International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Quiet as It’s Kept holds a contemporary, experimental and sensory mirror up to Toni Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, which explores the lives of Black women in the US.
QUIET AS IT'S KEPT
- Ja'Tovia Gary
- 2023
- United States
- s.t. French
- 26 min
National Feature Competition
In the intimate setting of an atypical Tehran home, a three-generation Iranian family’s story is interwoven with their country’s political turmoil.
SILENT HOUSE
- Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammadreza Jurabchian
- 2022
- Canada, Iran, France, Qatar
- s.t. French or English
- 102 min
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
Edited from Egyptian sci-fi film The Master of Time, (directed by Kamal el Sheikh in 1987), the viewer joins the main character, who is stuck in space and time.
THRESHOLD
- Rania Stephan
- 2018
- Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 12 min