INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
HELLO STRANGER
Between loads of laundry at the corner laundromat, Cooper shares the tumultuous story of her gender reassignment journey. Piecing together her memories, from her childhood in a small fishing village through her tumultuous medical process, Cooper attempts to make peace with the last male imprint remaining on her body: that annoying deep voice that sticks to her skin.
Amélie Hardy
Documentary, Portrait | Canada | 2024 | 0:16:24
THE COMPANIONS
A young couple walks down the street, they have left the children at home and are going out to dinner. A crowd gathers around something.
José María Flores
Fiction, Drama | Spain | 2024 | 0:12:00
EXTRAS
EXT. DAY - A sunny Sunday morning on a café terrace: Isabelle, an actor whose career is in a rut, meets Johanne, her agent, who might have a new part for her. Tension mounts both at the table and in the surroundings. Will expectations be met?
Marc-Antoine Lemire
Fiction, Comedy | Canada | 2024 | 0:15:00
WANDER TO WONDER
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Nina Gantz
Animation, Fantasy | Belgium | 2023 | 0:13:20
HOW CAN I RID MY MIND OF HER
The tea factory becomes a tourist attraction, and the lost lover gradually disappears in the dream. Kin, a Vietnam returned overseas Chinese tea picker, keeps searching for the echo in this quiet and lonely day...
Wenli Huang
Fiction, Drama | China | 2023 | 0:22:31
KNEAD
When an alien landing mysteriously drives people around the world to achieve their deepest dreams, an aspiring baker in an unhappy marriage wonders why she hasn't been affected at all—forcing her to take matters into her own hands.
Timothy Michael Cooper
comedy, sci-fi | USA | 2024 | 0:11:22