2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma

{{Infobox Film festival

| name = 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma

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| opening = The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung

| closing = The Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley

| location = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| founded = 1971

| awards =

| host =

| number =

| date = October 4 - 15, 2023

| website = {{URL|https://nouveaucinema.ca/en}}

| chronology = FNC

| main = Festival du nouveau cinéma

| previous = 2022

| next = 2024

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The 2023 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 52nd edition in the event's history, took place from October 4 to 15, 2023 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Bill Brownstein, [https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/brownstein-fnc-is-screening-105-films-and-zoe-protat-has-seen-them-all "FNC is screening 105 films, and Zoé Protat has seen them all"]. Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2023.

The festival opened with The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung, and closed with The Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley.Martin Gignac, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2023-10-04/quoi-voir-au-festival-du-nouveau-cinema.php "Quoi voir au Festival du nouveau cinéma ?"]. La Presse, October 4, 2023.

Awards

Award winners were announced on October 15 at the conclusion of the festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/fnc-2023-chloe-leriche-et-ariane-louis-seize-recompensees/ "(FNC 2023) Chloé Leriche et Ariane Louis-Seize récompensées"]. Films du Québec, October 16, 2023.

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Award ! Film ! Filmmaker
National Competition, Grand Prize \| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) \| Ariane Louis-Seize
National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor \| Seagrass \| Meredith Hama-Brown
International Competition, Grand Prize \| The Settlers (Los Colonos) \| Felipe Gálvez Haberle
International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois \| Birdland (Indivision) \| Leïla Kilani
International Competition, Best Acting Performance \| The Bride \| Sandra Umulisa
International Competition, FIPRESCI Prize \| How to Have Sex \| Molly Manning Walker
New Alchemists Prize \| Allensworth \| James Benning
New Alchemists Prize, Honorable Mention \| Open-Pit (Cielo abierto) \| Felipe Esparza Pérez
Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film \| Power Alley (Levante) \| Lillah Halla
Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film, Honorable Mention \| The Bride \| Myriam U. Birara
Panorama Public Prize \| Junkyard Dog (Chien de la casse) \| Jean-Baptiste Durand
Temps 0 Public Prize \| Mars Express \| Jérémie Périn
TV5 Public Prize for Best Francophone Film \| Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) \| Chloé Leriche
P'tits Loups \| Funny Birds (Drôles d'oiseaux) \| Charlie Belin
P'tits Loups, Honorable Mention \| The Spyglass (Kikaren) \| Malin Erixon
FNC Explore Panorama Prize \| Over the Rainbow \| Craig Quintero
FNC Explore Panorama Prize, Honorable Mention \| Cycle of Violence \| Felicia Bergström
FNC Explore Horizon Prize \| Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics \| Terril Calder
National Competition, Short Film \| Summer of 2000 (Été 2000) \| Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier
National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention \| Gaby's Hills (Gaby les collines) \| Zoé Pelchat
National Competition, Short Film Public Prize \| Mothers and Monsters \| Édith Jorisch
International Competition, Short Film \| Oyu \| Atsushi Hirai
International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention \| 8 \| Anaïs-Tohé Commaret
New Alchemists, Animated Short Film \| AliEN0089 \| Valeria Hoffmann
New Alchemists, National Dada Prize \| Lake Baikal (Baigal Nuur) \| Alisi Telengut
New Alchemists, International Dada Prize \| Bloom \| Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado
New Alchemists, International Dada Prize Honorable Mention \| Blank Photograph \| Che-Yu Hsu
RPCÉ Grand Prize \| Sun, Moon and Four Peaks \| Kevin Jin Kwan Kim
RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize \| Dynamite, Fish Head! (Dynamite, tête de poisson!) \| William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre
RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize, Honorable Mention \| All In \| Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet

