2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival

{{Infobox Film festival

| name = 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival

| image =

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| opening = Percy

| closing = The Father

| location = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

| founded = 1989

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| date = September 19–27, 2020

| website = {{URL|cinefest.com}}

| chronology = Cinéfest

| main = Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival

| previous = 2019

| next = 2021

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The 2020 edition of the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the 32nd edition in the event's history, was held from September 19 to 27, 2020 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.[https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/as-tickets-go-on-sale-cinefest-announces-more-films "As tickets go on sale, Cinefest announces more films"]. Sudbury Star, August 29, 2020.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, organizers announced that the 2020 Cinéfest would proceed with a mix of in-person and online screenings, similarly to the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/2020-cinefest-will-be-hybrid-in-person-virtual-festival-2520941 "2020 Cinéfest will be ‘hybrid’ in-person, virtual festival"]. Sudbury.com, June 26, 2020. The festival also programmed a smaller lineup than it had in recent years, with 55 feature films.Molly Frommer, [https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/cinefest-sudbury-announces-most-of-its-2020-film-lineup-1.5073106 "Cinefest Sudbury announces most of its 2020 film lineup"]. CTV Northern Ontario, August 20, 2020.

Awards

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Award ! Film ! Filmmaker ! Ref
Audience Choice, Live Screening \| The Father \| Florian Zeller \| rowspan=6\| [https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/cinefest-sudbury-announces-its-2020-award-winners "Cinefest Sudbury announces its 2020 award winners"]. Sudbury Star, October 11, 2020.
Audience Choice, Virtual Platform \| The Last Vermeer \| Dan Friedkin
Audience Choice, Documentary \| Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) \| Kim O'Bomsawin
Audience Choice, Documentary Runner-Up \| Chaakapesh \| Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley
Audience Choice, Short Film \| Cayenne \| Simon Gionet
Audience Choice, Short Film Runner-Up \| Zoo \| Will Niava

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Award

! Film

! Filmmaker

! Ref

Audience Choice, Live Screening

| The Father

| Florian Zeller

| rowspan=6| [https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/cinefest-sudbury-announces-its-2020-award-winners "Cinefest Sudbury announces its 2020 award winners"]. Sudbury Star, October 11, 2020.

Audience Choice, Virtual Platform

| The Last Vermeer

| Dan Friedkin

Audience Choice, Documentary

| Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain)

| Kim O'Bomsawin

Audience Choice, Documentary Runner-Up

| Chaakapesh

| Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley

Audience Choice, Short Film

| Cayenne

| Simon Gionet

Audience Choice, Short Film Runner-Up

| Zoo

| Will Niava

Official selections

=Gala Presentations=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
colspan=2\| Ammonite	Francis Lee	United Kingdom, Australia
colspan=2\| Girl	Chad Faust	Canada, United States
colspan=2\| My Salinger Year	Philippe Falardeau	Canada
colspan=2\| Nadia, Butterfly	Pascal Plante	Canada
colspan=2\| The Nest	Sean Durkin	Canada, United Kingdom, United States
colspan=2\| Nine Days	Edson Oda	United States
colspan=2\| Percy	Clark Johnson	Canada, United States
The Rose Maker	La fine fleur	Pierre Pinaud	France

=Special Presentations=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
colspan=2\| Akilla's Escape	Charles Officer	Canada
Another Round	Druk	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
colspan=2\| Body and Bones	Melanie Oates	Canada
colspan=2\| Falling	Viggo Mortensen	Canada, United Kingdom
colspan=2\| The Father	Florian Zeller	France, United Kingdom
Games People Play	Seurapeli	Jenni Toivoniemi	Finland
colspan=2\| I Am Greta	Nathan Grossman	Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Laughter	Le Rire	Martin Laroche	Canada
colspan=2\| Mogul Mowgli	Bassam Tariq	United Kingdom, United States
The Pack	Smecka	Tomas Polensky	Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia
colspan=2\| Spare Parts	Andrew Thomas Hunt	Canada
colspan=2\| Trickster	Michelle Latimer	Canada
colspan=2\| Undine	Christian Petzold	Germany, France
colspan=2\| Wander	April Mullen	Canada, United States

