MONTREAL – Quebecor is once again backing the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) which this year will take place October 3 – 14, 2018 in Montreal.
In addition to presenting the prestigious Louve d'Or and its $15,000 purse to the best feature film in the international competition, Quebecor will award the Prix de la diffusion to the best Canadian feature film. The new award comes with $30,000 in advertising to help promote the winning film.
Videotron will provide telecom services and air a selection of films from the FNC's 2018 schedule on its illico service, and MELS will present the Prix du public, the people's choice award for best short film in the official competition, which is accompanied by $5,000 in movie equipment rental services.
In addition, Éléphant: The memory of Québec cinema, Quebecor's largest philanthropic project, will show the restored version of Jan Kadar’s film Lies My Father Told Me at the Cinémathèque Québécoise.
"The Festival du nouveau cinéma is an event we at Quebecor appreciate highly," said Quebecor president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau, in the news release. "It has a unique character, an avant-garde philosophy and a very rich line-up of films. As a partner since 2009, we are pleased to be able to help bring the best movies from Québec and the entire world to a wide audience at the Festival and also on Videotron's illico platform, which has created an FNC section for the occasion."
