FNC 2015
Festival du nouveau cinema (Montreal)
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- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsAomi MuyockKarl GlusmanKlara KristinMurphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
- DirectorPhilippe GrandrieuxStarsEmilia GiudicelliVilma PitrinaiteHélène RocheteauIn the second part of the trilogy on anxiety (in continuation of White Epilepsy), the only light source that reflects on the screen is the naked human body. Its surface, full of bones and muscles, flexes and vibrates in a frantic rhythm. The livelier the reflection, the deeper a viewer feels his/her mortality, as he recognizes between the convulsions the forces he/she cannot control.
- DirectorIn Hak JangStarsMi-hyang PakJin-mi KimCheol KimA student experiences different conflicts as she works toward being a scientist.
- DirectorYong-Gyu YoonWon Jun YuStarsSun Gyu ChoeYong Suk KimJong Hwan KoA tender hearted young noble man, Mong Ryong, falls in love with the famous Chun Hyang, the most beautiful girl of a Korean village, who is also a pure hearted artist but unfortunately from a humble family. This forbidden love yields a secret marriage which is doomed when Mong Ryong departs for Seoul to pass state exams and his absence lasts three years, during which no news is heard of him. Meanwhile, the arrival of an infamous new sheriff puts Chun Hyang in great peril when she refuses to break her marriage and obey the desires of the sheriff.
- DirectorChoi Eun-hieKyun Soon JoShin Sang-okStarsRyung Jo KimMi Ran OhYeon Ock SongIn a humble rural village, a man aspires of leaving his home behind and moving to the prosperous city, while his lover wishes to stay and transform the town into an ideal and harmonious community.
- DirectorIk-gyu ChoeHak ParkStarsChon Sob HanYong Hui HongRen Rin KimThe country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsAl PacinoJoseph FiennesLynn CollinsIn 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
- DirectorFrançois DupeyronStarsOmar SharifPierre BoulangerGilbert MelkiIn Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
- DirectorLaura IsraelStarsRobert FrankSid KaplanJune LeafRobert Frank revolutionized photography and independent film. He documented the Beats, Welsh coal miners, Peruvian Indians, The Stones, London bankers, and the Americans. This is the bumpy ride, revealed with unblinking honesty by the reclusive artist himself.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsManoel de OliveiraMaria Isabel de OliveiraDiogo DóriaA docu-drama that follows Manoel de Oliveira's life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal.
- DirectorRobert FrankStarsTruman CapoteDick CavettMarshall ChessFollow the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour and their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.
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- DirectorRobert FrankStarsVera CochranJamie DeCarloAllen GinsbergA Musical was planned as a cinematic study of indigenous American music. Robert Frank decided instead to make the film about himself. An actress plays Frank. He examines his life symbolically, questioning the personal toll his work has taken and the value of his contribution as a photographer. His search for freedom is represented by the music.
- DirectorZoran TadicStarsBozidar AlicVedrana MedjimorecFranjo MajeticA young couple have settled in a new flat. Soon somebody begins watching them and they receive great amounts of money from an unknown sender.
- DirectorJakrawal NilthamrongStarsOngart CheamcharoenpornkulDrunphob SuriyawongChalee ChoueyaiThe story of two very different men, a horrific car accident, and a crime committed deep in the woods. Various facts and stories are cautiously presented, but the pieces of the puzzle don't fall into place straight away.
- DirectorBenoît ForgeardStarsOlivier RabourdinPhilippe KaterineAlka BalbirFrance, 2020. President Bird's éminence grise Michel Battement must urgently get the head of state's popularity ratings up to avert the looming fall of the regime. Deep in the cluttered basement of the Elysée Palace, he organizes a secret consultation with the greatest minds in the land.
- DirectorTrey Edward ShultsStarsKrisha FairchildAlex DobrenkoRobyn FairchildKrisha returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.
