International Short and Medium-Length Competition
An ethnographic journey, featuring rich soundscapes, to an enchanting Chiapas village, home to an Indigenous community forced to relocate by a volcanic eruption.
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- Charles Fairbanks, Saul Kak, Louise Morel
- 2019
- Mexico, United States
- s.t. English
- 18 min
International Feature Competition
Deep in the Algerian desert, Malika runs a makeshift café. A masterful look at a microcosm, capturing the memory of a country and the routine of an exceptional woman.
143 rue du désert
- Hassen Ferhani
- 2019
- Algeria, France, Qatar
- s.t. French or English
- 100 min
The State of the World
This portrait of a former jihadi and his three daughters, mysteriously abandoned by their mother, unearths the secrets of lives shattered by state violence.
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Combining archival footage, testimonials and re-enactments, À l’usage des vivants documents the tragic fate of a refugee and exposes grim conditions in Europe’s detention centres for asylum-seekers.
The State of the World
In an isolated village in the Basse-Côte-Nord region, young people get ready to leave while their elders struggle to preserve their way of life.
A Place of Tide and Time
- Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
- 2018
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 79 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
The filmmaker traces the life of her great uncle, a poet and communist activist who was reviled in Canada but admired elsewhere. An investigative essay encompassing the personal and the historical.
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
From the eruption of Eyafjallajökull in 2010 to Wittgenstein’s father’s factory, to the impact of the Beatles on Czech youth: an original look at the links between the 20th century and our time.
Natural Stories
A forest laid waste by invasive cormorants prompts tourists to indulge in farfetched speculation. A humorous reflection on our incongruous preoccupations.
Acid Forest
- Rugile Barzdžiukaite
- 2018
- Lithuania
- s.t. English
- 63 min
Resistance
One of the few Israeli attorneys who will defend Palestinians, for 50 years Lea Tsemel has braved public and media hostility and faced down a biased justice system.
Advocate
- Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaïche
- 2019
- Canada (Quebec), Israel, Switzerland
- s.t. French or English
- 111 min
Laura Huertas Millán: Toward a decolonized ethnography
On a stretch of the Amazon, modernist buildings have been abandoned in the jungle, creating a sci-fi landscape where nature and artifice meet.
Aequador
- Laura Huertas Millan
- 2012
- France, Colombia
- s.t. French
- 19 min
Resistance
The order of the Soeurs Auxiliatrices du Québec reveals a different side of the Catholic Church: feminist nuns, fighting patriarchy and social injustice.
Ainsi soient-elles
- Maxime Faure
- 2019
- France, Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 76 min