National Short and Medium-Length Competition
By staging herself and using home movies, the filmmaker breaks her silence about her sexual assault for the purposes of healing and empowerment.
APRÈS LE SILENCE
- Matilde-Luna Perotti
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), Colombia
- s.t. French or English
- 14 min
National Feature Competition
Through visual and sound research of great aesthetic precision, the filmmaker affirms the landscapes of a Minganie that exist only through the artistic eye and the possibilities of film.
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya brings together 16mm images of volcanic sites in an impressionistic way, with a soundscape evocative of their history and grandeur.
ARCHIPELAGO OF EARTHEN BONES — TO BUNYA
- Malena Szlam
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), Australia, Chile
- 20 min
La soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
The filmmaker poetically looks at the community and territory where she grew up, offering a personal reflection on the deconstruction of the intergenerational trauma caused by colonialism.
AUEN TSHIL, AUEN NIL
- Frédérique Picard
- 2024
- Canada (Pessamit)
- s.t. English
- 5 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Somewhere between experimental cinema, documentary and horror film, masked villagers wander through the snow to indulge in a little-known regional tradition: Mi-Carême.
Wapikoni
Giving voice to the women in their family, two cousins paint a surprising portrait of their grandmother, an activist who left her mark on the Odanak community.
AWANI NA NOKMES?
- Tedesso Lachapelle, Isaak Lachapelle-Gill
- 2024
- Canada (Odanak)
- s.t. English
- 7 min
Retrospective Iva Radivojevic : Imaginary Landscapes of Dislocation
A man traverses Moroccan landscapes, where the vibrant colors and evocative sounds of his former home awaken memories and spark an introspective search for a new identity.
BETWEEN COLORS OF I
- Iva Radivojevic
- 2013
- United States
- s.t. English
- 9 min
National Feature Competition
A poignant portrait of Billy, a soul tormented by schizophrenia, who, thanks to the friendship and support of the filmmaker, seeks lucidity after committing an irreparable act.
La soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
A parallel encounter of two queer identities seeking to deconstruct the ideas that prevent them from existing, and of their body in transition navigating the complex path of physical transformation.
THE BODY/TRANSMUTATIONEM
- Bleue Pronovost-Teyssier
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 15 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Activist Tony Souza tells his life story under the textures of hand-processed 16 mm film and through musical and visual variations exploring the concept of tension.
BOTH, INSTRUMENT & SOUND
- Sharlene Bamboat
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 39 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In this two-part experimental short, two seemingly innocuous mysteries intertwine and complement each other, without being fully resolved.