Panorama - Against the Grain
In a historical review of the 1972 smallpox epidemic in Yugoslavia, archival images are paired with narration from a doctor who vividly recalls life at the time.
ANOTHER SPRING
- Mladen Kovacevic
- 2022
- Serbia, France, Qatar
- s.t. English
- 90 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
In this deeply poetic documentary essay, director Catherine Martin explores three aspects of the vast subject of darkness, from Japanese aesthetics to the invention of cinema.
ÉLOGE DE L'OMBRE
- Catherine Martin
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 86 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Driven into exile by far-right paramilitary forces, the inhabitants of a Colombian village return 20 years later to the place they once called home.
LA BONGA
- Sebastián Pinzón Silva, Canela Reyes
- 2023
- Colombia, United States
- s.t. French or English
- 78 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Working alongside choreographer Adam Kinner, Olivier Godin deconstructs the dance documentary and weaves in a hybrid element by bringing the original choreographer back to life.
LA SUITE CANADIENNE
- Olivier Godin
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French and English
- 68 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Landshaft portrays the psyche of the inhabitants of Eastern Armenia, emphasizing the altered landscape and ongoing military presence resulting from regional conflicts.
LANDSHAFT
- Daniel Kötter
- 2023
- Germany, Armenia
- s.t. French or English
- 97 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
A tipping point for a world to be redefined, this film essay explores film and today’s society through a powerful and complex non-linear discourse.
NOUVEAU MONDE ! (LE MONDE À NOUVEAU)
- Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval
- 2023
- France
- s.t. French or English
- 101 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Forced to leave where she stayed, Sofia wanders across the university campus. Over the course of an ethereal night, this hybrid work contemplates the fragility of forsaken youth.
SOFIA FOI
- Pedro Geraldo
- 2023
- Brazil
- s.t. French or English
- 68 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Publicity stills of old Hollywood overlap with the frenetic narration of a trial to explore the imprint that cinematic culture leaves on the collective imagination.
STILL FILM
- James N. Kienitz Wilkins
- 2023
- United States
- s.t. French
- 72 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
In a peaceful Cuban village, life seems measured out in goodbyes, and the heartache of departures haunts three generations of its residents.
THE OCEANS ARE THE REAL CONTINENTS
- Tommaso Santambrogio
- 2023
- Cuba, Italy
- s.t. English
- 119 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
In this fictional work firmly rooted in a documentary-style approach, a sound artist travels to a mining community in India. Confronted with this new reality, he begins to doubt himself.
WHISPERS OF FIRE & WATER
- Lubdhak Chatterjee
- 2023
- India
- s.t. English
- 84 min