Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
Through this experimental short film and densely wrought sensory experience, we are exposed to a myth imagined for Xawiska, a plant used by the Ho-Chunk to recover from a fainting spell.
FAINTING SPELLS
- Sky Hopinka
- 2018
- United States
- 11 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Shot within various bomb shelters in Nagorno-Karabakh, the film underscores the hardships endured by civilians trapped in the throes of a 44-day war.
FAR FROM MICHIGAN
- Silva Khnkanosian
- 2023
- France, Armenia
- s.t. French or English
- 77 min
Panorama - Essentials
The sterile environment of an animal testing lab is juxtaposed with the meditative daily life of a shepherd, exposing the contradictions between the neighbouring worlds.
FAUNA
- Pau Faus
- 2023
- Spain
- s.t. English
- 74 min
New Visions Competition
Terra Long’s experimental documentary is a hypnotizing, sensory, and evocative look at how date palms have forged the Coachella Valley’s identity.
FEET IN WATER, HEAD ON FIRE
- Terra Long
- 2023
- United States, Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 90 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A sensitive and surprising portrait, this short film tinged with humour is an ode to encounters, to imagination, and to the small joys of doing things your own way.
FOUR HOLES
- Daniela Muñoz Barroso
- 2023
- Cuba, France
- s.t. French or English
- 20 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Reconstructions, archives, and interviews come together as family members explore the death of a woman who died of smallpox at the turn of the 20th century.
FOUR MILE CREEK
- Ryan McKenna
- 2023
- Canada (Quebec)
- 22 min