Bitter Algae

Driss Chouika ★ Morocco ★ 2024

In a coastal Moroccan village, Hnyia, a seaweed harvester, is shaken by the mysterious disappearance of her diver husband. Confronted with a domineering brother-in-law who denies her rights, she strives to assert herself as the head of the family. Algalam explores unresolved grief, patriarchal conflict, and women’s roles in inheritance and legacy.

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— Feature Film Competition

Empreinte

Adama Bineta Sow ★ Senegal, France ★ 2024

Khalilou, a young student who, after his mother contracted cancer linked to depigmentation, decides to denounce dangerous beauty standards...

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— Feature Film Competition

Manas

Marianna Brennand ★ Brazil, Portugal ★ 2024

Island of Marajó, Amazon rainforest. Marcielle (Tielle), 13, lives by the riverbanks with her father, mother, and three siblings...

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— Feature Film Competition

Moon

Kurdwin Ayub ★ Austria ★ 2024

Former martial artist Sarah leaves Austria to train three sisters from a wealthy family in the Middle East...

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— Feature Film Competition

Loveable

Lilja Ingolfsdottir ★ Norway ★ 2024

Maria must come to terms with herself when her husband says that he wants a divorce. An interpersonal film about a break-up, but also a woman’s opportunity for self-knowledge, growth and having to deal with unconscious patterns in herself.

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— Feature Film Competition

Year of the Widow

Veronika Lišková ★ Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia ★ 2024

After her husband’s fatal health collapse, Petra in her early 40s becomes a widow. However, grief is not the only challenge that she and her teenage daughter Dominika have to face...

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— Feature Film Competition

Cicadas

Ina Weisse ★ Germany, France ★ 2025

Isabell is forced to confront the fragility of her meticulously constructed world as she tries to save her marriage, takes care of her aging parents, and forms an enigmatic bond with the struggling single mother Anja.

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— Feature Film Competition

The Balloon Tent

Liu Miaomiao ★ China ★ 2024

In a remote village in northwest China, Li Han, a beekeeper from the south, meets Maimai, a young shepherdess. A delicate bond grows between them, marked by attraction, secrets, and the carefree presence of a child.

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— Feature Film Competition

Rita

Paz Vega ★ Spain ★ 2024

Seville, summer 1984. Rita, 7, and her brother Lolo, 5, grow up in a working-class family dominated by their father and his obsession with football. As Spain celebrates the European Cup, Rita begins to sense the fragility of her home and retreats into her imagination, in what becomes her last summer of innocence.

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— Feature Film Competition

The Girls we want

Prïncia Car ★ France ★ 2025

Marseille, in the height of summer. At 20 years old, Omar and his crew—youth leaders respected in their neighborhood—divide girls into two categories: those you sleep with and those you marry. The return of Carmen, a childhood friend and former prostitute, disrupts their balance and raises questions about each one’s role in the group, as well as their relationship to sex and love.

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— Feature Film Competition

Aisha’s Story

Elizabeth Vibert, Chen Wang ★ Canada ★ 2025

“Food is the most precious part of Palestinian heritage.” Aisha Azzam and her husband started their family grain mill in Baqa’a refugee camp, Jordan, nearly 40 years ago. Through food – harvesting, milling, cooking, and sharing – Aisha traces the story of palestinian displacement and rebuilding family and community in exile.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Me + You

Zohra Benhammou, Romy Mana ★ Belgium ★ 2025

This is the story of twin sisters Sanaa and Zohra. As Zohra explores their Moroccan heritage, the evolving dynamics of their relationship slowly come to light, especially as Sanaa’s growing devotion to Islam becomes more visible. The film unfolds as a journey of mutual understanding — a cinematic dialogue driven by their yearning to connect. An intimate portrait of sisterhood and independence.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Mother City

Miki Redelinghuys, Pearlie Joubert ★ South Africa ★ 2024

A daring urban revolution in a city breathtakingly beautiful and brutal.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Little Rampart

Ève Duchemin ★ Belgium ★ 2025

Mariem B., 53, didn’t even know that the Samu Social existed. Yet it was there that she found refuge when she fled. Sharing the daily life of other women, often more vulnerable than herself, between sorority and social violence, Mariem will find the strength to “become someone again”.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Light of My Eyes

Sophie Bredier ★ France ★ 2025

In 2012, while filming at Saint-Louis Hospital, the director met Mahmoud, a blind and disfigured victim of the Egyptian Revolution who came to France through a humanitarian association. After several months of filming, he vanished. Ten years later, she sets out to find him.

