The National Film Board of Canada will be at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) 2026 with six films-both documentaries and animation-that have made their mark on the national and international festival circuit over the past year. The works include Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski's La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles (The Girl Who Cried Pearls), which won the award for Best Animated Short at this year's Oscars; Martine Frossard's Hypersensible (Hypersensitive), which screened in the Official Competition at Cannes; and Alex Boya's Bread Will Walk, which was shown at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
Rounding out the lineup are three other films that also did well on the festival circuit. Two are by first-time NFB collaborators Sophie Bédard Marcotte (J'ai perdu de vue le paysage / I Lost Sight of the Landscape) and Hayat Najm (Le bruit des choses qui brûlent / The Sound of Things Ablaze), with the third (Plus rien n'est égal par ailleurs / All Things Are No Longer Equal) by Martin Bureau, who has previously worked with the NFB on two other projects.
All screenings will take place with filmmakers in attendance. The 44th Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma is from April 22 to 30, 2026, in Montreal.
The NFB at RVQC 2026
Hypersensible (Hypersensitive) by Martine Frossard (animation, 6 min 44 s)
