# 2024 Festival du nouveau cinéma

The 2024 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 53rd edition in the event's history, took place from October 9 to 20, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The festival's opening film was Universal Language (Une langue universelle) by Matthew Rankin, and it closed with Misericordia (Miséricorde) by Alain Guiraudie.
Overall, the festival screened over 200 feature and short films.

## Awards

The winners of the short film awards were announced on October 16, with the winners of feature film awards announced on October 20 at the festival's conclusion.
| Award | Film | Filmmaker |
| National Competition, Grand Prize | Measures for a Funeral | Sofia Bohdanowicz |
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor | Lázaro at Night (Lázaro de noche) | Nicolás Pereda |
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor Honorable Mention | There, There | Heather Young |
| International Competition, Grand Prize | Toxic (Akiplėša) | Saulė Bliuvaitė |
| International Competition, Daniel Langlois Innovation Award | I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být) | Klára Tasovská |
| International Competition, Best Performance | Simon of the Mountain (Simon de la montaña) | Lorenzo Ferre |
| New Alchemists Prize | The Hyperboreans (Los hiperbóreos) | Cristobal León, Joaquín Cociña |
| New Alchemists Prize, Honorable Mention | Barrunto | Emilia Beatriz |
| Prix Temps 0 | Life's a Bitch (Chiennes de vies) | Xavier Seron |
| Prix Temps 0, Honorable Mention | We Are Aliens (みーんな、宇宙人) | Kenichi Ugana |
| Audience Award, Temps 0 | The Gesuidouz (ザ·ゲスイドウズ) | Kenichi Ugana |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Cu Li Never Cries (Cu Li Không Bao Gio Khóc) | Phạm Ngọc Lân |
| Prix Fierté Montréal | I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být) | Klára Tasovská |
| Audience Award, Panorama International | Flow (Straume) | Gints Zilbalodis |
| TV5 Audience Award | Ghosts of the Sea (Les Enfants du large) | Virginia Tangvald |
| National Competition, Short Film | perfectly a strangeness | Alison McAlpine |
| National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention | Sleep Talking | Ethan Godel |
| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize | Gender Reveal | Mo Matton |
| International Competition, Short Film | Vox Humana | Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan |
| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention | The Colloquy of Dogs (Le Colloque des chiens) | Norman Nedellec |
| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film | Sans voix | Samuel Patthey |
| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize | Samaa | Ehsan Gharib |
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize | Grandmamauntsistercat | Zuza Banasińska |
| RPCÉ Grand Prize | Pan & Syrinx | a. laurel lawrence |
| RPCÉ Grand Prize Honorable Mention | Voies de passage | Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings |
| RPCÉ Coup de coeur Vidéographe | L'Eau coule sans demander pardon | Marie-Frédérique Lemieux |
| RPCÉ Coup de coeur Vidéographe Honorable Mention | Hogar | Olly Norambuena |

## Official selections
### International Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Cu Li Never Cries | Cu Li Không Bao Gio Khóc | Phạm Ngọc Lân | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Philippines, Norway |
| Formosa Beach | Praia Formosa | Julia De Simone | Brazil, Portugal |
| I'm Not Everything I Want to Be | Jeste nejsem, kým chci být | Klára Tasovská | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Pepe | Pepe | Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Germany, France, Namibia |
| Simon of the Mountain | Simon de la montaña | Federico Luis | Argentina, Chile, Uruguay |
| Toxic | Akiplėša | Saulė Bliuvaitė | Lithuania |
| Viet and Nam | Trong lòng đất | Minh Quý Trương | Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Vietnam |
| Who Do I Belong To | Mé el Aïn | Meryam Joobeur | Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |

