National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Taking as its starting point the explosion of a pipeline caused by Haifa workers in 1936, A Stone's Throw tells the story of Palestinian resistance and relocation.
A STONE’S THROW
- Razan AlSalah
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), Palestine, Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 40 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
An inspiring co-production, this experimental short poetically and directly questions how and why one tells a traumatic story.
ADIEU UGARIT
- Samy Benammar, Mohamad Awaad
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 16 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
By staging herself and using home movies, the filmmaker breaks her silence about her sexual assault for the purposes of healing and empowerment.
APRÈS LE SILENCE
- Matilde-Luna Perotti
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), Colombia
- s.t. French or English
- 14 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya brings together 16mm images of volcanic sites in an impressionistic way, with a soundscape evocative of their history and grandeur.
ARCHIPELAGO OF EARTHEN BONES — TO BUNYA
- Malena Szlam
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), Australia, Chile
- 20 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Somewhere between experimental cinema, documentary and horror film, masked villagers wander through the snow to indulge in a little-known regional tradition: Mi-Carême.