Panorama - Against the Grain
A powerful political poem about anti-colonial resistance and struggle that revisits the militant education program set up in Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s.
MANGROVE SCHOOL
- Filipa César, Sónia Vaz Borges
- 2022
- Portugal, Germany, France
- s.t. French or English
- 35 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
The soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
A savvy camera captures intimate moments of a councilor candidate’s electoral campaign in this acutely constructed short film filled with positivity and gentle laughter.
MILIKᵘ TSHISHUTSHELIMUNUAU (ACCORDEZ-MOI VOTRE CONFIANCE)
- Isabelle Kanapé
- 2022
- Canada (Pessamit)
- s.t. French
- 12 min
Short and Medium-Length International Competition
An astronaut leaves his spaceship and returns to Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he tries to reconnect with his identity and roots.
MULIKA
- Maisha Maene
- 2022
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- s.t. French or English
- 14 min
Panorama - Horizons
Muôi Hong is a single mother, a queer woman, and a hip-hop dancer whose passion and integrity defy traditional Vietnamese society’s expectations of women her age.
MUÔI
- Amy Miller
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 30 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
Panorama - Essentials
Ten anonymous Burmese filmmakers document life under the terrors of a military dictatorship through raw documentary footage and allegorized reconstructions.
MYANMAR DIARIES
- The Myanmar Film Collective
- 2022
- Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway
- s.t. English
- 70 min
Panorama - The State of the World
Black women share their experiences and knowledge, deconstructing and dismantling the racist and sexist stereotypes negatively impacting their identity.
LE MYTHE DE LA FEMME NOIRE
- Ayana O'Shun
- 2022
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 94 min