srebrny glob Kuba Mikurda Poland
Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By Et j'aime à la fureur André Bonzel France
Italia, Fire and Ashes Italia. Il fuoco, la cenere Céline Gailleurd, Olivier Bohler France, Italy
The Mother and the Whore La maman et la putain Jean Eustache France
On the Silver Globe Na srebrnym globie Andrzej Żuławski Poland
Samurai Wolf Hideo Gosha Japan
The Sex of the Stars Le Sexe des étoiles Paule Baillargeon Canada
Violent Streets Hideo Gosha Japan

Retrospective: Bruce LaBruce, Tender and Transgressive

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Affairs of Lidia Bruce La Bruce Canada
Boy, Girl
Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies Bruce La Bruce, Candy Parker
Défense de fumer Bruce La Bruce
Gerontophilia
I Know What It's Like to Be Dead
Interview with a Zombie Bruce La Bruce, Candy Parker
It is Not the Pornographer That is Perverse... Bruce La Bruce United States, Germany
L.A. Zombie
The Misandrists Germany
Pierrot Lunaire Canada, Germany
Saint-Narcisse Canada
Sexbombs Bruce La Bruce, Candy Parker
Skin Flick Bruce La Bruce
Slam!
The Thing from the Lake Éric Falardeau
Ulrike's Brain Bruce La Bruce Canada, Germany
Valentin, Pierre and Catalina Spain

International Competition for Short Films

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Airhostess-737 Thanasis Neofotistos Greece
Anabase Benjamin Goubet Switzerland
Big Bang Carlos Segundo France, Brazil
Cherries Uogos Vytautas Katkus Lithuania
Datsun Mark Albiston New Zealand
Everything At Once Henryk Dyb Zwart Norway
Fence Hilke Rönnfeldt Denmark, Germany
Fire at the Lake Le feu au lac Pierre Menahem France
Haulout Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev United Kingdom, Russia
I Am Good at Karate Jess Dadds United Kingdom
Insieme Insieme Bernardo Zanotta France, Netherlands
Manta Ray Raie Manta Anton Bialas France
On Xerxes' Throne Ston throno tou Xerxi Evi Kalogiropoulou Greece
Poitiers Jérôme Reybaud France
Tea and Time Le thé et le temps Salah El Amri Switzerland
Trap Anastasia Veber Russia, Lithuania
Twin Lakes Haven Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo Rwanda
Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel France
Will My Parents Come to See Me Mo Harawe Austria, Germany, Somalia
Worth Your Weight in Gold O Teu Peso em Ouro Sandro Aguilar Portugal

National Competition for Short Films

English title Original title Director(s) Province
III Salomé Villeneuve Quebec
À la vie à l'amor Émilie Mannering Quebec
About Memory and Loss Notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli Amélie Hardy Quebec
At Dusk Au crépuscule Miryam Charles Quebec
Bird's Nest Nid d'oiseau Nadia Louis-Desmarchais Quebec
Blond Night Nuit blonde Gabrielle Demers Quebec
Danny Greenwood U Shitface Danny Greenwood T laid Guillaume Laurin Quebec
Dhulpa Kunsang Kyirong British Columbia
Ditch Nellie Carrier Quebec
Down the Orchard Le Long du verger William Hayes-Dulude Quebec
Invincible Vincent René-Lortie Quebec
It's What Each Person Needs Sophy Romvari Ontario
Late Summer Ryan Steel Manitoba
Lay Me by the Shore David Findlay Quebec
The Lauzon Theory La théorie Lauzon Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre Quebec
Little Deaths Petites morts Terence Chotard Quebec
Most of the Time We Are Just Waiting Molly Shears Ontario
Mother's Skin Leah Johnston Nova Scotia
Nanitic Carol Nguyen Quebec
No Ghost in the Morgue Marilyn Cooke Quebec
Oasis Justine Martin Quebec
Pleasure Garden Rita Ferrando Ontario
Rocket Fuel Jessie Posthumus Ontario
Scaring Women at Night Karimah Zakia Issa Ontario
See You in My Dreams Visites nocturnes silencieuses Ariane Louis-Seize Quebec
Simo Aziz Zoromba Quebec
Standardized Patient Program Programme d'utilisation des patients standardisés Yan Giroux Quebec

Special Presentations Short Films

The short films of Trevor Anderson.

