Leading experts in the field share their expertise and the work process involved with composing music for films.

Bringing together authors and short film directors/ producers. Following a call, authors and short film directors/producers are matched according to their interests and the topics they address in their practice.

Duos formed during the previous edition share their experiences and discuss how the twinning was done.

Dedicated to the short film, the event kicks off with the traditional award ceremony and continues with a festive evening! A great opportunity to meet local and international filmmakers who are as talented as they are inspiring.

Daisuke Miyazaki, Tomona Hirota, Takeru Ogawa (Videophobia) and Fabrice du Welz (Adoration)CAFÉ 9AM: Daisuke Miyazaki, Tomona Hirota and Takeru Ogawa, from the movie Videophobia as part of our Time 0 selection.CAFÉ 10AM: Fabrice du Welz, director of Adoration, film selected as part of our...

An informal panel made up of international short film festival programmers discussing their selection process.Anne Gaschütz - FILMFEST DRESDEN (GERMANY)Sanghoon LEE - BISFF (Busan International Short Film Festival) (KOREA) Jaime E. Manrique - Bogotá Short Film Festival - BOGOSHORTS (COLOMBIA)...

The BDO accounting firm, in collaboration with la Banque Nationale and other partners, puts together a tax clinic for industry professionals.

Running at a maximum of seven minutes, these original shorts echo the diversity characterizing the works that have screened at the FNC in the past years. For this ninth edition of Cartes blanches, we decided to encourage five directors from previous editions of the festival for their films that...

The cult Japanese director is back with a freewheeling, coming-of-age story starring former pop idol Atsuko Maeda as a travel show host whose outlook on life changes after a trip to Uzbekistan.

A teen saddled with the responsibility of her oblivious father has to make an impossible choice in this début feature that picks apart the threads of a troubled father/daughter relationship.

An intensely devout woman receives an unexpected – and dangerous – sign from above. Wrapped in a pop neon aesthetic, Gabriel Mascaro’s second feature is an ambiguous comment on contemporary Brazil.

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...

For five years, Lukas Marxt followed a schizophrenic man living in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. An experimental portrait where lonely volcanic landscapes externalize a man’s innermost thoughts and feelings through the alchemy of cinema.

A young student, supposedly stricken with cancer, must provide documentation to prove her medical condition. There begins a spiral of falsehood in this icily disturbing thriller that navigates between Münchhausen’s syndrome and outright fraud.

In a radicalized, right-wing Quebec, three male characters of different backgrounds and generations inextricably united by a greater cause investigate a disappearance. A poignant, existential tale.

A family man, haunted by apocalyptic visions, builds a bunker despite the puzzlement of his family and friends. A film that anticipated the rise of ecoanxiety, featuring breathtaking images of environmental catastrophe....

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.ERRATUM : the screening wil be at 8:45 pm

Using their signature social-realist approach, the Dardenne brothers explore religious radicalization through a scorching yet empathetic portrait of a Belgian youth who’s determined to eliminate his “infidel” teacher.

Portrait of a depressed filmmaker bereft of inspiration, Pain and Glory eloquently relates the often painful process of artistic creation. Almodóvar returns to his childhood and first loves in this arresting, intimate work.

After the screening of Pedro Almodovar’s long-awaited Pain and Glory be seduced by a meal inspired by the ambiance, colour and extravagant universe of the Spanish filmmaker! The chef of the restaurant Le Blumenthal, located close to the Imperial Cinema, has joined us to create an imaginative,...

Two strangers who meet by chance in an apartment under construction is the premise for a murky relationship defined by hardship, oppression and a clash of hearts and bodies. A mysterious and powerful new addition to Rodrigue Jean’s filmography.

New Mexico, sometime in the 50s: a phone operator and a radio DJ try to decipher mysterious sound waves that might be a sign of imminent alien arrival. A fantasy thriller by a young filmmaker who is already drawing comparisons to Spielberg. Audience Award, Slamdance 2019.Q&A with the actress...

In this fragmented portrait, the ever-intriguing Winnipeg provides an offbeat setting for some incredibly endearing characters in this series of black-and-white tableaux vivants....

Who said work is good for you? A bus stops and lets off a group of young people about to start an “internship” at a strange hotel in this distinctly disquieting chiller. Proof that genre cinema is today reinventing itself with panache in Poland.

To survive, Kanako works in a Japanese bar. A demented culinary nightmare, seasoned with a plethora of Yakuza kills, make this pure cult-film gold. Proof that Sion Sono and Takashi Miike have met their female match.

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.

Austrian filmmaker Andreas Horvath delivers a fascinating road movie that draws on a crazy-but-true story to tell the tale of a young Russian émigré to the U.S. who’s determined to walk back to Russia.

Mass hysteria ensues when a soccer match is lost due to a controversial penalty called by the ref. Kill the Referee is a brilliant comedy that veers dangerously into tragic territory for frivolous reasons. When sports fandom goes off the deep end.

While extreme weather batters Australia, a lawyer gets involved with a group of Aborigines he is defending. A dreamlike experience, opposing Indigenous spirituality and Western rationalism, powerless against the forces of nature.

Anne Émond’s debut is a bold huis-clos. After a one-night stand, two rudderless thirty-somethings open up with each other, talking freely about their fears and their era.

With the Festival International du Film d’Aubagne and SACEM, the aim of this collaboration is to connect composers with director/producer duos in search of music for their short or feature projects.

What are the factors that come into play once the production of a film has been finished? From distributors (and self-distribution), festivals, markets and platforms, this workshop explores the various stages of marketing and the possible places of diffusion.