FNC will present the Eurimages Audentia Award in 2021

Chosen by Eurimages, FNC will present the Audentia Award in 2021

After a successful online edition, despite the constraints of the current global pandemic, the FNC is pleased to announce that the Festival has been chosen by the European organization Eurimages to present the Audentia Award next year.

 "We are very happy that the 40 members of Eurimages have accepted the nomination of the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma to present in 2021 this prestigious award which recognizes and rewards the importance of the place of women in our industry. It is a great honor for us, for Montreal, for Quebec and for Canada, but also a great recognition of the work we are doing towards parity and inclusion. »- Nicolas Girard Deltruc, FNC Executive Director 

Advocating for gender parity and equality in the film industry, this award is presented once a year at an international festival chosen especially for the occasion. The award has been presented in the past at prestigious festivals such as TIFF or Locarno.

Audentia Award History

2020: Natalija Yefimkina (Garage People) - Sarajevo Film Festival
2019: Mia Engberg (Lucky One) - Göteborg Film Festival
2018: Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian (Fig Tree) - Toronto Film Festival
2017: Valérie Massadian (Milla) - Locarno Film Festival
2016: Anca Damian (The Magic Mountain) - Festival du Film d'Istanbul

Recognized on the international scene, this distinction will reward the work of a woman director from the selection in 2021 with a grant of 30,000 euros. Following the addition of the FIPRESCI Prize (International Film Critics Awards) to its palmarès and the Oscar qualifying status of its short film competition for the winner of the Silver Wolf, this news reinforces the Festival's influence on the international circuit.

A major anniversary, the 50th edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, dean of Canadian film festivals, will be celebrated from October 6 to 17, 2021.