Panorama - Horizons
Based on the testimonies of victims of psychological violence, this animated film depicts Jeanne’s daily life as her world changes with every outburst of her partner’s anger.
QUE NOTRE VOIX L'EMPORTE
- Marianne Khayat
- 2026
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 21 min
International Feature Competition
Mohanad Yaqubi revives the remarkable work of Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab, whose perspective humanized populations experiencing conflict and exile.
REVOLUTIONARIES NEVER DIE
- Mohanad Yaqubi
- 2026
- Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
- s.t. English
- 80 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A lyrical work rich in aesthetic explorations, Same Water uses archives and personal accounts to depict a resort that embodied segregation.
SAME WATER
- Martine Granby
- 2025
- United States
- s.t. French
- 22 min
Retrospective Bani Khoshnoudi
An inventive collaboration with saxophonist Christine Abdelnour, this work conveys and embodies a palpable tension, as well as a life that soars in the face of repression.
SAP
- Bani Khoshnoudi
- 2022
- Mexico, France, United States
- s.t. French
- 18 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through layers of Super 8 footage, searching for sara creates a landscape of memories and explores the absent presence of Sara, the filmmaker’s great-grandmother.
SEARCHING FOR SARA
- Nada El-Omari
- 2026
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 11 min
Special screening
A few days before her wedding, a young woman learns that her fiancé is accused of sexual assault. She goes to Haiti to confront the alleged victim.
SECOND GENERATION
- Miryam Charles
- 2019
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 5 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Jiayi Chen blends Tlingit sounds with Alaska’s landscapes in a sensory immersion where lands freed from ice reveal a language also in need of protection.
SEE THROUGH THE HOLLOWED BLUE HELLEBORE
- Jiayi Chen
- 2026
- United States
- s.t. French or English
- 18 min
Retrospective Bani Khoshnoudi
Filmed during the 2009 Green Movement, this documentary essay on political revolt in Iran explores collective memory and the power of images.
THE SILENT MAJORITY SPEAKS
- Bani Khoshnoudi
- 2010
- Iran, Netherlands
- s.t. French and English
- 94 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through an immersive and hypnotic soundscape, this film verges on abstraction to create a fabulous and striking dialogue between Los Angeles’s urban past and present.
SINGING OF THE EVENING STARS
- Iris Sang
- 2026
- United States, China, Estonia
- s.t. French and English
- 23 min
Western Balkans Focus : Blurring the Lines
A monumental seaside rehabilitation institute comes alive through therapy, labour and routine, becoming a deeply cinematic meditation on time and a collective world in transition.
SUNSET
- Miloš Jacimovic
- 2026
- Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro
- s.t. English
- 66 min
Western Balkans Focus : Blurring the Lines
As his family leaves rural North Macedonia for work abroad, a farmer finds an unexpected companion in an injured stork, echoing an ancient tale of exile and home.
THE TALE OF SILYAN
- Tamara Kotevska
- 2025
- North Macedonia
- s.t. English
- 80 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through a blend of archival research, interviews and 16 mm reconstitutions, Kate Solar dives into her great-great-grandparents' legacy and their contribution to spirit photography.