International Short and Medium-Length Competition
During a ferry ride, the space between two shores allows us to observe ferry passengers under a fog both literal and suggestive of time suspended.
AQUERONTE
- Manuel Muñoz Rivas
- 2023
- Spain
- s.t. English
- 26 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A visual poem exploring a mysterious ship graveyard in the heart of the Mediterranean, its weird landscape inviting us to reflect on the human condition.
ELEFSINA NOTRE AMOUR
- Mahdi Fleifel
- 2023
- Greece
- 9 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A 60-year-old Kurdish man shares stories of his childhood, shifting from fond memories of loved ones to the recollection of violent events.
EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN FLYING
- Aylin Gökmen
- 2023
- Switzerland
- s.t. French or English
- 19 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A sensitive and surprising portrait, this short film tinged with humour is an ode to encounters, to imagination, and to the small joys of doing things your own way.
FOUR HOLES
- Daniela Muñoz Barroso
- 2023
- Cuba, France
- s.t. French or English
- 20 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Bridging science and fiction in the most inventive of ways, this medium-length film is a unique exploration of evolution, extinction, and the future from the point of view of minerals.
LAST THINGS
- Deborah Stratman
- 2023
- United States, France, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 50 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Evoking anxiety through sensory elements, Syrian filmmaker Alhasan Yousef’s non-linear short conveys the anguish and powerlessness he feels around the fate of his homeland.
LOCUS CORDIS
- Alhasan Yousef
- 2023
- Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, Syria
- s.t. English
- 20 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In a remarkable feat of editing, this striking experimental work celebrates queer love and eroticism, drawing on a wealth of film archives.
LOVING IN BETWEEN
- Jyoti Mistry
- 2023
- Australia, South Africa
- s.t. French
- 18 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In this docu-fiction and true work of co-creation, queer Yankunytjatjara artist Derik Lynch returns to his community in search of spiritual renewal.
MARUNGKA TJALATJUNU (DIPPED IN BLACK)
- Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch
- 2023
- Australia
- s.t. French or English
- 24 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A story unfolds through written words. Two women lie in bed; between their embraces and tender words, one confides in the other an experience about an interrupted rendezvous in Tehran.
MAST-DEL
- Maryam Tafakory
- 2023
- United Kingdom, Iran
- s.t. English
- 18 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Between reality and allegory, this film reappropriates a forest once forbidden to women, reimagining it from the perspective of those lost to the stake.
NOCTURNE FOR A FOREST
- Catarina Vasconcelos
- 2023
- Portugal
- s.t. English
- 16 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Quiet as It’s Kept holds a contemporary, experimental and sensory mirror up to Toni Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, which explores the lives of Black women in the US.
QUIET AS IT'S KEPT
- Ja'Tovia Gary
- 2023
- United States
- s.t. French
- 26 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Drawing on archives and memories, the filmmaker tries to make sense of an identity that straddles the border separating Abkhazia and Georgia.
SELF-PORTRAIT ALONG THE BORDERLINE
- Anna Dziapshipa
- 2023
- Georgia
- s.t. English
- 50 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In a bid to bridge the gap between the two, the filmmaker juxtaposes fragments of her native Ukraine at war with childlike images from the books she is using to learn Portuguese.
SMOKE OF THE FIRE
- Daryna Mamaisur
- 2023
- Ukraine, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary
- s.t. French or English
- 22 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
When a host of new plant species suddenly appears, strange things start to happen, and questions abound. Where did they come from, and what do they want?
THE SECRET GARDEN
- Nour Ouayda
- 2023
- Lebanon
- s.t. French or English
- 28 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Comparing the exploratory voyages of the 15th century with the ambitions of virtual reality, this film suggests a common goal of expanding reality.
VISION OF PARADISE
- Leonardo Pirondi
- 2022
- Brazil, United States, United Kingdom
- s.t. English
- 17 min