### National Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Alberta Number One | Alberta Number One | Alexander Carson | Canada |
| Cherub | Cherub | Devin Shears | Canada |
| Ghosts of the Sea | Les Enfants du large | Virginia Tangvald | Canada, France |
| Inedia | Inedia | Liz Cairns | Canada |
| Lázaro at Night | Lázaro de noche | Nicolás Pereda | Canada, Mexico |
| Matt and Mara | Matt and Mara | Kazik Radwanski | Canada |
| Measures for a Funeral | Measures for a Funeral | Sofia Bohdanowicz | Canada |
| There, There | There, There | Heather Young | Canada |
| You Are Not Alone | Vous n'êtes pas seuls | Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien | Canada |

### International Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| All the Long Nights | Yoake no subete | Shô Miyake | Japan |
| bluish | bluish | Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky | Austria |
| Disco's Revenge | Disco's Revenge | Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara | Canada |
| Favoriten | Favoriten | Ruth Beckermann | Austria |
| Flow | Straume | Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia, France, Belgium |
| A History of Love and War | Una historia de amor y guerra | Santiago Mohar Volkow | Mexico |
| I Saw Three Black Lights | Yo vi tres luces negras | Santiago Lozano Álvarez | Colombia, Mexico, France, Germany |
| Kalak | Kalak | Isabella Eklöf | Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Greenland |
| Kyuka: Before Summer's End | Kyuka: Before Summer's End | Kostis Charamountanis | Greece, North Macedonia |
| Most People Die on Sundays | Los domingos mueren más personas | Iair Said | Argentina, Italy, Spain |
| Patient No. 1 | Пациент №1 | Rezo Gigineishvili | Georgia |
| Realm of Satan | Realm of Satan | Scott Cummings | United States |
| Shambhala | Shambhala | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal, France, Norway, Turkey, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States, Qatar |
| Skin in Spring | La Piel en primavera | Yennifer Uribe Alzate | Colombia, Chile |
| Tendaberry | Tendaberry | Haley Elizabeth Anderson | United States |
| To a Land Unknown | To a Land Unknown | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine |

### The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Barrunto | Barrunto | Emilia Beatriz | United Kingdom, Puerto Rico |
| Bogancloch | Bogancloch | Ben Rivers | United Kingdom, Germany, Iceland |
| Do You Want to See Part Two? | Do You Want to See Part Two? | cricri sora ren | Germany, Russia, China |
| Eat the Night | Eat the Night | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| The Human Hibernation | The Human Hibernation | Anna Cornudella Castro | Spain |
| The Hyperboreans | Los hiperbóreos | Cristobal León, Joaquín Cociña | Chile |
| Reas | Reas | Lola Arias | Argentina, Germany, Switzerland |
| Space Down | Space Down | Dominic Gagnon | Canada |
| Tale of Shepherds | Historia de pastores | Jaime Puertas Castillo | Spain |
| Through the Graves the Wind Is Blowing | Through the Graves the Wind Is Blowing | Travis Wilkerson | United States |

### The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Afternoons of Solitude | Tardes de soledad | Albert Serra | Spain, France, Portugal |
| All We Imagine as Light | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg |
| Anora | Anora | Sean Baker | United States |
| The Apprentice | The Apprentice | Ali Abbasi | Canada, Denmark, Ireland, United States |
| Bird | Bird | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom |
| By the Stream | 수유천 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Caught by the Tides | 风流一代 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Dragon Dilatation | Dragon Dilatation | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | France |
| Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | Raoul Peck | France |
| A Family | Une famille | Christine Angot | France |
| The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nålen | Magnus von Horn | Denmark, Poland, Sweden |
| Grand Tour | Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China |
| The Invasion | L'Invasion | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, France, United States |
| Motel Destino | Motel Destino | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil, France, Germany |
| Oh, Canada | Oh, Canada | Paul Schrader |
| Rumours | Rumours | Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada, Germany |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, France, Germany |
| A Traveler's Needs | 여행자의 필요 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| The Visitor | The Visitor | Bruce LaBruce | United Kingdom |

