International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Over the course of one night, profound reflections on the invisibility of Black bodies in French culture and media come to life in four cars.
Retrospective Bani Khoshnoudi
Shot on film and developed using desert plants, this work revisits the tragedies of Chinese migrants in Mexico that have remained unrecorded and undocumented.
EL CHINERO, UN CERRO FANTASMA
- Bani Khoshnoudi
- 2022
- Mexico, France
- s.t. French and English
- 11 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Archival footage filmed in a university auditorium hauls us back into the horror of state violence, as the poetry of León de Greiff resonates.
EL LEÓN
- Diana Bustamante
- 2026
- Colombia
- s.t. French or English
- 15 min
Retrospective Bani Khoshnoudi
This cinematic elegy is an eloquent montage that explores the power and role of images under a regime that controls their circulation and narrative.
ELEGY FOR THE FORGOTTEN, ON AN ENDLESS WAR
- Bani Khoshnoudi
- 2026
- Iran, France
- s.t. French and English
- 23 min
Wapikoni
Beautifully shot under the cover of night, this cinematic poem dedicated to Mother Earth embodies an intimate and luminous connection with the land.
Presented in front of the National feature length competition films as part of our collaboration with Wapikoni Mobile.
Presented in front of the National feature length competition films as part of our collaboration with Wapikoni Mobile.
EN CETTE NUIT
- Sacheen Ruperthouse-Trapper
- 2026
- Canada (Pikogan)
- s.t. English
- 6 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
In this experimental Nêhiyaw archive, an oral history remembered between a kokum and her daughter exposes the colonial violence and agency of six fierce generations.
Panorama - Against the Grain
Isolated in the Alps, a Lebanese shepherdess confronts exile and memory as encounters with strangers awaken a longing for the mountains of her home.
National Feature Competition
This humorous fictional film plays with the ways of narrating reality, as the filming of a televised interview on the career of three composers is incessantly interrupted.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOISE
- Nicolás Pereda
- 2026
- Mexico, Canada, Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 71 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Blending landscapes, ceremonies and memory, this film examines the exploitation of Haitians in 20th century Cuba and the survival of their cultural heritage.
FAR AWAY
- Feguenson Hermogène
- 2025
- Cuba, Haiti
- s.t. French or English
- 22 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
A flood destroys a saffron crop and uncovers a lost lake. This analogue film, eco-processed using plants, reveals a land that remembers.
FLOWER AND THE FLOOD, THE
- Elisa González
- 2026
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 23 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through a sensory and immersive approach, Doncheva continues her study of the Zheravna Folk Costume Festival and the role of rites in contemporary Bulgarian society.
FLY FLY SADNESS
- Ralitsa Doncheva
- 2026
- Bulgaria, Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 25 min
International Feature Competition
This poetic hybrid work of fiction explores a woman’s commitment to the environment and the daily realities of compassionate parenting on the cusp of an inevitable upheaval.
FOAM OF WORLDS
- Anna Marziano
- 2026
- Italy, Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 80 min