- DirectorDiego Martínez VignattiStarsGeert Van RampelbergEugenia RamírezAlexandros PotamianosPierre works as a foreman in the work of a multinational in the jungle, clearing forests and planting pines to make paper. But his life changes when he falls in love with Ana, a rural teacher worried about the problems that the abuse of agrochemicals is causing in the population.
- DirectorCarlos QuintelaStarsMario BalmasedaMario GuerraLeonardo GascónIn an abandoned nuclear project conceived by Cuba and the USSR, a disillusioned engineer survives with his mean father and his frustrated son, while 1970s found footage of the "project of the century" describe its ambitious scope.
- DirectorNikos NikolopoulosVladimir NikolouzosStarsThanassis GeorgiouIeronymos KaletsanosAlexandros Logothetis1948. Thessaloniki, Greece. The American journalist G.W. Polk, working for CBS, walks into a restaurant. During his meal he discovers that he has already been murdered. A journey through the reflections of time and memory begins.
- DirectorJaroslav VojtekStarsÉva BandorAlex BencikMiroslav BenusFour parts, "Son", "Marathon", "Canary" and "Father, each of them telling different story about family and parent-child relationship.
- DirectorLírio FerreiraStarsDaniel de OliveiraCaroline AbrasSandra CorveloniTwenty two years ago, an arid, volcanic and island paradise nestled in the middle of the South Atlantic, a nine year old boy, Pedro was separated from his sister, Raquel. Rosa, their mother, fearful of a forbidden attraction between them, decides to send his son, not daughter, for the continent. The boy was taken by Kaleb, the rider of an old circus, passing by the island. On the mainland, Kaleb instructed the boy in circus arts and spirit, where the former islet became Zolah the Bullet Man. BLUE BLOOD begins when Zolah and the circus back to paradise. The circus is established as an island within an island, and the most solitary of these isles Zolah himself, a beautiful man who seduces everyone and everything, yet remains deeply lonely, because he could not love anyone.
- DirectorErik ShiraiThe Birth of Saké is a documentary that reveals the history of passionate sake makers, and what it takes to create a traditional sake at the Yoshida Brewery, a family distillery with more then 140 years of history, in northern Japan.
- DirectorDodo DayaoStarsJoel LamanganVictor NeriAnthony Falcon'Four men with nowhere to go and everything to lose are about to have the worst night of their lives. A film about the end of the world. And the demon in all of us'
- DirectorSeung-uk OhStarsJeon Do-yeonKim Nam-gilJi Seung-hyunIn order to capture a mob enforcer, homicide detective Jung befriends his girlfriend, Hye-kyung, only to fall in love with her.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsTom HiddlestonJeremy IronsSienna MillerLife for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
- DirectorNicolas BoukhriefStarsMalik ZidiDimitri StorogeFrançois CivilSam, a freelance journalist, investigates the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young jihadis whose mission is to destabilize the city center of Paris.
- DirectorRick AlversonStarsGregg TurkingtonJohn C. ReillyTye SheridanEn route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, middle-aged comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert.
- DirectorJeremy SaulnierStarsAnton YelchinImogen PootsAlia ShawkatA punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.
- DirectorColin OfflandStarsMatt CooperSholom GeltJong-Un KimAn uproarious doc about Dennis Rodman's calamitous foray into North Korea.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsMichael CaineHarvey KeitelRachel WeiszA retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsJeong Jae-yeongKim Min-heeYoun Yuh-jungA married film director falls for a young painter - twice.
- DirectorAlain CavalierStarsNine d'UrsoThibault DuteilMaia FontaineThe experience of living through two periods of depression and the quiet expectation of a third has endowed a filmmaker with the capacity to perceive the true beauty of life and to capture it on film.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsChristopher PlummerKim RobertsAmanda SmithWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself.
- DirectorGerman KralStarsMaría Nieves RegoJuan Carlos CopesJohana CopesThe life and love story of Argentina's famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart.
