Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
Through the lens of a family story, the film traces diaspora, Taiwan-United States history, and Cold War legacies, unfolding within the intimate fabric of generational memory.
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
The streets of Montreal intersect with a distant yet familiar Colombia, connecting two remote realities that unite to bear witness to the magnitude of absence.
TIGERS CAN BE SEEN IN THE RAIN
- Oscar Ruiz Navia
- 2025
- Colombia, Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 16 min
The soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
Through intimate, private interviews, women from a Vietnamese family who immigrated to Quebec in 1975 discuss exile, sacrifice, and intergenerational transmission. (AF)
TISSER LA SOIE
- Marguerite Ranger
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 20 min
Uxdoc RIDM
A collective and immersive experience inviting you to poetically explore your grief—whether from the loss of a loved one, a friendship, a home, or even a dream—in a personalized and introspective way.
TRACES : LE PROCESSEUR DE PEINE
- Vali Fugulin
- 2025
- Canada
- 25 min
Magnus Isacsson Competition
This film of eloquent archives looks back on an important movement of resistance and protest against racism toward Black people in Montreal to create a potent act of remembrance.
TRUE NORTH
- Michèle Stephenson
- 2025
- Canada, United States
- s.t. English
- 96 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Using images shot on film, this short film explores the deep connections between the territory of Nunavut, Inuit , flora, and fauna.
TUKTUIT : CARIBOU
- Lindsay McIntyre
- 2025
- Canada
- s.t. French and English
- 16 min
International Feature Competition
Underground invites us to listen gently, transporting the senses to new spaces where a transhistorical exploration of the Battle of Okinawa, a pivotal event in Japanese history, emerges.
The soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
Dreamlike paintings illustrate the resilience of three women facing their physical and relational trauma. (AF)
VOX FÉMINA
- Danielle Tudor
- 2024
- Canada
- 10 min
International Feature Competition
In the darkness of an eternal night, this immersive film takes us to a group of Afghan smugglers in the forest on the border between Serbia and Hungary, revealing the cruelty and violence of an unequal world.
WAKING HOURS
- Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini
- 2025
- Italy
- s.t. English
- 78 min
Retrospective O Grivo : Crafting Sonic Landscapes
This sensory and inventive portrait depicts the life and creative process of recently deceased musician Hermeto Pascoal, an eccentric Brazilian genius nicknamed “the Sorcerer” of sounds.
Panorama - Horizons
Gilda Pourjabar illustrates how Western pop art has slipped through the cracks of Iran's repressive political regime to light the rebellious sparks in young people.
THE WESTOXICATEDS
- Gilda Pourjabar
- 2025
- Canada, Iran
- s.t. English
- 85 min
Panorama - Horizons
Through a poetic and tender pilgrimage, Eva Neymann carefully paints a portrait of Odessa and its residents, revealing the resilience of some and the absence of others.
WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE SEA
- Eva Neyman
- 2025
- Germany, Ukraine
- s.t. English
- 124 min