Panorama - Horizons
Against the backdrop of a Saudi Arabian city, three friends wander the streets at night. Their conversation is studded with a strange word, “nafura,” allowing them to express themselves both mysteriously and freely.
NAFURA
- Paul Heintz
- 2023
- France
- s.t. French or English
- 28 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Nine Easy Dances, or nine short vignettes of family life suffused with laughter and tenderness, punctuated by the chaos of filming and the unknowns of an aging household.
NINE EASY DANCES
- Nora Rosenthal
- 2023
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 19 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
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through the patient gaze of a brother and sister, this film invites us to rethink everyday life in step with Jonny, their brother with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder.
ORPHEUS
- Malaika Shostakovich, Mustafa Uzuner
- 2023
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 20 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
In Munich, an amateur rugby team trains hard. For Desmond and his team, united by their queer identity, there is more to learn than just the rules of the game.
OUTSIDE CENTER
- Eli Jean Tahchi
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec), Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 21 min
Panorama - Horizons
Julie knows she'll lose her sight. She doesn't know exactly when, but it's imminent. Alongside her good friend Marina, she tries to come to terms with this journey into darkness.
PERSÉIDES
- Laurence Lévesque
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 23 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Hard-hitting and necessary, this film follows the tradition of investigative documentaries to chronicle a lawyer's crusade against the for-profit nursing home industry.
STOLEN TIME (LE TEMPS DÉROBÉ)
- Helene Klodawsky
- 2023
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 85 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Working alongside choreographer Adam Kinner, Olivier Godin deconstructs the dance documentary and weaves in a hybrid element by bringing the original choreographer back to life.
LA SUITE CANADIENNE
- Olivier Godin
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French and English
- 68 min