International Short and Medium-Length Competition
During a ferry ride, the space between two shores allows us to observe ferry passengers under a fog both literal and suggestive of time suspended.
AQUERONTE
- Manuel Muñoz Rivas
- 2023
- Spain
- s.t. English
- 26 min
Panorama - Horizons
From Germany, the filmmaker talks to his father in Syria. In between long silences, the film evokes the feeling of powerlessness brought on by exile.
BACKGROUND
- Khaled Abdulwahed
- 2023
- Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 64 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Deeply atmospheric and textural, Cold and Dark explores the challenges faced by a small group of Slovakian loggers and their workhorse, Kubo.
COLD AND DARK
- Peter Hošták
- 2023
- Slovakia, Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 30 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
A deep-dive into an imaginary world built from scratch, this music short by Montreal rapper Marie-Gold shows the creative process behind her latest album.
LA DÉCONSTRUCTION DE BAVEUSE CITY
- Chloé Pilon Vaillancourt
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 9 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
Panorama - The State of the World
Evicted from their apartment, a group of queer housemates searches for a new home while mourning the difficult loss of the one they must leave.
ÉVICTION
- mathilde capone
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French close caption or English
- 72 min
New Visions Competition
Terra Long’s experimental documentary is a hypnotizing, sensory, and evocative look at how date palms have forged the Coachella Valley’s identity.
FEET IN WATER, HEAD ON FIRE
- Terra Long
- 2023
- United States, Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 90 min
Panorama - Horizons
An intimate portrait of a woman whose unsettling candor has made her one of the most influential voices in the movements for social justice and equality in the United States.
GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT
- Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
- 2023
- United States
- 102 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
With poetic narration by artist Bettina Szabo and captivating images of nature, experimental short film Immortelles focuses on the creative act in all its complexity.
IMMORTELLES
- Mark Durand
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 6 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
This poetic, immersive short on the edge of experimental cinema transports us into an age-old tradition of fire dancing celebrated every summer in Bulgaria.
LET THE RED MOON BURN
- Ralitsa Doncheva
- 2023
- Bulgaria, Canada (Quebec)
- 7 min
New Visions Competition
From the perspective of manual workers in Khuzestan, Meezan explores the relationship to place in a post-war, post-industrialized world.
MEEZAN
- Shahab Mihandoust
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec), Iran
- s.t. English
- 72 min
Closing film
Filmmakers embark on a unique geographic and human journey, capturing the gloom and melancholy of fall in Montreal—and, perhaps more broadly, of our time.
NOVEMBRE
- Karine van Ameringen, Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French and English
- 94 min