The National Film Board of Canada returns to Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) with Bread Will Walk (Le pain se lève), directed by Bulgarian-born Montreal filmmaker Alex Boya, presented in competition and as a Quebec premiere. Local audiences will at last have the chance to view this darkly delicious slice of satire on the big screen, following its screenings at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight and Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Actor Jay Baruchel lends his voice to all the characters in the original English version, which will be shown at the FNC with French subtitles.
The festival will also feature special screenings of Virginia Tangvald's Les enfants du large (Ghosts of the Sea, micro_scope / NFB / Urban Factory), screening with closed captions for hearing-impaired people, and the NFB classics Le chat dans le sac (The Cat in the Bag, 1964) by Gilles Groulx and Mon amie Pierrette (1968) by Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, in the Histoire(s) du cinéma section.
The 54th FNC takes place in Montreal from October 8 to 19, 2025.
Les nouveaux alchimistes Short Film Competition
Bread Will Walk (Le pain se lève) d'Alex Boya (NFB, 11 min 17 s) - QUEBEC PREMIERE
