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The Festival de Nouveau Cinema et Nouveaux Media de Montréal (FCMM) — the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media — was renamed the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) in 2004. Founded in 1971, it is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world.

In 2004 Daniel Langlois, longtime director of FCMM (since 1999), left the organization to begin the New Montreal FilmFest, which was initiated and created with the support of SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles) and Telefilm Canada after a dispute between these Canadian government sponsors and the Montreal World Film Festival.

Langlois initially programmed the New Montreal FilmFest to coincide with the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media (FCMM). According to press reports pertaining to the controversy between the Montreal World Film Festival and the New Montreal FilmFest, Langlois planned to merge the two festivals, but failed to do so when the FCMM refused any such merger. The dates for the inaugural New Montreal FilmFest were ultimately changed to avoid conflicting with the dates of the FCMM.

In 2005 both the FNC and the New Montreal FilmFest came under new management. In early 2006, the New Montreal FilmFest folded after the failure of its inaugural festival. Both the FNC and the Montreal World Film Festival continue to exist.