### Temps 0

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Animal | Animale | Emma Benestan | Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia |
| Being Blanche Houellebecq | Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq | Guillaume Nicloux | France |
| The Box Man | 箱男 | Gakuryū Ishii | Japan |
| Comme dans un vrai film | Comme dans un vrai film | Zoé Rivemale | France |
| The Crazy Family | Gyaku-funsha Kazoku | Gakuryū Ishii | Japan |
| Else | Else | Thibault Emin | France, Belgium |
| The Gesuidouz | ザ·ゲスイドウズ | Kenichi Ugana | Japan |
| Life's a Bitch | Chiennes de vies | Xavier Seron | Belgium |
| One-Way Ticket to the Other Side | One-Way Ticket to the Other Side | Douglas Buck, Jen Gatien, Edgar Pêra, Buddy Giovinazzo, Martina Schöne-Radunski, David Gregory, Truman Kewley, Patrycja Planik, Guillaume Campanacci, Katsuki Kuroyanagi, Jerome Vandewattyne | Belgium, Germany |
| Peaches Goes Bananas | Peaches Goes Bananas | Marie Losier | France |
| Peau de cochon | Peau de cochon | Philippe Katerine | France |
| Plastic Guns | Les pistolets en plastique | Jean-Christophe Meurisse | France |
| The Real Superstar | The Real Superstar | Cédric Dupire | France |
| Sam & Lola | Sam et Lola | Mahaut Adam | France |
| Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust | Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust | Ishan Shukla | India, France, Germany |
| School of the Holy Beast | Seijū gakuen | Norifumi Suzuki | Japan |
| The Second Act | Le deuxième acte | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| Striptease intégral | Striptease intégral | Jean Libon, Clémentine Bisiaux, Régine Dubois, Stéphanie De Smedt, Mathilde Blanc, Yves Hinant | France, Belgium |
| We Are Aliens | みーんな、宇宙人。 | Kenichi Ugana | Japan |

### Special Presentations

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Days of Happiness | Les jours heureux | Chloé Robichaud | Canada |
| Jaws | Jaws | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| Jaws 2 | Jaws 2 | Jeannot Szwarc | United States |
| Jaws 3 | Jaws 3 | Joe Alves | United States |
| Jaws: The Revenge | Jaws: The Revenge | Joseph Sargent | United States |
| Tampopo | タンポポ | Juzo Itami | Japan |
| Vibrant | Vivant | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | France |
| When Adam Changes | Adam change lentement | Joël Vaudreuil | Canada |

### History of Cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Bona | Bona | Lino Brocka | Philippines |
| Eight Postcards from Utopia | Opt ilustrate din lumea ideală | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Eldorado | Eldorado | Charles Binamé | Canada |
| Holy Motors | Holy Motors | Leos Carax | France |
| It's Not Me | C'est pas moi | Leos Carax | France |
| Orders | Les Ordres | Michel Brault | Canada |
| Paris, Texas | Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Germany, France |
| Sleep #2 | Sleep #2 | Radu Jude | Romania |

### International Competition for Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 102 Narra | 102 Narra | Rafael Manuel, Tatjana Fanny | Netherlands |
| Across the Waters | Across the Waters | Viv Li | France |
| At That Very Moment | En el mismísimo momento | Rita Pauls, Federico Luis | Argentina, Germany |
| Bad for a Moment | Mau por um momento | Daniel Soares | Portugal |
| The Colloquy of Dogs | Le Colloque des chiens | Norman Nedellec | France |
| Days Before the Death of Nicky | Jours avant la mort de Nicky | Denis Côté | Canada |
| The Distance Between Us | Qu'importe la distance | Léo Fontaine | France |
| Fragments of Summer | Fragments of Summer | Youmin Kang, Soomin Kang | South Korea |
| Leela | Leela | Tanmay Chowdhary | India |
| looking she said I forget | looking she said I forget | Naomi Pacifique | Netherlands, Switzerland |
| The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent | Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti | Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia |
| Masterpiece Mommy | Masterpiece Mommy | Dorothy Sing Zhang | United Kingdom, China |
| The Moon Also Rises | The Moon Also Rises | Wang Yuyan | France |
| The Moving Garden | O Jardim em Movimento | Inês Lima | Portugal |
| My Senses Are All I Have to Offer | As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para oferecer | Isadora Neves Marques | Portugal |
| The Nature of Dogs | The Nature of Dogs | Pom Bunsermvicha | Thailand, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong |
| Panadrilo | Panadrilo | Marcela Heilbron | Panama |
| Le reste n'a pas d'importance | Le reste n'a pas d'importance | Romain Dumont | France |
| A Son and a Father | 1 Hijo & 1 padre | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia, France |
| That's How I Love You | Tako Te Volim | Mário Macedo | Croatia, Portugal |
| Vox Humana | Vox Humana | Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Philippines, Singapore, United States |