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Award

! Film

! Filmmaker

National Competition, Grand Prize

| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)

| Ariane Louis-Seize

National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor

| Seagrass

| Meredith Hama-Brown

International Competition, Grand Prize

| The Settlers (Los Colonos)

| Felipe Gálvez Haberle

International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois

| Birdland (Indivision)

| Leïla Kilani

International Competition, Best Acting Performance

| The Bride

| Sandra Umulisa

International Competition, FIPRESCI Prize

| How to Have Sex

| Molly Manning Walker

New Alchemists Prize

| Allensworth

| James Benning

New Alchemists Prize, Honorable Mention

| Open-Pit (Cielo abierto)

| Felipe Esparza Pérez

Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film

| Power Alley (Levante)

| Lillah Halla

Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film, Honorable Mention

| The Bride

| Myriam U. Birara

Panorama Public Prize

| Junkyard Dog (Chien de la casse)

| Jean-Baptiste Durand

Temps 0 Public Prize

| Mars Express

| Jérémie Périn

TV5 Public Prize for Best Francophone Film

| Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw)

| Chloé Leriche

P'tits Loups

| Funny Birds (Drôles d'oiseaux)

| Charlie Belin

P'tits Loups, Honorable Mention

| The Spyglass (Kikaren)

| Malin Erixon

FNC Explore Panorama Prize

| Over the Rainbow

| Craig Quintero

FNC Explore Panorama Prize, Honorable Mention

| Cycle of Violence

| Felicia Bergström

FNC Explore Horizon Prize

| Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics

| Terril Calder

National Competition, Short Film

| Summer of 2000 (Été 2000)

| Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier

National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention

| Gaby's Hills (Gaby les collines)

| Zoé Pelchat

National Competition, Short Film Public Prize

| Mothers and Monsters

| Édith Jorisch

International Competition, Short Film

| Oyu

| Atsushi Hirai

International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention

| 8

| Anaïs-Tohé Commaret

New Alchemists, Animated Short Film

| AliEN0089

| Valeria Hoffmann

New Alchemists, National Dada Prize

| Lake Baikal (Baigal Nuur)

| Alisi Telengut

New Alchemists, International Dada Prize

| Bloom

| Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado

New Alchemists, International Dada Prize Honorable Mention

| Blank Photograph

| Che-Yu Hsu

RPCÉ Grand Prize

| Sun, Moon and Four Peaks

| Kevin Jin Kwan Kim

RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize

| Dynamite, Fish Head! (Dynamite, tête de poisson!)

| William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre

RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize, Honorable Mention

| All In

| Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet

Official selections

=International Competition=

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\| Between Revolutions	Vlad Petri	Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran
Birdland	Indivision	Leïla Kilani	France, Morocco
colspan=2\| The Bride	Myriam U. Birara	Rwanda
The Face of the Jellyfish	El Rostro de la medusa	Melisa Liebenthal	Argentina
colspan="2"\| How to Have Sex	Molly Manning Walker	United Kingdom
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell	Bên trong vỏ kén vàng	Phạm Thiên Ân	Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain
Orlando, My Political Biography	Orlando, ma biographie politique	Paul B. Preciado	France
The Settlers	Los Colonos	Felipe Gálvez Haberle	Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany
colspan=2\| Sweet Dreams	Ena Sendijarević	Netherlands, Sweden, Indonesia, France
colspan=2\| The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed	Joanna Arnow	United States

=National Competition=

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
Atikamekw Suns	Soleils Atikamekw	Chloé Leriche	rowspan=7\| Canada
Days of Happiness	Les Jours heureux	Chloé Robichaud
colspan=2\| Gamodi	Felix Kalmenson
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person	Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant	Ariane Louis-Seize
Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak!	L'Ouragan Fuck You Tabarnak!	Ara Ball
colspan=2\| Seagrass	Meredith Hama-Brown
When Adam Changes	Adam change lentement	Joël Vaudreuil

