Films A to Z

Wapikoni

Under the oppressive hum of military antennas, young Sicilian Valentina dreams of fleeing her village’s arid landscape to blossom elsewhere.

VALENTINA AND THE MUOSTERS

Francesca Scalisi
2024
Switzerland, Italy
s.t. French or English
81 min

Environment War Family

Retrospective Carlos Ferrand and the Grupo de Cine Liberación sin Rodeos: a Legacy of Political and Cinematic Activism

This cinematic pamphlet reveals the inequalities and condemns the repercussions caused by the destructive exploitation of the Amazon, including the genocide of several populations.

VISIÓN DE LA SELVA

Grupo de cine Liberación sin Rodeos
1971
Peru
s.t. French
18 min

Environment Politics Human Rights Colonialism

Wapikoni

With inspirational imagery, Charles Hervieux-Rock recounts a friend’s experience to illustrate the importance of forgiveness and the need to avoid resentment, the thief of peace.

LE VOLEUR DE PAIX

Charles Hervieux-Rock
2024
Canada (Pessamit)
s.t. English
5 min

Indigenous Family

Closing Film

After recently arriving in Montreal, Anna, a twelve-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, strives to regain her balance between her war-torn past and her desire for belonging.

VOLTIGE

Luiza Cocora
2024
Canada (Quebec)
s.t. French
21 min

Migration Youth Portrait

Closing film

A filmmaker returns to Tripoli after 15 years abroad to reconnect with her father. Their intimate bond, shaped by poetry and intergenerational tensions, unfolds against the backdrop of Lebanon’s political unrest.

WE ARE INSIDE

Farah Kassem
2024
Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark
s.t. English
180 min

Literature Sociology Family

Retrospective Iva Radivojevic : Imaginary Landscapes of Dislocation

Rooted in the filmmaker's personal experience, this fictional essay embodies a reflection on memory, reconstructing in fragments an intimate and collective buried narrative.

WHEN THE PHONE RANG

Iva Radivojevic
2024
Serbia, United States
s.t. English
73 min

History Sociology Family Hybrid

Magnus Isacsson Competition

Lisa Jackson’s film follows Cree Elder Wilfred Buck’s transformation into a revered educator and guardian of Indigenous star knowledge by seamlessly bridging past and present through a compelling visual narrative.

WILFRED BUCK

Lisa Jackson
2024
Canada
s.t. French or English
93 min

Sciences Sociology Indigenous Hybrid

International Feature Competition

In a revealing documentary approach, this story, told with the protagonists playing themselves, reconstructs their uprooting in the face of the insensitivity of climate change.

THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT

Gabrielle Brady
2024
Mongolia, Australia, Germany
s.t. English
96 min

Environment Family Portrait Hybrid

Magnus Isacsson Competition

Les yeux ne font pas le regard plunges us into the visual and aural experience of blindness, lived and told by five people who have lost their sight to weapons of war.

LES YEUX NE FONT PAS LE REGARD

Simon Plouffe
2024
Canada (Quebec)
s.t. French or English
93 min

War Human Rights Sociology