### National Competition for Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Before They Joined Us | Before They Joined Us | Arshile Khanjian Egoyan | Canada |
| A Day Apart on the Seventeenth | A Day Apart on the Seventeenth | Noel Pendawas | Canada |
| Fantas | Fantas | Halima Elkhatabi | Canada |
| Gender Reveal | Gender Reveal | Mo Matton | Canada |
| Himalia | Himalia | Juliette Lossky, Clara Milo | Canada |
| His Smell | His Smell | Kalil Haddad | Canada |
| Julian and the Wind | Julian and the Wind | Connor Jessup | Canada |
| The Lame Shall Sing | The Lame Shall Sing | Kit Baronas | Canada |
| Mercenaire | Mercenaire | Pier-Philippe Chevigny | Canada |
| A Night of Cambodian Opera | Nuit d'opéra cambodgien | Xu-Ming Lor | Canada |
| On a Sunday at Eleven | On a Sunday at Eleven | Alicia K. Harris | Canada |
| One Day This Kid | One Day This Kid | Alexander Farah | Canada |
| perfectly a strangeness | perfectly a strangeness | Alison McAlpine | Canada |
| Place d'Armes | Place d'Armes | Drew Lint | Canada |
| The Sculptor: Birth of the Patavision | The Sculptor: Birth of the Patavision | Joshua Banman | Canada |
| Serve the Country | Serve the Country | Fabian Velasco, Milos Mitrovic | Canada |
| Sleep Talking | Sleep Talking | Ethan Godel | Canada |
| Two of Hearts | Two of Hearts | Mashie Alam | Canada |
| Uncle from Yugoslavia | L'Oncle de Yugoslavie | Jérémy Gagnon | Canada |
| Whispering in the Leaves | Whispering in the Leaves | Luvleen Hunjan | Canada |
| Who Loves the Sun | Who Loves the Sun | Arshia Shakiba | Canada |

### Special Presentations Short Films

Short films from Wapikoni Mobile, a film training organization for emerging indigenous filmmakers in Quebec, in celebration of the organization's 20th anniversary.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Among the Forest | Among the Forest | Oqim Nicholas | Canada |
| Batailles | Batailles | Karen Pinette Fontaine | Canada |
| Démo Wapikoni | Démo Wapikoni | Louis Fontaine | Canada |
| I Created Memories | Je crée des souvenirs | Sammy Gadbois | Canada |
| Innu-assit | Innu-assit | Jonathan Grégoire | Canada |
| Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century | Inuktitut Dialects in the 21st Century | Ulivia Uviluk | Canada |
| It's Me, Landon | C'est moi, Landon | Landon Moise | Canada |
| Life on the Move | Life on the Move | Jack Belhumeur | Canada |
| Neka | Neka | Nemnemiss McKenzie | Canada |
| Nin Kamashitshet | Nin Kamashitshet | André-Charles Ishpatao | Canada |
| We Are Not Speaking the Same Language | We Are Not Speaking the Same Language | Danika St-Laurent | Canada |

