# Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie

Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (trans: International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie), or FICFA, is a francophone international film festival held annually in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Since its creation in 1987, FICFA has grown to become the largest film festival in New Brunswick and one of the largest international francophone film festivals in North America. With an official program that includes over 100 films each year, FICFA is an important gathering of over 20,000 movie lovers and more than 150 delegates from Canada, Europe and Africa.
FICFA was created in 1987 following the Quebec City Francophonie Summit. The City of Moncton was selected to host such a festival as a tribute to those who worked for centuries in order to preserve their language and culture. The Moncton community wished to make FICFA an annual event and in 1992, Film Zone was incorporated. Film Zone is in charge of organizing FICFA, its principal event.
FICFA's mission is to promote francophone cinema in Acadie and Acadian cinema in Acadie itself and the Francophonie. Since its first edition, it has presented thousands of films from around the world.
Its objectives include developing interest for francophone cinema in Acadie, developing interest for francophone cinema in school settings, contributing to the development and promotion of the Acadian cinema industry, and encouraging partnerships with other francophone festivals.

## Prix La Vague

The FICFA jury, composed of professionals from Canadian and international cinema industries, attributes the Prix La Vague Awards every year in different categories:

### 2007

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Real Life Is Elsewhere (La Vraie vie est ailleurs) | Frédéric Choffat |
| Best Canadian Feature | Twilight (La Brunante) | Fernand Dansereau |
| Best Documentary | Driven by Dreams (À force de rêves) | Serge Giguère |
| Best Documentary | Antlers (Panache) | André-Line Beauparlant |
| Best Acadian Feature | On a tué l'Enfant-Jésus | Renée Blanchar |
| Best Acadian Feature | Bootcamp Nation (Soldat à vie) | Sofi Langis |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Un dimanche à 105 ans | Daniel Léger |
| People's Choice | Un dimanche à 105 ans | Daniel Léger |
| People's Choice | Bonne nuit Malik! | Bruno Danan |

### 2008

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Under the Bombs (Sous les bombes) | Philippe Aractingi |
| Best International Feature | The Yellow House (La Maison jaune) | Amor Hakkar |
| Best Canadian Feature | All That She Wants (Elle veut le chaos) | Denis Côté |
| Best Documentary | The World According to Monsanto (Le Monde selon Monsanto) | Marie-Monique Robin |
| Best Acadian Feature | Lost Song | Rodrigue Jean |
| Best Acadian Short Film | La Trappe | Lina Verchery |
| People's Choice | Tic Tac | Marc Daigle |
| People's Choice | Une histoire louche | Rudi Rosenberg |
Honorable mentions were also awarded to Isabelle Blais for her performance in Lyne Charlebois's film Borderline, and to Claude Fournier for his musical contributions to Rodolphe Caron's Marie-Hélène Allain en dialogue avec la pierre.

### 2009

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Eastern Plays | Kamen Kalev |
| Best Canadian Feature | I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) | Xavier Dolan |
| Best Documentary | Encirclement – Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy (L'encerclement - La démocratie dans les rets du néolibéralisme) | Richard Brouillette |
| Best Documentary | Men for Sale (Hommes à louer) | Rodrigue Jean |
| Best Acadian Feature | Acadieman vs le CMA 2009 | Dano Leblanc |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Habiter la danse | Julien Cadieux |
| People's Choice | Paul Rodin est... Paul Rodin | Frédérick Vin |
| People's Choice | Alanna | Julie Plourde |

### 2010

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Love Like Poison (Un poison violent) | Katell Quillévéré |
| Best Canadian Feature | Diary of an Aid Worker (Journal d'un coopérant) | Robert Morin |
| Best Canadian Feature | Vital Signs (Les signes vitaux) | Sophie Deraspe |
| Best Documentary | Journey's End (La Belle visite) | Jean-François Caissy |
| Best Documentary | Salaam Isfahan | Sanaz Azari |
| Best Acadian Feature | No prize awarded | No prize awarded |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Voleuse de poussière | Marie-Thérèse François |
| People's Choice | La Pilule | Géraldine Charbonneau |
| People's Choice | Pixels | Patrick Jean |

