International Feature Competition
Seeking a sense of belonging, the filmmaker returns to his rural village in northern Spain, where he tries to understand his family and their world so deeply rooted in traditions.
A HOUSE FOR WANDERING SOULS
- Pablo Lago Dantas
- 2023
- Spain
- s.t. English
- 73 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
In a historical review of the 1972 smallpox epidemic in Yugoslavia, archival images are paired with narration from a doctor who vividly recalls life at the time.
ANOTHER SPRING
- Mladen Kovacevic
- 2022
- Serbia, France, Qatar
- s.t. English
- 90 min
Panorama - Essentials
Danish filmmaker Lea Glob spends over a decade patiently capturing Apolonia Sokol’s unique world as the French painter carves out her artistic identity with resilience and unflinching defiance.
APOLONIA, APOLONIA
- Lea Glob
- 2022
- Denmark, Poland
- s.t. French or English
- 116 min
Panorama - Horizons
In a sleeping house, women share their stories, beginning to loosen the painful knots that have bound their lives to those of their violent partners.
APRÈS-COUPS
- Romane Garant Chartrand
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 25 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Against the backdrop of the carnival and its tribulations, the whirl of rides mirrors Kim’s state of mind as the young Québécois carnival worker thinks hard about his future.
L' ARTIFICE
- Isabelle Grignon-Francke
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 18 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Shot within various bomb shelters in Nagorno-Karabakh, the film underscores the hardships endured by civilians trapped in the throes of a 44-day war.
FAR FROM MICHIGAN
- Silva Khnkanosian
- 2023
- France, Armenia
- s.t. French or English
- 77 min
Panorama - Essentials
The sterile environment of an animal testing lab is juxtaposed with the meditative daily life of a shepherd, exposing the contradictions between the neighbouring worlds.
FAUNA
- Pau Faus
- 2023
- Spain
- s.t. English
- 74 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A sensitive and surprising portrait, this short film tinged with humour is an ode to encounters, to imagination, and to the small joys of doing things your own way.
FOUR HOLES
- Daniela Muñoz Barroso
- 2023
- Cuba, France
- s.t. French or English
- 20 min
Panorama - Horizons
In this coming-of-age pop tale, two friends enjoy summer in Laredo, Texas, trying to overcome their anxieties around an uncertain future.
HUMMINGBIRDS
- Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía "Beba" Contreras
- 2023
- United States
- s.t. English
- 78 min
Panorama - Horizons
Between the conformism of a civil servant father and the nervous energy of a feminist activist mother, the filmmaker attempts to find her own contribution to social change.
K-FAMILY AFFAIRS
- Arum Nam
- 2023
- South Korea
- s.t. English
- 87 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Landshaft portrays the psyche of the inhabitants of Eastern Armenia, emphasizing the altered landscape and ongoing military presence resulting from regional conflicts.
LANDSHAFT
- Daniel Kötter
- 2023
- Germany, Armenia
- s.t. French or English
- 97 min
Panorama - Horizons
Using her mother's testimony and Super 8 footages, the filmmaker draws us into the memory of an illegal abortion in Mexico City in the 1960s.
LESSER CHOICES
- Courtney Stephens
- 2022
- United States, Mexico
- s.t. French
- 9 min