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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] The first titles in the program were announced on August 13, 2024,[ 2] with the full program announced on August 22.[ 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] Cinéfest executive director Patrick O'Hearn announced that the festival was "putting a stop to this", and would offer a special $45 "North Bay Day" pass covering admission to the four North Bay-filmed titles in the festival lineup (Drive Back Home , We Forgot to Break Up , All the Lost Ones and Seeds ).[ 5]
On September 7, the festival announced changes to the final schedule, pulling the previously announced Lucky Star and adding three other titles.[ 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 Mishara
Canada
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
In Full View: Crisis, Conflict, Conscience[ edit ]
Cinema Indigenized (Nishnaabek Dbaajmawaat)[ 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 , August 6, 2024.
^ "Sudbury's Cinefest offers early look at its 2024 film lineup" . North Bay Nugget , August 13, 2024.
^ "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 , April 10, 2024.
^ Heidi Ulrichsen, "Forget hockey rivalry: Sudbury’s Cinéfest 2024 showing love for North Bay" . Sudbury.com , August 22, 2024.
^ "Cinefest Sudbury adds three films to its roster, including Donald Trump drama" . Sudbury Star , September 7, 2024.
^ "‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ big winner at Cinéfest Sudbury" . Sudbury.com , September 27, 2024.
^ Chelsea Papineau, "Film finalists announced for CTV Best in Shorts competition" . CTV Northern Ontario , September 12, 2024.