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The Festival du nouveau cinéma or FNC (English: Festival of New Cinema) is an annual independent film festival held in
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada, featuring independent films from around the world.[1] Over 160,000 people attend each year. One of the oldest film festivals in Canada, it is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short films.[2]
History
Founded in 1971, the Festival welcomes Québécois, Canadian, and international filmmakers, and encourages exchanges between industry professionals and the grand public.
Compétition internationale highlighting the unique perspectives of the filmmakers who will shape tomorrow's cinema
Compétition nationale, homegrown Canadian cinema
Temps Ø, the wild bunch or bold cinematic rebels and adventurous films
Incontournables, the greatest names in cinema
Les Nouveaux alchimistes, a selection of films pushing the limits, breaking the rules and exploring the boundless creative potential that the medium offers
Panorama international, international feature films
Histoire(s) du cinéma, look-backs on the works that have left their mark
Présentations spéciales, an eclectic section presenting unusual works
FNC Explore, immersive, interactive and virtual reality programmes that are free and open for all
FNC Forum, an industry network incubator
P'tits loups, new cinema for children young and old
Les Rencontres pancanadiennes du cinéma étudiant or RPCE, a national competition of short student films
Notes
The Compétition nationale section (meaning National competition) was previously known as Focus Québec/Canada and was created in 2006
The Temps Ø section was created in 2004
The FNC Lab section was divided into two sections in 2016: Les Nouveaux alchimistes and FNC Explore
The FNC Forum section was previously known as FNC Pro and Open Source
The RCPÉ (meaning Pan-Canadian Student Meetings) was created in 2015
The P'tits loups section (meaning Little wolves) was created in 2008
The festival was founded in 1971 by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipidès. The festival went through several name changes.
1971: Festival international du cinéma en 16mm de Montréal (Montreal International 16mm Film Festival).
1980: Renamed Festival international du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (Montreal International Festival of New Cinema)
1984: Renamed Festival international du nouveau cinéma et de la vidéo de Montréal (Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and Video)
1995: Renamed Nouveau festival international, cinéma, vidéo et nouvelles technologies de Montréal (New Montreal International Festival of Cinema, Video and New Technologies);
1997: Renamed Festival international du nouveau cinéma et des nouveaux médias de Montréal or FCMM (Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media) as a result of the merger with the Festival international du court métrage de Montréal (Montreal International Short Film Festival).
2001: The Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary by offering an extraordinary selection and a commemorative book summarizing the festival's 30-year history.
2004: Adopted the current name Festival du nouveau cinéma (Festival of New Cinema).
Langlois initially programmed the
Festival International de Films de Montréal (FIFM; New Montreal FilmFest) to coincide with the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media (FCMM). According to press reports pertaining to the controversy between the
Montreal World Film Festival (WFF/FFM) and the
New Montreal FilmFest, Langlois planned to merge the two festivals, but failed to do so when the FCMM refused any such merger. The dates for the inaugural
New Montreal FilmFest were ultimately changed to avoid conflicting with the dates of the FCMM.
In 2005, both the FNC and the New Montreal FilmFest came under new management. In early 2006, the New Montreal FilmFest folded after the failure of its inaugural festival. Both the FNC and the Montreal World Film Festival would continue to exist after the demise of the New Montreal FilmFest.