# 2021 Festival du nouveau cinéma

The 2021 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 50th edition in the event's history, took place from October 6 to 17, 2021 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, it was staged as a hybrid event, with a mixture of in-person and online screenings; although the festival officially concluded on October 17, the online platform remained open until October 31.
The festival opened with the film Bootlegger by Caroline Monnet, and closed with Félix Dufour-Laperrière's film Archipelago (Archipel). Marking the 50th anniversary of the festival, Bootlegger was also paired with 50 temps, a short documentary film about the festival by Luc Bourdon.

## Awards

Award winners were announced on October 18 at the conclusion of the festival.
| Award | Film | Filmmaker |
| National Competition, Grand Prize | Night Raiders | Danis Goulet |
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor | The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs) | Philippe Grégoire |
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Honorable Mention | The White Fortress (Tabija) | Igor Drljaca |
| International Competition, Grand Prize | Great Freedom (Große Freiheit) | Sebastian Meise [de] |
| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois | The Crossing (La Traversée) | Florence Miailhe |
| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois Honorable Mention | Taste (Vi) | Lê Bào |
| International Competition, Best Acting Performance | Moon, 66 Questions (Selini, 66 erotiseis) | Sofia Kokkali |
| FIPRESCI International Critics Prize | Damascus Dreams | Émilie Serri |
| Eurimages Audentia Award | The Crossing (La Traversée) | Florence Miailhe |
| New Alchemists Prize | Esqui | Manque La Banca |
| New Alchemists Prize Honorable Mention | The Child of Plomo (El Niño del Plomo) | Daniel Dávila |
| Panorama Prize | Gallant Indies (Les Indes Galantes) | Philippe Béziat |
| Temps 0 Public Prize | Some Like It Rare (Barbaque) | Fabrice Éboué |
| Temps 0 Public Prize | Vortex | Gaspar Noé |
| P'tits Loups | Dans la nature | Marcel Barelli |
| FNC Explore Panorama Prize | In the Mist | Chou Tung-Yen |
| FNC Explore Horizon Prize | Marco and Polo Go Round | Benjamin Steiger Levine |
| FNC Explore Horizon Prize Honorable Mention | Goliath: Playing with Reality | Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla |
| National Competition, Short Film | In the Jam Jar | Colin Nixon |
| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize | In the Jam Jar | Colin Nixon |
| International Competition, Short Film | A Present Light (Luz de Presença) | Diogo Costa Amarante |
| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention | My Uncle Tudor (Nanu Tudor) | Olga Lucovnicova |
| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film | Love, Dad (Mily tati) | Diana Cam Van Nguyen |
| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize | Boobs (Lolos) | Marie Valade |
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize | Happy Valley | Simon Liu |
| RPCÉ Grand Prize | Roots Home | Audrey Rainville |
| RCPÉ Honorable Mentions | Project Human Revival | Yuqian Zhang |
| RCPÉ Honorable Mentions | Université de Sisyphe | Étienne Pouy |
| Pitch Première Oeuvre | Adieu Minette | Sarra El Abed |
| Pitch Première Oeuvre Special Mention | Home of the Flying Moons | Victoria Catherine Chan |
| Nouveau Marché | Bells of Kabul | Chabname Zariab |
| Nouveau Marché Special Mentions | Mexico 1986 | César Diaz |
| Nouveau Marché Special Mentions | Motherhood | Meryam Joobeur |
| Jury Prize, Virtual Reality | Fight Back VR | Céline Tricart |
| Jury Prize, Virtual Reality | Future Rites | Sandra Rodriguez, Alexander Whitley |

