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
 
					        						        
                                    Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings						        
					        							
								
							
							
								
						
																    								
		    									
									An elegy to Yarmouk, known as the capital of the Palestinian diaspora, a place that resisted atrocity with dignity but that no longer exists.
								
								LITTLE PALESTINE, DIARY OF A SIEGE
- Abdallah Al-Khatib
 - 2021
 - Lebanon, France, Qatar
 - s.t. French and English
 - 89 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
 
					        						        
                                    International Feature Competition						        
					        							
								
							
							
								
						
												
									In Burkina Faso, young Bolo goes underground every day searching for gold. Boubacar Sangaré delivers a revealing snapshot of a youth spent working in the gold-mining industry.
								
								OR DE VIE
- Boubacar Sangare
 - 2023
 - Burkina Faso, Benin, France
 - s.t. French or English
 - 85 min