=International Panorama=

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\| Animal	Sofia Exarchou	Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus
Banel & Adama	Banel et Adama	Ramata-Toulaye Sy	France, Senegal, Mali
Chicken for Linda!	Linda veut du poulet!	Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta	France
colspan=2\| Here	Bas Devos	Belgium
Junkyard Dog	Chien de la casse	Jean-Baptiste Durand	France
colspan=2\| #Mito	Daisuke Miyazaki	Japan
No Love Lost	La Fille de son père	Erwan Le Duc	France
colspan=2\| The Old Oak	Ken Loach	United Kingdom, France, Belgium
Omen	Augure	Baloji	Belgium, Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa
Power Alley	Levante	Lillah Halla	Brazil
colspan=2\| Samsara	Lois Patiño	Spain
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood	Savvusanna sõsarad	Anna Hints	Estonia, France, Iceland
colspan=2\| Tótem	Lila Avilés	Mexico, Denmark, France

=The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)=

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\| Allensworth	James Benning	United States
The Breath of Life	Nummer achttien	Guido van der Werve	Netherlands
The Human Surge 3	El Auge del Humano 3	Eduardo Williams	Argentina, Portugal, Brazil, Netherlands, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Peru
colspan=2\| Mammalia	Sebastian Mihăilescu	Romania, Poland, Germany
colspan=2\| Mannvirki	Gustav Geir Bollason	Iceland, France
colspan=2\| Music	Angela Schanelec	Germany, France, Serbia
Open-Pit	Cielo abierto	Felipe Esparza Pérez	Peru, France
colspan=2\| V F C	C. S. Roy	Canada
Wild Feast	Festin boréal	Robert Morin	Canada

=The Essentials (Les Incontournables)=

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About Dry Grasses	Kuru Otlar Üstüne	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden
Anatomy of a Fall	Anatomie d'une chute	Justine Triet	France
The Beast	La Bête	Bertrand Bonello	France, Canada
A Brighter Tomorrow	Il sol dell'avvenire	Nanni Moretti	Italy, France
colspan="2" \| La Chimera	Alice Rohrwacher	Italy, France, Switzerland
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World	Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii	Radu Jude	Romania
Evil Does Not Exist	悪は存在しない	Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	Japan
Fallen Leaves	Kuolleet lehdet	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland, Germany
Four Daughters	بنات ألفة	Kaouther Ben Hania	France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
colspan=2\| In Our Day	Hong Sang-soo	South Korea
Kidnapped	Rapito	Marco Bellocchio	Italy, France, Germany
Last Summer	L'Été dernier	Catherine Breillat	France
Lost in the Night	Perdidos en la noche	Amat Escalante	Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark
colspan=2\| May December	Todd Haynes	United States
colspan=2\| MMXX	Cristi Puiu	Romania, Moldova, France
Monster	怪物	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Japan
Our Body	Notre corps	Claire Simon	France
colspan=2\| Perfect Days	Wim Wenders	Japan
colspan=2\| Priscilla	Sofia Coppola	United States, Italy
colspan="2" \| Seven Veils	Atom Egoyan	Canada
colspan="2" \| The Zone of Interest	Jonathan Glazer	United Kingdom, Poland, United States

=Temps 0=

In addition to the already-announced lineup, a surprise screening of Quentin Dupieux's film Yannick was announced after the festival opening.[http://www.lienmultimedia.com/spip.php?article96898 "Le FNC présente « Yannick » de Quentin Dupieux en projection surprise"]. Lien Multimédia, October 6, 2023.

