MONTRÉAL – Quebecor is presenting the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC), a major event for movie buffs and film professionals for the fourth consecutive year. The 41st edition of the festival will be held in Montréal from October 10 to 21, 2012.
“Quebecor has long been committed to promoting cinema from Québec and around the world, and to supporting the preservation of our cinematographic heritage,” said Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quebecor.
“Since it began, the FNC has been a springboard for new, original works. It has also publicized new technologies that are changing the face of cinema. As a business that is engaged with culture and entertainment, we wish the Festival many years of success. We hope our subsidiaries’ support will help to further raise the Festival’s profile and increase its reach.”
The world premiere of La mise à l’aveugle, the second feature film from Québec director Simon Galiero, will open the Festival. The closing film will be Camille redouble, by French director/actor Noémie Lvovsky. Quebecor will present the Louve d’or award for the best feature film in the international selection.
A total of 41 Québec short films and 27 foreign shorts will be in competition for the Loup Argenté award for the best short made during the year anywhere in the world. In addition to its financial support for the Festival, Quebecor will run a multimedia promotional campaign in a number of its subsidiaries, including 24H, VOX, TVA, Le Journal de Montréal and Canoë.
As well, Videotron will make some of the shorts and feature films shown at the FNC available on its various platforms ? illico web, illico mobile and illico on Demand (channel 900). Archambault will be the presenter of “Les P’tits Loups,” the festival’s youth section.
Quebecor supports and collaborates with numerous events that promote movies, including the Fantasia Festival, the World Film Festival and the Festival du Cinéma de la Ville de Québec. Quebecor has also launched Éléphant : mémoire du cinéma québécois, a $2.5 million?plus project that is making Québec’s cinematographic heritage accessible to all and is digitally restoring in HD all the Québec feature films made to date.