- DirectorPhilippe GrandrieuxStarsKristian MarrAriane LabedRoxane MesquidaLenz returns to Paris to find his only true love, Madeleine. As his search for her continues, he finds himself getting sucked into the dark and cruel underworld of the porn industry.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsJesse EisenbergGabriel ByrneIsabelle HuppertThe fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsVincent LindonKarine de MirbeckMatthieu SchallerAt the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
- DirectorJean-Marie StraubStarsArnaud DommercJean-Marie StraubGilles PandelComposed in six parts, Communists (Kommunisten) re-ignites scenes from the diverse filmography of Straub and Huillet, moving from Switzerland to Italy to Egypt, to chart a story of resistance across the 20th century.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiNasrin SotoudehBanned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsElliot PageEvan Rachel WoodMax MinghellaAfter a massive power outage, two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home.
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsLouis-Do de LencquesaingBenjamin UtzerathVincent NemethA history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsJames FrancoPeter MillerGilbert WahiakeronOne day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsShu QiChang ChenYun ZhouA female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsJenjira PongpasBanlop LomnoiJarinpattra RueangramA group of soldiers in a small town on the Mekong River in northern Thailand are struck with a bizarre sleeping illness.
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsKirin KikiMasatoshi NagaseKyara UchidaBurdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
- DirectorWiebke von CarolsfeldStarsImajyn CardinalPascale BussièresBrandon OakesTeenage Fern becomes orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter. Determined to avoid her mother's tragic fate, she sets out to build a new life for herself. When Youth Protection comes looking, she bolts. At one of her mother's cleaning jobs, she finds the book '50 Ways to Become a Millionaire.' 'All you need to do is save,' it promises. Fern decides to do just that, replacing her grief with the quest to become a millionaire.
- DirectorAndrew CividinoStarsJackson MartinNick SerinoReece MoffettWhile spending the summer in cottage country on the shores of Lake Superior, three teens cope with boredom by testing the limits of their experience.
- DirectorKazik RadwanskiStarsErwin Van CotthemKate AshleySeth KirshErwin (Erwin van Cotthem), a family man who spends most of his time playing computer games, makes a drastic shift in his life when he suddenly decides to leave his wife, yet finds himself in the same rut as before.
- DirectorRyan McKennaRyan McKennaStarsMarie BrassardFrancis La HayeYoussef CamaraSabali is a dramatic film with touches of surrealist comedy and science fiction.
- DirectorMichael RoweStarsSuzanne ClémentMax LaferriereAmbrosio De LucaDavid, a man in his forties, who has sacrificed his life to his wife and kids fights to keep them close to him.
- DirectorRenée BeaulieuStarsNormand D'AmourPierre-Yves CardinalLouise PortalIs having control of our life a right? Are living and dying freedoms, duties or responsibilities? How should we love? How should we live? How should we die? These questions are woven into the story of Adrien, who suffers from kidney failure. He runs a garage in Trois-Pistoles, a small town on the St-Lawrence in Québec, where people seem ordinary, but aren't: each love story, each life, each destiny is unique.
- DirectorCharles-Olivier MichaudStarsAnna MouglalisPierre-Yves CardinalPascale BussièresAnna, a photojournalist, travels to Bangkok to pursue her investigations for a news story on the traffic in human beings being carried on by the triads. There she herself is kidnapped by Asian gangsters and subjected to the same abuse endured by the women she has interviewed and photographed. At length, in a Montreal hospital, she awakens to these brutal recollections. Scarred for life, obsessed by her desire for revenge, Anna embarks on a dark journey, where violence beckons at every turn... but the impact provoked by her investigations will prove to be more important than the satisfaction of her own quest for vengeance.
- DirectorAlejandro Guzmán AlvarezStarsLuca OrtegaMauricio IsaacJoel FigueroaFede suffers from morbid obesity and lives enclosed among four walls. When his brother-in-law Ramón shows him a camera, Fede also wants one. During a trip to the camera shop he meets Paulo, a lonely teenager who loves comic books. The three of them form a friendship that completely changes their lives. Walking Distance is a urban fairy-tale about Fede, a man who weighs 200kg, which is causing him difficulties to move around his house. When he finds an old photographic film, he decides to have it developed and thus to go out of his house. In the photographic lab Fede meets Paulo, a solitary comics lover who sells him a used camera. While spending time with his brother-in-law Ramon and Paulo, Fede discovers that photography is more than just a hobby. A friendship between the three men grows, changing their lives forever.
