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 Feature Competition
Caiti works as a bartender and dreams of returning to the music scene. The young woman carries the burden of success while society around her seems to fail miserably.
CAITI BLUES
- Justine Harbonnier
- 2023
- France, Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 84 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
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Based on sponsored films produced between 1920 and 1970, this film articulates an interpretation of the colonial imagination in which the violence of the archives resonates with the present.
HOLIDAY NATIVE LAND
- Nicolas Renaud, Brian Virostek
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 37 min
Special Screening
A figure wanders through a deserted building she is keeping watch over. At the intersection of fiction, essay, and experimental film, this work is a multifaceted reflection on how we see the world.
MADEMOISELLE KENOPSIA
- Denis Côté
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 80 min
New Visions Competition
From the perspective of manual workers in Khuzestan, Meezan explores the relationship to place in a post-war, post-industrialized world.
MEEZAN
- Shahab Mihandoust
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec), Iran
- s.t. English
- 72 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