Mélanie, Mathieu and Annie are inviting the public to live out the Festival du Nouveau Cinema by sharing their festival-going experiences through a videoblog platform. Throughout these 10 days, they’ll be covering the event in real-time, including live feeds of their daily interactions, thoughts, comments, and unexpected outcomes in an alternative way and far from what traditional media can offer. Recently, the Kung-Fu numérik crew joined this special adventure.
I missed Joshua by a day when he was actually in Montreal presenting his first feature film, I Love Hip Hop in Morocco, but after seeing his film, I knew I wanted to speak with him regardless. The film gave me goosebumps. I was sitting on the edge of my seat most of the way through, wishing there was other people in the audience that i could join in throwing my hands in the air, bopping my head, that sort of thing. The drive and determination of these kids, doing their thing, philosophizing about the world around them is truly inspirational. This film certainly gives you a genuine glimpse into this incredibly creative and tight community affair.
Josh on the making of the film
Josh on Fati, the only female MC in the film. Her story is remarkable.
Boxing Day is one of those rare films that will leave a lasting impact. Co-writer and main actor, Richard Green, has a presence and a raw unnerving manner that is unshakable. Director, Kriv Stenders, found Richard Green whilst casting for a previous film in a high security prison. The two have come together once again, for a collaboration that is setting a new precedence in Australian film. Shot digitally in one long take, over a three week period, largely improvised and with a budget of $ 150, 000 AUD, the film is quickly gaining international acclaim. It has just won the Jury’s Special Mention, here at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, as well as the Louvre D’Or for Best Actor (Richard Green).
The first time I saw Boxing Day, earlier this year at the Sydney Film Festival, I was moved in a way that is rare and profound. I felt as though I had opportunely stumbled across this local gem of a film that would not likely make it outside of its national borders. The film has stayed with me since, on the top of my list of DVDs to purchase in due time. I was thrilled to see it appear in the selection at this year’s festival–I took my best friend Robin Akimbo along for the ride.
This film by Bryan Friedman chronicles the relationship between the filmmaker and his father, a geriatric 59 year-old bodybuilder with issues.
Winner of this year’s Best Canadian Feature Documentary at the prestigious Hot Docs Festival, The Bodybuilder and I, is an offbeat tale of redemption with a few hard knocks.
This first feature film by Québecois director and founding member of Kino, Stéphane Lafleur, is an ode to the lonely and desperate characters that live amongst us, just beneath the radar. This is the story of four individuals who’s forlorn and banal existences eventually intersect, if only just to mirror each other for a brief moment in time, finding comfort in their mutual vulnerabilities and personal tragedies. The film is as bland as it gets, though the dark comedic elements saturate the film, giving it an ironic yet deeply humane quality that we can all relate to.
Continental: Un Film Sans Fusil, is competing in the International Selection for a Louvre D’Or. Here is a short clip (in French) about one of the floating theories on the meaning of the film’s title.
Acting Director for the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Will Straw, and Catherine Russell, professor of film studies as well as head of Concordia’s PhD in Humanities Program discuss Guy Maddin’s “My Winnipeg”
Jennifer Daoust, associate producer at Montreal’s best kept secret, Moment Factory, takes us on a behind the scenes tour of this Mile End Empire, hours before the Minute Moments event at the SAT.
Mélanie, Mathieu and Annie are inviting the public to live out the Festival du Nouveau Cinema by sharing their festival-going experiences through a videoblog platform. Throughout these 10 days, they’ll be covering the event in real-time, including live feeds of their daily interactions, thoughts, comments, and unexpected outcomes in an alternative way and far from what traditional media can offer. Recently, the Kung-Fu numérik crew joined this special adventure.
Annie has traveled the globe documenting the world around her, amassing invaluable riches along the way. She is thrilled to be back in Montreal after a year and a half in Australia working for a national youth arts and media organisation.
CelineCelines is the FNC secret service spy. She works at night. She reveals the hidden side of the festival, and
follows celebrities in the streets of Montreal.
Sometimes she stalks them.
Eric Cinq-Mars is a freelance photographer / videographer who seems to have an artistic outlook on life and its social contexts. As a collaborator for the Videoblog FNC, he will be extremely pleased to share with the public his views on selected movies and the festivals progression.
What is a Capsulette? It is a videomaker who produces videos for the web and watches YouTube more than television. It is a camera person who films from their cell phone and now a videoblogger who will be covering the FNC.
