# 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma

The 2023 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 52nd edition in the event's history, took place from October 4 to 15, 2023 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The festival opened with The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) by Tran Anh Hung, and closed with The Animal Kingdom (Le Rène animal) by Thomas Cailley.

## Awards

Award winners were announced on October 15 at the conclusion of the festival.
| Award | Film | Filmmaker |
| National Competition, Grand Prize | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | Ariane Louis-Seize |
| National Competition, Prix de la diffusion Québécor | Seagrass | Meredith Hama-Brown |
| International Competition, Grand Prize | The Settlers (Los Colonos) | Felipe Gálvez Haberle |
| International Competition, Prix de l’innovation Daniel Langlois | Birdland (Indivision) | Leïla Kilani |
| International Competition, Best Acting Performance | The Bride | Sandra Umulisa |
| International Competition, FIPRESCI Prize | How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker |
| New Alchemists Prize | Allensworth | James Benning |
| New Alchemists Prize, Honorable Mention | Open-Pit (Cielo abierto) | Felipe Esparza Pérez |
| Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film | Power Alley (Levante) | Lillah Halla |
| Fierté Montréal Prize for Best LGBTQ Film, Honorable Mention | The Bride | Myriam U. Birara |
| Panorama Public Prize | Junkyard Dog (Chien de la casse) | Jean-Baptiste Durand |
| Temps 0 Public Prize | Mars Express | Jérémie Périn |
| TV5 Public Prize for Best Francophone Film | Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) | Chloé Leriche |
| P'tits Loups | Funny Birds (Drôles d'oiseaux) | Charlie Belin |
| P'tits Loups, Honorable Mention | The Spyglass (Kikaren) | Malin Erixon |
| FNC Explore Panorama Prize | Over the Rainbow | Craig Quintero |
| FNC Explore Panorama Prize, Honorable Mention | Cycle of Violence | Felicia Bergström |
| FNC Explore Horizon Prize | Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics | Terril Calder |
| National Competition, Short Film | Summer of 2000 (Été 2000) | Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier |
| National Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention | Gaby's Hills (Gaby les collines) | Zoé Pelchat |
| National Competition, Short Film Public Prize | Mothers and Monsters | Édith Jorisch |
| International Competition, Short Film | Oyu | Atsushi Hirai |
| International Competition, Short Film Honorable Mention | 8 | Anaïs-Tohé Commaret |
| New Alchemists, Animated Short Film | AliEN0089 | Valeria Hoffmann |
| New Alchemists, National Dada Prize | Lake Baikal (Baigal Nuur) | Alisi Telengut |
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize | Bloom | Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado |
| New Alchemists, International Dada Prize Honorable Mention | Blank Photograph | Che-Yu Hsu |
| RPCÉ Grand Prize | Sun, Moon and Four Peaks | Kevin Jin Kwan Kim |
| RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize | Dynamite, Fish Head! (Dynamite, tête de poisson!) | William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre |
| RCPÉ Jeune Loup Prize, Honorable Mention | All In | Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet |

## Official selections
### International Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Between Revolutions | Between Revolutions | Vlad Petri | Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran |
| Birdland | Indivision | Leïla Kilani | France, Morocco |
| The Bride | The Bride | Myriam U. Birara | Rwanda |
| The Face of the Jellyfish | El Rostro de la medusa | Melisa Liebenthal | Argentina |
| How to Have Sex | How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Phạm Thiên Ân | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain |
| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| The Settlers | Los Colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany |
| Sweet Dreams | Sweet Dreams | Ena Sendijarević | Netherlands, Sweden, Indonesia, France |
| The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Joanna Arnow | United States |

### National Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Atikamekw Suns | Soleils Atikamekw | Chloé Leriche | Canada |
| Days of Happiness | Les Jours heureux | Chloé Robichaud | Canada |
| Gamodi | Gamodi | Felix Kalmenson | Canada |
| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak! | L'Ouragan Fuck You Tabarnak! | Ara Ball | Canada |
| Seagrass | Seagrass | Meredith Hama-Brown | Canada |
| When Adam Changes | Adam change lentement | Joël Vaudreuil | Canada |

