Retrospective Louise Bourque : Reality Unfolded in the Echoes of Memory
Inspired by Samuel Beckett’s monologue Not I, this gentle yet anguished work revisits home movies to reflect on the social constraints imposed upon women. (HSB)
JUST WORDS
- Louise Bourque
- 1991
- Canada (Quebec)
- 10 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
Weaving lines from the book New English Grammar, the film reconstructs Mr. K’s psyche in captivity as a metaphor for men, boundaries, and a nation under martial law.
K'S ROOM - THE CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD
- Wei-Lin Hung
- 2020
- Taiwan
- s.t. English
- 16 min
The soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
Made from footage shot in Bogotá in his uncle's empty apartment while he was still alive, this film transports us to a nephew’s reflections on absence and the regrets of his vague memories. (AF)
KENNEDY
- Pablo Antonio Vargas Venegas
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 7 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In this powerful and sensory short film, with the help of the inhabitants of Jerada, Morocco, Randa Maroufi reconstructs the hostile, threatening tunnels of an abandoned coal mine.
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Freely exploring a fragmented reflection on identity, family, and belonging, this touching, playful film weaves together an intergenerational family memory.
LANDSCAPES OF LONGING
- Alisha Tejpal, Mireya Martinez, Anoushka Mirchandani
- 2025
- India, United States
- s.t. English
- 15 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Between dreams and memories, three lives have been searching for an anchor since they had to leave Cape Verde for the city. This film is a hybrid, poetic work in which exile sparks nostalgia.
THE LAST HARVEST
- Nuno Boaventura Miranda
- 2025
- Cape Verde, Portugal
- s.t. English
- 23 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
“What were you doing when I took this photo as the train was passing by your house last year?”
LAST YEAR WHEN THE TRAIN PASSED BY
- Pang-Chuan Huang
- 2018
- France
- s.t. English
- 18 min
Wapikoni
In a clever blend of horror, comedy, documentary, and militant fiction, this unique portrait asserts a jubilant territorial sovereignty, without compromise. (HSB)
LETHAL ETHEL
- Elayna Einish
- 2025
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 9 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
This hybrid film, with its atmosphere of suspended time, offers a surprising foray into the world of amateur radio operators united by a desire for human connection.
LEUR EXISTENCE
- Xavier Doutre, Clarence de Bayser
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 27 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Rejecting pessimism, this film, made entirely from archival footage, revisits 50 years of Chilean history to keep dreaming of the necessary political change, beyond shattered hopes.
THE LIFE THAT WILL COME
- Karin Cuyul
- 2025
- Chile, Colombia
- s.t. French or English
- 92 min
