National competition section Judith is at a crossroads. Mourning the recent death of her mother, she defines herself through her family, living in denial of her Japanese roots. During a retreat with her emotionally stilted husband and two sensitive daughters on a remote island in British Columbia, her encounter with an ostensibly happy couple shatters […]
Nouveaux Alchimistes Two electronic voices converse in the darkness. Tenderly, affectionately, they talk to each other, or maybe to the spectator, creating a meditative communion with the bodies appearing on screen. For his first feature, Portuguese director Jorge Jácome teamed up with the Dançando com a Diferença dance troupe and the Teatro Praga theatre company […]
Temps ø section Bruce Lee, nunchaku in hand, has just died and gone to the Underworld. There he is welcomed by a lecherous King of the Underworld, who sends him into the arms of a motley band of baddies. Clint Eastwood, James Bond and, to top it all off, Zatoichi, the Godfather, the Exorcist, Dracula […]
Les nouveaux alchimistes section Scattered across different countries, various young people drift through landscapes marred by capitalism, new technologies and invisible threats, their wandering seemingly endless. Seeking to escape dead-end jobs or simply find a livable environment, they amble toward a mystical, elusive future. Argentinian filmmaker Eduardo Williams picks up where The Human Surge — […]
Program 1: Saturday, October 8 – 5 pm Program 2: Saturday, October 8 – 7 pm The rate for the screening includes both programs and the master class. PROGRAMME 1 6 films | 80 minutes Rugburn Trevor Anderson | Alberta/Canada | 2005 | 13 min | English | French subtitles Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson | […]
Special Screening The FNC welcomes you to a relaxed screening of The Velvet Queen by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Meunier. In a comforting, adapted environment, this screening is open to everyone, especially neuroatypical people. Wildlife photographer Vincent Munier travels the Tibetan plateau with writer Sylvain Tesson (The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin […]
FNC Explore and Les nouveaux alchimistes sections Screening with filmmaker C.S. Roy in attendance A female Neuroscience Researcher develops a rare form of melophobia after receiving an unsolicited portable media player loaded with music for testing in her laboratory and experiencing a musical Stendhal Syndrome. Witnessing her colleagues’ strangely changing behavior over repeated exposure to […]
Histoires du cinéma A reformed criminal opens a bar in a world ruled by violence. But his past soon catches up with him. Revenge, kidnapping, robbery and a gang war all converge on a man who, for a brief moment, just dreams of being someone else. When legendary filmmaker Hideo Gosha (Samurai Wolf, also screening […]
Nouveaux Alchimistes Terminally ill Europe spends time with her vampiric Man Machine, with whom she’s in a sadomasochistic relationship. At the same time, the employees in a medical institute are subjected to the forces of totalitarian rule. Outside is a snow-covered wasteland. When a stranger bursts in, the torment ramps up. After M (FNC 2018), […]
Opening night of Fondu au noir festival The screening will be followed by a 60-minutes discussion with filmmaker Peggy Nkunga Ndona moderated by Diane Gistal, consultant, cultural producer and independent art curator. After crossing 11 countries irregularly to seek asylum in Canada, Peggy, Simon and their three children are waiting for the hearing that will […]