National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Against the backdrop of the carnival and its tribulations, the whirl of rides mirrors Kim’s state of mind as the young Québécois carnival worker thinks hard about his future.

L' ARTIFICE
- Isabelle Grignon-Francke
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 18 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Nine Easy Dances, or nine short vignettes of family life suffused with laughter and tenderness, punctuated by the chaos of filming and the unknowns of an aging household.

NINE EASY DANCES
- Nora Rosenthal
- 2023
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 19 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through the patient gaze of a brother and sister, this film invites us to rethink everyday life in step with Jonny, their brother with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder.

ORPHEUS
- Malaika Shostakovich, Mustafa Uzuner
- 2023
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 20 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
In Munich, an amateur rugby team trains hard. For Desmond and his team, united by their queer identity, there is more to learn than just the rules of the game.

OUTSIDE CENTER
- Eli Jean Tahchi
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec), Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 21 min