Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie

Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (trans: International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie), or FICFA, is a francophone international film festival held annually in Moncton, New Brunswick.[1]

Since its creation in 1987, FICFA has grown to become the largest film festival in New Brunswick and one of the largest international francophone film festivals in North America. With an official program that includes over 100 films each year, FICFA is an important gathering of over 20,000 movie lovers and more than 150 delegates from Canada, Europe and Africa.

FICFA was created in 1987 following the Quebec City Francophonie Summit. The City of Moncton was selected to host such a festival as a tribute to those who worked for centuries in order to preserve their language and culture. The Moncton community wished to make FICFA an annual event and in 1992, Film Zone was incorporated. Film Zone is in charge of organizing FICFA, its principal event.

FICFA's mission is to promote francophone cinema in Acadie and Acadian cinema in Acadie itself and the Francophonie. Since its first edition, it has presented thousands of films from around the world.

Its objectives include developing interest for francophone cinema in Acadie, developing interest for francophone cinema in school settings, contributing to the development and promotion of the Acadian cinema industry, and encouraging partnerships with other francophone festivals.

Prix La Vague

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The FICFA jury, composed of professionals from Canadian and international cinema industries, attributes the Prix La Vague Awards every year in different categories:

2007

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Real Life Is Elsewhere (La Vraie vie est ailleurs) Frédéric Choffat
Best Canadian Feature Twilight (La Brunante) Fernand Dansereau
Best Documentary Driven by Dreams (À force de rêves) Serge Giguère
Antlers (Panache) André-Line Beauparlant
Best Acadian Feature On a tué l'Enfant-Jésus Renée Blanchar
Bootcamp Nation (Soldat à vie) Sofi Langis
Best Acadian Short Film Un dimanche à 105 ans Daniel Léger
People's Choice Un dimanche à 105 ans Daniel Léger
Bonne nuit Malik! Bruno Danan

2008

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Under the Bombs (Sous les bombes) Philippe Aractingi
The Yellow House (La Maison jaune) Amor Hakkar
Best Canadian Feature All That She Wants (Elle veut le chaos) Denis Côté
Best Documentary The World According to Monsanto (Le Monde selon Monsanto) Marie-Monique Robin
Best Acadian Feature Lost Song Rodrigue Jean
Best Acadian Short Film La Trappe Lina Verchery
People's Choice Tic Tac Marc Daigle
Une histoire louche Rudi Rosenberg

Honorable mentions were also awarded to Isabelle Blais for her performance in Lyne Charlebois's film Borderline, and to Claude Fournier for his musical contributions to Rodolphe Caron's Marie-Hélène Allain en dialogue avec la pierre.

2009

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Eastern Plays Kamen Kalev
Best Canadian Feature I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) Xavier Dolan
Best Documentary Encirclement – Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy (L'encerclement - La démocratie dans les rets du néolibéralisme) Richard Brouillette
Men for Sale (Hommes à louer) Rodrigue Jean
Best Acadian Feature Acadieman vs le CMA 2009 Dano Leblanc
Best Acadian Short Film Habiter la danse Julien Cadieux
People's Choice Paul Rodin est... Paul Rodin Frédérick Vin
Alanna Julie Plourde

2010

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Love Like Poison (Un poison violent) Katell Quillévéré
Best Canadian Feature Diary of an Aid Worker (Journal d'un coopérant) Robert Morin
Vital Signs (Les signes vitaux) Sophie Deraspe
Best Documentary Journey's End (La Belle visite) Jean-François Caissy
Salaam Isfahan Sanaz Azari
Best Acadian Feature No prize awarded
Best Acadian Short Film Voleuse de poussière Marie-Thérèse François
People's Choice La Pilule Géraldine Charbonneau
Pixels Patrick Jean

2011

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature The Minister (L'Exercise de l'État) Pierre Schöller
Attenberg Athina Rachel Tsangari
Best International Short Film Aglaée Rudi Rosenberg
Le Sucre Raphaël Médard
Best Canadian Feature The Salesman (Le Vendeur) Sébastien Pilote
Best Canadian Short Film Ce n'est rien Nicolas Roy
Sang froid Martin Thibaudeau
Best Documentary Vol spécial Fernand Melgar
Godin Simon Beaulieu
Best Acadian Feature Moncton Vinyle Paul Bossé
Roméo Savoie: La peinture du corps Monique LeBlanc
Best Acadian Short Film Off Route 2 Amanda Dawn Christie
People's Choice Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau

2012

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Sister (L'Enfant d'en haut) Ursula Meier
Best International Short Film Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne) Franck Dion
Best Canadian Feature War Witch (Rebelle) Kim Nguyen
Catimini Nathalie Saint-Pierre
Best Canadian Short Film Ina Litovski Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin
Best Documentary Bestiaire Denis Côté
Best Acadian Feature Last Chance (Une dernière chance) Paul-Émile d'Entremont
Best Acadian Short Film Une affaire de famille Justin Guitard
People's Choice The Nature of Frederic Back (Frédéric Back : Grandeur Nature) Phil Comeau
S.W.I.T.C.H. Jean-Pierre Desmarais

2013

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Suzanne Katell Quillévéré
Best International Short Film The Day Has Conquered the Night (Le jour a vaincu la nuit) Jean-Gabriel Périot
Best Canadian Feature Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours) Denis Côté
Best Canadian Short Film Taxi for Two (Taxi pour deux) Dan Popa
Best Documentary The Missing Picture (L'Image manquante) Rithy Panh
Best Acadian Film Aller-Retour Gilles Doiron
People's Choice Dead Man Talking Patrick Ridremont

