Films A to Z

National Short and Medium-Length Competition

Taking as its starting point the explosion of a pipeline caused by Haifa workers in 1936, A Stone's Throw tells the story of Palestinian resistance and relocation.

A STONE’S THROW

Razan AlSalah
2024
Canada (Quebec), Palestine, Lebanon
s.t. English
40 min

Experimental Human Rights History

At Makarenko elementary school, we learn to express ourselves, assert ourselves, engage in dialogue, control our emotions, and, ultimately, live together.

APPRENDRE

Claire Simon
2024
France
s.t. English
105 min

Ethnography Youth Portrait

In an immigration office in Abidjan, those who dream of a life elsewhere come up against complex and uncertain procedures. But really, why leave?

CAMPUS MONDE

N'tifafa Y.E Glikou
2024
France, Benin, Senegal
s.t. English
53 min

Sociology Migration

International Feature Competition

Meant as an allegory, this film unfolds in a kind of symbolic huis-clos where a woman perceives and interprets different artistic representations of war.

LA CHAMBRE D'OMBRES

Camilo Restrepo
2024
France
s.t. English
66 min

War Fine Arts Violence Hybrid

Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows

Ciudad is an immersion into the neighborhoods of Mexico City, offering a diversity of viewpoints, which, when put together, skillfully combine to make the city.

CIUDAD

Carlos F. Rossini, Maya Goded, Julio Hernandez Cordón, Nuria Ibáñez
2020
Mexico
s.t. English
99 min

Sociology Urbanity

Under the watchful eye of his filmmaker friend, a young violinist wanders the streets of Algiers, torn between a deep attachment to his roots and a burning desire to explore the unknown.

CLEF DU SOL

Allia Louiza Belamri
2024
Algeria, France
s.t. French or English
23 min

Music Migration

International Short and Medium-Length Competition

detours while speaking of monsters explores the mystical Lake Van in Turkey, intertwining Armenian and Kurdish folklore with the filmmaker’s personal journey to reveal the hidden wounds of history and family.

DETOURS WHILE SPEAKING OF MONSTERS

Deniz Simsek
2024
Germany, Turkey
s.t. English
19 min

Experimental Family Folk Identity

Alessandra Celesia’s The Flats delves into Belfast’s New Lodge community, where the lingering scars of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland continue to shape residents haunted by both past violence and present struggles.

THE FLATS

Alessandra Celesia
2024
France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Ireland
s.t. French
114 min

Politics History Sociology Portrait

This short, animated documentary revisits the tragic events of the Rwandan genocide through the testimonies of Valentine and Jean-Claude, the filmmaker's parents.

IBUKA, JUSTICE

Justice Rutikara
2024
Canada (Quebec)
s.t. English
23 min

War Human Rights History Animation

Doc-to-Doc

Carried by the codes of the road movie and autofiction, L.A. Tea Time tackles the filmmaker’s quest for identity with witty, whimsical authenticity as she wanders between Montreal and Los Angeles, hoping to meet Miranda July.

L.A. TEA TIME

Sophie Bédard-Marcotte
2019
Canada (Quebec)
s.t. French
82 min

Cinema Hybrid

Wapikoni

In this animated short, Kim Arseneault rebuilds herself and finds the courage to face her anxiety, the monster inside of her.

MADAH8DO AL8MIWI NIA

Kim Arseneault
2024
Canada (Odanak)
s.t. French or English
5 min

Indigenous Music Animation

New Visions Competition

The youngest of a close-knit clan of five sisters, the filmmaker takes an incisive yet tender look at their mother to capture this figure of contrasting conservative values.

LES MIENNES

Samira El Mouzghibati
2024
Belgium, France
s.t. French or English
97 min

Feminism Sociology Family