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— Documentary Film Competition

Carved by the wind

Layla Triqui ★ Morocco ★ 2024

Sophia, a passionate young photographer from Tangier, has her world turned upside down when she discovers that her French mother, believed to be deceased, is actually alive and living in France. Driven by a quest for her origins, Sophia embarks on a perilous journey to the heart of Europe, determined to uncover the family secrets buried in the shadows.

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— Young Audience Competition

404.01

Younes Reggab ★ Morocco ★ 2024

In a world worn down by the pandemic, humanity hides behind screens, deaf to its planet’s destruction. Amna, a neurosurgeon, witnesses a car accident while visiting her mother. A strange radio frequency, 404.01, broadcasts future events. But in return, it demands that she commit crimes.

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— Young Audience Competition

L’Batal

Omar Lotfi ★ Morocco ★ 2024

Ali, an amateur actor, gets caught up in a bizarre situation after he posts a compromising selfie on social media. The photo captures Sam with his mistress, Ibtissam. To protect Sam, Ali is asked to pose as her lover. Tricked into believing he is auditioning for a film, Ali agrees to take on the “role”. But Ibtissam is kidnapped by a gang, plunging Ali and his friends into a dangerous adventure.

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— Young Audience Competition

Hadda w Krimou

Hicham EL Jebbari ★ Morocco ★ 2024

In a harsh neighborhood of a ruthless city, siblings Hadda and Krimo struggle to survive. Krimo sells fish by day and serves at events by night, while Hadda suffers from a speech impairment. Their lives shift when a medical organization offers to cover surgery for Hadda—alarming neighbors afraid she might expose their buried secrets.

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— Young Audience Competition

Bent L’Fqih

Hamid Ziane ★ Morocco ★ 2024

In a Moroccan village, Zahra’s forbidden love forces her to flee to the city. Amid hardship, she discovers her voice, and a viral video brings her sudden fame. But behind the spotlight, she faces the harsh truths of success.

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— Young Audience Competition

Beyond the waves

Amna Ferhati ★ Morocco ★ 2024

In a fishing village in northern Morocco, young Ahmad, bound to the sea and the Gnawa brotherhood, inherits a mystical legacy after his father’s death. Between loss and rebirth, he becomes the bearer of a sacred ancestral destiny.

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— Young Audience Competition

Milk Brothers

Kenza Tazi ★ Morocco, France ★ 2024

It is in a place where bonds are created by breastfeeding that Meriem, a young single mother, will see her destiny forever changed...

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— Young Audience Competition

Sacrifice

Safae El Hajji ★ Morocco ★ 2025

In a village where the once-life-giving well has run dry, elders believe only a human sacrifice can restore its power. Houria, chosen as the offering, walks to the mournful rhythm of chants, torn between the weight of tradition and her mother’s love. Under the ruthless gaze of the sheikh, her blood unveils a harsh truth: here, it is not life but death that nourishes the village’s roots.

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— Young Audience Competition

Populations like you

Khaoula Regragui ★ Morocco ★ 2025

A stray dog becomes the loyal companion of a young woman. Their unbreakable bond is shattered by a sudden, unexplained death. Devastated, the woman creates a documentary to honor her friend. In search of answers, she investigates every lead to understand why she was killed.

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— Young Audience Competition

Casting

Leila Mesbahi ★ Morocco ★ 2024

In a remote warehouse, six actors face the final audition for a major film. As reality blurs with performance, hidden truths about the film industry come to light.

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— Young Audience Competition