### The New Alchemists, Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| A Black Screen Too | A Black Screen Too | Rhayne Vermette | Canada |
| Adrift Potentials | Potenciais à deriva | Leonardo Pirondi | Brazil, United States |
| Dérailler | Dérailler | Marielle Dalpé | Canada |
| Dreams About Putin | Dreams About Putin | Nastia Korkia, Vlad Fishez | Belgium |
| Dull Spots of Greenish Colours | Dull Spots of Greenish Colours | Sasha Svirsky | Germany |
| The Eggregores' Theory | The Eggregores' Theory | Andrea Gatopoulos | Italy |
| The Exploding Girl | La Fille qui explose | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| for here I am sitting in a tin can far above the world | for here I am sitting in a tin can far above the world | Gala Hernández López | France |
| Fort Garry Lions Pool | Fort Garry Lions Pool | Ryan Steel | Canada |
| Go Between | Go Between | Chris Kennedy | Canada |
| Grandmamauntsistercat | Grandmamauntsistercat | Zuza Banasińska | Netherlands, Poland |
| The Great Thaw | The Great Thaw | Michaela Grill, Karl Lemieux | Canada, Austria |
| Look on the Bright Side | Look on the Bright Side | Wang Yuyan | France, Italy |
| The Masked Monster | 괴인의 정체 | Syeyoung Park | South Korea |
| Le Mirage des mains ultra réalistes | Le Mirage des mains ultra réalistes | Guillaume Vallée | Canada |
| Nemo 1 | Nemo 1 | Albéric Aurtenèche | Canada |
| The Oasis I Deserve | The Oasis I Deserve | Inès Sieulle | France |
| Positive Transparencies | Positive Transparencies | Marianne Thodas | Canada |
| Renaissance Printanière à la source du Pêcher | Renaissance Printanière à la source du Pêcher | Emma Roufs | Canada |
| Revolving Rounds | Revolving Rounds | Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik | Austria |
| Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky | Rituels sous un ciel écarlate | Samer Najari, Dominique Chila | Canada |
| Samaa | Samaa | Ehsan Gharib | Canada |
| Sans voix | Sans voix | Samuel Patthey | Switzerland |
| Someplace in Your Mouth | Someplace in Your Mouth | Beatrice Gibson, Nick Gordon | Italy, United Kingdom |
| The Sunset Special 2 | The Sunset Special 2 | Nicolas Gebbe | Germany |
| Transit | Transit | Sebastian Freudenschuss | Austria |
| Volcelest | Volcelest | Éric Briche | France |
| Wind | Wind | Mike Hoolboom | Canada |
| The Wolf | Le Loup | Theodore Ushev | Canada |

