Special Screening
A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.
AMISK
- Alanis Obomsawin
- 1977
- Canada
- s.t. English
- 40 min
Doc-to-Doc
These three films by Szlam catapult into a universe in which the techniques of cinema reveal hidden worlds, until now accessible only through extrasensory perception.
PROGRAMME MALENA SZLAM
- Malena Szlam
- Canada, Chile
- 28 min
National Feature Competition
In the intimate setting of an atypical Tehran home, a three-generation Iranian family’s story is interwoven with their country’s political turmoil.
SILENT HOUSE
- Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammadreza Jurabchian
- 2022
- Canada, Iran, France, Qatar
- s.t. French or English
- 102 min