The 2020 edition of Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, held online and in person from 7th to 18th October, has ended. This was the 49th edition of the FNC. Montreal’s FNC is Academy Award Qualifying with the prize Best Short Film – International Competition. Winners have been announced.
Awards for International Competition
Best Short Film – Loup Argenté
Filipiñana by Rafael Manuel
Special Mention
Red Aninsri; or, Tiptoeing on The Still Trembling Berlin wall by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Awards for National Competition
Best Short Film
Écume by Omar Elhamy
Special Mention
Benjamin, Benny, Ben by Paul Shkordoff
Other Short Film Awards
Prix du Public
Comme une comète by Ariane Louis-Seize
Meilleure Animation (Best Animation)
Serial Parallels by Max Hattler
Prix Dada National
Barcelona Burning by Theodore Ushev
Prix Dada International
How to disappear by Total Refusal
Best Student Short Film
Danica’s Mom by Kennedy Kao