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
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
In a consciously fragmentary film, Cleo Keahna and Terry Running Wild share their perspectives on the resistance movement at Standing Rock.
DISLOCATION BLUES
- Sky Hopinka
- 2017
- United States
- 17 min
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
With barrel bombs falling on Ghouta, the Eastern suburbs of Damascus, civilians seek shelter in their basements. The filmmaker is one of them. Holding on to his camera, he attempts to film what cannot not be expressed in words.
DOUMA UNDERGROUND
- Tim Alsiofi
- 2019
- Syria, Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 12 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
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A visual poem exploring a mysterious ship graveyard in the heart of the Mediterranean, its weird landscape inviting us to reflect on the human condition.
ELEFSINA NOTRE AMOUR
- Mahdi Fleifel
- 2023
- Greece
- 9 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
In this deeply poetic documentary essay, director Catherine Martin explores three aspects of the vast subject of darkness, from Japanese aesthetics to the invention of cinema.
ÉLOGE DE L'OMBRE
- Catherine Martin
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 86 min
Panorama - Horizons
Through a fictitious character, the director immerses himself in the world of turkers, those click workers who perform micro-tasks night and day in front of their screens.
EN ATTENDANT LES ROBOTS
- Natan Castay
- 2023
- Belgium
- s.t. French or English
- 40 min
Audio work
Exploring the journey and subsequent confinement of people who had to leave everything behind in the pursuit of a better life, this program features two sound creations that strongly echo one another.
ENFERMÉ.ES NULLE PART
- Antoine Bougeard, Nausicaa Preiss
- 2023
- France
- 54 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A 60-year-old Kurdish man shares stories of his childhood, shifting from fond memories of loved ones to the recollection of violent events.
EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN FLYING
- Aylin Gökmen
- 2023
- Switzerland
- s.t. French or English
- 19 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
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
Through this experimental short film and densely wrought sensory experience, we are exposed to a myth imagined for Xawiska, a plant used by the Ho-Chunk to recover from a fainting spell.
FAINTING SPELLS
- Sky Hopinka
- 2018
- United States
- 11 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