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
Opening film
The filmmaker turns her camera on her mother, actress Hiam Abbass, to paint an intimate intergenerational portrait of the daring Palestinian women in her family. The work offers a sensitive look at exile while celebrating the resilience of family ties.
BYE BYE TIBERIAS
- Lina Soualem
- 2023
- France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
- s.t. French and English
- 82 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 - Horizons
The new generation of Nigerian students speaks out in this observational documentary, where a film club becomes a space for debate on important social issues.
COCONUT HEAD GENERATION
- Alain Kassanda
- 2023
- France, Nigeria
- s.t. French or English
- 89 min
Special Screening
In From the East, the Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman takes viewers on a contemplative, dialogue-free exploration of post-Soviet Union Eastern Europe.
D'EST
- Chantal Akerman
- 1993
- Belgium, France
- 110 min
Audio work
Exploring the journey and subsequent confinement of people who had to leave everything behind in the pursuit of a better life, this program features two sound creations that strongly echo one another.
ENFERMÉ.ES NULLE PART
- Antoine Bougeard, Nausicaa Preiss
- 2023
- France
- 54 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Shot within various bomb shelters in Nagorno-Karabakh, the film underscores the hardships endured by civilians trapped in the throes of a 44-day war.
FAR FROM MICHIGAN
- Silva Khnkanosian
- 2023
- France, Armenia
- s.t. French or English
- 77 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A sensitive and surprising portrait, this short film tinged with humour is an ode to encounters, to imagination, and to the small joys of doing things your own way.
FOUR HOLES
- Daniela Muñoz Barroso
- 2023
- Cuba, France
- s.t. French or English
- 20 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Aboard a volunteer-driven vehicle, dozens of families are trying to flee Ukraine, they leave behind their trauma, and safeguard their dreams for a brighter future.
IN THE REARVIEW
- Maciek Hamela
- 2023
- Poland, France, Ukraine
- s.t. French and English
- 85 min
International Feature Competition
Capturing both the stunning beauty of the natural landscapes and the mundanity of the survivalists’ daily lives, Knit’s Island draws us into a larger than life videogame.
KNIT'S ISLAND
- Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L'helgoualc'h
- 2023
- France
- s.t. French and English
- 96 min
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