### International Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Animal | Animal | Sofia Exarchou | Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus |
| Banel & Adama | Banel et Adama | Ramata-Toulaye Sy | France, Senegal, Mali |
| Chicken for Linda! | Linda veut du poulet! | Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta | France |
| Here | Here | Bas Devos | Belgium |
| Junkyard Dog | Chien de la casse | Jean-Baptiste Durand | France |
| #Mito | #Mito | Daisuke Miyazaki | Japan |
| No Love Lost | La Fille de son père | Erwan Le Duc | France |
| The Old Oak | The Old Oak | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |
| Omen | Augure | Baloji | Belgium, Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa |
| Power Alley | Levante | Lillah Halla | Brazil |
| Samsara | Samsara | Lois Patiño | Spain |
| Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Savvusanna sõsarad | Anna Hints | Estonia, France, Iceland |
| Tótem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France |

### The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Allensworth | Allensworth | James Benning | United States |
| The Breath of Life | Nummer achttien | Guido van der Werve | Netherlands |
| The Human Surge 3 | El Auge del Humano 3 | Eduardo Williams | Argentina, Portugal, Brazil, Netherlands, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Peru |
| Mammalia | Mammalia | Sebastian Mihăilescu | Romania, Poland, Germany |
| Mannvirki | Mannvirki | Gustav Geir Bollason | Iceland, France |
| Music | Music | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France, Serbia |
| Open-Pit | Cielo abierto | Felipe Esparza Pérez | Peru, France |
| V F C | V F C | C. S. Roy | Canada |
| Wild Feast | Festin boréal | Robert Morin | Canada |

### The Essentials (Les Incontournables)

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| A Brighter Tomorrow | Il sol dell'avvenire | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
| La Chimera | La Chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia |
| In Our Day | In Our Day | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | France |
| Lost in the Night | Perdidos en la noche | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark |
| May December | May December | Todd Haynes | United States |
| MMXX | MMXX | Cristi Puiu | Romania, Moldova, France |
| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Our Body | Notre corps | Claire Simon | France |
| Perfect Days | Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan |
| Priscilla | Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States, Italy |
| Seven Veils | Seven Veils | Atom Egoyan | Canada |
| The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, Poland, United States |

### Temps 0

In addition to the already-announced lineup, a surprise screening of Quentin Dupieux's film Yannick was announced after the festival opening.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Challenge of the Tiger | Challenge of the Tiger | Bruce Le | Hong Kong, Italy, United States |
| Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind | Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong |
| The Dragon Lives Again | The Dragon Lives Again | Law Kei | Hong Kong |
| Enter the Clones of Bruce | Enter the Clones of Bruce | David Gregory | United States |
| Enter the Dragon | Enter the Dragon | Robert Clouse | Hong Kong, United States |
| Le Garçon qui la nuit | Le Garçon qui la nuit | Jérémy Piette | France |
| The Girls | The Girls | Kenichi Ugana | Japan |
| The Invisible Fight | The Invisible Fight | Rainer Sarnet | Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland |
| King of Algiers | Omar la fraise | Elias Belkeddar | France, Algeria |
| The Last Cartoon: Nonsense, Optimistic, Pessimistic | The Last Cartoon: Nonsense, Optimistic, Pessimistic | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| Mars Express | Mars Express | Jérémie Périn | France |
| Mon p'tit papa | Mon p'tit papa | Mahaut Adam | France |
| Ninja Strikes Back | Ninja Strikes Back | Bruce Le | Hong Kong, France |
| Rainer, a Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley | Rainer, a Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| Shadow of Fire | Hokage | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| She Is Conann | She Is Conann | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| Six Singing Women | Six Singing Women | Yoshimasa Ishibashi | Japan |
| Thick and Thin | Tout fout le camp | Sébastien Betbeder | France |
| Visitors | Visitors | Kenichi Ugana | Japan |
| Yannick | Yannick | Quentin Dupieux | France |