### 2011

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | The Minister (L'Exercise de l'État) | Pierre Schöller |
| Best International Feature | Attenberg | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
| Best International Short Film | Aglaée | Rudi Rosenberg |
| Best International Short Film | Le Sucre | Raphaël Médard |
| Best Canadian Feature | The Salesman (Le Vendeur) | Sébastien Pilote |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Ce n'est rien | Nicolas Roy |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Sang froid | Martin Thibaudeau |
| Best Documentary | Vol spécial | Fernand Melgar |
| Best Documentary | Godin | Simon Beaulieu |
| Best Acadian Feature | Moncton Vinyle | Paul Bossé |
| Best Acadian Feature | Roméo Savoie: La peinture du corps | Monique LeBlanc |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Off Route 2 | Amanda Dawn Christie |
| People's Choice | Monsieur Lazhar | Philippe Falardeau |

### 2012

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Sister (L'Enfant d'en haut) | Ursula Meier |
| Best International Short Film | Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne) | Franck Dion |
| Best Canadian Feature | War Witch (Rebelle) | Kim Nguyen |
| Best Canadian Feature | Catimini | Nathalie Saint-Pierre |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Ina Litovski | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin |
| Best Documentary | Bestiaire | Denis Côté |
| Best Acadian Feature | Last Chance (Une dernière chance) | Paul-Émile d'Entremont |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Une affaire de famille | Justin Guitard |
| People's Choice | The Nature of Frederic Back (Frédéric Back : Grandeur Nature) | Phil Comeau |
| People's Choice | S.W.I.T.C.H. | Jean-Pierre Desmarais |

### 2013

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Suzanne | Katell Quillévéré |
| Best International Short Film | The Day Has Conquered the Night (Le jour a vaincu la nuit) | Jean-Gabriel Périot |
| Best Canadian Feature | Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours) | Denis Côté |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Taxi for Two (Taxi pour deux) | Dan Popa |
| Best Documentary | The Missing Picture (L'Image manquante) | Rithy Panh |
| Best Acadian Film | Aller-Retour | Gilles Doiron |
| People's Choice | Dead Man Talking | Patrick Ridremont |

### 2014

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Party Girl | Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis |
| Best International Short Film | L'être venu d'ailleurs | Guy Bordin, Renaud de Putter |
| Best Canadian Feature | Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) | Maxime Giroux |
| Best Canadian Short Film | The Cut (La Coupe) | Geneviève Dulude-De Celles |
| Best Documentary | Miron: A Man Returned from Outside the World (Miron : Un homme revenu d'en dehors du monde) | Simon Beaulieu |
| Best Acadian Feature | The Utrecht Seals (Les Sceaux d'Utrecht) | Paul Bossé |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Le paradis de boue | Chris Harrigan |
| People's Choice | The Utrecht Seals (Les Sceaux d'Utrecht) | Paul Bossé |

### 2015

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Much Loved | Nabil Ayouch |
| Best International Short Film | Father (Père) | Lotfi Achour |
| Best Canadian Feature | Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) | Anne Émond |
| Best Canadian Short Film | La femme qui a vu l'ours | Joannie Lafrenière |
| Best Documentary | Uncle Bernard: A Counter-Lesson in Economics (Oncle Bernard - L'anti-leçon d'économie) | Richard Brouillette |
| Best Documentary | Pinocchio | André-Line Beauparlant |
| Best Acadian Feature | Le sprint au flétan | Pat Gauvin |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Cafétéria | Francine Hébert |
| People's Choice | Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) | Anne Émond |

### 2016

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Sieranevada | Cristi Puiu |
| Best International Short Film | Zoufs | Tom Boccara, Noé Reutenaeur, Emilien Vekemans |
| Best Canadian Feature | Prank | Vincent Biron |
| Best Canadian Short Film | My Last Summer (Mon dernier été) | Claude Demers |
| Best Documentary | Spectres of Shortwave (Ombres des ondes courtes) | Amanda Dawn Christie |
| Best Acadian Feature | Zachary Richard: Cajun Heart (Zachary Richard, toujours batailleur) | Phil Comeau |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Belle-île-en-mer, île bretonne et acadienne | Phil Comeau |
| People's Choice | Zachary Richard: Cajun Heart (Zachary Richard, toujours batailleur) | Phil Comeau |

### 2017

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | BPM (120 battements par minute) | Robin Campillo |
| Best International Short Film | Five Years After the War (Cinq ans après la guerre) | Samuel Albaric, Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund |
| Best Canadian Feature | Tadoussac | Martin Laroche |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Marguerite | Marianne Farley |
| Best Documentary | The Devil's Share (La Part du diable) | Luc Bourdon |
| Best Acadian Feature | Modified (Modifié) | Aube Giroux |
| Best Acadian Short Film | $1.25 | Jeep Jones |
| People's Choice | Modified (Modifié) | Aube Giroux |