### RPCÉ Student Short Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province/Country |
| À la dure | À la dure | Daniel Cyr | Quebec |
| After Blue | After Blue | Dag Davidge | British Columbia |
| Amanite tueuse d'Éclipse | Amanite tueuse d'Éclipse | Hugo Lamarre, Laurence Patenaude, Jérémy Burelle | Quebec |
| Antipersonnelle | Antipersonnelle | Léonie Savard | Quebec |
| Aquaphobe | Aquaphobe | Élio Matias, Maëlle Sallée | Quebec |
| Au bord des limbes | Au bord des limbes | Maxime Mompérousse | Quebec |
| Au-delà du regard | Au-delà du regard | Arianna Bardesono | Quebec |
| Broken Reflections | Broken Reflections | Jason Swallow | Quebec |
| Donne-moi du love | Donne-moi du love | Noah Zinck, Elizabeth Daigneault, Fabrice Leclerc | Quebec |
| L'Eau coule sans demander pardon | L'Eau coule sans demander pardon | Marie-Frédérique Lemieux | Quebec |
| Écrire, vivre, déneiger | Écrire, vivre, déneiger | Laetitia Clareton | Quebec |
| Face cachée | Face cachée | Nicolas Lecavalier | Quebec |
| Un goût amer | Un goût amer | Daniel Cyr | Quebec |
| Le Gun | Le Gun | Louis Mercier | Quebec |
| He's Not That Special | He's Not That Special | Nickiesha Flemmings | Quebec |
| Hogar | Hogar | Olly Norambuena | Quebec |
| Iris | Iris | Bianca Del Mar, Alyana Jandumon, Gladys Lou | Ontario |
| Juste des robots | Juste des robots | Maxime Mompérousse | Quebec |
| Marée noire | Marée noire | Anthony Bouchard, Mélodie Poulin | Quebec |
| Marie et moi | Marie et moi | Diane Premi | Quebec |
| Mes larmes sont vides | Mes larmes sont vides | Philippe Scrive | Quebec |
| Mirage | Mirage | Jules Brulay | Quebec |
| Mise à nu | Mise à nu | Chloé Dauchez | Quebec |
| Monsieur de Garie | Monsieur de Garie | Laura Marroquin-Éthier | Quebec |
| Mother and Son | Con dại cái mang | Thu Uyen Dao | Vietnam |
| Our Time Together | Our Time Together | Emiliano Aguayo | Alberta |
| Pan & Syrinx | Pan & Syrinx | a. laurel lawrence | Nova Scotia |
| Parenthèse | Parenthèse | Ludivine Smeets | Quebec |
| Retrace | Một cõi đi về | Thi Ha Trang Tran | Vietnam |
| Terrarium | Terrarium | Miguel Morin | Quebec |
| Three Seasons | 三季 | Yuhan Yang | British Columbia |
| Tourterelle triste | Tourterelle triste | Zachary Roberge | Quebec |
| Turn the Other Cheek You Little Shit | Turn the Other Cheek You Little Shit | Tristan Ramos | British Columbia |
| Vérité augmentée | Vérité augmentée | Édouard Lamarre | Quebec |
| Voies de passage | Voies de passage | Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings | Quebec |
| Wooden Fish Guitar | Đàn Cá Gỗ | Dat Nguyen | Vietnam |
| Les Yeux la couleur de la mer | Les Yeux la couleur de la mer | Yann Reynolds | Quebec |

### P'tits loups

Short film program of animation for children.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ana Morphose | Ana Morphose | João Rodrigues | Portugal |
| Bébert et l'omnibus | Bébert et l'omnibus | Yves Robert | France |
| Beurk! | Beurk! | Loïc Espuche | France |
| Carotte | Carotte | Mathieu Labaye, Simon Médard | Belgium |
| Los Carpinchos | Los Carpinchos | Alfredo Soderguit | France, Chile, Uruguay |
| Clawlolo (Gramophone) | Clawlolo (Gramophone) | Aleksey Alekseev | Cyprus |
| Crème à glace | Crème à glace | Rachel Samson | Canada |
| Criss Cross | Criss Cross | Nina Rybárová, Tomáš Rybár | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Gilbert | Gilbert | Arturo Lacal, Alex Salu, Jordi Jiménez | Spain |
| Gina Kamentsky's Pinocchio in 70MM | Gina Kamentsky's Pinocchio in 70MM | Gina Kamentsky | United States |
| Le Grand party annuel des créatures de la lune | Le Grand party annuel des créatures de la lune | Francis Desharnais | Canada |
| Jardin le lutin | Jardin le lutin | Zahya Tétreault Bélanger | Canada |
| Nube | Nube | Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada, Christian Arredondo Narvaez | France, Hungary, Mexico |
| The Swineherd | The Swineherd | Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith | Denmark |
| Tête en l'air | Tête en l'air | Rémi Durin | France, Belgium |
| Weeds | Weeds | Pola Kazak | Czech Republic |

### Estival

The festival's separate summer program of free public screenings of older films.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Animal Kingdom | Le règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France |
| Dune: Part Two | Dune: Part Two | Denis Villeneuve | United States |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |