International Feature Competition
This urban symphony imposes a certain rhythm and reveals the realities of daily life along the Yangtze River. The film highlights Wuhan, a city undergoing constant changes, where it seems the full impact of the pandemic has yet to be revealed.
A RIVER RUNS, TURNS, ERASES, REPLACES
- Shengze Zhu
- 2021
- United States
- s.t. French or English
- 87 min
National Feature Competition
Based on an impressive archaeological exploration of 125 years of world cinema, Anima Macula reveals the troubled and often violent relationship between humans and animals.
ANIMAL MACULA
- Sylvain L'Espérance
- 2021
- Canada (Quebec)
- 82 min
Echoes of the past
Equipped with an old tape recorder and a sharp mind, an Indigenous man speaks with the elders of his community whose assimilated Christian faith comes fraught with a longing for the past.
APENAS EL SOL
- Arami Ullón
- 2020
- Switzerland, Paraguay
- s.t. English
- 74 min
New Visions Competition
In the tradition of ethnographic documentary, Far Beyond the Pasturelands transports us to the Himalayan mountains, where an expedition to find a rare mushroom is underway.
AU-DELÀ DES HAUTES VALLÉES
- Maude Plante-Husaruk, Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
- 2021
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 84 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
In this film brimming with tenderness and humour, the filmmaker returns to her native Russia to visit her resilient grandmother, with whom she spent part of her childhood.
Family topographies
With rare transparency, this conscientious film explores the inner workings of a tough and controversial world through the eyes of an 11-year-old Mexican cowboy.
International Feature Competition
Brotherhood explores the delicate period of transition to adulthood, where the search for identity and freedom makes three brothers question their obedience to an unyielding father.
BROTHERHOOD
- Francesco Montagner
- 2021
- Czech Republic, Italy
- s.t. English
- 97 min
Family topographies
This moving documentary candidly explores the incredible life of Martin Duckworth as he accompanies his wife through the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Prix Magnus-Isacsson
Dear Jackie is a cinematic letter addressed to baseball legend Jackie Robinson. The film offers a historical and social perspective on racism and racial inequality.
International Feature Competition
At the edge of the Sahel, a refuge hosts migrants during their perilous journey. The Last Shelter captures the complexity and precariousness of exile, as well as the solidarity and mutual aid it inspires.
LE DERNIER REFUGE
- Ousmane Zoromé Samassékou
- 2021
- France, Mali, South Africa
- s.t. French or English
- 85 min
Family topographies
Set in a small Turkish village, the filmmaker turns his camera on his two younger siblings and intimately captures the journey towards self-realization and their search for new beginnings.
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
- Ahmet Necdet Çupur
- 2021
- France, Turkey, Germany
- s.t. French or English
- 93 min