### 2018

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Capernaum | Nadine Labaki |
| Best International Short Film | Un monde sans bêtes | Adrien Lecouturier, Emma Benestan |
| Best Canadian Feature | A Colony (Une colonie) | Geneviève Dulude-De Celles |
| Best Canadian Feature | When Love Digs a Hole (Quand l'amour se creuse un trou) | Ara Ball |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Brotherhood (Ikhwène) | Meryam Joobeur |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Lunar Orbit Rendezvous | Mélanie Charbonneau |
| Best Documentary | First Stripes (Premières armes) | Jean-François Caissy |
| Best Acadian Feature | The Artisans (Les artisans de l'atelier) | Daniel Léger |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Le Patenteux d'Harelle | Mathieu Laprise |
| People's Choice | Capernaum | Nadine Labaki |
| People's Choice | Girls of the Sun (Les filles du soleil) | Eva Husson |

### 2019

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) | Céline Sciamma |
| Best International Short Film | Le chant d'Ahmed | Foued Mansour |
| Best Canadian Feature | Kuessipan | Myriam Verreault |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Mutts (Clebs) | Halima Ouardiri |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Delphine | Chloé Robichaud |
| Best Documentary | Language Is a Love Story (La langue est donc une histoire d'amour) | Andrés Livov |
| Best Documentary | Mad Dog and the Butcher (Les Derniers vilains) | Thomas Rinfret |
| Best Acadian Feature | Pour mieux t'aimer | Gilles Doiron, Denise Bouchard |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Le grous poisson | Angie Richard, Tracey Richard |
| People's Choice | Mad Dog and the Butcher (Les Derniers vilains) | Thomas Rinfret |

### 2020

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Josep | Aurel |
| Best International Feature | Slalom | Charlène Favier |
| Best International Short Film | Amours synthétiques | Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix |
| Best Canadian Feature | Nadia, Butterfly | Pascal Plante |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Moon (Lune) | Zoé Pelchat |
| Best Documentary | Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour) | Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins |
| Best Acadian Feature | The Silence (Le Silence) | Renée Blanchar |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Un façon d'être ensemble | Francine Hébert |
An honorable mention was given to Kelly Depeault for her performance in Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu). Due to the online format, no People's Choice award was presented.

### 2021

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Playground (Un monde) | Laura Wandel |
| Best International Short Film | La Ressource humaine | Adriana Da Fonseca |
| Best Canadian Feature | Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) | Ivan Grbovic |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les Grandes claques) | Annie St-Pierre |
| Best Documentary | Zo Reken | Emmanuel Licha |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Mona | Xavier Gould |

### 2022

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Close | Lukas Dhont |
| Best International Short Film | Fairplay | Zoel Aeschbacher |
| Best Canadian Feature | Rosie | Gail Maurice |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Paradoxe | Aimé Majeau Beauchamp |
| Best Documentary | The Super 8 Years (Les années Supr 8) | Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot |
| Best Acadian Feature Film | Croque-mort, c'est beau la vie! | Georges Hannan |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Gendrbendr | Joe Nadeau |
| People's Choice | The Secret Order (L'Ordre secret) | Phil Comeau |

### 2023

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d'un chute) | Justine Triet |
| Best International Short Film | Bear (Ours) | Morgane Frund |
| Best Canadian Feature | Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges) | Pascal Plante |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Death to the Bikini! (À mort le bikini!) | Justine Gauthier |
| Best Documentary | Four Daughters (Les Filles d’Olfa) | Kaouther Ben Hania |
| Best Acadian Feature Film | L'Empremier Live at Beaubassin (1970) | Rémi Belliveau |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Daniel le Tisserand | Julien Cadieux |
| People's Choice | Roots, Diaspora and War (Racines, diaspora et guerre) | Phil Comeau |

### 2024

| Category | Film | Director |
| Best International Feature | NIKI | Céline Sallette |
| Best International Short Film | Tan Lontan | Guillaume Noura |
| Best Canadian Feature | Universal Language (Une langue universelle) | Matthew Rankin |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Something Else (Autre chose) | Étienne Lacelle |
| Best Documentary | Dahomey | Mati Diop |
| Best Acadian Feature Film | Not presented as no eligible feature films were screened | Not presented as no eligible feature films were screened |
| Best Acadian Short Film | Trécarré : à la source du son de la Baie Sainte-Marie | Natalie Robichaud |
| People's Choice | Au travers | Beatriz Mediavilla |