National Feature Competition
Sonya retakes control of her life, returning with her two children to the picturesque island where she was born. Over the changing seasons, this film captures the fleeting beauty of family moments.
Dialogue between the arts
Intrigued by the aura of Clint Eastwood in a photograph in a local newspaper, a filmmaker heads to the city of Sirjan, Iran, in search of the iconic American actor.
Short and Medium-Length International Competition
The filmmakers reappropriate the archives of France’s National Space Centre to tell this story of collective dispossession. An incisive and otherworldly cinematic essay.
ÉCOUTEZ LE BATTEMENT DE NOS IMAGES
- Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Audrey Jean-Baptiste
- 2021
- French Guiana, France
- s.t. English
- 16 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
This experimental short film juxtaposes two stories – the colonial version and the First Nations’ version – that explain the formation of a geographical feature.
International Feature Competition
In her journal, Edna records her memories of survival in a war without end; a war over land in the heart of Brazil. A film both poetic and brutal, Edna follows a woman who dreams of escaping a territory scarred by massacres.
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
Séance famille
Dans le cadre d'un projet de médiation culturelle proposé par Spira et la Joujouthèque de la Basse-ville, Clarissa Rebouças et les enfants ont créé ce documentaire en réfléchissant sur les possibilités de faire le pont entre les personnes de différentes origines.
FAIRE LE PONT
- Clarissa Rebouças
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- 6 min
Les vidéographes - Le devoir de mémoire
LES FEMMES DE PINOCHET
- Eduardo Menz
- 2005
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 12 min
In search of oneself
In Fiasco, Nicola Khoury turns the camera on himself to challenge the social boundaries set by his family and the Lebanese society in which he lives.
New Visions Competition
The End of Wonderland is a colourful and creative film that paints a portrait of the independent artist Tara Emory, who has worked in the sex industry since the early 2000s and faced a number of different challenges throughout her career.
LA FIN DE WONDERLAND
- Laurence Turcotte-Fraser
- 2021
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 85 min
Short and Medium-Length International Competition
This work by Rémi Brachet presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of Clichy-sous-Bois, drawing attention to gender relations and questioning the balance of power.
Echoes of the past
A step-by-step guide by director Avi Mograbi explaining the mechanics behind the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank.
THE FIRST 54 YEARS - AN ABBREVIATED MANUAL FOR MILITARY OCCUPATION
- Avi Mograbi
- 2021
- France, Germany, Israel, Finland
- s.t. English
- 110 min