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Carpet Diem Trevor Anderson Canada
DINX
Docking
Figs in Motion
The High Level Bridge
The Island
Jesse Jams
The Little Deputy
The Man That Got Away
Punchlines
Rock Pockets
Rugburn

The New Alchemists, Short Films

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Against Reality Olivia Peace United States
All My Scars Vanish in the Wind Carlos Velandia, Angelica Restrepo Colombia
Arrest in Flight Adrian Flury Switzerland
Backflip Nikita Diakur Germany, France
A Body Is a Body Is a Body Eiméar McClay, Cat McClay United Kingdom
Bye Bye Now Louise Bourque Canada
Fenix Olivia Lathuillière Canada
Gods of the Supermarket Les Dieux du supermarché Alberto Gonzales Morales Switzerland
Happy New Year, Jim Andrea Gatopoulos Italy
Hardly Working Total Refusal Austria
Horizons Charlie Marois Canada
I Thought the World of You Kurt Walker Canada
In the Heavens and on Earth Dans les cieux et sur la terre Erin Weisgerber Canada
Instant Life Andrew Kim, Anja Dornieden, Juan David Gonzalez Monroy Germany, United States
It's Raining Frogs Outside Maria Estela Paiso Philippines
Lake of Fire Neozoon Germany
Lockdown Dreamscape Nicolas Gebbe Germany
Message of an Endless Night Tiago Minamisawa, Barcabogante Brazil
Municipal Relaxation Module Matthew Rankin Canada
Par vents et marées Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach Canada
Rien ne sera plus comme avant Elina Lôwensohn France
Sirens Ilaria Di Carlo Germany
Sometimes I Don't Know Where the Sun Manchmal weiss ich nicht wo die Sonne Samantha Aquilino Switzerland
Songs for Living Alex Gvojic, Korakrit Arunanondchai United States, Thailand
The Spiral Maria Silvia Esteve Argentina
The Sower of Stars Lois Patiño Spain
Tomorrow Is a Water Palace El mañana es un palacio de agua Juanita Onzaga Colombia, Belgium, Mexico, Italy
Tongue Kaho Yoshida Canada, Japan
Under the Lake Thanasis Trouboukis Greece, Finland
Under the Microscope Michaela Grill, Sophie Trudeau Canada, Austria
Very, Very Tremendously Guangli Liu France, China

RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Province
After Today Après aujourd'hui Quebec
Animal Félix-Olivier Fiset Quebec
Bedroom People Vivien Forsans Quebec
The Camel Le Chameau Emma Jacquerez Quebec
Canti Vi Emil Vargas British Columbia
Core Avant de partir, repeins ma joue Marilou Labbé, Casandra G. Minisini Quebec
The Death of the Lovers La mort des amants Élisabeth Groulx Quebec
Dirty Farah Moreau Nova Scotia
Eat Me Mange-moi Maël Zaïd, Océane Richer Quebec
Embrace Pour t'enlacer Alicia Tremblay Quebec
Garden of Shadows Jardin d'ombres Aurélie Galibois, Nicolas Roy, Éliot Ducharme, Philippe Carrier, Frédéric Blanchard Quebec
Going Back to Meet the World Santi Henderson British Columbia
Granny and Grandpop Mamie et Grand-Pôpa Émilie Lapierre Quebec
Homesick Alexandre Thériault Quebec
Il n'y avait rien Alexandre Lavigne Quebec
Kaleidoscope Kaléidoscope Carol-Ann Champagne, Oussama Fetoui, Pierre Desbois, Thomas Faso, Arnaud Wurm-Munoz, Lucie Humbert Quebec
Kung Flop Luc Savu-Massé, Yuri Lacombe Quebec
Mathieu Victoria Lévesque, Annabelle Jacques, Justine Michaud Quebec
Mommy Milk Crème maman Juliette Maurice Quebec
Nimbus Nimbe Lili Francke-Robitaille Quebec
Nunavut: Changing Times Timothy Harrison Nunavut
Problems of Synchronization Problèmes de synchronization Charles Gourde Talbot Quebec
Project Paradise Aida Solorzano Quebec
Slush Gadoue Charlie Côté Quebec
The Sorrow of a Confined Sonata d'une confinée Bruno Savard Quebec
Uncovering J.P. Bergeron Quebec
Unwanted Photons Kasia Beloussov Ontario
Volitantes Matt Gillott Alberta
We Are Not Speaking the Same Language Danika St-Laurent Quebec
We Were Never There On n'existe plus Louca Lefebvre, Maïcha Lazo-Mackay, Rose Robert Quebec

