The divorcees of Casablanca

Mohammed Ahed Bensouda ★ Morocco ★ 2023

Five women from the great city of Casablanca, divorced and coming from different social strata, and are professionally active in various fields. They try to rebuild their lives, in an unequal society, dominated by prejudices against divorced women, and ignorance of the rules of law governing the status of women.

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— Feature Film Competition

Six Weeks

Noémi Veronika Szakonyi ★ Hungary ★ 2022

Zsófi, the defiant teenager, gives up her newborn daughter through open adoption, but doubts begin to arise within her body and soul. According to Hungarian law, she has six weeks to change her mind.

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— Feature Film Competition

Green Night

Han Shuai ★ Hong Kong ★ 2023

Trapped in a life of oppression under her Korean husband, a Chinese woman sets out on a thrilling adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl, finding her chance to finally break free and claim her independence.

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— Feature Film Competition

Fancy Dance

Erica Tremblay ★ United States ★ 2023

Following her sister’s disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child’s white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.

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— Feature Film Competition

Leonor Will Never Die

Martika Ramirez Escobar ★ Philippines ★ 2022

To overcome her financial crisis, Leonor Reyes is working on an unfinished screenplay involving avenging a murdered brother. Plunged into a coma after a collision, she finds herself inside the screenplay, living her delirious dreams firsthand and discovering the perfect ending to her story.

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— Feature Film Competition

Amor y Matematicas

Claudia Sainte-Luce ★ Mexico ★ 2022

Having known fame as a former boy band member, Billy now lives a monotonous existence as a married man in a suburban Mexican city. Yet, an encounter with an ex-fan will make him confront his life decisions.

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— Feature Film Competition

Paula

Angela Ottobah ★ France ★ 2023

Paula is 11 years old. School bores her, and she has only one friend, Achille. Her father surprises her: they will spend the summer in the house of her dreams by a lake. But time flies, autumn approaches, and they still haven't returned.

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— Feature Film Competition

Superposition

Karoline Lyngbye ★ Denmark ★ 2023

A couple of young Danish artists and their son Nemo move from Copenhagen to an isolated forest house in Sweden in the hope of rekindling their relationship. Their son’s disappearance brings them face to face with their doppelgangers. The fight for survival is on.

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— Feature Film Competition

Amanda

Carolina Cavalli ★ Italy ★ 2022

Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, despite this being the thing she desires the most. When she discovers that as toddlers her and Rebecca used to spend a lot of time together, Amanda chooses her new mission: to convince her that they are still best friends.

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— Feature Film Competition

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Elene Naveriani ★ Georgia, Switzerland ★ 2023

Etero, a 48-year-old Georgian woman, never wanted a husband. But a passionate affair makes her question everything she imagined her life could be...

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— Feature Film Competition

I’m a returnee

Zineb Chafchaouni Moussaoui ★ Morocco ★ 2022

Uprooted from their families, Abdellah, Mouloud, and Chayakh decide to leave the camps of Tindouf and return to Morocco their motherland, a country which they keep confusing memories.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Koromousso - Big Sister

Habibata Ouarme, Jim Donovan ★ Canada ★ 2023

A group of women break cultural taboos surrounding female sexuality, support each other in overcoming the trauma of female genital mutilation, and take back ownership of their bodies.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Al Djanat, The Original Paradise

Chloé Aïcha Boro ★ France, Burkina Faso, Benin, Germany ★ 2023

After the death of her uncle, an influential Muslim dignitary, the director films her family courtyard. A dispute over the estate has burst out between advocates of traditional law and proponents of official law, inherited from European colonization.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Seven winters in Tehran

Steffi Niederzoll ★ Germany, France ★ 2023

Iran, 2007: Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, is convicted of murdering the man who tried to rape her. Her subsequent protest makes her a symbol of resistance and women's rights even beyond the borders of Iran.

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— Documentary Film Competition

The Pathan Sisters

Eléonore Boissinot ★ France ★ 2023

Gujarat, West of India. Sofia and Suzain are two teenage sisters brought up in a humble household, taken care of by their father since their mother left. They were too young to remember, but 20 years ago, their family barely escaped the deadly 2002 Gujarat (West of India) anti-Muslim riots. Refusing the grim day-to-day routine and the shadow of the past, Sofia and Suzain want to embrace life to the fullest. While they grow up, reality comes knocking.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Nejma Mars 2020

Leila Msefer ★ Morocco ★ 2022

Nejma, in her thirties, leaves Brussels for a work mission in Casablanca. At the request of her father, she visits her grandmother whom she has not seen since the age of 12 and whom she hardly knows. An unexpected event forces the two women to confine themselves together.

