Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
Director Sofía Peypoch scans and digs into the earth to confront traumatic memories and keep alive the memory of those we are attempting to erase.
EARTH ALTARS
- Sofía Peypoch
- 2023
- Mexico
- s.t. English
- 68 min
New Visions Competition
A relay between two artists, this experimental film shows the return of a species of cicada that only emerges every 17 years in an America that also may be starting a new cycle.
EASTERN ANTHEMS
- Matthew Wolkow, Jean-Jacques Martinod
- 2024
- Canada (Quebec), United States, Ecuador
- s.t. French and English
- 78 min
The soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
Buried deep in boxes of archives, among the painful struggles of the LGBTQ+ community, bright queer stories are revealed.
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
As people organize themselves to find their missing relatives in Mexico, we hear their voices against a black backdrop amid brief images of excavations and searches.
Retrospective Iva Radivojevic : Imaginary Landscapes of Dislocation
Through several points of view, this documentary essay shot in Cyprus explores with intelligence and artistry the issues of identity, exile, reception, inequality, and racism.
EVAPORATING BORDERS
- Iva Radivojevic
- 2014
- Cyprus, United States
- s.t. English
- 74 min