2014

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
Best International Short Film L'être venu d'ailleurs Guy Bordin, Renaud de Putter
Best Canadian Feature Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) Maxime Giroux
Best Canadian Short Film The Cut (La Coupe) Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Best Documentary Miron: A Man Returned from Outside the World (Miron : Un homme revenu d'en dehors du monde) Simon Beaulieu
Best Acadian Feature The Utrecht Seals (Les Sceaux d'Utrecht) Paul Bossé
Best Acadian Short Film Le paradis de boue Chris Harrigan
People's Choice The Utrecht Seals (Les Sceaux d'Utrecht) Paul Bossé

2015

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Much Loved Nabil Ayouch
Best International Short Film Père Lotfi Achour
Best Canadian Feature Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) Anne Émond
Best Canadian Short Film La femme qui a vu l'ours Joannie Lafrenière
Best Documentary Uncle Bernard: A Counter-Lesson in Economics (Oncle Bernard - L'anti-leçon d'économie) Richard Brouillette
Pinocchio André-Line Beauparlant
Best Acadian Feature Le sprint au flétan Pat Gauvin
Best Acadian Short Film Cafétéria Francine Hébert
People's Choice Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) Anne Émond

2016

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Sieranevada Cristi Puiu
Best International Short Film Zoufs Tom Boccara, Noé Reutenaeur, Emilien Vekemans
Best Canadian Feature Prank Vincent Biron
Best Canadian Short Film My Last Summer (Mon dernier été) Claude Demers
Best Documentary Spectres of Shortwave (Ombres des ondes courtes) Amanda Dawn Christie
Best Acadian Feature Zachary Richard: Cajun Heart (Zachary Richard, toujours batailleur) Phil Comeau
Best Acadian Short Film Belle-île-en-mer, île bretonne et acadienne Phil Comeau
People's Choice Zachary Richard: Cajun Heart (Zachary Richard, toujours batailleur) Phil Comeau

2017

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature BPM (120 battements par minute) Robin Campillo
Best International Short Film Five Years After the War (Cinq ans après la guerre) Samuel Albaric, Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund
Best Canadian Feature Tadoussac Martin Laroche
Best Canadian Short Film Marguerite Marianne Farley
Best Documentary The Devil's Share (La Part du diable) Luc Bourdon
Best Acadian Feature Modified (Modifié) Aube Giroux
Best Acadian Short Film $1.25 Jeep Jones
People's Choice Modified (Modifié) Aube Giroux

2018

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Capernaum Nadine Labaki
Best International Short Film Un monde sans bêtes Adrien Lecouturier, Emma Benestan
Best Canadian Feature A Colony (Une colonie) Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
When Love Digs a Hole (Quand l'amour se creuse un trou) Ara Ball
Best Canadian Short Film Brotherhood (Ikhwène) Meryam Joobeur
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Mélanie Charbonneau
Best Documentary First Stripes (Premières armes) Jean-François Caissy
Best Acadian Feature The Artisans (Les artisans de l'atelier) Daniel Léger
Best Acadian Short Film Le Patenteux d'Harelle Mathieu Laprise
People's Choice Capernaum Nadine Labaki
Girls of the Sun (Les filles du soleil) Eva Husson

2019

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) Céline Sciamma
Best International Short Film Le chant d'Ahmed Foued Mansour
Best Canadian Feature Kuessipan Myriam Verreault
Best Canadian Short Film Mutts (Clebs) Halima Ouardiri
Delphine Chloé Robichaud
Best Documentary Language Is a Love Story (La langue est donc une histoire d'amour) Andrés Livov
Mad Dog and the Butcher (Les Derniers vilains) Thomas Rinfret
Best Acadian Feature Pour mieux t'aimer Gilles Doiron, Denise Bouchard
Best Acadian Short Film Le grous poisson Angie Richard, Tracey Richard
People's Choice Mad Dog and the Butcher (Les Derniers vilains) Thomas Rinfret

2020

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Josep[2] Aurel
Slalom[2] Charlène Favier
Best International Short Film Amours synthétiques[2] Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix
Best Canadian Feature Nadia, Butterfly[2] Pascal Plante
Best Canadian Short Film Moon (Lune)[2] Zoé Pelchat
Best Documentary Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour)[2] Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins
Best Acadian Feature The Silence (Le Silence)[2] Renée Blanchar
Best Acadian Short Film Un façon d'être ensemble[2] Francine Hébert

An honorable mention was given to Kelly Depeault for her performance in Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu).[2] Due to the online format, no People's Choice award was presented.[2]

2021

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Category Film Director
Best International Feature Playground (Un monde)[3] Laura Wandel
Best International Short Film La Ressource humaine[3] Adriana Da Fonseca
Best Canadian Feature Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres)[3] Ivan Grbovic
Best Canadian Short Film Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les Grandes claques)[3] Annie St-Pierre
Best Documentary Zo Reken[3] Emmanuel Licha
Best Acadian Short Film Mona[3] Xavier Gould

2022

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Category Film Director Ref
Best International Feature Close Lukas Dhont [4]
Best International Short Film Fairplay Zoel Aeschbacher [4]
Best Canadian Feature Rosie Gail Maurice [4]
Best Canadian Short Film Paradoxe Aimé Majeau Beauchamp [4]
Best Documentary The Super 8 Years (Les années Supr 8) Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot [4]
Best Acadian Feature Film Croque-mort, c'est beau la vie! Georges Hannan [4]
Best Acadian Short Film Gendrbendr Joe Nadeau [4]
People's Choice The Secret Order (L'Ordre secret) Phil Comeau [5]

References

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