New Visions Competition
In a combination of filmed memories and images of daily life, Nisha Platzer tries to piece together a portrait of the brother she lost as a child.
BACK HOME
- Nisha Platzer
- 2022
- Canada, Cuba
- s.t. French
- 90 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Chinese neighborhoods in North American communities fight back against developers to preserve their historical, cultural, and family heritage.
BIG FIGHT IN LITTLE CHINATOWN
- Karen Cho
- 2022
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 88 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
The filmmaker Natalie Murao questions her grandfather on his experience in an internment camp for Japanese citizens in Canada during the Second World War.
BLUE GARDEN
- Natalie Murao
- 2022
- Canada
- s.t. English
- 6 min
UXdoc
Behind the debates about reproductive rights, there is always a human story.
THE CHOICE
- Joanne Popinska
- 2022
- Poland, Canada
- 25 min
National Feature Competition
In an expatriate community in Toronto, a Syrian couple struggles to adapt to their new country and with the feeling that life is on hold.
CONCRETE VALLEY
- Antoine Bourges
- 2022
- Canada
- s.t. English
- 90 min
National Feature Competition
Blending the past and present, this film portrays a bold and sonically rich family portrait about home, displacement, and current major immigration movements.
THE DEPENDENTS
- Sofía Brockenshire
- 2022
- Canada, Argentina
- s.t. English
- 91 min
Doc-to-Doc
A mesmerizing film that makes history and fiction a nebulous field of experience. A pleasure to watch in the cinema.
FAUSTO
- Andrea Bussmann
- 2018
- Mexico, Canada
- s.t. French
- 70 min
National Feature Competition
An experimental documentary exploring the archival work of Sable Island by self-taught naturalist Zoe Lucas, resulting in a remarkably rich fusion of science and art.
GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
- Jacquelyn Mills
- 2022
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 103 min
Familly Screenings
José, 8 years old, invites us to discover his village, Nutashkuan, and everything he loves about it.
J'AIME TOUTE
- José Mestenapéo
- 2017
- Canada
- 3 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Under the pretext of a police interrogation, this film shows the politically charged history of Shaho mountain of the Zagros Mountains range in Iran.
LANDSCAPE SUSPENDED
- Naghmeh Abbasi
- 2022
- Canada, Iran
- s.t. English
- 27 min
Short and Medium-Length National Competition
It’s summer in the suburbs, and the days go on and on. The season bears the curious melancholy of distance between self, other, and passing time.
THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR
- Frank Varga Jr.
- 2021
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 11 min
National Feature Competition
With images shot in 16mm, three Latin-American women share their memories and experiences of immigrating to Canada.
MY TWO VOICES
- Lina Rodriguez
- 2022
- Canada
- s.t. English
- 69 min