Québec City Film Festival
Location | Québec City, Canada |
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Founded | 2011 |
Website | qcff.ca |
Québec City Film Festival (QCFF) is a film festival held annually in September in Québec City, Canada. It screens short and feature films and premieres movies from all over the world.
Description
Founded in 2011, the Québec City Film Festival (QCFF) is a non-profit organization that strives to offer film enthusiasts from Québec 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[10]
- 16–27 September
- 217 films
- 208 special guests
- 24 839 festival visitors
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.[11] Philippe Falardeau’s film My Internship in Canada was screened at the awards ceremony.[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]
Tributes
- 2015 : Denys Arcand & Matthew Rankin
- 2014 : Richard Lavoie, Bruce LaBruce et Alain Resnais
- 2013 : Izabel Grondin & Im Sang-Soo
- 2012 : Alex Gibney
- 2011 : Jean-Claude Labrècque & Larry Clark
Spokespersons
- 2015 ~ François Létourneau
- 2014 ~ Yves Jacques
Venues
Mostly displayed in the historical center of Québec City, QCFF made screenings in the following places :
Awards [16][17]
Feature Films
Grand Prize of the competition | Cinema lovers Award | Public Award (Feature film) | Public Award (Canadian Feature film) | Collegiate jury Award | ||||||
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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 de 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 | Et si on vivait tous ensemble by Stéphane Robelin | France | L'Effet by Joselyn Langlois | Quebec | ||||
2011 | The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius | France | El Huaso by Carlos Guillermo Pronto | Canada |
Short Films
Grand Prize of the competition | Public Award | |||||
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2015 | Moulures by Guillaume Monette | Quebec | La bagatelle de Franie-Eléonore Bernier, Anne-Marie Bouchard & Julie Pelletier | Quebec | La divine stratégie de Eliot Laprise & Martin Forger | Quebec |
2014 | Pas la grosse Sophie by Philippe Arsenault | Quebec | Le frein de Gabriel-Antoine Roy & Jonathan Roy | Quebec | Jamais je ne t'oublierai d'Alexandre Desjardins | Quebec |
2013 | Le Camarade de Benjamin Tessier | Quebec | Le Chevreuil de Rémi St-Michel | Quebec | ||
2012 | Première neige de Mikaël Lalancette | Quebec | ||||
2011 | Mohktar de Halima Ouardiri | Quebec Morocco |
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Place au cinéma!". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Tapis rouge couru pour L'affaire Dumont | Normand Provencher | Festival de cinéma de Québec" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Nombreuses projections et événements spéciaux pour le FCVQ". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ Média, Québecor. "The Broken Cycle Breakdown - Festival de cinéma de Québec: un film belge honnoré". Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Xavier Dolan sous le ciel étoilé de Québec | Éric Moreault | Festival de cinéma de Québec" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ QMI, Agence. "Tapis rouge pour La belle et la bête". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Du cinéma projeté dans deux conteneurs à Québec! | Guillaume Piedboeuf | Cinéma" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Bergeron, Mickaël. "FCVQ: La grande fête de Paul à Québec" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre en première québécoise au FCVQ | Daphné Bédard | Cinéma" (in French). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "FCVQ 2015 : Le fantôme de l'opéra en formule concert cinématographique". Showbizz.net. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Ciné Pop-up à l'Université Laval : C'est dans la boîte ! - Impact Campus" (in French). 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "FCVQ 2015: 5 rendez-vous incontournables (VIDÉOS)". Le Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Prix et bourses - Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec". Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ Genest, Catherine. "FCVQ: Sibs Shongwe-La Mer et Guillaume Monette remportent les honneurs". Voir.ca (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-26.