- DirectorEva NeymannStarsKaren BadalovVitalina BiblivMikhail Bogdasarov1905. A Jewish Shtetl. Shimek and Buzya are two 10 year olds. Of course, she is a princess and he is aprince. They live in the same yard, in neighboring palaces. What Buzya really means to him, Shimek begins to understand only years later when, far away from home, he receives the news that Buzya is about to be married off.
- DirectorIvan OstrochovskýStarsPeter BalázNikola BongilajováStanislava BongilajováA former Olympic boxer on a quest for his last defeat.
- DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsMaría Mercedes CoroyMaría TelónManuel AntúnOn the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.
- DirectorLaurie AndersonStarsLaurie AndersonArchieJason BergMultimedia artist Laurie Anderson reflects on her relationship with her beloved terrier Lolabelle.
- DirectorDamian MarcanoStarsDarren CheewahZion HenrySimon Junior JohnSeveral people fight to live in their community of east Port of Spain. Their circumstances affect their decision making - leading to moments of triumph and moments of tragedy.
- DirectorJuan SchnitmanStarsPilar GamboaJuan BarberiniLucía and Marcelo are thirty years old. They are carrying a hundred thousand dollars in cash to pay for their new house. But something comes up for the real estate agent and the signing of the papers is postponed. Tense and filled with frustration, they head back to their old apartment and put the money away in a safe place. Marcelo says to her: "Relax, today's just another day". Throughout the 24 hours of wait, the true nature of the love between Lucía and Marcelo unveils, as well as the crisis they are in and the violence within themselves. The film narrates these 24 hours of unbearable tension.
- DirectorAndré TurpinStarsSophie NélisseMylène MackayLise RoyComplex time shifting drama revolving about a violent senseless murder and young witness.
- DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio BolívarThe story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
- DirectorLouis GarrelStarsGolshifteh FarahaniVincent MacaigneLouis GarrelTwo best friends have their relationship tested when Abel tries to help his friend Clement with the latter's love interest Mona.
- DirectorJan TesitelStarsIgor BaresMikulas CizekKarel FinkA mentally handicapped young man decides to leave the security of his family in order to search the purpose of his existence; whether it is freedom, sexual experience or death.
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsÉdouard Tremblay-GrenierPier-Luc FunkVassili SchneiderA young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroRoberto FaríasAntonia ZegersA crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.
- DirectorMalgorzata SzumowskaStarsJanusz GajosMaja OstaszewskaJustyna SuwalaA busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga might try to harm herself, since she's still grieving over her recently deceased mother, sends her to see a psychiatrist, Anna, who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.
- DirectorGabriel RipsteinStarsTim RothKristyan FerrerMónica Del CarmenArnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons for a deadly Mexican cartel. ATF agent Hank Harris attempts to apprehend him, but gets kidnapped by Rubio, instead. Rubio takes him to his bosses, but during the 600-mile-long drive, they slowly befriend.
- DirectorMiaoyan ZhangStarsXinjiang GuoA boy is in search of his mother in the estuary of the dirty Yellow River. He finds pollution, oppression, drugs and violence and yet he does not lose his will to live.