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colspan=2\| Challenge of the Tiger	Bruce Le	Hong Kong, Italy, United States
colspan=2\| Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind	Tsui Hark	Hong Kong
colspan=2\| The Dragon Lives Again	Law Kei	Hong Kong
colspan=2\| Enter the Clones of Bruce	David Gregory	United States
colspan=2\| Enter the Dragon	Robert Clouse	Hong Kong, United States
colspan=2\| Le Garçon qui la nuit	Jérémy Piette	France
colspan=2\| The Girls	Kenichi Ugana	Japan
colspan=2\| The Invisible Fight	Rainer Sarnet	Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland
King of Algiers	Omar la fraise	Elias Belkeddar	France, Algeria
colspan=2\| The Last Cartoon: Nonsense, Optimistic, Pessimistic	Bertrand Mandico	France
colspan=2\| Mars Express	Jérémie Périn	France
colspan=2\| Mon p'tit papa	Mahaut Adam	France
colspan=2\| Ninja Strikes Back	Bruce Le	Hong Kong, France
colspan=2\| Rainer, a Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley	Bertrand Mandico	France
Shadow of Fire	Hokage	Shinya Tsukamoto	Japan
colspan=2\| She Is Conann	Bertrand Mandico	France
colspan=2\| Six Singing Women	Yoshimasa Ishibashi	Japan
Thick and Thin	Tout fout le camp	Sébastien Betbeder	France
colspan=2\| Visitors	Kenichi Ugana	Japan
colspan=2\| Yannick	Quentin Dupieux	France

=Special Presentations=

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colspan=2\| Chip Chip Chopin par Desjardins	Richard Desjardins	Canada
colspan=2\| Fitting In	Molly McGlynn	Canada
colspan=2\| Irena's Vow	Louise Archambault	Canada
colspan=2\| La Japonaise, film-fantôme d’Alain Robbe-Grillet	Céline Ters	France
colspan=2\| Mad Max	George Miller	Australia
colspan=2\| Mad Max 2	George Miller	Australia
colspan=2\| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	George Miller, George Ogilvie	Australia
colspan=2\| Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller	Australia
colspan=2\| Renouer avec le vivant	Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jérémy Frey	France
Vibrant	Vivant	Yann Arthus-Bertrand	France

=History of Cinema=

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colspan=2\| Ghosts… of the Civil Dead	John Hillcoat	Australia
colspan=2\| Journey to Italy	Roberto Rossellini	Italy, France
colspan=2\| National Anarchist: Lino Brocka	Khavn De La Cruz	Philippines
colspan=2\| Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)	Khavn De La Cruz	Philippines
Pictures of Ghosts	Retratos Fantasmas	Kleber Mendonça Filho	Brazil
colspan=2\| Voyages en Italie	Sophie Letourneur	France

=Retrospective: The New Cinema of Bertrand Bonello=

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The Adventures of James and David	Les Aventures de James et David	rowspan=11\| Bertrand Bonello	rowspan=11\| France
colspan=2\| Cindy: The Doll Is Mine
colspan=2\| Coma
House of Tolerance	L'Apollonide - souvenirs de la maison close
Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice	Ingrid Caven, musique et voix
colspan=2\| My New Picture
On War	De la guerre
The Pornographer	Le Pornographe
Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera	Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme
Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?	Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2)
Who I Am	Qui je suis

=International Competition for Short Films=

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\| 8	Anaïs-Tohé Commaret	France
A Bird Called Memory	Pássaro Memória	Leonardo Martinelli	Brazil, United Kingdom
colspan=2\| Alpha Kings	Enrique Pedraza-Botero, Faye Tsakas	United States
colspan=2\| Aykuo	Ayaal Ayaal Adamov	Russia
colspan=2\| Been There	Corina Schwingruber Ilić	Switzerland
The Birthday Party	L'Anniversaire d'Enrico	Francesco Sossai	Germany, France, Italy
The Damned Yard	Pátio do Carrasco	André Gil Mata	Portugal
colspan=2\| Flores del otro patio	Jorge Cadena	Switzerland, Colombia
colspan=2\| Honeymoon	Alkis Papastathopoulos	Greece, Cyprus, France
I Saw the Face of the Devil	J'ai vu le visage du diable	Julia Kowalski	France
colspan=2\| Intelligence	Cosme Castro, Jeanne Frenkel	France
colspan=2\| Oyu	Atsushi Hirai	Japan, France
Paradise Europe	Du bist so wunderbar	Paulo Menezes, Leandro Goddinho	Germany
colspan=2\| Phalène	Sarah-Anaïs Desbenoit	France
colspan=2\| The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry	Faris Alrjoob	Germany, Jordan
colspan=2\| Sawo Matang	Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto	Indonesia, Canada, United States
colspan=2\| Sentimental Stories	Xandra Popescu	Germany
colspan=2\| Shrooms	Jorge Jácome	Portugal
colspan=2\| A Woman in Makueni	Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina	Germany, Kenya

