Films
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28e
Motherland
Jasmin Mozaffari
Canada (Ontario), Fiction
In 1979, at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.
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Mothers & Monsters
Edith Jorisch
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? Mothers and Monsters is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism has reached its apex.
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28e
My name is Edgar and I have a cow
Filip DIVIAK
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Animation
Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse.
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28e
Médium Saignant
Marie-Esther Durocher
Canada (Quebec), Animation
In an autobiographical movie, Marie-Esther has just arrived in the Yukon. After sneezing, her nose began to bleed very intensely. She started panicking and made questionables decisions.
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28e
Météores
Agnès Patron & Morgane Le Péchon
France, Animation
On a cool summer night, animals with eyes full of light leave the forest to venture into the alleys of a suburban neighbourhood. Four children sneak out of their beds, and stars begin to fall from the sky. By the morning everything will have changed, but for now let's run!
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28e
Nun or Never!
Heta Jäälinoja
Finland, Animation
A nun digs a man up from the ground and loses her grip on everyday life. Can secrets and harmony coexist?
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28e
O Gün Bu Gündür, Uçuyorum
Aylin Gökmen
Switzerland, Documentary
A 60-year-old man, who grew up in a nomadic tribe in the mountains of southeast Turkey, recalls moments from his youth.
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28e
Os Animais Mais Fofos e Engraçados do Mundo
Renato Sircilli
Brazil, Fiction
Jorge is 70 years old and is one of the most capricious and dedicated janitors at the Paradise Motel, except for a single detail: he secretly records the audios of the room’s guests. Selling these audios to Alberto earns Jorge an extra income; they also bring him some sort of affection, even though he no longer remembers what his own pleasure sounds like.
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28e
Outside Center
Eli Jean Tahchi
Germany, Canada (Quebec),
After finding community on a rugby team in Munich, Jamaican-born Desmond tackles life by embracing his identity.
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28e
Oyu
Atsushi Hirai
Japan, Fiction
It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man who has come to the public baths to retrieve a forgotten object finds an old but valid ticket and lets himself be tempted. Among clouds of vapor and the gestures and conversations around him, a simple bath slowly becomes an invitation to existential reflection.