Wapikoni
Turning her gaze toward her father, the filmmaker connects the W8linaktegw (Bécancour) River to the history of her nation and highlights its transformations over the years.
W8LINAKTEGW TA NIONA
- Myriam Landry
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 8 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Voices of a mother, a son, and friends unite in an attempt to understand the repercussions of the intergenerational trauma caused by Indigenous residential schools and to rebuild their identity.
WAAPAKE (DEMAIN)
- Jules Arita Koostachin
- 2023
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 80 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
The tension of colonial America is conveyed through the juxtaposition of moving images, a reflection on identity and belonging, and a poem by Walt Whitman.
WHEN YOU'RE LOST IN THE RAIN
- Sky Hopinka
- 2018
- United States
- 6 min
The soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
Ukrainian women exiled in Prague tell their stories as they attempt to rebuild their lives; meanwhile, the war seeps into the voices of the men who have stayed behind.
WHERE MOTION HAS NOT YET CEASED
- Juliette Balthazard
- 2023
- Canada, Czech Republic
- s.t. French
- 17 min
National Feature Competition
Peter Mettler explores the cycle of life in While the Green Grass Grows, a multilayered and epic cinematic exploration to underscore the fragility and profound nature of human relationships.
WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
- Peter Mettler
- 2023
- Switzerland, Canada
- s.t. French
- 166 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
In this fictional work firmly rooted in a documentary-style approach, a sound artist travels to a mining community in India. Confronted with this new reality, he begins to doubt himself.
WHISPERS OF FIRE & WATER
- Lubdhak Chatterjee
- 2023
- India
- s.t. English
- 84 min