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— Young Audience Competition

Ooh Miroir

Majda Bessaih ★ Morocco ★ 2021

Shama has been star host of a successful talk-show for 20 years. Every day her mirror reflects the image of a young, free, and vibrant woman. But what about the others? Will they be as forgiving as her mirror?

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— Young Audience Competition

72

Aya Moudden ★ Morocco ★ 2021

Every day after school, instead of going home, Layla counts her steps towards a wall and multiplies them by 72. When her mother confronts her about it, the 10-year-old offers a peculiar explanation.

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— Young Audience Competition

Treason

Salma Loukhmas ★ Morocco ★ 2022

This is the story of a couple who has the habit of watching a movie every Saturday night. This time, things won't go as planned because they will watch a film whose events remind them of their own story, which will mark a turning point in their lives.

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— Young Audience Competition

Clowny’s mama

Manal Ghoua ★ Morocco ★ 2021

After losing his mother to cancer at a very young age, the traumatized little kid transformed into an unstable man, disguised as a scary clown, kidnapping young blonde girls for a mysterious reason.

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— Young Audience Competition

Khouloud

Khouloud Bouzine ★ Morocco ★ 2020

Khouloud returns to her hometow to bury her father. As the events she experienced twenty-seven years ago unfold, they resurface to reconstruct the circumstances that led to their banishment.

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— Young Audience Competition

Human Resources

Dania Achour ★ Morocco ★ 2023

A business manager goes through a temp agency to find him a competent assistant. Those who pass the interview do not stay in post for more than a month. The manager harasses them and expects them to perform in a non-professional manner. How can this spiral be broken?

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— Young Audience Competition

Casa Overdose

Adil Ammor ★ Morocco ★ 2021

This film tells the story of addiction, delinquency among young people, downfall, neglect, family breakdown, parental concern, and the deviation of children.

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— Young Audience Competition

Siga

Rabii el-Jawhari ★ Morocco ★ 2022

In 1980, Abdelghafour, a Moroccan influential journalist, write articles to explain the historical links of Sahraoui inhabitants, who live in the south of Morocco, and various tribes from far north of Morocco. “Al-Batal”, a head of an armed militia unit on the Algerian land, tracks his professional activities through hired intelligence.

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— Young Audience Competition

Dados

Abdelouahed Mjahed ★ Morocco ★ 2023

After his release from prison, Dadoss decides to reconnect with his past as a con artist, but on a larger scale. To do so, he recruits four women with chaotic destinies and embarks on several operations ranging from burglary to blackmail and fraud, all driven by personal reasons. Greedy for money and fame, Dadoss' gang will make a mistake that will send him back behind bars.

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— Young Audience Competition

Green card

Hicham Regragui ★ Morocco ★ 2022

Habib and Labib, two inseparable friends, dream of a better life. To do so, they enter the "Green Card" U.S. immigration lottery and promise each other they'll leave together or stay together. As fate would have it, only Labib wins the lottery. Labib has a hellish idea to accompany his friend.

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— Young Audience Competition

Chettah

Lotfi Aït Jaoui ★ Morocco ★ 2021

Rabii, a young sports coach and the son of a very religious Imam, finds himself compelled to team up with a popular music troupe and dance as "Chettah" (disguised in women's clothing) in order to win a European grant to equip his modest gym and marry his beloved Jamila, the daughter of the village's president.

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— Young Audience Competition

Tesoros

María Novaro ★ ★ 2017

Jacinta guides us through the story of siblings Dylan, Andrea and Lucas who arrive in a fishing community on Mexico’s Pacific coast to set off with their new local friends on a journey of discovery in search of pirate loot. A story of children transporting us to a place of optimism, beauty and wonder.

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— Guest Cinema

Nudo Mixteco

Ángeles Cruz ★ ★ 2021

Three stories that intertwine during the patron saint's celebration in San Mateo, a village of the Mixtec Oaxaca, governed by local practices and customs.

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— Guest Cinema

Estación Catorce

Diana Cardozo ★ ★ 2022

Seven-year-old Luis is shocked: he has seen his neighbors get murdered while everyone remains indifferent and ransacks the victims’ home. His own father takes advantage of the situation and steals a sofa to sell in another town. Father and son will then set out on a grueling bike journey across the mountain.

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— Guest Cinema