=National Competition for Short Films=

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All the Days of May	Tous les jours de mai	Miryam Charles	rowspan=23\| Canada
colspan=2\| Aujourd'hui c'est dimanche, demain on meurt	Maxime Genois
Dead Cat	Chat mort	Annie-Claude Caron, Danick Audet
colspan=2\| Discordia	Rowan Gray
Gaby's Hills	Gaby les collines	Zoé Pelchat
colspan=2\| Haunted Hollow	Dominique van Olm
Heat Spell	L'Été des chaleurs	Marie-Pier Dupuis
colspan=2\| Hir•aeth	Anastasia Itkina
colspan=2\| I Used to Live There	Ryan McKenna
Katshinau	Les Mains sales	Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
colspan=2\| Les Lavandières	Laura Kamugisha
Making Babies	Faire un enfant	Éric K. Boulianne
colspan=2\| Mothers and Monsters	Édith Jorisch
colspan=2\| Muscat	Philippe Grenier
My Tomato Heart	Mon coeur de tomate	Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard
colspan=2\| Ofrandā	Vjosana Shkurti
colspan=2\| Les rois	Olivier Côté
colspan=2\| Soleil de nuit	Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias
Something Else	Autre chose	Étienne Lacelle
Summer of 2000	Été 2000	Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier
colspan=2\| Troika	Karl Kai, Robert Mentov
colspan=2\| Vampires, It's Nothing to Laugh At	Kinga Michalska
What Will You Do When I'm Gone	Majboor-E-Mamool	Haaris Qadri

=Special Presentations, Short Films=

The short films of Ariane Louis-Seize, in conjunction with her feature debut Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) in the main national narrative competition.

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The Depths	Les profondeurs	rowspan=7\| Ariane Louis-Seize	rowspan=7\| Canada
colspan=2\| Être elles
Little Waves	Les petites vagues
Rituals	Rituels
See You in My Dreams	Visites nocturnes silencieuses
Shooting Star	Comme une comète
Wild Skin	La Peau sauvage

=The New Alchemists, Short Films=

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\| Acoustic Shadows	Patrick Bergeron	Canada
colspan=2\| AliEN0089	Valeria Hoffmann	Chile, Argentina
Aphasia	Aphasie	Marielle Dalpé	Canada
Ardent Other	Le Mal des Ardents	Alice Brygo	France
colspan=2\| Artifacts of You, Artifacts of Me	Brecht De Cock	Belgium
colspan=2\| Blank Photograph	Che-Yu Hsu	France
colspan=2\| Bleu silico	Éloïse Le Gallo, Julia Borderie	France
colspan=2\| Bloom	Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado	Spain
colspan=2\| Center, Ring, Mall	Mateo Vega	Netherlands, Peru
colspan=2\| Cyclepaths	Anton Cla	Belgium
The Daughters of Fire	As Filhas do Fogo	Pedro Costa	Portugal
colspan=2\| Delight at Robert St.	Milja Viita	Finland, Canada
colspan=2\| Dickinsonia	Charline Dally	France, Canada
colspan=2\| Dinosauria, We	Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer	Canada
colspan=2\| Eschaton Ad	Andrea Gatopoulos	Italy
colspan=2\| Every Sunday, Grandma	Laure Prouvost	France, Belgium
Families' Albums	Albums de familles	Moïa Jobin-Paré	Canada
colspan=2\| Kinderfilm	Adrian Jonas Haim, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel, Total Refusal	Austria
Lake Baikal	Baigal Nuur	Alisi Telengut	Canada
colspan=2\| LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W	Wen Pey Lim	United Kingdom
colspan=2\| Let's Talk	Simon Liu	United States
colspan=2\| NYC RGB	Viktoria Schmid	United States, Austria
colspan=2\| Our Pain	Shunsaku Hayashi	Japan
colspan=2\| Outlets	Duncan Cowles	United Kingdom
colspan=2\| POV Memory	Igor Smola	Azerbaijan, Singapore
colspan=2\| Skyscraper Film	Federica Foglia	Italy, Canada
colspan=2\| Substrat	Patrick Bergeron, Karl Lemieux	Canada
colspan=2\| Sunflower Siege Engine	Sky Hopinka	United States
colspan=2\| Syncopated Green	Arjuna Neuman	United Kingdom
colspan=2\| The Veiled City	Natalie Cubides-Brady	United Kingdom
colspan=2\| Why Are You Image Plus?	Diogo Baldaia	Portugal

=RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition=

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%"\| Province
colspan=2\| All In	Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet	Quebec
Among Ashes	Parmi les cendres	Laurent Déry-Lauzier	Quebec
Antitutorial	Antitutoriel	Léonie Savard	Quebec
colspan=2\| Ashta	Ryan Bechara	Quebec
The Bleeding Nose	Médium saignant	Marie-Esther Durocher	Quebec
colspan=2\| Blink	Marco Lavagnino	Ontario
The Captain's Dream	Le Rêve du capitaine	Yuan Zha, Charles Gourde Talbot	Quebec
The City	La Ville	Kaolin Dhouailly	Quebec
Collateral	Collatéral	Antoine Collins	Quebec
colspan=2\| Dans l'ombre	Gabrielle Desrochers, Sarah Blouin, Elsa Champagne	Quebec
The Drawing	Le Dessin	Faiza Benzakour	Quebec
Dynamite, Fish Head!	Dynamite, tête de poisson!	William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre	Quebec
colspan=2\| An Ego and I	Jesu Medina	Quebec
Ephemeral	Éphémère	Dominic Cluzeau	Quebec
colspan=2\| Fais ton fric	Brunk Dramatik	Quebec
colspan=2\| Fan Day	Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé	Quebec
The Fighter	Nin Kamashitshet	André-Charles Ishpatao	Quebec
Final Breakdown	Dernier breakdown	Jean-Philippe Groulx	Quebec
colspan=2\| Hanami	Olivier Basquin	Quebec
colspan=2\| Jeu de mémoire	Philippe Cormier	Quebec
colspan=2\| Johnny Libertella	Bruno Dramatik	Quebec
colspan=2\| Kryptonite	Fleur Cohen-Solal	Quebec
colspan=2\| Larsen	Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé	Quebec
colspan=2\| Man Is Sick, Man Is Fine	Kit Baronas	British Columbia
An Omelet for Godot	Une omelette pour Godot	Marie Francœur	Quebec
The Outage	La Panne	Elliot Tremblay	Quebec
colspan=2\| Papa Guillotine	Namaï Kham Po	Quebec
Parc Ex: The Heart of MTL	Parc-Ex au cœur de MTL	Ayesha Sheikh	Quebec
colspan=2\| Perennials	Grant Macintosh	Nova Scotia
colspan=2\| Propulsion	Joaquim Trudel	Quebec
Some Dreams Are Just Deceptions	Cuando los sueños se vuelven desilusiones	José Ibáñez	Quebec
colspan=2\| Spinning	Emily Tosh	Alberta
colspan=2\| Sun, Moon and Four Peaks	Kevin Jin Kwan Kim	British Columbia
colspan=2\| Untitled US	Thomas Mai	British Columbia
Writer's Block	Page blanche	Yannick Lessard	Quebec

=RPCÉ International Student Short Films=

A selection of student films from the Icelandic Film School.

