Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Filmmaker Noa Blanche Beschorner immerses us in the memory and nostalgia of the former German Democratic Republic, where her aunt once lived.
CHANGE OF SCENERY
- Noa Blanche Beschorner
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec), Germany
- s.t. English
- 6 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
A Night Song bears witness to the last days of Noella, an elderly woman who has chosen to receive medical assistance in dying at home.
LE CHANT DE LA NUIT
- Félix Lamarche
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 46 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Designed as a cleverly (de)constructed letter, Cloud Gate 2 is a fascinating study of memory and our relationship with multifarious technology that claims to enhance our collective knowledge.
CLOUD GATE 2
- OK Pedersen
- 2022
- United States, Canada (Quebec)
- 44 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
This captivating short film shares Innu stories rooted in the forests flooded by the construction of dams and hydroelectric reservoirs.
FORÊTS
- Simon Plouffe
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 17 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
In this auditory immersion, several messages on an answering machine are heard in succession, creating a polyphony of tones, voices, and emotions.
INFINITE DISTANCES
- Pablo Alvarez Mesa
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 25 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
By masterfully using words in a language imposed by colonization and through powerful cinematic slam, the film expresses a harsh critique of our relationship with Mother Earth.
MANITUSHISS
- Réal Junior Leblanc
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 5 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Using Super 8 footage shot over 45 years ago, the short film Mecánicos piratas de Lima is a deeply poetic journey into a timeless past.
MECÁNICOS PIRATAS DE LIMA
- Carlos Ferrand
- 2021
- Canada (Quebec), Peru
- 22 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Five individuals share their stories and reflections on the rare experience of being struck by lightning and surviving.
LE SPECTRE VISIBLE
- Sarah Seené, Maxime Corbeil-Perron
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 18 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
To the melody of skateboards on asphalt, Summer Nights thoughtfully captures the simplicity and endless possibilities of teenage summer nights.
SUMMER NIGHTS
- Virgile Ratelle
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 15 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Cut with inventive simplicity into acts, this film shows Yvon’s daily life, where the ordinary and surreal coexist, illustrating his desire to live fully.
YVON / L'ÉTERNEL
- Benoit Massé
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 21 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
A sound mixer goes to the edge of industrialized Zug Island, found between Windsor and Detroit, to investigate a mysterious sound emanating from it.
ZUG ISLAND
- Nicolas Lachapelle
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 23 min