Panorama - Against the Grain
In a peaceful Cuban village, life seems measured out in goodbyes, and the heartache of departures haunts three generations of its residents.
THE OCEANS ARE THE REAL CONTINENTS
- Tommaso Santambrogio
- 2023
- Cuba, Italy
- s.t. English
- 119 min
Panorama - Horizons
With a visual approach built on static shots, Kimi Takesue explores the behaviour of tourists visiting Laos.
ONLOOKERS
- Kimi Takesue
- 2023
- United States, Laos
- 72 min
International Feature Competition
In Burkina Faso, young Bolo goes underground every day searching for gold. Boubacar Sangaré delivers a revealing snapshot of a youth spent working in the gold-mining industry.
OR DE VIE
- Boubacar Sangare
- 2023
- Burkina Faso, Benin, France
- s.t. French or English
- 85 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
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
Two dissidents embark on a perilous journey from Damascus to Raqqa and then into exile in Turkey as Syria tumbles into the abyss.
OUR TERRIBLE COUNTRY
- Ziad Homsi, Mohammad Ali Atassi
- 2014
- Lebanon, Syria
- s.t. English
- 80 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