Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2023

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma

41st Edition 

22 February - 4 March 2023

The Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) announced yesterday its program for 2023. This 41st edition has almost 300 films, including 76 premieres, and more than 30 assortments of free events. This edition will be, as always, the essential meeting of Quebec cinema.

Emmanuel Schwartz et Christine Beaulieu will be the RVQC spoke people this year.

RVQC screenings and activities will take place at the Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts, Cinéma Impérial, Cinémathèque québécoise, Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin, and Maison du développement durable. La Buvette Crave, located in the heart of the Cinémathèque québécoise, will once again welcome the public, artists and cinema professionals for memorable encounters. This signature RVQC space will host happy hours and evenings during which round tables, discussions, readings and festival parties will be held.

OPENING EVENING AND REGIONAL TOUR

LE PLONGEUR, a new feature film by Francis Leclerc adapted from the eponymous novel by Stéphane Larue, will have its world premiere at the Tapis bleu opening night presented by Bell Media on February 22. This opening ceremony will take place at the Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts. The film stars Henri Picard, Charles-Aubey Houde, Maxime De Cotret, Joan Hart, Fayolle Jean Jr, Robin L'Houmeau, Marie-Ève Beauregard and Jade Charbonneau.

BLUE CARPET EVENINGS

After the opening night, the Tapis bleu evenings presented by Bell Media will continue at the cinema with FRONTIÈRES by Guy Édoin with Pascale Bussière, Micheline Lanctôt, Christine Beaulieu and Mégane Proulx, TRÉPUSCULE POUR UN TUEUR by Raymond St-Jean featuring starring Éric Bruneau, Benoît Gouin, Simon Landry-Desy, Sylvain Marcel and Rose-Marie Perreault and JOUR DE MERDE by Kevin T. Landry with Valérie Blais and Réal Bossé. The documentary JACQUES by Lysandre Leduc-Boudreau will also be premiered. For the first time, there will be a Blue Carpet 100% short films. On the programme: À HARTON by John Blouin, CHASING BIRDS by Una Lorenzen, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT by Farhad Pakdel, PACIFIC BELL by Sandrine Béchade, UNE NUIT DE CHIEN by Max Woodward and VIOLET GRAVE WILLINGLY by Claire Sanford. It is the comedy FARADOR by Edouard Tremblay that will crown the RVQC on March 4 during the closing night. First of all a cult short film, this feature film version brings together actors Eric K. Boulianne, Catherine Brunet, Benoit Drouin-Germain and Lucien Ratio.

KATAK, LE BRAVE BÉLUGA, an animated film by Christine Dallaire-Dupont and Nicola Lemay, will be screened in preview during a special carpet reserved for children. Presented in collaboration with Lab Québec Cinéma and Maison 4:3, this screening is by invitation only.

FEATURE FILMS PRESENTED BY HYDRO-QUÉBEC

A total of 50 fiction feature films will be screened during the festival. As usual, a retrospective of the last year of our national cinematography is on the program: it's the perfect opportunity for the public to see or re-watch the most recent Quebec films. It will be possible to watch, among others, VIKING directed by Stéphane Lafleur and co-scripted by Éric K. Boulianne and Stéphane Lafleur, BABYSITTER directed by Monia Chokri and scripted by Catherine Léger, CONFESSIONS directed by Luc Picard and scripted by Sylvain Guy, FALCON LAKE by Charlotte Le Bon, ARSENAULT ET FILS by Rafaël Ouellet, NIAGARA by Guillaume Lambert, DECEMBER 23 directed by Miryam Bouchard and scripted by India Desjardins and NORBOURG directed by Maxime Giroux and scripted by Simon Lavoie.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE DOCUMENTARY PRESENTED BY RADIO-CANADA

The documentary program includes 32 feature films, including 5 remarkable premieres: LES CÈDRES DU LIBAN by Frédéric Nassif, ÉMILIENNE OU LE TIME QUI PASS by Coralie Lemieux-Sabourin, SECOND CHANCES by Farzin Farzaneh, L'ORDRE SECRET by Phil Comeau and CROQUE-DEATH: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! by George Hannan. At the same time, several outstanding works from the past year will be presented, including GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE by Jacquelyn Mills, CETTE MAISON by Miryam Charles, EN ATTENDANT RAÏF by Luc Côté and Patricio Henríquez, JE RÉ SAUE SALOPE: LA MISOGYNIE AU TIME DU DIGÉRIQUE by Léa Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist, JOUVENCELLES by Fanie Pelletier, L'ÎLE DE SUKWAN by Perihan Incegöz and Jonathan Tremblay and HISTORY JUDGERA by German Gutierrez.

For more information and programming, consult the RVQC 2023 website.

A number of posters were also unveiled yesterday.

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