MIL OSI Translation. Canadian French to English –
Source: Government of Canada – in French 1
The National Film Board of Canada is back at the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) with three films, two of which are in competition. Virginia Tangvald’s feature film Les enfants du large (micro_scope/NFB/Urban Factory), presenting its world premiere and the only documentary in the National Competition section, is a fascinating family investigation shot in the four corners of the world.
September 24, 2023 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
L’National Film Board of Canada is back at New Cinema Festival (FNC) with three films, two of which are in competition. The feature film Children of the open sea (microscope/NFB/Urban Factory) by Virginia Tangvald, presented in world premiere and the only documentary in the National Competition section, is a fascinating family investigation shot in the four corners of the world. The director had also won the Pitch First Works Award presented by Netflix at the FNC Forum in 2020 for this film. For its part, the animated short film Samaa (NFB) by Ehsan Gharib, screened in its Quebec premiere, explores the transcendent power of music and movement. The restored version of the masterful The orders by Michel Brault will also be presented to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of this masterpiece of Quebec cinema. The 53rd FNC will take place in Montreal from October 9 to 20, 2024.
National competition
Virginia Tangvald’s Children of the Sea (97 min) – WORLD PREMIERE Screenings: Cinéma du Musée, Monday, October 14 at 7 p.m. (original version with English subtitles); Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Quartier latin, Friday, October 18 at 6:30 p.m. (original version with French subtitles)
A Canada-France co-production produced by micro_scope (Isabelle Couture and Élaine Hébert) with the NFB (Nathalie Cloutier) and Urban Factory (Frédéric Corvez and Maéva Savinien)Press kit: espacemedia.onf.ca/epk/les-enfants-du-large
Following in the footsteps of her brother Thomas, who disappeared at sea, Virginia Tangvald offers a captivating and cinematographically beautiful investigation into the dark secrets of her family. Questioning the legendary idyllic life of her father, the sailor Peter Tangvald, her quest debunks the myth of absolute freedom. At the end of her courageous approach, as intimate as it is universal, emerges the hope of having broken a toxic cycle. Born on the Caribbean Sea, Virginia Tangvald grew up in Montreal, where she studied theater and classical guitar performance before adopting cinema as her chosen art. A graduate of INIS in 2015, she has directed several short fiction films and music videos for Montreal groups. She now lives in Paris. Les enfants du large, a fascinating investigation that seeks to uncover the dark secrets of her family and her father, the famous adventurer Peter Tangvald, is her first feature-length documentary.
The New Alchemists Competition – Short Film
Samaa by Ehsan Gharib (2 min 27 s) – QUEBEC PREMIERE Screenings in the short film program: Cinémathèque québécoise, Sunday, October 13 at 6:30 p.m. and Thursday, October 17 at 5 p.m.
An ONF production (Maral Mohammadian)Press kit: spacemedia.onf.ca/epk/samaa
A caged bird, yearning to fly, finds freedom through the transcendent power of music and movement. In this striking, hand-painted animated short, Ehsan Gharib celebrates the magic and mechanics of cinema. In Iranian culture, samaa is a meditative practice of achieving spiritual enlightenment through rhythm and movement. The film had its world premiere at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Iranian-born Ehsan Gharib integrates photography, animation and design into his films. He created the animation for the award-winning NFB productionOscar(2016), a portrait of Oscar Peterson by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, and is part of the animation teams of the feature film Jasmine Road (2020) and Disenchanted (2022), produced by Disney. His first directorial effort, the experimental short filmDeyzangeroo(2017), won the Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig. In Samaa, he continues to experiment with the interaction between music and animated cinema.
History(ies) of cinema
Michel Brault’s Orders (1974, 107 min)Screening: Cinémathèque québécoise, Wednesday, October 16 at 7 p.m. (original French version with English subtitles)Press kit: spacemedia.onf.ca/epk/les-ordres
This masterpiece of Quebec cinema celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The NFB is proud to distribute the restored version by Elephant: memory of Quebec cinema at festivals, film clubs and other venues.
Halfway between fiction and documentary, Les ordres is based on the testimony of around fifty people imprisoned following the application of war measures in October 1970. We follow five characters (three men and two women) constructed from these testimonies, from their arrest to their release. The film won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975.
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