In honor of this beloved Montreal documentary filmmaker, this competition brings together national films with a strong social conscience.
Magnus Isacsson Competition
An immersion into the struggles of activists and professionals fighting for a web free from the authority of digital giants and the control of personal data.
THE END OF THE INTERNET
- Dylan Reibling
- 2025
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 85 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
A long-standing resident of the farm, the filmmaker sets up a camera close to this community living physically and ideologically on the margins of consumer society.
Magnus Isacsson Competition
Gulls, the landfill, the scientist, and the hawk: Serge-Olivier Rondeau captures a compelling scene as gulls populate Canada's largest landfill.
LES HÉRITIERS
- Serge-Olivier Rondeau
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 79 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
In the arid hell of the U.S.-Mexico border, a couple of Mexican volunteers struggle to restore dignity to the victims of a tragic migratory journey.
MAIS OÙ VA-T-ON, COYOTE?
- Jonah Malak
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 85 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
A mixed-race filmmaker raised in a white adoptive family draws on archives, memories, and testimonials to confront normalized racism and maternal abandonment.
RECOMPOSÉE
- Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 91 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
Through thoughtful discussions and scenes from daily life, the director examines masculinity as it is experienced within his community, the Siksika Nation.
SIKSIKAKOWAN: THE BLACKFOOT MAN
- Sinakson Trevor Solway
- 2025
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 78 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
This film of eloquent archives looks back on an important movement of resistance and protest against racism toward Black people in Montreal to create a potent act of remembrance.
TRUE NORTH
- Michèle Stephenson
- 2025
- Canada, United States
- s.t. English
- 96 min