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.
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
Resistance
In a Moroccan Berber village, the community has spent eight years resisting a powerful silver mine, defending the right to water and land through song and poetry.
Amussu
- Nadir Bouhmouch
- 2019
- Morocco, Qatar
- s.t. French or English
- 100 min
Luc Moullet: One Step Forward, One Step Sideways
Co-directed by Luc Moullet and his girlfriend Antonietta Pizzorno, the film investigates the upheavals of an era marked by the women’s lib movement.
Anatomie d'un rapport
- Luc Moullet, Antonietta Pizzorno-Moullet
- 1976
- France
- 82 min
Portraits
Directed by Tarkovsky’s son and narrated by the great filmmaker’s voice and writings, this personal essay is an utterly unique look at the life and work of a cinema legend.
Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer
- Andrey A. Tarkovsky
- 2019
- Italy, Russia, Sweden
- s.t. English
- 97 min