Screening of November 7 with filmmaker Alison McAlpine (Perfectly a Strangeness) in attendance
Screening of November 16 with filmmaker Mo Matton (Gender Reveal) in attendance

Come and join us to discover the FNC 53th edition winners: unique short films that stood out for their audacity and their excellence.

SANS VOIX | Samuel Patthey | Switzerland | 2024 | 15 min | No dialogue | Best Animation Award (nouveaux alchimistes)

The picture of a young raver facing a fundamental change of life.

GENDER REVEAL | Mo Matton | Canada (Québec) | 2024 | 13 min | Original English version with French subtitles | Audience Award (national competition)

Rhys, a dedicated people pleaser, ends up at their boss's gender reveal party with their two partners. The trans throuple soon realizes they are facing more than they were prepared for, and their ability to survive the event comes into question.

GRANDMAMAUNTSISTERCAT | Zuza Banasińska | Netherlands, Poland | 2024 | 23 min | Original Polish version with English subtitles | Dada International Award (nouveaux alchinistes)

Created with archival materials from communist Poland, the film tells the story of a multispecies matriarchal family through the eyes of a child grappling with the reproduction of ideological and representational systems.

SAMAA | Ehsan Gharib | Canada | 2024 | 2 min | No dialogue | Dada National Award (nouveaux alchinistes)

A caged bird flutters and flails in a struggle for freedom. But only by surrendering to the transcendent power of music and movement is the bird finally able to soar.

PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS | Alison McAlpine | Canada | 2024 | 15 min | No dialogue | Grand Prize (national competition)

In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe itself. A sensory, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.

VOX HUMANA | Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Philippines, Singapore, United States | 2024 | 22 min | Original Tagalog version with English subtitles | Loup argenté (international competition)

An eccentric biologist interviews a wild man who was found in the forest after an earthquake hit a small mountain town.