Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal

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Fierté Montréal has partnered with Festival du Nouveau Cinéma for a second year in a row to celebrate the creativity and talent of 2SLGBTQIA+ creators, The Fierté Montréal Awards recognizes the best 2SLGBTQIA+ film among the long films selection.

Jury: Jérémie Romain, Dustin Ariel Segura-Suarez and Samy Benammar.

Films competing for the Fierté Montréal Award:
-I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE (compétition internationale)
by Klára Tasovská. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria | 2024 | 90 min | Czech | st English
The life and work of Libuše Jarcovjáková, photographer of Czechoslovak counterculture, in still images.
An intimate portrait of a free spirit.

-VIET AND NAM (compétition internationale)
by Minh Quý Truong. Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, United States | 2024 | 129 min | Vietnamise | st English
Queer romance in the depth of a coal mine and the memory of Vietnam. Past, present, dreams, and
magic.

-REAS (nouveaux alchimistes)
by Lola Arias. Argentina, Germany, Switzerland | 2024 | 82 min | Spanish | st French, English
In a Buenos Aires prison, former inmates reclaim their past in song. Solidarity and the ecstatic power of
cinema.

-EAT THE NIGHT (nouveaux alchimistes)
by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel. France | 2024 | 107 min | French | st English
Part thriller, part experimental film: a brother and sister, love and violence, and a virtual world about to
disappear.

-BLUISH (Panorama international)
by Lilith Kraxner & Milena Czernovsky. Autria | 2024 | 83 min | German, English, Russian | st English, French
The experimental, sensory urban life of two young Viennese women. A refreshingly charming suspension
of time and existentialism.

-MOST PEOLE DIE ON SUNDAYS (Panorama international)
by Iair Said. Argentina, Italy, Spain | 2024 | 75 min | Spanish | st English
From funerals to reunions, family setbacks to missed appointments, the melancholic-comic itinerary of
an endearing loser, the alter ego of the director-performer.

-DISCO'S REVENGE (Panorama international)
by Omar Majeed & Peter Mishara. Ontario | 2024 | 100 min | English | No Subtitles
The birth and legacy of disco, a musical revolution that amplified the voices of Black, Latin and LGBTQ+
communities.

-KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER'S END (Panorama international)
by Kostis Charamountanis. Greece, North Macedonia | 2024 | 106 min | Greek | st French, English.
A single father and his children set off on a sailboat to enjoy the island of Poros. A sunny journey full of
surprises.

-THE VISITOR (Incontournable)
by Bruce LaBruce. UK | 2024 | 101 min | English | No Subtitles
Sex has no borders! Explicit, anarchistic, experimental and radical: a new bombshell that brings down
anything that moves.

-EMILIA PÉREZ (Incontournable)
by Jacques Audiard. France | 2024 | 132 min | Spanish | st English
Narco-thriller, musical comedy and queer social drama starring a quartet of exceptional actresses. All at
breakneck speed.

-PEACHES GOES BANANAS (temps 0)
by Marie Losier. France, Belgium | 2024 | 73 min | English | st French
The Mad Max – Fury Road of music documentaries. Peaches, the famous technopunk
performer/musician, is filmed over a period of 17 years. Ecstasy guaranteed.

For over 50 years, the FNC has made national and international auteur cinema accessible, treating audiences to works of diversity and originality by emerging and major filmmakers. Our focus on the NEW is threefold: new creators, new approaches and new technologies. Dean of Canadian film festivals and a major Quebec event, the FNC presents over 200 works from 60 different countries to celebrate the best of today’s cinema!

53th Edition - From October 9 to 20, 2024