Magnus Isacsson Competition
In war-torn Haiti, a group of artists are busy preparing for a theatre festival. Between rehearsals and work meetings, heart-rending questions emerge.
KOUTKEKOUT
- Joseph Hillel
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), Haiti
- s.t. French or English
- 84 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
Taking a critical look at Jerusalem’s development project in the 70s, this film reveals the invisible violence perpetrated against the Palestinian people.
RULE OF STONE - ANNULÉ
- Danae Elon
- 2024
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 85 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
Alongside a couple’s final weeks before one of them receives medical assistance in dying, this tender film is a lucid reflection on death, but above all, on life.
SIMON & MARIANNE
- Pier-Luc Latulippe, Martin Fournier
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 71 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
Lisa Jackson’s film follows Cree Elder Wilfred Buck’s transformation into a revered educator and guardian of Indigenous star knowledge by seamlessly bridging past and present through a compelling visual narrative.
WILFRED BUCK
- Lisa Jackson
- 2024
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 93 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
Les yeux ne font pas le regard plunges us into the visual and aural experience of blindness, lived and told by five people who have lost their sight to weapons of war.
LES YEUX NE FONT PAS LE REGARD
- Simon Plouffe
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 93 min