### Special Presentations

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Chip Chip Chopin par Desjardins | Chip Chip Chopin par Desjardins | Richard Desjardins | Canada |
| Fitting In | Fitting In | Molly McGlynn | Canada |
| Irena's Vow | Irena's Vow | Louise Archambault | Canada |
| La Japonaise, film-fantôme d’Alain Robbe-Grillet | La Japonaise, film-fantôme d’Alain Robbe-Grillet | Céline Ters | France |
| Mad Max | Mad Max | George Miller | Australia |
| Mad Max 2 | Mad Max 2 | George Miller | Australia |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | George Miller, George Ogilvie | Australia |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller | Australia |
| Renouer avec le vivant | Renouer avec le vivant | Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jérémy Frey | France |
| Vibrant | Vivant | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | France |

### History of Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ghosts… of the Civil Dead | Ghosts… of the Civil Dead | John Hillcoat | Australia |
| Journey to Italy | Journey to Italy | Roberto Rossellini | Italy, France |
| National Anarchist: Lino Brocka | National Anarchist: Lino Brocka | Khavn De La Cruz | Philippines |
| Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) | Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) | Khavn De La Cruz | Philippines |
| Pictures of Ghosts | Retratos Fantasmas | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil |
| Voyages en Italie | Voyages en Italie | Sophie Letourneur | France |

### Retrospective: The New Cinema of Bertrand Bonello

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Adventures of James and David | Les Aventures de James et David | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| France ||
| France ||
| House of Tolerance | L'Apollonide - souvenirs de la maison close | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice | Ingrid Caven, musique et voix | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| France ||
| On War | De la guerre | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| The Pornographer | Le Pornographe | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera | Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? | Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2) | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| Who I Am | Qui je suis | Bertrand Bonello | France |

### International Competition for Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 8 | 8 | Anaïs-Tohé Commaret | France |
| A Bird Called Memory | Pássaro Memória | Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil, United Kingdom |
| Alpha Kings | Alpha Kings | Enrique Pedraza-Botero, Faye Tsakas | United States |
| Aykuo | Aykuo | Ayaal Ayaal Adamov | Russia |
| Been There | Been There | Corina Schwingruber Ilić | Switzerland |
| The Birthday Party | L'Anniversaire d'Enrico | Francesco Sossai | Germany, France, Italy |
| The Damned Yard | Pátio do Carrasco | André Gil Mata | Portugal |
| Flores del otro patio | Flores del otro patio | Jorge Cadena | Switzerland, Colombia |
| Honeymoon | Honeymoon | Alkis Papastathopoulos | Greece, Cyprus, France |
| I Saw the Face of the Devil | J'ai vu le visage du diable | Julia Kowalski | France |
| Intelligence | Intelligence | Cosme Castro, Jeanne Frenkel | France |
| Oyu | Oyu | Atsushi Hirai | Japan, France |
| Paradise Europe | Du bist so wunderbar | Paulo Menezes, Leandro Goddinho | Germany |
| Phalène | Phalène | Sarah-Anaïs Desbenoit | France |
| The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry | The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry | Faris Alrjoob | Germany, Jordan |
| Sawo Matang | Sawo Matang | Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto | Indonesia, Canada, United States |
| Sentimental Stories | Sentimental Stories | Xandra Popescu | Germany |
| Shrooms | Shrooms | Jorge Jácome | Portugal |
| A Woman in Makueni | A Woman in Makueni | Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina | Germany, Kenya |

