Panorama - Against the Grain
Landshaft portrays the psyche of the inhabitants of Eastern Armenia, emphasizing the altered landscape and ongoing military presence resulting from regional conflicts.
LANDSHAFT
- Daniel Kötter
- 2023
- Germany, Armenia
- s.t. French or English
- 97 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Bridging science and fiction in the most inventive of ways, this medium-length film is a unique exploration of evolution, extinction, and the future from the point of view of minerals.
LAST THINGS
- Deborah Stratman
- 2023
- United States, France, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 50 min
Panorama - Horizons
Using her mother's testimony and Super 8 footages, the filmmaker draws us into the memory of an illegal abortion in Mexico City in the 1960s.
LESSER CHOICES
- Courtney Stephens
- 2022
- United States, Mexico
- s.t. French
- 9 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
This poetic, immersive short on the edge of experimental cinema transports us into an age-old tradition of fire dancing celebrated every summer in Bulgaria.
LET THE RED MOON BURN
- Ralitsa Doncheva
- 2023
- Bulgaria, Canada (Quebec)
- 7 min
Audio work
In this program, three sound creations tackle the theme of memory. What remains of the places and people we love once they’ve disappeared or been transformed?
LES LIEUX DISPARUS
- Claude Périard
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 28 min
Focus Bidayyat : New Beginnings
An elegy to Yarmouk, known as the capital of the Palestinian diaspora, a place that resisted atrocity with dignity but that no longer exists.
LITTLE PALESTINE, DIARY OF A SIEGE
- Abdallah Al-Khatib
- 2021
- Lebanon, France, Qatar
- s.t. French and English
- 89 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Evoking anxiety through sensory elements, Syrian filmmaker Alhasan Yousef’s non-linear short conveys the anguish and powerlessness he feels around the fate of his homeland.
LOCUS CORDIS
- Alhasan Yousef
- 2023
- Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, Syria
- s.t. English
- 20 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
Inspired by Hollis Frampton’s experimental work Nostalgia, this film plays with notions of sharing traditions and knowledge, while an overhead projector displays fragmented landscapes.
LORE
- Sky Hopinka
- 2019
- United States
- 11 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In a remarkable feat of editing, this striking experimental work celebrates queer love and eroticism, drawing on a wealth of film archives.
LOVING IN BETWEEN
- Jyoti Mistry
- 2023
- Australia, South Africa
- s.t. French
- 18 min