- DirectorIgor DrljacaStarsJasmin GeljoFilip GeljoMasa LizdekJasmin, once a successful actor in former Yugoslavia, dreams of returning to Sarajevo to continue his career, but fears losing his son Daniel if he follows through with his plan.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKenji EndoYûto IkedaMegumi KagurazakaA feminine android delivers packages to the scattered humans in the galaxy. With years to spare the android and us have time to contemplate what it is to be human.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHayato IchiharaRiko NarumiShô AoyagiIn the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire-a bloodsucking yakuza vampire boss! Among Kamiura's gang is Kageyama, his most loyal underling. However, the others in the gang view Kageyama with disdain and ridicule him for his inability to get tattooed due to sensitive skin. One day, assassins aware of boss Kamiura's secret arrive from abroad and deliver him an ultimatum: Return to the international syndicate he left years ago, or die. Kamiura refuses and, during a fierce battle with anime-otaku martial-arts expert Kyoken, is torn limb from limb. With his dying breath, Kamiura bites Kageyama, passing on his vampire powers to the unsuspecting yakuza. As he begins to awaken to his newfound abilities, Kageyama's desire to avenge the murder of boss Kamiura sets him on a course for a violent confrontation with Kaeru-kun, the foreign syndicate's mysterious and seemingly unstoppable leader!
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsLoubna AbidarAsmaa LazrakHalima KaraouaneA group of women in Morocco make a living as prostitutes in a culture that is very unforgiving toward women in that profession.
- DirectorDominic GoyerStarsMarc PaquetSylvie De Morais-NogueiraMarc BélandDavid and his girlfriend Hannah come to present their young child to the family. In a terrible coincidence, David learns that the man who raised him was not his real father. To find his biological father, he must unravel the mystery of the past of her mother. This was not the perfect director and he thought his secret leads region. With the advice of a bartender who is not immune to its charms, David had an encounter with shady characters and poses as a journalist to extract their information.
- DirectorLorenzo VigasStarsAlfredo CastroLuis SilvaJericó MontillaArmando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsJohn ReddyJashaun St. JohnIrene BedardWith an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but would mean leaving behind his beloved sister.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsLJ ReyesAdrian AlandyAnthony FalconThe armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.
- DirectorRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheStarsRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheAhmed HammoudiBrahim Ameur-ZaïmecheKamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He tries, with his family's support, to find a job and live a normal life. But nothing's normal in the ghetto.
- DirectorLewis BennettStarsDerek GunningDeli owner Salam Kahil is an art collector, a former male escort, an amateur musician, and a sandwich maker to the homeless in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but his true passion is talking about blow jobs.
- DirectorGabriel MascaroStarsJuliano CazarréMaeve JinkingsJosinaldo AlvesIremar works at the rodeo in North East of Brazil. From his home, the truck used to transport the animals, he dreams of a future in the region's booming clothing industry.
- DirectorAlon KolTransfixed tells the story of highly unconventional romance: Martine Stonehouse and John Gelmon are middle-aged underdogs, living with Asperger Syndrome - an autism spectrum disorder that makes communication with others extremely difficult. Despite their social limitations, both dream of getting married, but straight identifying John refuses to tie the knot until transsexual Martine gets a real vagina. The only problem: no doctor in Canada will perform operation because Martine's obesity makes her too great of a surgical risk. Will Martine and John find the happiness together that they deserve? Transfixed is a deeply human story about love, freedom, and self-actualization.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsKang-sheng LeeTsai Ming-liangConversation on filmmaking by director Tsai Ming-liang and actor-director Lee Kang-shen.
- DirectorNorbert HeitkerStarsRammsteinAlice CooperDeep PurpleArtists and attendees of the 24th annual Wacken Open Air festival discuss the impact heavy metal music and the festival itself has had on them.
- DirectorGuy MaddinEvan JohnsonStarsRoy DupuisClara FureyLouis NeginIn this non-linear amalgamation, submarine crewmen and a woodsman wend their way through a voyage of odd experiences.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsEri FukatsuTadanobu AsanoMasao KomatsuMizuki's husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateMiguel GomesMartinho CerqueiraSome of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateChico ChapasLuísa CruzContinuation of the Arabian Nights stories by the structure were adapted to modern life in Portugal in three innings and the third chapter "The Owners of Dixie" has three chapters.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateAmérico SilvaAmar BounachadaThe final trilogy of adaptation of Arabian Nights story by the structure in Portugal modern life between 2013-2014 in three chapters.