## Official selections
### International Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Crossing | La Traversée | Florence Miailhe | France, Germany, Czech Republic |
| District Terminal | District Terminal | Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini | Iran, Germany |
| Great Freedom | Große Freiheit | Sebastian Meise [de] | Austria, Germany |
| In the Mirror | Spogulis | Laila Pakalnina | Latvia, Lithuania |
| Miguel's War | Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb | Germany, Lebanon, Spain |
| Moon, 66 Questions | Selini, 66 erotiseis | Jacqueline Lentzou | France, Greece |
| Passion | Passion | Maja Borg | Sweden, Spain |
| The Pink Cloud | A Nuvem Rosa | Iuli Gerbase | Brazil |
| Taste | VỊ | Lê Bảo | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Thailand, Germany, Taiwan |
| What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? | What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? | Alexandre Koberidze | Germany, Georgia |

### National Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| La Contemplation du mystère | La Contemplation du mystère | Albéric Aurtenèche | Canada |
| Damascus Dreams | Damascus Dreams | Émilie Serri | Canada |
| Darkroom | Darkroom | Lukas Maier | Canada |
| Night Raiders | Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | Canada |
| The Noise of Engines | La Bruit des moteurs | Philippe Grégoire | Canada |
| Nouveau Québec | Nouveau Québec | Sarah Fortin | Canada |
| Ste. Anne | Ste. Anne | Rhayne Vermette | Canada |
| The White Fortress | Tabija | Igor Drljaca | Canada |
| Wildhood | Wildhood | Bretten Hannam | Canada |

### International Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 1970 | 1970 | Tomasz Wolski | Poland |
| Bliss | Glück | Henrika Kull | Germany |
| Celts | Kelti | Milica Tomović | Serbia |
| Compartment No. 6 | Hytti nro 6 | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland, Estonia, Germany, Russia |
| The Fam | La Mif | Fred Baillif | Switzerland |
| Faya Dayi | Faya Dayi | Jessica Beshir | United States, Ethiopia, Qatar |
| Gagarine | Gagarin | Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh | France |
| Gallant Indies | Les Indes Galantes | Philippe Béziat | France |
| The Girl and the Spider | Das Mädchen und die Spinne | Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland |
| Hit the Road | Jadde Khaki | Panah Panahi | Iran |
| Mr. Bachmann and His Class | Herr Bachmann und Seine Classe | Maria Speth | Germany |
| Unclenching the Fists | Razzhimaya kulaki | Kira Kovalenko | Russia |
| The Velvet Queen | La Panthère des neiges | Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier | France |
| Venus by Water | Shui Bian Wei Na Si | Lin Wang | China |
| Wood and Water | Wood and Water | Jonas Bak | Germany, France |

### The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Child of Plomo | El Niño del Plomo | Daniel Dávila | Chile |
| Come Here | Come Here | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thailand |
| The Edge of Daybreak | Phayasohk phiyohkyam | Taiki Sakpisit | Thailand, Australia |
| The Fisherman's Daughter | Tzarevna Scaling | Uldus Bakhtiozina | Russia |
| Letters to a Young Traveller | Lettres à un jeune voyageur | Federico Hidalgo | Canada |
| The Penultimate | Den Næstsidste | Jonas Kærup Hjort | Denmark |
| Ski | Esquí | Manque La Banca | Argentina, Brazil |
| Ste. Anne | Ste. Anne | Rhayne Vermette | Canada |
| Virgin Blue | Bu yao zai jian a, Yu hua tang | Niu Xiaoyu | China |

### The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ahed's Knee | Haberek | Nadav Lapid | Israel, France, Germany |
| Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Days | Rìzi | Tsai Ming-Liang | Taiwan |
| Dune | Dune | Denis Villeneuve | United States |
| Earwig | Earwig | Lucile Hadžihalilović | United Kingdom, Belgium, France |
| The Hand of God | È stata la mano di Dio | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
| A Hero | Qahremaan | Asghar Farhadi | Iran, France |
| In Front of Your Face | dangsin eolgul ap-eseo | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Introduction | Inteurodeoksyeon | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Memoria | Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Paris, 13th District | Les Olympiades | Jacques Audiard | France |
| The Power of the Dog | The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia |
| Red Rocket | Red Rocket | Sean Baker | United States |
| Reflection | Vidblysk | Valentyn Vasyanovych | Ukraine |
| The Star | The Star | Nadav Lapid | Israel, United States |
| Tralala | Tralala | Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu | France |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Gūzen to Sōzō | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden |

