The National Film Board of Canada is back at the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) with the animated short Aphasia (Aphasie) by Montreal filmmaker Marielle Dalpé and the stop-motion installation Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics by award-winning Orkney Cree Métis artist Terril Calder.
The two works, which Montreal audiences can catch at their Quebec premieres, have already received acclaim on the festival circuit in Canada and internationally. Both offer up singular and uncompromising takes on hard-hitting topics: the ravages of Alzheimer's disease leading to the loss of language capabilities in the first case, and the unveiling of hidden Indigenous values and the bias of our colonial systems in the second. The 52nd FNC takes place in Montreal from October 4 to 15, 2023.
Les nouveaux alchimistes short film competition
Aphasia (Aphasie) by Marielle Dalpé (3 min 45 s) - QUEBEC PREMIERE
Les nouveaux alchimistes 5 program: Sunday, October 8, at 9 p.m., main screening room, Cinémathèque québécoise; Friday, October 13, at 9:15 p.m., Salle Fernand-Seguin, Cinémathèque québécoise.
Producer: Marc Bertrand for the NFB's French Program Animation Studio
