International Feature Competition
Crowrã is an ethnofiction that spans almost a century of Krahô memories, their stories of resistance equally powerful as those of the carnage survived by the community.
CROWRÃ
- João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora
- 2023
- Brazil, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 124 min
Panorama - Essentials
A sensitive immersion in the village of El Eco from a child's point of view, this film captures the naturalness of a full daily life, punctuated by nature, traditions and hope.
THE ECHO
- Tatiana Huezo
- 2023
- Mexico, Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 103 min
National Feature Competition
In a true work of cinematography, Julien Elie’s extensive research reveals a regime of terror and violence that reigns with impunity in Mexico.
LA GARDE BLANCHE
- Julien Elie
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 109 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Inuk and Mi’kmaq artist Amy Hull evokes the complexity of her relationship to nostalgia and to her home region through childhood stories and images filmed in 16 mm and Super 8.
THE GREAT KIND MYSTERY
- Ella Morton
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 17 min
Panorama - Horizons
A remote Chilean village exists in the shadow of a foreboding power station from which it receives no supply. An electrifying observational film.
IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHT
- Ignacia Merino Bustos, Isabel Reyes Bustos
- 2023
- Chile
- s.t. English
- 66 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
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Evoking anxiety through sensory elements, Syrian filmmaker Alhasan Yousef’s non-linear short conveys the anguish and powerlessness he feels around the fate of his homeland.
LOCUS CORDIS
- Alhasan Yousef
- 2023
- Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, Syria
- s.t. English
- 20 min
Wapikoni
An inspired and inspiring story dedicated to André-Charles, this short shows how boxing has helped to change his life and how his passion allows him to face challenges.
NIN KAMASHITSHET : CELUI QUI SE BAT
- André-Charles Ishpatao
- 2022
- Canada (Nutashkuan)
- s.t. French or English
- 6 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
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
The lively nest of a family of blue jays is the focus of this unique experimental film, in which humour and procedural poetry combine in this work of astounding beauty.
PROCÈS VERBAL
- Matthew Wolkow
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 6 min