### Temps 0

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| After Blue | Paradis sale | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| The Amusement Park | The Amusement Park | George A. Romero | United States |
| Asmodeus | Asmodeus | Éric Falardeau | Canada |
| Bloody Oranges | Oranges sanguines | Jean-Christophe Meurisse | France |
| Bound | Bound | Jean-Armand Bougrelle | Japan |
| Dead Flash | Dead Flash | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| Extraneous Matter | Extraneous Matter | Kenichi Ugana | Japan |
| For a Fistful of Fries | Poulet frites | Yves Hinant, Jean Libon | France, Belgium |
| Fou de Bassan | Fou de Bassan | Yann Gonzalez | France |
| Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. | Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. | Philipp Reichenheim | Germany, United States |
| Hiruko the Goblin | Yōkai Hantā: Hiruko | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Irréversible | Gaspar Noé | France |
| The Last Temptation of the Belgians | La Dernière tentation des Belges | Jan Bucquoy | Belgium |
| Lux Æterna | Lux Æterna | Gaspar Noé | France |
| Music Hole | Music Hole | David Mutzenmacher, Gaetan Liekens | Belgium |
| North Shinjuku 2055 | North Shinjuku 2055 | Daisuke Miyazaki | Japan |
| Saloum | Saloum | Jean Luc Herbulot | Senegal, France |
| Some Like It Rare | Barbaque | Fabrice Éboué | France |
| Taxidermize Me | Taxidermisez-moi | Marie Losier | France |
| Those Who Care | Debout les femmes ! | François Ruffin, Gilles Perret | France |
| Vortex | Vortex | Gaspar Noé | France |
| Zeria | Zeria | Harry Cleven | Belgium |

### Special Presentations

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada |
| Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada |
| Dream Life | La vie rêvée | Mireille Dansereau | Canada |
| Drunken Birds | Les Oiseaux ivres | Ivan Grbovic | Canada |
| The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge | La moitié gauche du frigo | Philippe Falardeau | Canada |
| Mulholland Drive | David Lynch | United States |
| Possession | Possession | Andrzej Żuławski | France, Germany |
| Ville Neuve | Ville Neuve | Félix Dufour-Laperrière | Canada |
| West of Pluto | À l'ouest de Pluton | Myriam Verreault, Henry Bernadet | Canada |

### International Competition for Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| After a Room | After a Room | Naomi Pacifique | United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland |
| Atér | Atér | Marie Fages | France |
| Dihya | Dihya | Lucia Martinez Garcia | Switzerland |
| Fata Morgana | Fata Morgana | Nitzan Rozen | Israel |
| Hotel Royal | Hotel Royal | Salomé Lamas | Portugal |
| How to Die Young in Manila | How to Die Young in Manila | Petersen Vargas | Philippines |
| Inherent | Inherent | Nicolai G.H. Johansen | France |
| Jesus Egon Christus | Jesus Egon Christus | Saša Vajda, David Vajda | Germany |
| Lemongrass Girl | Lemongrass Girl | Pom Bunsermvicha | Thailand |
| Let's Do This Again Sometime | Let's Do This Again Sometime | Petrus van Staden | South Africa, Spain |
| The Men Who Wait | Les Attendants | Truong Minh Quý | France, Singapore |
| Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won’t Fit Into His Suit | Al motociclista no le cabe la felicidad en el traje | Gabriel Herrera | Mexico |
| My Uncle Tudor | Nanu Tudor | Olga Lucovnicova | Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Moldova |
| Neon Phantom | Fantasma Neon | Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil |
| New Abnormal | Pid Pokati Mai | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand, South Korea, Singapore |
| On Solid Ground | Über Wasser | Jela Hasler | Switzerland |
| The Parents' Room | The Parents' Room | Diego Marcon | Italy |
| Potted Palm Trees | Topfpalmen | Rosa Friedrich | Germany |
| A Present Light | Luz de Presença | Diogo Costa Amarante | Portugal |
| Sandstorm | Mulaqat | Seemab Gul | Pakistan, United Kingdom |
| Sunrise in My Mind | Tngaireah knong chet | Danech San | Cambodia |
| Sycorax | Sycorax | Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro | Spain, Portugal |
| Techno, Mama | Techno, Mama | Saulius Baradinskas | Lithuania |
| Widow & Orphan | Hurenkind und Schusterjunge | Niklas Pollmann | Austria |