### National Competition for Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| All the Days of May | Tous les jours de mai | Miryam Charles | Canada |
| Aujourd'hui c'est dimanche, demain on meurt | Aujourd'hui c'est dimanche, demain on meurt | Maxime Genois | Canada |
| Dead Cat | Chat mort | Annie-Claude Caron, Danick Audet | Canada |
| Discordia | Discordia | Rowan Gray | Canada |
| Gaby's Hills | Gaby les collines | Zoé Pelchat | Canada |
| Haunted Hollow | Haunted Hollow | Dominique van Olm | Canada |
| Heat Spell | L'Été des chaleurs | Marie-Pier Dupuis | Canada |
| Hir•aeth | Hir•aeth | Anastasia Itkina | Canada |
| I Used to Live There | I Used to Live There | Ryan McKenna | Canada |
| Katshinau | Les Mains sales | Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush | Canada |
| Les Lavandières | Les Lavandières | Laura Kamugisha | Canada |
| Making Babies | Faire un enfant | Éric K. Boulianne | Canada |
| Mothers and Monsters | Mothers and Monsters | Édith Jorisch | Canada |
| Muscat | Muscat | Philippe Grenier | Canada |
| My Tomato Heart | Mon coeur de tomate | Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard | Canada |
| Ofrandā | Ofrandā | Vjosana Shkurti | Canada |
| Les rois | Les rois | Olivier Côté | Canada |
| Soleil de nuit | Soleil de nuit | Fernando Lopez Escriva, Maria Camila Arias | Canada |
| Something Else | Autre chose | Étienne Lacelle | Canada |
| Summer of 2000 | Été 2000 | Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier | Canada |
| Troika | Troika | Karl Kai, Robert Mentov | Canada |
| Vampires, It's Nothing to Laugh At | Vampires, It's Nothing to Laugh At | Kinga Michalska | Canada |
| What Will You Do When I'm Gone | Majboor-E-Mamool | Haaris Qadri | Canada |

### Special Presentations, Short Films

The short films of Ariane Louis-Seize, in conjunction with her feature debut Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) in the main national narrative competition.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Depths | Les profondeurs | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Canada ||
| Little Waves | Les petites vagues | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Rituals | Rituels | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| See You in My Dreams | Visites nocturnes silencieuses | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Shooting Star | Comme une comète | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| Wild Skin | La Peau sauvage | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |

### The New Alchemists, Short Films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Acoustic Shadows | Acoustic Shadows | Patrick Bergeron | Canada |
| AliEN0089 | AliEN0089 | Valeria Hoffmann | Chile, Argentina |
| Aphasia | Aphasie | Marielle Dalpé | Canada |
| Ardent Other | Le Mal des Ardents | Alice Brygo | France |
| Artifacts of You, Artifacts of Me | Artifacts of You, Artifacts of Me | Brecht De Cock | Belgium |
| Blank Photograph | Blank Photograph | Che-Yu Hsu | France |
| Bleu silico | Bleu silico | Éloïse Le Gallo, Julia Borderie | France |
| Bloom | Bloom | Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado | Spain |
| Center, Ring, Mall | Center, Ring, Mall | Mateo Vega | Netherlands, Peru |
| Cyclepaths | Cyclepaths | Anton Cla | Belgium |
| The Daughters of Fire | As Filhas do Fogo | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Delight at Robert St. | Delight at Robert St. | Milja Viita | Finland, Canada |
| Dickinsonia | Dickinsonia | Charline Dally | France, Canada |
| Dinosauria, We | Dinosauria, We | Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer | Canada |
| Eschaton Ad | Eschaton Ad | Andrea Gatopoulos | Italy |
| Every Sunday, Grandma | Every Sunday, Grandma | Laure Prouvost | France, Belgium |
| Families' Albums | Albums de familles | Moïa Jobin-Paré | Canada |
| Kinderfilm | Kinderfilm | Adrian Jonas Haim, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel, Total Refusal | Austria |
| Lake Baikal | Baigal Nuur | Alisi Telengut | Canada |
| LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W | LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W | Wen Pey Lim | United Kingdom |
| Let's Talk | Let's Talk | Simon Liu | United States |
| NYC RGB | NYC RGB | Viktoria Schmid | United States, Austria |
| Our Pain | Our Pain | Shunsaku Hayashi | Japan |
| Outlets | Outlets | Duncan Cowles | United Kingdom |
| POV Memory | POV Memory | Igor Smola | Azerbaijan, Singapore |
| Skyscraper Film | Skyscraper Film | Federica Foglia | Italy, Canada |
| Substrat | Substrat | Patrick Bergeron, Karl Lemieux | Canada |
| Sunflower Siege Engine | Sunflower Siege Engine | Sky Hopinka | United States |
| Syncopated Green | Syncopated Green | Arjuna Neuman | United Kingdom |
| The Veiled City | The Veiled City | Natalie Cubides-Brady | United Kingdom |
| Why Are You Image Plus? | Why Are You Image Plus? | Diogo Baldaia | Portugal |

