Quebec City Film Festival

Quebec City
Film Festival
Location Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Founded 2011
Website qcff.ca

Quebec City Film Festival (QCFF) is a film festival held annually in September in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It screens short and feature films and premieres movies from all over the world.

Description

Founded in 2011, the Quebec City Film Festival (QCFF) is a non-profit organization that strives to offer film enthusiasts from Quebec and visitors from outside the province and abroad a major film event similar to other iconic international film festivals. It is a renowned and recognised platform that screens regional and international productions of new and original films. The QCFF also supports local and regional emerging artists by providing them with a showcase to present their works that attracts major media exposure.[1]

History

Since its inception, every year in the month of September the QCFF presents about 50 international feature films and more than 100 short films. The films represent all cinematographic genres and perspectives from all over the world, attracting an audience of more than 25,000 festival visitors every year.[2] In addition to these works come the artisans that create them. At past events, the QCFF was proud to welcome more than 300 special guests to the festival, including well known filmmakers Jean-Claude Labrecque, Xavier Dolan, Jean-Marc Vallée, Denys Arcand, Christophe Gans, Mike Figgis, and Larry Clark as well as the many actors, writers and producers who also accompany their works at the festival.

2011

  • 21 September – 2 October
  • 122 films
  • 80 special guests
  • 10 387 festival visitors

For its first edition, the QCFF opened with film Jean-Marc Vallée’s film Café de Flore, which was attended by the film’s team; Le bonheur des autres, the feature debut by Jean-Philippe Pearson closed the festival.

2012

  • 13 – 23 September
  • 155 films
  • 75 special guests
  • 24 421 festival visitors

Based on a true story, L'Affaire Dumont was presented as the opening film of the second edition of the QCFF[3] and attended by director Podz, producer Nicole Robert and actors that appeared in the film. Filmmaker Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette's Inch'Allah was chosen to close the second festival.

Festival activities were centred around the Dôme (aka the Igloo) in Place d’Youville and became a distinctive feature of the festival. It was open free to the public and hosted several evening parties and VIP events.[4]

2013

  • 18 – 29 September
  • 161 films
  • 88 special guests
  • 25 464 festival visitors

For its third edition, Parkland by Peter Landesman, an ensemble film based around the assassination of JFK, was presented to open the festival. The Quebec premiere of Stefan Miljevic’s film Amsterdam was chosen to close the festival.[5]

New for the third year: the creation of the Cinephile Jury, made up entirely of residents of Québec City. The jury awards the most original film among first-time filmmakers. In 2013, the award went to Don Jon, the debut by American actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.[6]

2014

  • 18 – 28 September
  • 161 films
  • 105 special guests
  • 23 191 festival visitors

Mommy by Xavier Dolan was presented as the opening film and attended by the film’s team.[7] The North American premiere of Beauty and the Beast was screened at the awards ceremony and attended by the film’s writer and director Christophe Gans.[8]

The usual closing ceremony, which had been held on the last Saturday, is from then on replaced by a gala on the second Wednesday, during which the award ceremony takes place.

Shortly before the festival began, containers were remodelled as mini cinema halls named Ciné Pop-up. A roaming project, they are placed in different locations throughout Québec City. The goal of Ciné Pop-up is to relocate screenings to where residents live so that they can view a selection of short films in their neighbourhoods.[9]

2015

  • 16 – 27 September
  • 217 films
  • 208 special guests
  • 24 839 festival visitors
Place d'Youville during QCFF's 5th edition.

Paul à Québec by François Bouvier was presented as the opening film: author Michel Rabagliati, producer Karine Vanasse and actors from the film descended on the red carpet of Place d’Youville for the occasion.[10] Philippe Falardeau’s film My Internship in Canada was screened at the awards ceremony.[11][12]

The concert film The Phantom of the Opera (a screening of the Rupert Julian classic from 1925 set to music by an orchestra conducted by Gabriel Thibaudeau) was presented at the Palais Montcalm and featured a Casavant organ.[13]

Ciné Pop-up continued to relocate throughout the city[14] as Place d'Youville was transformed into a large open-air cinema, with screenings that included, among others, the Back to the Future trilogy to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the release of the first film.[15]

2016

  • 14 – 24 September
  • 204 special guests
  • 294 films
  • over 30 000 festival visitors