### National Competition for Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
| Abuela | Abuela | Rebeca Ortiz | Ontario |
| BàBà | BàBà | Dorothy Sing Zhang | Ontario |
| Between Realities Along the Edge of Time | Between Realities Along the Edge of Time | Jessica Huras | Ontario |
| Big Brother | Grand frère | Rémi St-Michel | Quebec |
| Bump | Bump | Maziyar Khatam | Ontario |
| Celle qui reste | Celle qui reste | Alex B. Martin | Quebec |
| Defund | Defund | Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha | Ontario |
| Dear Mr. Dudley | Dear Mr. Dudley | Morgan Tams | British Columbia |
| Deep Blue | Fond bleu | Franie-Éléonore Bernier | Quebec |
| Fanmi | Fanmi | Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Carmine Pierre-Dufour | Quebec |
| Fuckin' Coffin | Cercueil, tabarnak! | Loïc Darses | Quebec |
| The Horses | The Horses | Liz Cairns | British Columbia |
| In the Jam Jar | In the Jam Jar | Colin Nixon | Quebec |
| Joutel | Joutel | Alexa-Jeanne Dubé | Quebec |
| Louise from 9 to 5 | Louise de 9 à 5 | Julien G. Marcotte | Quebec |
| Nalujuk Night | Nalujuk Night | Jennie Williams | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| OK | OK | Virginie Nolin | Quebec |
| Ousmane | Ousmane | Jorge Camarotti | Quebec |
| Perfecting the Art of Longing | Perfecting the Art of Longing | Kitra Cahana | Quebec |
| Personals | Personals | Sasha Argirov | British Columbia |
| Resonance | Résonance | Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer | Quebec |
| River Boy Blues | River Boy Blues | Jerome Yoo | British Columbia |
| See You Garbage! | Au plaisir les ordures! | Romain Dumont | Quebec |
| Tibbits Hill | Tibbits Hill | Édith Jorisch | Quebec |
| Tigress | Tigress | Maya Bastian | Ontario |
| Together | Together | Albert Shin | Ontario |
| Twelve Hours | Twelve Hours | Paul Shkordoff | Ontario |
| A Void | A Void | Dominique van Olm | Ontario |

### Special Presentations Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Ataguttaaluk: A Life to Live | Ataguttaaluk: A Life to Live | Carol Kunnuk | Canada |
| Auto Portrait / Self Portrait Post Partum | Auto Portrait / Self Portrait Post Partum | Louise Bourque | Canada |
| Barcelona Burning | Barcelona de Foc | Theodore Ushev | Canada |
| Benjamin, Benny, Ben | Benjamin, Benny, Ben | Paul Shkordoff | Canada |
| A Blue Room | Une chambre bleue | Tomasz Siwinski | France |
| La Cage | La Cage | Marc Paradis | Canada |
| Délivre-nous du mal | Délivre-nous du mal | Marc Paradis | Canada |
| Foam | Écume | Omar Elhamy | Canada |
| From Roots to Leaves | From Roots to Leaves | Melissa Simon | Canada |
| Hitchhiking | Hitchhiking | Frank Vitale | Canada |
| L'Incident Jones | L'Incident Jones | Marc Paradis | Canada |
| Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century | Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century | Ulivia Uviluk | Canada |
| Islands | Les Îles | Yann Gonzalez | France |
| Kuujjuaq | Kuujjuaq | Sammy Gadbois | Canada |
| Letter to a Lover | Lettre à un amant | Marc Paradis | Canada |
| Little Brother | Petit frère | Rémi St-Michel | Canada |
| Oh What a Wonderful Feeling | Oh What a Wonderful Feeling | François Jaros | Canada |
| Réminiscences Carnivores | Réminiscences Carnivores | Marc Paradis | Canada |
| Selva | Selva | Sofía Quirós Ubeda | Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile |
| Shooting Star | Comme une comète | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Le soleil brille pour tout le monde mais les hommes préfèrent les blondes | Le soleil brille pour tout le monde mais les hommes préfèrent les blondes | Sylvie Laliberté | Canada |
| Système des beaux-arts | Système des beaux-arts | Daniel Dion | Canada |
| The Tesla World Light | The Tesla World Light | Matthew Rankin | Canada |
| Vice, vertu et vice-versa | Vice, vertu et vice-versa | Manon Labrecque | Canada |
| A Way of Life | A Way of Life | Dorothy Mesher | Canada |

### The New Alchemists, Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 3XShapes of Home | 3XShapes of Home | Elisabeth Brun | Norway |
| An Accumulation of Our Aftermaths | An Accumulation of Our Aftermaths | Solomon Nagler | Canada |
| Anxious Body | Anxious Body | Yoriko Mizushiri | Japan |
| Anthologie 2020 | Anthologie 2020 | Michael Yaroshevsky, Glauco Bermudez, Erin Weisgerber, Olivier Godin, Simran Dewan, Isabelle Stachtchenko, Matthew Wolkow, Miryam Charles, Jessica Lee Gagné, Van Royko | Canada |
| Boobs | Lolos | Marie Valade | Canada |
| The Capacity for Adequate Anger | The Capacity for Adequate Anger | Vika Kirchenbauer | Germany |
| The Coast | The Coast | Sohrab Hura | India |
| Constrain | Contraindre | Antoine Fontaine, Galdric Fleury | France |
| The Detection of Faint Companions | The Detection of Faint Companions | Sandro Aguilar | Portugal |
| Dust Bath | Dust Bath | Seth A. Smith | Canada |
| earthearthearth | earthearthearth | Daïchi Saïto | Canada |
| Eidolon | Eidolon | Mike Rollo | Canada |
| First Time (The Time for All But Sunset: Violet) | First Time (The Time for All But Sunset: Violet) | Nicolaas Schmidt | Germany |
| Fleeting: Here & There | Fleeting: Here & There | Gilnaz Arzpeyma | Canada |
| The Guy on the Bed | The Guy on the Bed | Mike Hoolboom | Canada |
| The Hangman at Home | Le Bourreau chez lui | Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot | Denmark, France, Canada |
| Happy Life | La Vie Heureuse | Amélie Hardy | Canada |
| Happy Valley | Happy Valley | Simon Liu | Hong Kong |
| Heat | Heat | Peter Kutin, Florian Kindlinger | Austria |
| Los Huesos | Los Huesos | Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña | Chile |
| I Am Not | I Am Not | Julien Bouthillier | Canada |
| I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse | I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse | Ayce Kartal | France |
| A Lack of Clarity | A Lack of Clarity | Stefan Kruse Jørgensen | Denmark |
| Love, Dad | Mily tati | Diana Cam Van Nguyen | France |
| Moon River | Moon River | Misha Horacek | Canada |
| Notes from the Periphery | Notes from the Periphery | Tulapop Saenjaroen | Thailand, United Kingdom |
| One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean | One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean | Yuyan Wang | France |
| Portage Place Mall (With Love) | Portage Place Mall (With Love) | Ryan Steel | Canada |
| Scum Mutation | Scum Mutation | Ov . | France |
| Skinned | Skinned | Mike Hoolboom | Canada |
| Sometimes a Little Sin Is Good for the Soul | Sometimes a Little Sin Is Good for the Soul | Alex Beriault | Canada, Germany |
| Song for the New World | Chanson pour le nouveau monde | Miryam Charles | Canada |
| The Sunset Special | The Sunset Special | Nicolas Gebbe | Germany |
| There Is, Indeed, the Unspeakable | Es gibt allerdings Unaussprechliches | Marzieh Emadi, Sina Sadaat | Austria |
| They Dance With Their Heads | Ils dansent avec leurs têtes | Thomas Corriveau | Canada |
| Thinner Than Two Ten-Thousandths of a Millimetre | Dünner als zwei Zehntausendstel eines Millimeters | Gregor Eldarb | Austria |
| Train Again | Train Again | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria |
| Tunable Mimoid | Tunable Mimoid | Vladimir Todorovic | Australia |
| Vadim on a Walk | Vadim on a Walk | Sasha Svirsky | Russia |
| We'll Find You When the Sun Goes Black | We'll Find You When the Sun Goes Black | Anouk De Clercq | Belgium, Norway |

### RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
| All I Am Is Now | All I Am Is Now | Patrick Custo-Blanch | Quebec |
| The Architect | L'Architecte | Mathieu Lorain Dignard | Quebec |
| The Awakening of the Ape | L'Éveil du singe | Philippe Besner | Quebec |
| A Chaos Filled with Poetry | Un chaos rempli de poésie | Daphné Cambronne | Quebec |
| Dors-tu? | Dors-tu? | Nadia Louis-Desmarchais | Quebec |
| Father Like Son | Father Like Son | Anna Kuelken | Alberta |
| Life on the Move | La Vie sur la route | Jack Belhumeur | Alberta |
| Lifetime Loser | Perdant à vie | Yan Olivier | Quebec |
| The Morlock | The Morlock | A.P. Bergeron | Quebec |
| Nature morte | Nature morte | Julia Martel | Quebec |
| Paris, Ontario | Paris, Ontario | Arnaud Weissenburger | Ontario |
| Project Human Revival | Project Human Revival | Yuqian Zhang | British Columbia |
| Roots Home | Roots Home | Audrey Rainville | Quebec |
| Souvenirs fragmentés | Souvenirs fragmentés | David Bianchetti | Quebec |
| Starting Out | Starting Out | Bruno Vompean | Ontario |
| The Static in My Skin | The Static in My Skin | Emily Pickering | Alberta |
| L'Université de Sisyphe | L'Université de Sisyphe | Étienne Pouy | Quebec |
| Utopia | Utopia | Jean-Félix Rioux | Quebec |
| La Ville fantôme | La Ville fantôme | Marc-André Côté | Quebec |

### Student Short Films Not in Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
| 20:12 | 20:12 | Kevin Champagne-Lessard | Canada |
| La Cour des mirages | La Cour des mirages | Zoé Pelchat | Canada |
| Cousins | Cousins | Michal Haggiag | Israel |
| Empty Spaces | Empty Spaces | Ben Ziv | Israel |
| La Femme nue | La Femme nue | Francis Lacelle | Canada |
| Le Froid | Le Froid | Natalia Duguay | Canada |
| Her Dance | Her Dance | Bar Cohen | Israel |
| Motel Paradise | Motel Paradise | Virgina Tangvald | Canada |
| Ouverture | Ouverture | Philippe Rioux | Canada |
| Wood | Wood | Max Dufaud | Canada |

### P'tits loups

Short film program of animation for children.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Altaï | Altaï | François Lagorce, Jean Lagorce | France |
| Bemol | Bemol | Oana Lacroix | Switzerland |
| Cat and Bird | Saka sy vorona | Franka Sachse | Germany |
| Colin Pané | Colin Pané | Paul Bouchart, Stéphanie Hu, Clément Opinel, Juliette Danesi, Camille Fruit | France |
| Colza | Colza | Victor Chagniot, Camille Broutin, Matthieu Daures, Victoria de Millo Gregory, Maxime Jouniot, Jade Khoo | France |
| Comment j'ai vaincu ma peur des humains | Comment j'ai vaincu ma peur des humains | Hélène Ducrocq | France |
| Croc Marmottes | Croc Marmottes | Benjamin Botella | France |
| The Displeasure | La Grogne | Alisi Telengut | Canada |
| Épreuves du matin | Épreuves du matin | Masa Avramovic | France |
| The Finger of Death | Le Doigt de la mort | Mazarine Miloudi, Mélanie Levaux, Pauline Mahieu, Oriane Gros, Sébastien Pagès | France |
| The Frolic | The Frolic | Jhao Yi Han | Taiwan |
| House of Memory | House of Memory | Sofia Rosales Arreola | Mexico |
| Humanatee | Humanatee | Sea Jin Park | South Korea, United States |
| I Am a Pebble | Je suis un caillou | Melanie Berteraut Platon, Yasmine Bresson, Leo Coulombier, Nicolas Grondin, Maxime Le Chapelain, Louise Massé | France |
| In Nature | Dans la nature | Marcel Barelli | Switzerland |
| Itchy the Camel: Tennis Ball | Itchy the Camel: Tennis Ball | Anders Beer, Pierre-Hughes Dallaire | Canada |
| Jean-Michel et les histoire interdites | Jean-Michel et les histoire interdites | Mathieu Auvray | France |
| Just for the Record | Just for the Record | Vojin Vasovic | Canada, Serbia |
| Kiko and the Animals | Kiko et les animaux | Yawen Zheng | France, Switzerland |
| Lazare fait bien les choses | Lazare fait bien les choses | Thomas Appelman | France |
| Marguerite | Marguerite | Jasmine Dubé | Canada |
| Mega Mega Mega Mega Fête | Mega Mega Mega Mega Fête | Collective | Belgium |
| Mum Is Pouring Rain | Maman pleut des cordes | Hugo de Faucompret | France |
| Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic | Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic | Paul Bush | Denmark, United Kingdom |
| Patouille and the Parachute Seeds | Patouille, des graines en parachute | Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière, Clémentine Campos | France |
| Le Rire | Le Rire | Capucine Gougelet | France |
| A Splash in a Mud | Temps de cochon | Emmanuelle Gorgiard | France |
| A Stone in the Shoe | Un caillou dans la chaussure | Éric Montchaud | France, Switzerland |
| Trona Pinnacles | Trona Pinnacles | Mathilde Parquet | France |
| Vanille | Vanille | Guillaume Lorin | France |

### FNC Explore

Virtual reality projects.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Bystanding: The Feingold Syndrome | Bystanding: The Feingold Syndrome | Nim Shapira, Roi Lev | Israel, Canada, Germany |
| End of Night | End of Night | David Adler | Denmark, France |
| Far Away from Far Away | Far Away from Far Away | Bruce Alcock, Jeremy Mendes | Canada |
| Goliath: Playing with Reality | Goliath: Playing with Reality | May Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy | United Kingdom, France |
| Icarus | Icarus | Michel Lemieux | Canada |
| In the Mist | In the Mist | Chou Tung-Yen | Taiwan |
| Marco & Polo Go Round | Marco & Polo Go Round | Benjamin Steiger Levine | Canada, Belgium |
| Madrid Noir | Madrid Noir | James A. Castillo | France, United Kingdom |
| Mindfield | Mindfield | Vincent Ladouceur | Canada |
| Myriad, Where We Connect | Myriad, Where We Connect | Michael Grotenhoff, Christian Zipfel | Germany, Austria |
| Once Upon a Sea | Once Upon a Sea | Adi Lavy | Israel, Canada |
| Otherly | Otherly | Jessica Murwin, Grace An, Joanne Lam, Mirusha Yogarajah | Canada |
| Our Common Home | Notre habitat commun | Daniel Iregui | Canada |
| The Sick Rose | The Sick Rose | Huang Yun-Hsien, Tang Zhi-Zhong | Taiwan |