Panorama - Against the Grain
Vigorously blending fiction and reality, this film—full of narrative and visual discoveries—revisits the unusual story of Mahesh's 1,700-km bicycle journey.
New Visions Competition
Karin Pennanen revisits the creative world and personal archives of her uncle Markku to develop a fascinating artistic dialogue with him in a surprising and touching posthumous tribute.
Panorama - Against the Grain
Made from various archives from the last seven decades, this playful tribute conveys a personal, non-linear, and fragmented journey into Lebanon's intimate and collective memory.
DO YOU LOVE ME
- Lana Daher
- 2025
- France, Lebanon, Germany, Qatar
- s.t. English
- 75 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
A metal band desperately needs to find a new drummer for their next show, but behind this urgent, pragmatic quest lies another more existential one.
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
- Virgile Ratelle
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 16 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
In the form of a digital stroll, this short uses images taken from the web to map Kinmen, the Taiwanese island and childhood home of artist Erica Sheu.
DON'T BE AFRAID LET IT SHOW
- Erica Sheu
- 2021
- Taiwan, United States
- s.t. English
- 7 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Nurtured by the mythology of Zora, the Slavic goddess of dawn, and inspired by the filmmaker's grandmothers, this short film pays tribute to women warriors throughout history.
DRAGICA, DANICA, DUšKA / OR / WHEN ZORA, THE GODDESS OF DAWN, OPENS THE GATES OF HEAVEN FOR SUN TO EMERGE
- Iva Radivojevic
- 2025
- United States, Kosovo
- s.t. English
- 10 min
Retrospective Louise Bourque : Reality Unfolded in the Echoes of Memory
Over images filmed by her father, transformed into bursts of colour as splendid as they are formidable, her voice recounts fragments of dreams and the fear of the unknown.
L' ÉCLAT DU MAL
- Louise Bourque
- 2005
- Canada (Quebec)
- 9 min
Panorama - Essentials
In class, high schoolers explore Annie Ernaux's work through group discussions, where intimacy and contemporary collective history meet and resonate with each other.
ÉCRIRE LA VIE - ANNIE ERNAUX RACONTÉE PAR DES LYCÉENNES ET DES LYCÉENS
- Claire Simon
- 2025
- France
- s.t. English
- 91 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through a kaleidoscopic collection of images and memories, this personal and political visual essay reveals the effects of censorship on China's contemporary queer community.
ELEGY FOR THE LOST
- William Hong-xiao Wei
- 2025
- United Kingdom, France, Spain
- s.t. English
- 29 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
Composed of archives of all kinds, this short film articulates a speculative narrative in which embryos hold the collective memory of multiple life forms.
THE EMBRYO'S DREAM, UPON THE MOON
- Tzuan WU
- 2022
- Taiwan
- 11 min
Uxdoc RIDM
It is the story of a man who’s lost his ability to speak, and his daughter who seeks to communicate with him, exploring aphasia as if it were a distant land.
EMPEREUR
- Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen
- 2023
- France, Germany
- 40 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
An immersion into the struggles of activists and professionals fighting for a web free from the authority of digital giants and the control of personal data.
THE END OF THE INTERNET
- Dylan Reibling
- 2025
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 85 min