On this public holiday, the exact halfway point of the festival, nothing better than a Thanksgiving meal (with vegetarian option) to bring together all of those who will be far from home – guests, festivalgoers and FNC team. A “home-made” dinner followed by a karaoke party to bring out the...

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.

A cinematic masterwork, this immense artistic œuvre — a martial arts movie with a philosophical bent and pierced through with spirituality — needs to be seen at least once on the big screen. At long last, the restored version is screening internationally for the very first time. A must-see!

Naoufel falls in love with Gabrielle as a severed hand, abandoned in a dissection room, tries to reunite with its body. Jérémy Clapin directs an animated feature film of great poetic originality that snagged him the Critics’ Week Grand Prix at Cannes.

A Tarantino-esque Romanian comedy that doubles as an introduction to el silbo, the whistled register of Spanish used on the Canary Island of La Gomera. A deadpan, offbeat musical neo-noir crime caper with, as a backdrop, the mid-Atlantic isle that’s headquarters to a gang of whistling crooks. If...

In Morocco, where out-of-wedlock children are taboo, two very different single mothers come to each other’s aid. A warm-hearted, sensitive portrait of two women at a crossroads.

This national competition of short student films is open to university cinema departments across Canada. For four days, students and representatives from participating schools have the opportunity to get together and exchange ideas through workshops, conferences and networking, in addition to the...

Four filmmakers return to Sudan, intent against all odds on bringing movies back to a country controlled by an Islamist government. A heartwarming epic about determination, friendship and an undying love of cinema.

Pete and Sasha are two friends living their twenties to the extreme. For his directorial debut, actor Alexander Gorchilin (Leto) takes a hard look at Russian youth and its afflictions.

It’s looser rapper vs. smart fridge in this ironic comedy by the director of Gaz de France (2016), starring Philippe Katerine among others. An entertaining pop outing that gleefully demolishes our naively utopian view of artificial intelligence.

As absurd and sarcastic as it appears, Alexander Kluge’s latest is a collage of bizarre sketches from films, theatre and circus, and the most outrageous scenes from the film Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember by Khavn de la Cruz.

After Closeness, the young Russian director delivers a searing historical epic set in a postwar Leningrad seen through the eyes of two women struck by horrific tragedy. Not all wounds are physical.

Intimate, nuanced portrait of two teens embroiled in a baby-selling scam who have to pretend, each in their own way, to be the parents of a premature baby girl.

For the second instalment of his medieval period piece based on Charles Péguy’s play, Bruno Dumont casts the mythical female figure in a more sombre, slightly anachronistic light, raised by a brilliant performance from the young Lise Leplat Prudhomme.

Former soldier Yoav flees to Paris, dead set on leaving Israel behind. Enfant terrible Nadav Lapid hits where it hurts with a searing, existential third feature that won the Golden Bear at the last Berlin Festival.

The latest from Wang Xiaoshuai (La bicyclette de Pékin, Chongqing Blues) traces the evolution of modern China against a backdrop of family tragedy. A heartbreaking film of impressive ambition, about a couple’s resilience through life’s trials and tribulations. Immense.

In this gut-wrenching romantic drama, with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in brilliant form as a couple at the point of no return, Noah Baumbach delivers a hardhitting, bittersweet account of a painful divorce.

The new Quentin Dupieux (Keep an Eye Out) is a black comedy about a jacket that drives a man to madness. An absurd, hilarious tale with a chilling edge, starring Jean Dujardin as a serial killer and Adèle Haenel as his enabler.

Antigone, the avenging teenager, pits her loyalty and sense of sacrifice against the laws of men. Nahéma Ricci lights up the screen in the title role of this age-old epic that, transposed to present-day Montréal by director Sophie Deraspe, loses nothing of its impact.

With his story of a father forced to become a delivery driver in the gig economy, the British filmmaker’s sombre portrait of a family coming undone cuts to the heart of life in today’s Britain.

Congo’s underground artists have taken to the street, where they’re expressing their anger loud and clear through extravagant artworks and performances. Renaud Barret explores an unstoppable movement where each creation stands as an act of resistance in the face of injustice.

When a respectable father of two falls for another man, it’s a major bombshell for his family. The poor sinner’s redemption lies with a group of evangelists employing dubious methods. A terrifying psychodrama about intolerance and homophobia.

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.

Two marginal characters, a lively teen and a lonely man, cross paths in 80s Newfoundland in this bewitching tale whose stunning natural settings help instil a feeling of otherworldliness.

In a small fishing village, traditional practices are disrupted when tourists arrive from London. A tale of rivalry, tragedy, class divisions, anger and hope, set against the backdrop of a restless sea.

The erotic crumpling of bodies both human and automotive, the strange allure of the maimed, a heady mix of the smells of sex, blood and gas, all with an engrossing soundtrack by Howard Shore. The master of psychological horror presents his diamond in the rough: a sublime, gothic, infinitely...

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 event, the...

In a cross between off-the-wall critique and satirical nightmare, the Scottish multimedia artist takes a sweet-and-sour look at contemporary feminism by imagining a future where a group of women are held prisoner by a cruel, totalitarian TV reality show.

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.

When nature fights back, a destructive couple’s camping weekend turns into a nightmare. A powerful, gleeful, harsh metaphor for a dead-end way of life, a masterpiece of Ozploitation, and a favourite of Tarantino.

Caroline Poggi was born in Ajaccio in 1990; Jonathan Vinel in Toulouse in 1988. They have directed a number of short films, both separately and together. 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...

Caroline Poggi was born in Ajaccio in 1990; Jonathan Vinel in Toulouse in 1988. They have directed a number of short films, both separately and together. 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...