BENEATH WHICH RIVERS FLOW
In the marshlands of Southern Iraq, Ibrahim and his family live
in solitude as strangers to the outside world, their lives tethered
to the river, the reeds, and the buffalo they tend. As the rivers
dry and the landscape withers, Ibrahim faces unrelenting forces
threatening the only life he has ever known, and the only creature
he has ever understood.
Iraq 2025 / 16:17 / Director: Ali Yahya / Producer: Jafar Sadik, Ali Yahya
HYENA
In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing
examination. As anticipation builds to fever pitch, a storm strikes.
Trapped within crumbling walls, their academic sanctuary
becomes a prison, and minds begin to break.
United States, China 2025 / 21:00 / Director: Altay Ulan Yang / Producer: Edyta Yutong Deng, Altay Ulan Yang
RUMBLE
Featuring indigenous women of various generations, Pidikwe
integrates traditional and contemporary dance in an audiovisual
whirlwind that straddles the border between film and performance, somewhere between the past and the future.
Canada 2025 / 10:00 / Director: Caroline Monnet / Producer: Hany Ouichou, Caroline Monnet, Karine Bélanger
ZAHRA
Zahra, a worker in a clothing factory, is pregnant and close to her
due date. She finds herself in need of money to have a C-section,
which leads her to discover how tragic existence can be in a
community of individuality.
Jordan 2024 / 15:00 / Director: Hadi Shatat / Producer: Joseph Shamoun
DOG ALONE
After the death of its owner, a dog is left alone in its house. It
howls day and night, disturbing the entire neighbourhood. In the
house next door, a man’s ageing has distanced him from everyone
around. His grand-daughter, Marta, returns from London, where
she’s been feeling very lonely.
Portugal, France 2025 / 13:02 / Director: Marta Reis Andrade / Producer: David Doutel, Vasco Sá, Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago, Olivier Catherin
BAISANOS
Through an intimate portrayal of the activities of the Club
Deportivo Palestino fan group, a dialogue between two narrators
representing Chile and Palestine is formed. Together, they reflect
on identity, the meaning of returning to Palestine, and the
different ways of going back
Chile, Palestine, Spain 2025 / 14:00 /
Director: Andrés Khamis, Francisca Khamis / Producer: Mar Canet, Joaquin Echeverria