For its sixth edition, the festival opened with Boundaries (French title: Pays) by Chloé Robichaud,[16] with some members of the film’s crew attending. Along with the director, actors such as Rémy Girard, Yves Jacques, Macha Grenon, and Emily Van Camp, as well as Quebec cinema artists like Julien Poulin, Marie Eykel, Manon Briand and Rock Demers walked up the red carpet of place D’Youville.[17]

The Palais Montcalm also hosted the North-American premiere of 1:54[18] by Yan England, screened as the film of the Award ceremony night. The features It's only the End of the World (French title: Juste la fin du monde) by Xavier Dolan[19] and Kiss me like a Lover (French title: Embrasse-moi comme tu m’aimes) by André Forcier, both premiered at the festival and were favorites among the audience, the latter winning the Public's Choice Award for a Feature Film.

For a third year in a row, the Ciné Pop-up also spread around downtown, both before and during the festival, becoming over the years a classic and must-see event.[20]

2017

  • 13 – 23 September
  • 253 special guests
  • 291 films
  • over 45 000 festival visitors

For its 2017 edition, the Festival opened with the world premiere of Cross My Heart, directed by Luc Picard.[21] The filmmaker and members of the casr were in attendance. Barefoot At Dawn by Francis Leclerc screened as the Gala Night Film,[22] and was preceded by the awards ceremony : cast members Roy Dupuis, Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard, Robert Lepage and Marianne Fortier were attending.[23][24]

Two Film Concerts were hosted at Palais Montcalm.[25] The Passion of Joan of Arc, Dreyer's silent masterpiece of 1928, eas interpreted by the pianist and organist Karol Mossakowski. QCFF also screened Oscar-winning BiRDMAN by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with the soundtrack performed live by its composer, drummer Antonio Sánchez.

Various cultural personalities attended the Festival: Louise Lecavalier, Marc Séguin, Zachary Richard, Cédric Klapisch, and others.

Tributes

Spokespersons

Venues

Mostly displayed in the historical center of Québec City, QCFF made screenings in the following places :

Awards[26][27][28]

Feature Films

Grand Prize of the competition Cinema lovers Award Public Award (Feature film) Public Award (Canadian Feature film) Collegiate jury Award
2017 Sambá by Laura Amelia Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas  Dominican Republic Los Nadie by Juan Sebastian Mesa  Colombia Les rois mongols by Luc Picard  Quebec Bagages by Paul Tom  Quebec Swagger by Olivier Babinet  France
*Special mention*

Lucky by John Caroll Lynch

  United States *Mention spéciale*

Susan Bartsch : On Top by Anthony Caronna and Alexander Smith

  United States
2016 Peter and the Farm by Tony Stone  United States À peine j'ouvre les yeux by Leyla Bouzid  France

 Tunisia United Arab Emirates

 Belgium

 Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes) by André Forcier  Quebec The Gardener by Sébastien Chabot  Quebec Manoir by Martin Fournier & Pier-Luc Latulippe  Quebec
*Special mention*

À peine j'ouvre les yeux by Leyla Bouzid

  Tunisia  Belgium  France  United Arab Emirates *Special mention*

Tempête by Samuel Collardey

  France
*Special mentions*

Lao Shi by Johnny Ma

& Sutak by Mirlan Abdykalykov

  China Canada Kyrgyzstan
2015 Necktie Youth by Sibs Shongwe-La Mer  South Africa La démolition familiale by Patrick Damien  Quebec La démolition familiale by Patrick Damien  Quebec Paul à Québec by François Bouvier  Quebec Necktie Youth by Sibs Shongwe-La Mer  South Africa
2014 20 000 Days on Earth by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard  United Kingdom Un film de chasse et de filles by Julie Lambert  Quebec Un film de chasse et de filles by Julie Lambert  Quebec La vie selon Morgue by Jean Fontaine  Quebec
2013 The Broken Circle Breakdown by Félix Van Groeningen  Belgium Don Jon by Joseph Gordon-Levitt  United States The Broken Circle Breakdown by Félix Van Groeningen  Belgium Absences by Carole Laganière  Quebec
2012 Elefante Blanco by Pablo Trapero  Argentina

 Spain

 France

 Et si on vivait tous ensemble by Stéphane Robelin  France

 Germany

 L'Effet by Joselyn Langlois  Quebec
2011 The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius  France El Huaso by Carlos Guillermo Pronto  Canada

