International Short and Medium-Length Competition
When a host of new plant species suddenly appears, strange things start to happen, and questions abound. Where did they come from, and what do they want?
THE SECRET GARDEN
- Nour Ouayda
- 2023
- Lebanon
- s.t. French or English
- 28 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Drawing on archives and memories, the filmmaker tries to make sense of an identity that straddles the border separating Abkhazia and Georgia.
SELF-PORTRAIT ALONG THE BORDERLINE
- Anna Dziapshipa
- 2023
- Georgia
- s.t. English
- 50 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Forced to leave where she stayed, Sofia wanders across the university campus. Over the course of an ethereal night, this hybrid work contemplates the fragility of forsaken youth.
SOFIA FOI
- Pedro Geraldo
- 2023
- Brazil
- s.t. French or English
- 68 min
Special Screening
Astute, politically driven, and partly composed of thoughtfully arranged archival images, this film gives pride of place to the popular music of the Great Depression.
LA TURLUTE DES ANNÉES DURES
- Pascal Gélinas, Richard Boutet
- 1983
- Canada (Quebec)
- 90 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
Panorama - The State of the World
Voices of a mother, a son, and friends unite in an attempt to understand the repercussions of the intergenerational trauma caused by Indigenous residential schools and to rebuild their identity.
WAAPAKE (DEMAIN)
- Jules Arita Koostachin
- 2023
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 80 min
National Feature Competition
Peter Mettler explores the cycle of life in While the Green Grass Grows, a multilayered and epic cinematic exploration to underscore the fragility and profound nature of human relationships.
WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
- Peter Mettler
- 2023
- Switzerland, Canada
- s.t. French
- 166 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
In this fictional work firmly rooted in a documentary-style approach, a sound artist travels to a mining community in India. Confronted with this new reality, he begins to doubt himself.
WHISPERS OF FIRE & WATER
- Lubdhak Chatterjee
- 2023
- India
- s.t. English
- 84 min