=Features Canada=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
colspan=2\| Bone Cage	Taylor Olson	Canada
colspan=2\| Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game	Ted Stenson	Canada
colspan=2\| For the Sake of Vicious	Gabriel Carrer, Reese Eveneshen	Canada
colspan=2\| Happy Place	Helen Shaver	Canada
colspan=2\| Hazy Little Thing	Sam Coyle	Canada
Our Own	Les Nôtres	Jeanne Leblanc	Canada
colspan=2\| Québexit	Joshua Demers	Canada
colspan=2\| Queen of the Morning Calm	Gloria Ui Young Kim	Canada
Reservoir	Réservoir	Kim St-Pierre	Canada
colspan=2\| Saint-Narcisse	Bruce La Bruce	Canada
colspan=2\| The Winter Lake	Phil Sheerin	Canada, Ireland

=Cana-Doc=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
colspan=2\| Eddy's Kingdom	Greg Crompton	Canada
colspan=2\| The Forbidden Reel	Ariel Nasr	Canada
colspan=2\| Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story	Posy Dixon	Canada, United Kingdom
Sisterhood	Ainsi soient-elles	Maxime Faure	Canada

=Cinema Indigenized=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
colspan=2\| The Arctics	Naomi Mark, Marty O'Brien	Canada
Call Me Human	Je m'appelle humain	Kim O'Bomsawin	Canada
colspan=2\| Chaakapesh	Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley	Canada
colspan=2\| Parallel Minds	Benjamin Ross Hayden	Canada

=World Cinema=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
colspan=2\| Abe	Fernando Grostein Andrade	Brazil, United States
colspan=2\| Black Bear	Lawrence Michael Levine	United States
Call Mom!	Ring mamma!	Lisa Aschan	Sweden
colspan=2\| Digger	Georgis Grigorakis	Greece
How to Be a Good Wife	La bonne épouse	Martin Provost	France
colspan=2\| The Last Vermeer	Dan Friedkin	United States
My Dog Stupid	Mon chien Stupide	Yvan Attal	France
Two of Us	Deux	Filippo Meneghetti	France

=World Doc=

class="wikitable" width=100%

!scope="col" width="32%"| English title

!scope="col" width="28%"| Original title

!scope="col" width="20%"| Director(s)

!scope="col" width="20%"| Production country

colspan=2| The Human Factor

Dror Moreh

Israel, United States

colspan=2| The Truffle Hunters

Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw

Greece, Italy, United States

=Stir Crazy Late Night Frights=

class="wikitable" width=100%

!scope="col" width="32%"| English title

!scope="col" width="28%"| Original title

!scope="col" width="20%"| Director(s)

!scope="col" width="20%"| Production country

colspan=2| Possessor

Brandon Cronenberg

Canada, United Kingdom

=First Cut=

class="wikitable" width=100%

!scope="col" width="32%"| English title

!scope="col" width="28%"| Original title

!scope="col" width="20%"| Director(s)

!scope="col" width="20%"| Production country

colspan=2| Perspective

B. P. Paquette

Canada

=Audience Choices from Around the World=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
Girl with No Mouth	Peri: Ağzı Olmayan Kız	Can Evrenol	Turkey
colspan=2\| Lucky Grandma	Sasie Sealy	United States
colspan=2\| Radioactive	Marjane Satrapi	United Kingdom

=Short Circuit=

class="wikitable" width=100% !scope="col" width="32%"\| English title !scope="col" width="28%"\| Original title !scope="col" width="20%"\| Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%"\| Production country
A Birthday	Un jour de fête	Philippe Arsenault	Canada
A Broken Hearted Solstice	Solstice d'un cœur brisé	Fanny Lefort	Canada
colspan=2\| All-In Madonna	Arnold Lim	Canada
colspan=2\| Anna	Dekel Berenson	United Kingdom
colspan=2\| Audionomie	Maximillien Rolland	Canada
BKS	SDR	Alexa-Jeanne Dubé	Canada
colspan=2\| Cayenne	Simon Gionet	Canada
colspan=2\| Drifting	Hanxiong Bo	China
colspan=2\| Goodbye Golovin	Mathieu Grimard	Canada
colspan=2\| The House Abandon	Clint D'Souza	Canada
colspan=2\| I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain	Sofia Banzhaf	Canada
colspan=2\| Landgraves	Jean-François Leblanc	Canada
colspan=2\| Red Balloon	Avi Federgreen	Canada
Shooting Star	Comme une cométe	Ariane Louis-Seize	Canada
colspan=2\| Single	Ashley Eakin	United States
Sleeping Longing	Dormir désir	Virginie Nolin	Canada
colspan=2\| Veil	Zahra Golafshani	Canada
colspan=2\| Zoo	Will Niava	Canada

References

Cinefest

Category:Culture of Greater Sudbury

Category:September 2020 in Canada

Category:COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario