Public Award of the Focus Competition winning film offerd by Romeo & Fils and Royal Photo

Henri Painchaud is a proud Madelinot from Havre-Aubert, a lover of history and encyclopedias who promised himself from childhood that one day he would build a trebuchet, a medieval weapon of war.

Le Patenteux is an immersion into the routine of a man who never dreamed of greatness, but who nevertheless achieves great things.

Le Patenteux is the first film by sound documentarian Maude Petel-Légaré, produced thanks to the Kinomada Short Film Laboratory, 29th stopover on the Magdalen Islands in October 2024.

Court d'animation sur la liberté d'expression à la manière d'un western contemporain.

While his parents are entertaining friends, a child leaves home in the middle of the night
into the undergrowth, rubber boots on his feet. There, a little creature, curious and solitary,
takes him into the heart of the forest to meet the nocturnal inhabitants that live there.

After having his pilot's license revoked, an aviator must grieve his plane.

A cold December night. After a series of peculiar encounters, two little girls cling to the last remaining glimpses of Christmas magic..

Today, visually impaired teenager Erwan can't wait to get to school to declare his love for Agathe. Unfortunately, he first has to share a medical transport van with David, a wheelchair-bound suck-up, who tries everyday to make friends with Erwan, quite unsuccesfully. When David tries to make sure they never arrive, war is declared.

Blending horror and humour, Lethal Ethel is an unique mockumentary that follows the story of a Naskapi vampire who goes to murderous lengths to protect her land and her culture.

SAHARA is a story of African diaspora, reconnection, and finding power within your own origin story.

In a dystopian land that is barren and dry, people live and work for the resource that powers our technological progress - cobalt. The film represents what our world might look like if we continue progress for the sake of progress. As we move through the film, dialogue and imagery touch on themes of creation, origin stories, and how we can turn back to our cultural roots to find power within ourselves, rather than from new materialistic ideals. We end on images of the people, united together, dancing together around a fire, riding away from the arid wasteland, showing strength by uniting with their inner power and knowledge that already exist within their cultural roots.

An aggressive battle unfolds between red and dark blue. The borderlines between the colors vibrate with tension as they fight for their lives.