International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In lush Angola, the all-powerful Portuguese colonizer emerges like a parasite, ravaging the fauna, flora, and local populations.
International Feature Competition
A sparkling film that follows the metamorphosis of young Sara, who is torn between the friends of her working-class neighbourhood and the new world that opens to her when she discovers the theatre.
TO OUR FRIENDS
- Adrián Orr
- 2024
- Spain, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 90 min
Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
As the number of missing persons in Mexico rises, this film-essay offers a narrative, anthropological and archaeological exploration of the roots of this violence.
TOTEM
- Unidad de Montaje Dialéctico (UMD)
- 2022
- Mexico, Chile
- s.t. English
- 65 min
National Feature Competition
Playing with the codes of documentary, Tout sur Margo is an intimate autofiction exploring a sincere but disappointed young performer’s quest for meaning.
TOUT SUR MARGO
- Yann-Manuel Hernandez, Margaux Latour
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 80 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Toxic masculinity dissolves and disintegrates as images of war collide with a lesbian pornographic film in this experimental found footage work.
New Visions Competition
Alexis Kyle Mitchell uses a poetic approach to explore the experience of living with a genetic disorder while questioning family heritage and mortality.
THE TREASURY OF HUMAN INHERITANCE
- Alexis Kyle Mitchell
- 2024
- Canada, United Kingdom
- s.t. English
- 60 min
Retrospective Carlos Ferrand and the Grupo de Cine Liberación sin Rodeos: a Legacy of Political and Cinematic Activism
A portrait of the talented revolutionary poet Javier Heraud, who died in an ambush in 1963 at just 21 years old, this short film takes a broader look at Peru’s colonial history.
UNA PELÍCULA SOBRE JAVIER HERAUD
- Grupo de cine Liberación sin Rodeos
- 1975
- Peru
- s.t. French
- 21 min
New Visions Competition
Reunited for the first time in a long while, three sisters try to divide the inheritance of their family land, an arid plain in the Canary Islands where nature rules.
THE UNDERGROWTH
- Macu Machín
- 2024
- Spain
- s.t. French or English
- 72 min
New Visions Competition
With its candid look at the steps involved in creating the first Amazon warehouse union in America, Union provides a comprehensive look at this gruelling yet important process.
New Visions Competition
This debut feature by Harald Hutter is a deeply personal exploration of memory, resilience, and the inevitable passage of time, experienced through the lives of his parents, Horst and Francine.
UP THE RIVER WITH ACID
- Harald Hutter
- 2023
- France, Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 64 min
Wapikoni
Multidisciplinary artist Pierre Gil’s poetry is infused with his own identity, rooted in the land we travel through with him aboard a cedar canoe.
USH
- Pierre Gill
- 2024
- Canada (Mashteuiatsh)
- s.t. French or English
- 7 min
Wapikoni
Under the oppressive hum of military antennas, young Sicilian Valentina dreams of fleeing her village’s arid landscape to blossom elsewhere.
VALENTINA AND THE MUOSTERS
- Francesca Scalisi
- 2024
- Switzerland, Italy
- s.t. French or English
- 81 min