International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Archives connect the fate of the only Afghan to have journeyed into space with his own family’s exile to reflect on Afghanistan’s history, colonialism and the erasure of memory.
FORGOTTEN SPACEMAN
- Elham Ehsas
- 2026
- Afghanistan, United Kingdom
- s.t. English
- 16 min
Panorama - Essentials
A portrait of brotherly love takes us into the Chinese diaspora in Spain, as the filmmaker observes her brother and his troubled past with a gentle, patient camera.
FROM DAWN TO DAWN
- Xisi Sofia Ye Chen
- 2026
- Spain, France
- s.t. French or English
- 96 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
As war reaches Tehran, an Iranian filmmaker’s film about Palestine transforms into a personal diary of displacement, fear, memory and survival.
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
The figure of the vulture links two stories set in the same place, yet separated by three centuries, in a metaphorical work about the forces that are devouring the world.
GALLINAZO
- Daniel Jacoby
- 2026
- Peru, Netherlands
- s.t. French and English
- 15 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
This essay draws on images available on the Internet to reflect on the roles, effects and circulation of surveillance footage in Lima, Peru.
GESTURES TO BREAK AN IMAGE
- Mayra Villavicencio
- 2026
- Peru
- s.t. English
- 15 min
International Feature Competition
A kaleidoscopic film essay on the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster, told through a hypnotic journey of fragmented vignettes.
HANABI
- Ana Vaz
- 2026
- France, Brazil
- s.t. English
- 107 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
A poetic essay by Chantal Partamian where the Haralez, spirit-dogs of Armenian mythology, roam Istanbul to awaken the dead buried beneath Gezi Park.
HARALEZ: THE NOISY BEGINNINGS OF THE CRADLE
- Chantal Partamian
- 2026
- Canada (Quebec), Lebanon
- s.t. French or English
- 19 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
In a mesmerizing exploration using anaglyphs and glitches, this psychedelic work offers an unusual encounter with the artist, author and archivist Al Razutis.
THE HOLORAZUTIS OF SATURNA
- Guillaume Vallée
- 2026
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 30 min
Western Balkans Focus : Blurring the Lines
During the Kosovo War, a painter is ordered to draw his captor’s portrait, turning art into a matter of survival.
I BELIEVE THE PORTRAIT SAVED ME
- Alban Muja
- 2025
- Kosovo
- s.t. French and English
- 10 min
Western Balkans Focus : Blurring the Lines
Intimate and atmospheric, the film connects the personal experience of three youths to the wider reality of a generation facing unanswered questions.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE
- Redon Kika
- 2025
- Kosovo
- s.t. English
- 69 min
New Visions Competition
Weaving together several stories in Taipei, this playful film embraces a great formal and aesthetic freedom to revealingly dissolve the boundary between fiction and reality.
I HEARD THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SEE EACH OTHER ANYMORE
- Ka Ki Wong
- 2025
- Hong Kong, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom
- s.t. English
- 86 min