
Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinéma is back for their 53rd edition from October 9 to 20! Featuring almost 200 films, this year’s lineup includes a diverse lineup of Japanese films, from emerging new directors and celebrated cult classics alike.
All The Long Nights 夜明けのすべて
Misa suffers from a severe premenstrual syndrome, which has a serious impact on her daily life. Starting a new job, she meets Takatoshi, a young man struggling with a panic disorder. In the course of their exchanges, a relationship of mutual aid and friendship gradually emerges, seemingly reserved yet profound.
Directed by MIYAKE Shô • Quebec Premiere
Japan • 2024 • 119min
The Box Man 箱男
A man hides out in a cardboard box, a shell that allows him to withdraw from society. Hidden, he watches the world through a small hole and sees its true nature. All the while, he is hunted by strange, perverse individuals determined to unravel the box’s mystery.
Directed by ISHII Gakuryū • Canadian Premiere
Japan • 2024 • 120min • Japanese with English subtitles
The Crazy Family
Welcome to the Kobayashi family: father, mother, daughter, son, grandfather, dog, house. It’s a social reality that naturally strives for perfection. But beware the deceptive appearance of a Japanese middle class that is permanently under pressure!
Directed by ISHII Gakuryū
Japan • 1984 • 106min • Japanese with French subtitles
The Gesuidouz
A motley crew of friendly, urban (and musically damn cool) punks exile themselves to the countryside to record their new album. Surrounded by cows, vegetables and aging farmers, the anachronism couldn’t be more striking yet against all odds, the social mix becomes a source of inspiration.
Directed by UGANA Kenichi • Quebec Premiere
Japan • 2024 • 93min • Japanese with English subtitles
School of the Holy Beast 聖獣学園
Hayumi – young, liberated, rebellious and fulfilled – enters a convent in order to investigate the death of her mother, a nun who committed suicide. Inside, she discovers a ruthless, soul-crushing prison for women; a place where all grace is defiled. The hour of retribution has come…
Directed by SUZUKI Norifumi
Japan • 1974 • 91min • Japanese with English subtitles
Tampopo
In 1985 when it was released, the trailer promised a ‘ramen Western.’ This remains an excellent tagline for Tampopo, light-handed though serious, mixing an array of ingredients, each of which is treated with the greatest care and love imaginable. Just like a fine Japanese soup.
Directed by ITAMI Jūzō
Japan • 1985 • 115min • Japanese with English subtitles
We Are Aliens みーんな、宇宙人。
Colourful furry aliens come to Earth on a mission to destroy it. Upon meeting some of the planet’s inhabitants, however, and listening to their concerns and aspirations, the opinions of these funny, shaggy destroyers slowly change. But as the clock ticks down to our destruction, do we really deserve to be spared?
Directed by UGANA Kenichi • International Premiere
Japan • 2024 • 93min • Japanese with English subtitles