### RPCÉ Canadian Student Short Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
| All In | All In | Rosalie Rémillard, Philippe Vanasse-Paquet | Quebec |
| Among Ashes | Parmi les cendres | Laurent Déry-Lauzier | Quebec |
| Antitutorial | Antitutoriel | Léonie Savard | Quebec |
| Ashta | Ashta | Ryan Bechara | Quebec |
| The Bleeding Nose | Médium saignant | Marie-Esther Durocher | Quebec |
| Blink | Blink | Marco Lavagnino | Ontario |
| The Captain's Dream | Le Rêve du capitaine | Yuan Zha, Charles Gourde Talbot | Quebec |
| The City | La Ville | Kaolin Dhouailly | Quebec |
| Collateral | Collatéral | Antoine Collins | Quebec |
| Dans l'ombre | Dans l'ombre | Gabrielle Desrochers, Sarah Blouin, Elsa Champagne | Quebec |
| The Drawing | Le Dessin | Faiza Benzakour | Quebec |
| Dynamite, Fish Head! | Dynamite, tête de poisson! | William Brunelle, Anna-Eve Cusson, Yorann Lapierre | Quebec |
| An Ego and I | An Ego and I | Jesu Medina | Quebec |
| Ephemeral | Éphémère | Dominic Cluzeau | Quebec |
| Fais ton fric | Fais ton fric | Brunk Dramatik | Quebec |
| Fan Day | Fan Day | Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé | Quebec |
| The Fighter | Nin Kamashitshet | André-Charles Ishpatao | Quebec |
| Final Breakdown | Dernier breakdown | Jean-Philippe Groulx | Quebec |
| Hanami | Hanami | Olivier Basquin | Quebec |
| Jeu de mémoire | Jeu de mémoire | Philippe Cormier | Quebec |
| Johnny Libertella | Johnny Libertella | Bruno Dramatik | Quebec |
| Kryptonite | Kryptonite | Fleur Cohen-Solal | Quebec |
| Larsen | Larsen | Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé | Quebec |
| Man Is Sick, Man Is Fine | Man Is Sick, Man Is Fine | Kit Baronas | British Columbia |
| An Omelet for Godot | Une omelette pour Godot | Marie Francœur | Quebec |
| The Outage | La Panne | Elliot Tremblay | Quebec |
| Papa Guillotine | Papa Guillotine | Namaï Kham Po | Quebec |
| Parc Ex: The Heart of MTL | Parc-Ex au cœur de MTL | Ayesha Sheikh | Quebec |
| Perennials | Perennials | Grant Macintosh | Nova Scotia |
| Propulsion | Propulsion | Joaquim Trudel | Quebec |
| Some Dreams Are Just Deceptions | Cuando los sueños se vuelven desilusiones | José Ibáñez | Quebec |
| Spinning | Spinning | Emily Tosh | Alberta |
| Sun, Moon and Four Peaks | Sun, Moon and Four Peaks | Kevin Jin Kwan Kim | British Columbia |
| Untitled US | Untitled US | Thomas Mai | British Columbia |
| Writer's Block | Page blanche | Yannick Lessard | Quebec |

