Wapikoni
In this animated short, Kim Arseneault rebuilds herself and finds the courage to face her anxiety, the monster inside of her.
MADAH8DO AL8MIWI NIA
- Kim Arseneault
- 2024
- Canada (Odanak)
- s.t. French or English
- 5 min
International Feature Competition
Through a variety of processes and techniques creating an eclectic collage effect, Alexandra Guela tells us the story of her family and her people, the Aromanians.
MAIA - PORTRAIT AVEC MAINS
- Alexandra Gulea
- 2024
- Romania, Germany, France
- s.t. English
- 91 min
La soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
In this personal short film, memories of the bittersweet departures of those who have left are gently evoked, as if rising from their inert ashes.
Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
By observing the mundane activities of a quiet street in Mexico City, and a bird's nest that overlooks them, this posthumous minimalist film pays tribute to kind parenting.
MALINTZIN 17
- Mara Polgovsky, Eugenio Polgovsky
- 2022
- Mexico, Switzerland
- s.t. French and English
- 64 min
Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
Through a gentle yet disarmingly frank dialogue with his mother Hilda, Tzotzil director Xun Sero gives us rare and precious insight into the women of his community.
Retrospective Carlos Ferrand and the Grupo de Cine Liberación sin Rodeos: a Legacy of Political and Cinematic Activism
A tribute to a group of Lima street mechanics, this ethnographic sensitive and impressionist work presents a timeless journey between realism and reverie.
MECÁNICOS PIRATAS DE LIMA
- Carlos Ferrand
- 2021
- Canada (Quebec), Peru
- 22 min
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
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Troubled by the death of her grandmother Miren, filmmaker Malen Otaño examines her family archives in the form of a photographic essay to reveal their hidden meanings.
MIREN FELDER
- Malen Otaño
- 2024
- Argentina
- s.t. French or English
- 20 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
After 20 years, Rawane Nassif returned to the Msaytbeh district of Lebanon. She touchingly shares her impressions and relationship with the place where she grew up.
MSAYTBEH, THE ELEVATED PLACE
- Rawane Nassif
- 2024
- Canada, Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 21 min
