Competition devoted to daring international and national first features.
New Visions Competition
In a darkroom, the filmmaker and her father, a dissident photographer in the Pinochet years, revive an intimate and political history through a fascinating sensory journey.
AN OSCILLATING SHADOW
- Celeste Rojas Mugica
- 2024
- Chile, Argentina, France
- s.t. French or English
- 77 min
New Visions Competition
A relay between two artists, this experimental film shows the return of a species of cicada that only emerges every 17 years in an America that also may be starting a new cycle.
EASTERN ANTHEMS
- Matthew Wolkow, Jean-Jacques Martinod
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), United States, Ecuador
- s.t. French and English
- 78 min
New Visions Competition
A true love letter to the authenticity of the people of Tbilisi, this cinematic oddity takes us through the unlikely adventures of two cousins.
HOLY ELECTRICITY
- Tato Kotetishvili
- 2024
- Georgia, Netherlands
- s.t. English
- 95 min
New Visions Competition
In a blend of fact and fiction, Melrick visits his grandmother in French Guiana, rediscovering with fascination a country that lives within him and walking the path of difficult forgiveness.
New Visions Competition
The youngest of a close-knit clan of five sisters, the filmmaker takes an incisive yet tender look at their mother to capture this figure of contrasting conservative values.
LES MIENNES
- Samira El Mouzghibati
- 2024
- Belgium, France
- s.t. French or English
- 97 min
New Visions Competition
Back in Nagasaki, Noriko Oi is confronted with her deceased mother’s painful past and decides to break the silence surrounding the intergenerational trauma caused by the nuclear attack.
New Visions Competition
In Kinshasa, a region is plunged into darkness due to the theft of electrical cables. The film takes us into the heart of an impenetrable night and a population in search of light.
RISING UP AT NIGHT
- Nelson Makengo
- 2024
- Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso
- s.t. French or English
- 96 min
New Visions Competition
Alexis Kyle Mitchell uses a poetic approach to explore the experience of living with a genetic disorder while questioning family heritage and mortality.
THE TREASURY OF HUMAN INHERITANCE
- Alexis Kyle Mitchell
- 2024
- Canada, United Kingdom
- s.t. English
- 60 min
New Visions Competition
Reunited for the first time in a long while, three sisters try to divide the inheritance of their family land, an arid plain in the Canary Islands where nature rules.
New Visions Competition
This debut feature by Harald Hutter is a deeply personal exploration of memory, resilience, and the inevitable passage of time, experienced through the lives of his parents, Horst and Francine.
UP THE RIVER WITH ACID
- Harald Hutter
- 2023
- France, Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 64 min