Short and Medium-Length Competition
An immersive mix of observational documentary and fictional elements, this co-creation reveals the distinct perceptions of the members of a collective of neurodivergent filmmakers.
THE STIMMING POOL
- The Neurocultures Collective (Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker), Steven Eastwood
- 2024
- United Kingdom
- 67 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In lush Angola, the all-powerful Portuguese colonizer emerges like a parasite, ravaging the fauna, flora, and local populations.
International Feature Competition
A sparkling film that follows the metamorphosis of young Sara, who is torn between the friends of her working-class neighbourhood and the new world that opens to her when she discovers the theatre.
TO OUR FRIENDS
- Adrián Orr
- 2024
- Spain, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 90 min
Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
As the number of missing persons in Mexico rises, this film-essay offers a narrative, anthropological and archaeological exploration of the roots of this violence.
TOTEM
- Unidad de Montaje Dialéctico (UMD)
- 2022
- Mexico, Chile
- s.t. English
- 65 min
National Feature Competition
Playing with the codes of documentary, Tout sur Margo is an intimate autofiction exploring a sincere but disappointed young performer’s quest for meaning.
TOUT SUR MARGO
- Yann-Manuel Hernandez, Margaux Latour
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 80 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Toxic masculinity dissolves and disintegrates as images of war collide with a lesbian pornographic film in this experimental found footage work.
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
Retrospective Carlos Ferrand and the Grupo de Cine Liberación sin Rodeos: a Legacy of Political and Cinematic Activism
A portrait of the talented revolutionary poet Javier Heraud, who died in an ambush in 1963 at just 21 years old, this short film takes a broader look at Peru’s colonial history.
UNA PELÍCULA SOBRE JAVIER HERAUD
- Grupo de cine Liberación sin Rodeos
- 1975
- Peru
- s.t. French
- 21 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
With its candid look at the steps involved in creating the first Amazon warehouse union in America, Union provides a comprehensive look at this gruelling yet important process.
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
Wapikoni
Multidisciplinary artist Pierre Gil’s poetry is infused with his own identity, rooted in the land we travel through with him aboard a cedar canoe.
USH
- Pierre Gill
- 2024
- Canada (Mashteuiatsh)
- s.t. French or English
- 7 min