Student short films not in competition

English title Original title Director(s) Country
L'Atelier Namaï Kham Po Canada
Le bonheur est comme du sable Gaëlle Azzam Canada
Casse couille Philémon Antoine Belgium
Cinq octobre Élise Labelle Canada
Esquisse Namaï Kham Po Canada
Maman fait dodo Solenn Crozon Belgium
Paradoxe Aimé Majeau Beauchamp Canada
La Prova Toni Isabella Valenzi Belgium

P'tits loups

Short film program of animation for children.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Anscht Matthias Huber Switzerland
Autosaurus Rex Marcel Barelli Switzerland
Birth of the Oases Naissance des oasis Marion Jamault France
The Boy and the Elephant Le garçon et l'éléphant Sonia Gerbeault France
The Butterfly Le Papillon Lola Khattou France
Émerveillement Martin Clerget France
Granny's Cookies Les Biscuits de Mamy Frits Standaert France, Belgium
Guard of Honour Edmunds Jansons Latvia
Hello Stranger Julia Ocker Germany
Hush Hush Little Bear Cuci cuci Māra Liniņa Latvia
Ice Merchants João Gonzalez Portugal, France, United Kingdom
La Kitouge Emma Brun France
Laika & Nemo Jan Gadermann, Sebastian Gadow Germany
Luce and the Rock Luce et le rocher Britt Raes Belgium, France, Netherlands
Mora Mora Jurga Šeduikytė Lithuania
Mouse House Mišja hiša Timon Leder Slovenia
My Tiger Mon tigre Jean-Jean Arnoux France
No-No Goes to Space Non-Non dans l'espace Wassim Boutaleb Joutei France, Belgium
Piropiro Miyoung Baek South Korea
The Queen of the Foxes La Reine des renards Marina Rosset Switzerland
Slipping Away L'air de rien Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre France
Tales of the Salt Water Chroniques de l'eau salée Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, Antoine Carre, Rodrigo Goulão de Sousa, Alexandra Petit, Martin Robic France
The Tiger Who Came to Tea Robin Shaw United Kingdom
When I Am Sad Quand je suis triste Lilit Altunyan Armenia, France

FNC Explore

Virtual reality projects.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
21-22 China Thierry Loa Canada
Biolum Abel Kohen France, Germany
Blood Relations Analee Weinberger Canada, Israel
Ceci n'est pas une cérémonie Ahnahktsipiitaa Canada
Clap Keisuke Itoh Japan
Diagnosia Mengtai Zhang United States
From the Main Square Pedro Harres Germany
Genesis Faber Courtial Germany
Laïka Asif Kapadia United Kingdom
Lockdown Dreamscape VR Nicolas Gebbe Germany
Montegelato Davide Rapp Italy
On the Morning You Wake Pierre Zandrowicz, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Arnaud Colinart France, United Kingdom
Plastisapiens Miri Chekhanovich, Édith Jorisch Canada, Israel

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
Dune Denis Villeneuve United States
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine United States, Canada
L'Infonie inachevée... Roger Frappier Canada
The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio Paolo Sorrentino Italy

References