Festival's first days - Recommendations

A film festival is the perfect occasion to discover films...

...but also the occasion to meet some interesting people ! That's one of the orientations of those 15 recommendations ...

Thursday 10th

Friday 11th

Saturday 12th

Sunday 13th 

Thursday 10th

• 5:15 pm, ANGEL OF THE NORTH by Jean Michel Roux. An enigmatic film about Finland’s most famous painting, The Wounded Angel. A quasi-shamanic journey that probes the idea of death and may even open the doors to the beyond. Think Werner Herzog in documentary mode but with Finnish angels and magic trees. Director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Friday.

• 9:05 pm, EASY LAND by Sanja Zivkovic. A creative, unstable Serbian refugee struggles to build a new life in Canada as her daughter tries to pick up the pieces of their dashed hopes. A poignant drama carried by two brilliant actresses. Director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Friday.

• 9 pm, 1000 KINGS by Bidzina Kanchaveli. In a society peopled by abstract figures, a thousand people are encaged in a giant space, distinguished only by their social status, like a beehive. Their single aim is to produce light. A conceptual, poetic animation on the origins of life, the universe and more.

Friday 11th

• 7:10 pm, NAIL IN THE COFFIN: THE FALL AND RISE OF VAMPIRO by Michael Paszt. The best part of the fight happens behind the scenes, according to Vampiro. Here’s proof. The crazy, chaotic story of a wrestling star. A portrait of a survivor as he takes on the biggest battle of his life: raising a child. IAN "VAMPIRO" HODGKINSON + the director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Saturday.

• 7:30 pm, LA VIRGEN DE AGOSTO by Jonás Trueba. As the other locals flee Madrid for the summer, a woman in her 30s moves into a sublet and, needing to both lose and find herself, experiences a season charged with encounters. Actor-script writer Itsaso Arana + director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Saturday.

• 9 pm, MURMUR by Heather Young. A woman tormented by loneliness develops an unreasonable passion for animals in this minimalist tale whose mix of naturalism and imagination makes for a work of strange beauty. Director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Saturday.

• 9:15 pm, programme Compétition internationale 1 ... Yes, short films ! Why not ? Watch the best of internationnal shorts and meet the guests in attendance !
  

It were in our Thurday's recommendations, but it's also screened Friday if you missed it :

• 9:20 pm, ANGEL OF THE NORTH by Jean Michel Roux. An enigmatic film about Finland’s most famous painting, The Wounded Angel. A quasi-shamanic journey that probes the idea of death and may even open the doors to the beyond. Think Werner Herzog in documentary mode but with Finnish angels and magic trees. Director in attendance ! 

• 9:15 pm,EASY LAND by Sanja Zivkovic. A creative, unstable Serbian refugee struggles to build a new life in Canada as her daughter tries to pick up the pieces of their dashed hopes. A poignant drama carried by two brilliant actresses. Director in attendance !
  

Sathurday 12th

• 5 pm, programme Nouveaux alchimistes 2 ... Yes, short films ! Why not ? For a pure cinematic experience and meet the guests in attendance !

• 7 pm, ECHO by Rúnar Rúnarsson. A young girl meets her half-sister around a piano. An abandoned farm burns in the countryside. A group of seniors take an aquafitness class. A handful of vignettes from this nuanced, composite vision of Iceland, captured as Christmas nears. Director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Sunday.
  

BONUS it's saturday night ! Let's do something crazy and fun :

• 8 pm to 6 am, La Grande nuit Alien du FNC, 40 years of History, 4 films, animations and gifts, a real event you shouldn't miss. ALIEN, ALIENS, ALIEN 3, ALIEN ; RESSURECTION.

• 9 pm NOUS | MADE Night (FREE), NOUS | MADE celebrates the excellence of the artists and artisans of our industry.
  

It were in our Friday's recommendations, but it's also screened Saturday if you missed it :

• 4:05 pm, LA VIRGEN DE AGOSTO by Jonás Trueba. As the other locals flee Madrid for the summer, a woman in her 30s moves into a sublet and, needing to both lose and find herself, experiences a season charged with encounters. Actor-script writer Itsaso Arana + director in attendance !

• 5:15 pm,NAIL IN THE COFFIN: THE FALL AND RISE OF VAMPIRO by Michael Paszt. The best part of the fight happens behind the scenes, according to Vampiro. Here’s proof. The crazy, chaotic story of a wrestling star. A portrait of a survivor as he takes on the biggest battle of his life: raising a child. IAN "VAMPIRO" HODGKINSON + the director in attendance !

• 9:15 pm, MURMUR by Heather Young. A woman tormented by loneliness develops an unreasonable passion for animals in this minimalist tale whose mix of naturalism and imagination makes for a work of strange beauty. Director in attendance !

Sunday 13th

• 5:15 pm, Screening + discussion DARRYL NEPINAK. From Skownan First Nation, was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A discussion will follow the screening on Darryl’s cinema, at times deadpan as well as engaging. Director in attendance !

• 6:05 pm, SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt.  From foster homes to alternative therapies, jaded civil servants to compassionate social workers, the torturous path of a “problem child.” Winner of the Alfred-Bauer Prize for innovation at the last Berlin Festival, a draining, exhilarating film that will break your heart. Director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Monday

• 9:05 pm, ADORATION by Fabrice Du Welz. An ethereal, frantic, destructive drama, the latest from the Belgian director is a frenzied runaway story in which two teens’ passionate love triumphs over reason. A bold film, admirable in its irrationality. Director in attendance ! *There is a 2nd screening Tuesday

• 9 pm, THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn. Two Indigenous women from different backgrounds come together and share a moment between distress and communion. A naturalistic and highly sensitive first film where women’s words and experiences are brought to life in all their complexity. Director Kathleen Hepburn in attendance ! 

BONUS (It's Sunday, but Monday it's holiday ! So there is a Berliner techno night ... let's do something new for Thanksgiving! )

From 7:30 pm at the Agora du coeur des sciences of UQAM for the only FNC's show that isn't free, but still a good deal, KOMPROMAT (10 pm) with Xarah Dion eas a 1rst part (8:30 pm).

... And because the weekend is longer than usual, we give you some Monday's recommendations !

Monday 14th

• 1 pmJACOB ET LES CHIENS QUI PARLENT ; (for all the familly) While visiting his cousin Mimmi, seven-year-old Jacob – a future architect – meets a pack of talking dogs. He leads them on an adventure to save Mimmi’s neighbourhood.
  

• 1 pm, LA RIVIÈRE SANS REPOS by Marie-Hélène Cousineau & Madeline Ivalu. Amidst the violence and turmoil of the 20th century, a young Inuit woman oscillates between freedom and assimilation in this intimate melodrama that blows a fine wind of resistance, in keeping with its unconquered setting. The complete crew in attendance !
  

• 5 pm, Screening + discussion Poggi & Vinel ; 2 short film programs will be screened. A discussion moderated by Emilie Poirier will follow the screening of their co-directed films. The aesthetics of violence, weapons and the world of video games are found in their works, but never to the detriment of love, friendship, clan and family. Directors in attendance !
  

• 7:15 pm, Courts métrages Bogoshort, Spotlight on Bogoshorts festival With a goal to build and consolidate short film culture in Colombia, and help promote Colombian filmmakers, the Bogoshorts movement puts together local, national and international events throughout the year, ending each December with the biggest short film even.