International Feature Competition
Seeking a sense of belonging, the filmmaker returns to his rural village in northern Spain, where he tries to understand his family and their world so deeply rooted in traditions.
A HOUSE FOR WANDERING SOULS
- Pablo Lago Dantas
- 2023
- Spain
- s.t. English
- 73 min
International Feature Competition
Crowrã is an ethnofiction that spans almost a century of Krahô memories, their stories of resistance equally powerful as those of the carnage survived by the community.
CROWRÃ
- João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora
- 2023
- Brazil, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 124 min
International Feature Competition
Capturing both the stunning beauty of the natural landscapes and the mundanity of the survivalists’ daily lives, Knit’s Island draws us into a larger than life videogame.
KNIT'S ISLAND
- Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L'helgoualc'h
- 2023
- France
- s.t. French and English
- 96 min
International Feature Competition
Through videos shot clandestinely by incarcerated mothers, Malqueridas gives a voice to resilient women, separated from their babies and condemned to be forgotten.
MALQUERIDAS
- Tana Gilbert
- 2023
- Chile, Germany
- s.t. English
- 75 min
International Feature Competition
A woman constantly juggles her resources to provide for her son. Imbued with sensitivity, this film captures both the tough realities of life in Cameroon and the resilience of its people.
MAMBAR PIERRETTE
- Rosine Mbakam
- 2023
- Belgium, Cameroon
- s.t. French or English
- 93 min
International Feature Competition
Through the perspective of grieving mothers and a young generation of Belarusians, Motherland paints a sobering and poignant portrait of a society living under the terrors of militarized state control.
MOTHERLAND
- Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka
- 2023
- Sweden, Ukraine, Norway
- s.t. French or English
- 92 min
International Feature Competition
Through a thoughtful interweaving of analogue and digital images, along with a conversation with an AI, this documentary essay delves into a dystopian future.
NOTES FROM EREMOCENE
- Viera Cákanyová
- 2023
- Slovakia, Czech Republic
- s.t. English
- 78 min
International Feature Competition
In Burkina Faso, young Bolo goes underground every day searching for gold. Boubacar Sangaré delivers a revealing snapshot of a youth spent working in the gold-mining industry.
OR DE VIE
- Boubacar Sangare
- 2023
- Burkina Faso, Benin, France
- s.t. French or English
- 85 min
International Feature Competition
This Woman brilliantly depicts the various issues facing women in contemporary China through the highly attachable and whimsical leading character Beibei, whose choices challenge the expected traditional gender roles.
THIS WOMAN
- Alan Zhang
- 2022
- China, Malaysia
- s.t. English
- 90 min