As every year, the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) reflects the extraordinary vitality of global and local cinema. From La Grande Nuit Mad Max to the new documentary by Richard Desjardins to the new feature films by Bertrand Bonello and Catherine Breillat, the selection is large and diverse.
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The FNC has unveiled the full program for its 52nd edition, which will take place from October 4th to 15th. No fewer than 105 feature films from 57 countries will be shown at various locations around the city, including the Cinéma Impérial, the Cinéma du Musée, the Cinémathèque québécoise and the Cinéma Moderne.
La passion de Dodin Bouffant kicks off on October 4th. This historical drama with a gastronomic background was awarded best director at the last Cannes Film Festival and comes from Trần Anh Hùng. It marks the reunion on screen of Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. In the final film “The Animal Kingdom” by Thomas Cailley, Romain Duris and Paul Kircher can be seen as a father-son duo.
As for documentaries, we are waiting for the one by Richard Desjardins, Chip Chip. In this film, the director follows in Frédéric Chopin’s footsteps to Europe. This screening will be accompanied by a performance by pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and a meeting with the filmmaker.
Another special event, the Big Mad Max Night, on October 7th. The FNC invites fans of the post-apocalyptic cult franchise “Mad Max” to (re)discover George Miller’s four classics in a unique evening, with the bonus screening of the latest work “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “in black version and Chrome”.
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French director Bertrand Bonello will be in Montreal to celebrate the premiere of his feature film La Bête, and the festival will take the opportunity to offer a full retrospective of his feature and short films. Another retrospective series will examine the works of Ariane Louis-Seize, who has just won the award for best director in the Giornate degli Autori section in Venice for her first feature film Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicide.
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Bertrand Bonello
Director Catherine Breillat will also be at FNC with her 14th feature film, Last Summer. She is accompanied by her leading actress Léa Drucker and also gives a master class.
Finally, the FNC organizes an evening of cinema for peace with the presentation of Ken Loach’s latest film, The Old Oak, in which he “feels the pulse of a community in the north of England divided between rejection and solidarity as it arrives.” Syrian refugees,” summarizes the FNC press release.
At the conclusion of the 52nd edition of the FNC on October 15th, several prizes will be awarded to recognize the works presented in the different sections of the festival.