### RPCÉ International Student Short Films

A selection of student films from the Icelandic Film School.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| I Don't Want to Feel Better | Iðrun mín Öll | Birkir Kristinsson | Iceland |
| A Princess's Tale | Skýjaborgin | Magdalena Ólafsdóttir | Iceland |
| Responsible | Ábyrgð | María Matthíasdóttir | Iceland |
| Route 7 | Route 7 | Óskar Þorri Hörpuson | Iceland |
| Sophie | Sophie | Marie Lydie Bierne | Iceland |

### P'tits loups

Short film program of animation for children.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Animanimals Squirrel | Animanimals Squirrel | Julia Ocker | Germany |
| Animanimals T-Rex | Animanimals T-Rex | Julia Ocker | Germany |
| Animanimals Tiger | Animanimals Tiger | Julia Ocker | Germany |
| Coin Coin | Coin Coin | Anouk Archambault, Amélie Frit, Lucile Grunder, Solenn Lelaisant, Jeanne Marotte | France |
| Funny Birds | Drôles d'oiseaux | Charlie Belin | France |
| The Goose | L'Oie du plus fort | Jan Mika | Czech Republic, France |
| Little Fan | Little Fan | Sveta Yuferova | Germany |
| My Friend the Dog | My Friend the Dog | Violeta Cortes | France |
| O Homem das Pernas Altas | O Homem das Pernas Altas | Vitor Hugo Rocha | Portugal |
| Shelter | Shelter | Julie Daravan Chea | France |
| Somni | Somni | Sonja Rohleder | Germany |
| Spin & Ella | Spin & Ella | An Vrombout | Belgium |
| The Spyglass | Kikaren | Malin Erixon | Sweden |
| Sunflower | Tournesol | Natalia Chernysheva | France, Russia |
| The Tiny Voyage | Le Tout petit voyage | Emily Worms | France |
| To Be Sisters | Entre deux sœurs | Clément Céard, Anne-Sophie Gousset | France |
| Two One Two | Two One Two | Shira Avni | Canada |

### FNC Explore

Virtual reality projects.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Age of the Monster | Le Temps du monstre | Benjamin Nuel | France |
| Cycle of Violence | Cycle of Violence | Felicia Bergstrôm | Germany |
| Dernier rappel | Dernier rappel | Colas Wohlfahrt, Emilie Rosas | Canada |
| ELELE | ELELE | Sjoerd van Acker | Netherlands |
| Fresh Memories: The Look | Fresh Memories: The Look | Volodymyr Kolbasa, Ondrej Moravec | Ukraine, Czech Republic |
| In Search of Time | In Search of Time | Pierre Zandrowicz, Matt Tierney | United States |
| Invisible | Invisible | Michel Lemieux | Canada |
| Kabaret | Kabaret | Gina Thorstensen | Norway |
| Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics | Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics | Terril Calder | Canada |
| Midnight Story | Midnight Story | Antonin Niclass | United Kingdom |
| Okawari | Okawari | Landia Egal, Amaury La Burthe | Canada, France |
| Over the Rainbow | Over the Rainbow | Craig Quintero | Taiwan |
| Missing 10 Hours | Missing 10 Hours | Fanni Fazakas | Hungary |
| Reimagined Volume II: Mahal | Reimagined Volume II: Mahal | Michaela Ternasky-Holland | United States |
| Rock, Paper, Scissors | Rock, Paper, Scissors | Alex Rühl | United Kingdom |
| The Soil of the Namib | The Soil of the Namib | Christian Zipfel | Germany |
| We Barbarians | Nous les barbares | Bertrand Mandico | France |

### Estival

Film screenings that were held at an outdoor venue in August, several weeks before the regular festival program.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| August 32nd on Earth | Un 32 août sur Terre | Denis Villeneuve | Canada |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones | Kite Zo A: laisse les os | Kaveh Nabatian | Canada |
| Smoking Causes Coughing | Fumer fait tousser | Quentin Dupieux | France |