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The 2024 edition of the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival , the 36th edition in the event's history, was held from September 14 to 22, 2024 in Sudbury , Ontario .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
In part as a response to a minor controversy earlier in the year, when the Sudbury Wolves limited ticket sales to North Bay residents during the 2023–24 OHL season playoff semifinals against the North Bay Battalion ,[ 4] Drive Back Home We Forgot to Break Up All the Lost Ones Seeds [ 5]
On September 7, the festival announced changes to the final schedule, pulling the previously announced Lucky Star [ 6]
Award winners were announced on September 26.[ 7]
Award
Film
Filmmaker
Audience Choice, Feature Film
The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte Cristo)Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière
Audience Choice, Feature Film Runner-Up
All Stirred Up! (Tous toqués!)Manon Briand
Audience Choice, Documentary
Porcelain War Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev
Audience Choice, Documentary Runner Up
Never Look Away Lucy Lawless
Audience Choice, Short Film
Karatéka Florence Fauquet
Audience Choice, Short Film Runner Up
Save Solace Matt Steeves
Outstanding Canadian Feature
The Mother and the Bear Johnny Ma
Outstanding International Feature
My Favourite Cake (Keyk-e mahboob-e man)Maryam Moqadam , Behtash Sanaeeha
Outstanding Female-Led Feature Film
Bird Andrea Arnold
Cinema Indigenized Outstanding Talent
Red Fever Neil Diamond , Catherine Bainbridge
French-Language Feature Film
Blue Sky Jo (La petite et le vieux)Patrice Sauvé
Inspiring Voices and Perspectives
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō
Outstanding Short Film
Thirteenth Night Xiaowen Song
Outstanding Animated Short Film
Tennis, Oranges Sean Pecknold
Outstanding Northern Ontario Short Film
Ephemera Cici Clancy
CTV Best in Shorts, Open Category First Place
CTV Best in Shorts, Open Category Second Place
The Stain MJ Dionne
CTV Best in Shorts, Northern Flicks
Save Solace Matthew Steeves
Official selections [ edit ] Special Presentations [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
40 Acres R. T. Thorne Canada
Anora Sean Baker United States
The Apprentice Ali Abbasi Canada, Denmark, Ireland, United States
Bird Andrea Arnold United Kingdom
Blue Sky Jo La petite et le vieux Patrice Sauvé Canada
Can I Get a Witness? Ann Marie Fleming Canada
Darkest Miriam Naomi Jaye
Canada
Disco's Revenge Omar Majeed , Peter MisharaCanada
My Favourite Cake Keyk-e mahboob-e man Maryam Moqadam , Behtash Sanaeeha Iran, France, Sweden, Germany
Neon Dreaming Rêver en néon Marie-Claire Marcotte
Canada
Never Look Away Lucy Lawless New Zealand
Rumours Guy Maddin , Evan Johnson , Galen Johnson Canada, Germany
Samia Yasemin Şamdereli Italy, Germany, Belgium
Shepherds Berger Sophie Deraspe Canada
Sisters and Neighbors! Nos belles-sœurs René Richard Cyr Canada
The Substance Coralie Fargeat United Kingdom, United States, France
Treasure Julia von Heinz Germany, France, Poland
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Crossing Levan Akin Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia
A Different Man Aaron Schimberg United States
Flow Straume Gints Zilbalodis Latvia, France, Belgium
The Girl with the Needle Pigen med nålen Magnus von Horn Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Good One India Donaldson United States
In the Summers Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio United States, Mexico
Mamifera Liliana Torres
Spain
Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot Australia
Misericordia Miséricorde Alain Guiraudie France, Spain, Portugal
The Missile Ohjus Miia Tervo Finland, Estonia
My First Film Zia Anger
United States
Reinas Klaudia Reynicke Switzerland, Peru
Rent Free Fernando Andrés
United States
The Second Act Le Deuxième acte Quentin Dupieux France
To a Land Unknown Mahdi Fleifel United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine
Victoria Must Go Victoria må dø Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir
Norway
[ edit ] [ edit ] Cinema 9 Prime Time [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Home Free Avi Federgreen
Canada
Morningside Ron Dias
Canada
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Anywhere Nooj Goji Evelyn Pakinewatik
Canada
Le Charade Erika Totoro
United States
Curveball Igor Petrov
Canada
Deadpan Aidan Cheeatow
Canada
The End of Love Yanwenjun Liu
China
Ephemera Cici Clancy
Canada
Karatéka Florence Fauquet
France
The Painted Night Ben Bruhmuller
Canada
Rapture Le Ravissement Camille Trudel
Canada
Save Solace Matthew Steeves
Canada
Simp Gabriel Carnick
United States
Summer Love Virgile Ratelle
Canada
Tennis, Oranges Sean Pecknold
United States
Thirteenth Night Xiaowen Song
China
Unclean Simon Chouinard
Canada
Wifi Ted Sakowsky
Canada
Zoé Rémi St-Michel Canada
The festival's dedicated competition for amateur short filmmakers from Northern Ontario.[ 8]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Community
Cupid's Assist Richard Barlow
Sudbury
Ephemera Cici Clancy
Sudbury
How to Eat a Rainbow Tom Reid
Sudbury
Lucy's Birthday Liam Siebolt
North Bay
The Painted Knight Ben Bruhmuller
Sudbury
Save Solace Matthew Steeves
Temagami
The Snipers Kelly Saxberg
Thunder Bay
The Stain MJ Dionne
Sudbury
^ "‘Set Your Sights’: Cinéfest reveals 2024 festival image" . Sudbury.com ^ "Sudbury's Cinefest offers early look at its 2024 film lineup" . North Bay Nugget ^ "Plenty to savour at this year's edition of Sudbury's International Film Festival" . CBC Northern Ontario , August 22, 2024.^ Chris Dawson, "Diehard Battalion fan angry about Wolves' ticket tactics for Game 3" . Sudbury.com
^ Heidi Ulrichsen, "Forget hockey rivalry: Sudbury’s Cinéfest 2024 showing love for North Bay" . Sudbury.com
^ "Cinefest Sudbury adds three films to its roster, including Donald Trump drama" . Sudbury Star ^ "‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ big winner at Cinéfest Sudbury" . Sudbury.com ^ Chelsea Papineau, "Film finalists announced for CTV Best in Shorts competition" . CTV Northern Ontario , September 12, 2024.
