International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Between reality and allegory, this film reappropriates a forest once forbidden to women, reimagining it from the perspective of those lost to the stake.

NOCTURNE FOR A FOREST
- Catarina Vasconcelos
- 2023
- Portugal
- s.t. English
- 16 min
Doc-to-Doc
In this cinematic odyssey, artistic freedom and nocturnal exploration combine, showing us nights in which the senses awaken, stories intertwine, and imagination dances among the thousand poems of twilight.

NUITS
- Diane Poitras
- 2014
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 74 min
Panorama - Horizons
With a visual approach built on static shots, Kimi Takesue explores the behaviour of tourists visiting Laos.

ONLOOKERS
- Kimi Takesue
- 2023
- United States, Laos
- 72 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Publicity stills of old Hollywood overlap with the frenetic narration of a trial to explore the imprint that cinematic culture leaves on the collective imagination.

STILL FILM
- James N. Kienitz Wilkins
- 2023
- United States
- s.t. French
- 72 min
Wapikoni
Turning her gaze toward her father, the filmmaker connects the W8linaktegw (Bécancour) River to the history of her nation and highlights its transformations over the years.

W8LINAKTEGW TA NIONA
- Myriam Landry
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 8 min