International Feature Competition
This Woman brilliantly depicts the various issues facing women in contemporary China through the highly attachable and whimsical leading character Beibei, whose choices challenge the expected traditional gender roles.
THIS WOMAN
- Alan Zhang
- 2022
- China, Malaysia
- s.t. English
- 90 min
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
Edited from Egyptian sci-fi film The Master of Time, (directed by Kamal el Sheikh in 1987), the viewer joins the main character, who is stuck in space and time.
THRESHOLD
- Rania Stephan
- 2018
- Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 12 min
Special Screening
Astute, politically driven, and partly composed of thoughtfully arranged archival images, this film gives pride of place to the popular music of the Great Depression.
LA TURLUTE DES ANNÉES DURES
- Pascal Gélinas, Richard Boutet
- 1983
- Canada (Quebec)
- 90 min