National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Reflecting on the ways plastic frames our everyday lives, a young bioengineer finds her life becoming intertwined with that of the worm she is studying for its ability to break it down.
LIVING CONTAINERS
- Kara Hansen
- 2025
- Canada, United States
- s.t. French
- 15 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
LOUF follows Fadi Kattan as he opens a restaurant, a direct approach to a lucid reflection on the political and activist dimensions of Palestinian cuisine.
Retrospective Bani Khoshnoudi
Through a skillful and subtle approach, this fiction explores the complex reality of exile through the everyday life of Ramin, an Iranian immigrant in Veracruz.
LUCIÉRNAGAS
- Bani Khoshnoudi
- 2018
- Mexico, Greece, Dominican Republic
- s.t. French and English
- 96 min
Wapikoni
Through poetic narration, two young girls revisit memories of residential schools through a symbolic staging in which past and present enter into dialogue.
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.
MARCHER VERS LA RÉCONCILIATION
- Félicia Vollant Dubé
- 2026
- Canada (Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam)
- s.t. English
- 3 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
This science-fiction documentary blends investigation and cinephilia through editing to make sense of the death of the filmmaker’s mother.
MEMORIES FOR A PRIVATE EYE #2
- Rania Stephan
- 2026
- Lebanon
- s.t. French or English
- 32 min
Panorama - Essentials
The filmmaker revisits her childhood in Chechnya in an inventive recreation to understand the cycle of violence that spans generations.
National Feature Competition
With humour, Matthew Rankin freely reworks archived materials to construct a spirited, psychedelic, admiring and satirical picture of politician Brian Mulroney.
MESDAMES ET MESSIEURS, BRIAN MULRONEY
- Matthew Rankin
- 2026
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 100 min
International Feature Competition
In Durban, South Africa, Lishana cares for her dying mother. This hybrid film explores memory, transmission and grief as both personal and collective experiences.
MOTHER, YOU HAVE NOT DIED YET. BUT YOU WILL. AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU WILL FINALLY BE ALIVE AGAIN.
- Advik Beni
- 2026
- South Africa, United States
- s.t. French or English
- 74 min
Western Balkans Focus : Blurring the Lines
Two brothers spend summer at their grandmother’s farm, where family archives and shared rituals gently revive their late grandfather’s presence.
MUSHROOMS GROW IN MEMORY
- Hanis Bagashov
- 2025
- North Macedonia
- s.t. English
- 11 min
The soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
By chronicling both personal and collective events, this film paints an unconventional picture of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, where modern development hides a dark past.
Wapikoni
By reimagining the legend of the two wolves, this creative experimental film explores Indigenous futurism and the power of our choices to shape the future.
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.
NICW MAHIKANAK, DEUX LOUPS, TWO WOLVES
- Terry Randy Awashish
- 2026
- Canada (Quebec)
- 2 min
Panorama - The State of the World
In Quebec City, filmmaker David Sanchez follows the citizen-led movement that is organizing to reclaim a space the city ceded to a techno-industrial centre.
NOS RUINES FERTILES
- David Sanchez
- 2026
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 93 min