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I Don't Want to Feel Better	Iðrun mín Öll	Birkir Kristinsson	rowspan=5\| Iceland
A Princess's Tale	Skýjaborgin	Magdalena Ólafsdóttir
Responsible	Ábyrgð	María Matthíasdóttir
colspan=2\| Route 7	Óskar Þorri Hörpuson
colspan=2\| Sophie	Marie Lydie Bierne

=P'tits loups=

Short film program of animation for children.

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\| Animanimals Squirrel	Julia Ocker	Germany
colspan=2\| Animanimals T-Rex	Julia Ocker	Germany
colspan=2\| Animanimals Tiger	Julia Ocker	Germany
colspan=2\| Coin Coin	Anouk Archambault, Amélie Frit, Lucile Grunder, Solenn Lelaisant, Jeanne Marotte	France
Funny Birds	Drôles d'oiseaux	Charlie Belin	France
The Goose	L'Oie du plus fort	Jan Mika	Czech Republic, France
colspan=2\| Little Fan	Sveta Yuferova	Germany
colspan=2\| My Friend the Dog	Violeta Cortes	France
colspan=2\| O Homem das Pernas Altas	Vitor Hugo Rocha	Portugal
colspan=2\| Shelter	Julie Daravan Chea	France
colspan=2\| Somni	Sonja Rohleder	Germany
colspan=2\| Spin & Ella	An Vrombout	Belgium
The Spyglass	Kikaren	Malin Erixon	Sweden
Sunflower	Tournesol	Natalia Chernysheva	France, Russia
The Tiny Voyage	Le Tout petit voyage	Emily Worms	France
To Be Sisters	Entre deux sœurs	Clément Céard, Anne-Sophie Gousset	France
colspan=2\| Two One Two	Shira Avni	Canada

=FNC Explore=

Virtual reality projects.

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
Age of the Monster	Le Temps du monstre	Benjamin Nuel	France
colspan=2\| Cycle of Violence	Felicia Bergstrôm	Germany
colspan=2\| Dernier rappel	Colas Wohlfahrt, Emilie Rosas	Canada
colspan=2\| ELELE	Sjoerd van Acker	Netherlands
colspan=2\| Fresh Memories: The Look	Volodymyr Kolbasa, Ondrej Moravec	Ukraine, Czech Republic
colspan=2\| In Search of Time	Pierre Zandrowicz, Matt Tierney	United States
colspan=2\| Invisible	Michel Lemieux	Canada
colspan=2\| Kabaret	Gina Thorstensen	Norway
colspan=2\| Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics	Terril Calder	Canada
colspan=2\| Midnight Story	Antonin Niclass	United Kingdom
colspan=2\| Okawari	Landia Egal, Amaury La Burthe	Canada, France
colspan=2\| Over the Rainbow	Craig Quintero	Taiwan
colspan=2\| Missing 10 Hours	Fanni Fazakas	Hungary
colspan=2\| Reimagined Volume II: Mahal	Michaela Ternasky-Holland	United States
colspan=2\| Rock, Paper, Scissors	Alex Rühl	United Kingdom
colspan=2\| The Soil of the Namib	Christian Zipfel	Germany
We Barbarians	Nous les barbares	Bertrand Mandico	France

=Estival=

Film screenings that were held at an outdoor venue in August, several weeks before the regular festival program.

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
August 32nd on Earth	Un 32 août sur Terre	Denis Villeneuve	Canada
colspan=2\| The Banshees of Inisherin	Martin McDonagh	United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones	Kite Zo A: laisse les os	Kaveh Nabatian	Canada
Smoking Causes Coughing	Fumer fait tousser	Quentin Dupieux	France

References

Festival du nouveau cinema

Category:October 2023 in Canada