Short Films

Grand Jury Prize for a Canadian Short Film Grand Jury Prize for a Foreign Short Film Local Talent Award People’s Choice Award for a Short Film
2017 Toutes les poupées ne pleurent pas de Frédérik Tremblay  Quebec Scris / Nescreisde Andrian Silisteanu  Romania Ballet Jazz de Maxime Robin  Quebec Crème de Menthe de Jean-Marc E. Roy & Philippe David Gagné  Quebec
2016 La Voce by David Uloth  Quebec Zvir by Miroslav Sikavica  Croatia La Partie by Alexandre Isabelle  Quebec La Partie by Alexandre Isabelle  Quebec
Spoetnik by Noël Loozen  Netherlands
2015 Moulures by Guillaume Monette  Quebec La bagatelle by Franie-Eléonore Bernier, Anne-Marie Bouchard & Julie Pelletier  Quebec La divine stratégie by Eliot Laprise & Martin Forger  Quebec
2014 Pas la grosse Sophie by Philippe Arsenault  Quebec Le frein by Gabriel-Antoine Roy & Jonathan Roy  Quebec Jamais je ne t'oublierai by Alexandre Desjardins  Quebec
2013 Le Camarade by Benjamin Tessier  Quebec Le Chevreuil by Rémi St-Michel  Quebec
2012 Première neige by Mikaël Lalancette  Quebec
2011 Mohktar by Halima Ouardiri  Quebec Morocco

References

  1. ↑ "C'est quoi? - Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec". Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  2. ↑ Bélanger, Cédric. "L'achalandage en hausse en 2015 au Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  3. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Place au cinéma!". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  4. ↑ "Tapis rouge couru pour L'affaire Dumont | Normand Provencher | Festival de cinéma de Québec" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  5. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Nombreuses projections et événements spéciaux pour le FCVQ". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  6. ↑ Média, Québecor. "The Broken Cycle Breakdown - Festival de cinéma de Québec: un film belge honnoré". Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  7. ↑ "Xavier Dolan sous le ciel étoilé de Québec | Éric Moreault | Festival de cinéma de Québec" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  8. ↑ QMI, Agence. "Tapis rouge pour La belle et la bête". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  9. ↑ "Du cinéma projeté dans deux conteneurs à Québec! | Guillaume Piedboeuf | Cinéma" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  10. ↑ Bergeron, Mickaël. "FCVQ: La grande fête de Paul à Québec" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  11. ↑ "Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre en première québécoise au FCVQ | Daphné Bédard | Cinéma" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  12. ↑ "Bilan du 5e FCVQ - Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec". Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  13. ↑ "FCVQ 2015 : Le fantôme de l'opéra en formule concert cinématographique". Showbizz.net. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  14. ↑ "Ciné Pop-up à l'Université Laval : C'est dans la boîte ! - Impact Campus" (in French). 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  15. ↑ "FCVQ 2015: 5 rendez-vous incontournables (VIDÉOS)". Le Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  16. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Pays , de Chloé Robichaud, lancera le Festival de cinéma de Québec". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  17. ↑ "Bilan du 6e Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec - Festival de cinéma de la ville de québec". Festival de cinéma de la ville de québec (in French). Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  18. ↑ Asselin, Mario. "Le 1 :54 de Yan England". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  19. ↑ "Première québécoise de Juste la fin du monde". Films du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  20. ↑ "FCVQ en plein air - Festival de cinéma de la ville de québec". Festival de cinéma de la ville de québec (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  21. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Les rois mongols en ouverture du Festival de cinéma de Québec". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  22. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Un film sur Félix Leclerc en primeur au Festival de cinéma de Québec". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  23. ↑ Godin, Sandra. "Pieds nus dans l'aube en première à Québec". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  24. ↑ "Festival de cinéma de la ville de québec". Festival de cinéma de la ville de québec (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  25. ↑ Guay, Edouard. "Birdman en musique au Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec". Voir.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  26. ↑ "Prix et bourses - Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec". Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (in French). Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  27. ↑ Genest, Catherine. "FCVQ: Sibs Shongwe-La Mer et Guillaume Monette remportent les honneurs". Voir.ca (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  28. ↑ "Les lauréats du Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec 2017 enfin connus! - Québec City Film Festival". Québec City Film Festival (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
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