Films in competition | 45th edition
FILMS IN COMPETITION 2023
This year again, the festival features world, international, or French premieres of the most outstanding international documentary productions as well as world premieres putting the spotlight on the French documentary scene. Out of the 1,686 films submitted for consideration, the selection committee has picked out a total of 41 works running from 4 to 634 minutes. They will be shown in the presence of the filmmakers.
ADIEU SAUVAGE by Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento
2023 | Belgium – France | 92’ | World premiere
ALLENSWORTH by James Benning
2022 | United States | 65’ | French premiere
ANA ROSA by Catalina Villar
2023 | France – Colombia | 93’ | World premiere
LA BASE by Vadim Dumesh
2023 | France | 71’ | World premiere
BEING IN A PLACE: A PORTRAIT OF MARGARET TAIT by Luke Fowler
2022 | United Kingdom | 60’ | French premiere
BLOODHOUND by Yamina Zoutat
2023 | Switzerland – France | 97’ | World premiere
BRAZZA, CHRONICLE OF A WASTELAND by Antoine Boutet
2023 | France | 86’ | World premiere
CIOMPI by Agnès Perrais
2023 | France | 83’ | World premiere
COCONUT HEAD GENERATION by Alain Kassanda
2023 | France – Nigeria | 89’ | World premiere
EL CHINERO: A PHANTOM HILL by Bani Khoshnoudi
2023 | France – Mexico | 11’ | World premiere
EVENTIDE by Sharon Lockhart
2022 | United States | 35’ | French premiere
EXTENDED PRESENCES by Margaux Dauby
2023 | Belgium – Portugal | 12’ | World premiere
THE FILM YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE by Maxime Martinot
2023 | France | 11’ | World premiere
FORMS OF FORGETTING by Burak Çevik
2023 | Turkey | 70’ | French premiere
THE FUCKEE’S HYMN by Travis Wilkerson
2023 | United States – Croatia | 62’ | World premiere
GRANDEUR NATURE by Arnaud Dezoteux
2023 | France | 37’ | World premiere
I GOT UP AT 8:59 AM OCT. 19 2021 by Pierre Bal-Blanc
2023 | France – Greece | 56’ | World premiere
IF YOU DON’T WATCH THE WAY YOU MOVE by Kevin Jerome Everson
2022 | United States | 12’ | French premiere
INFINITE DISTANCES by Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
2022 | Canada | 24’ | International premiere
I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU WILL BE TOMORROW by Emmanuel Roy
2023 | France | 63’ | World premiere
JOURNEY TO THE LAKE by Emmanuelle Démoris
2023 | France – Italy | 634’ | World premiere
KAISERLING III by Philippe Rouy
2023 | France | 23’ | World premiere
LA BONGA by Sebastián Pinzón Silva, Canela Reyes
2023 | Colombia – United States | 77’ | International premiere
LABERINT SEQUENCES by Blake Williams
2023 | Canada | 21’ | World premiere
LAST THINGS by Deborah Stratman
2023 | United States – France – Portugal | 50’ | French premiere
MANGOSTEEN by Tulapop Saenjaroen
2022 | Thailand | 40’ | French premiere
MENSCH by Dominique Cabrera
2023 | France | 40’ | World premiere
NAVIRE EUROPE by Marina Déak
2023 | France | 86’ | World premiere
THE NEWEST OLDS by Pablo Mazzolo
2022 | Argentina – Canada | 15’ | French premiere
ONLOOKERS by Kimi Takesue
2023 | United States – Laos | 72’ | International premiere
OTRO SOL by Francisco Rodríguez Teare
2023 | Chile – France – Belgium | 86’ | World premiere
PIBLOKTO by Anastasia Shubina, Timofei Glinin
2023 | Russia – United States | 38’ | World premiere
SANDBOX by Lucas Azémar, Charlotte Cherici
2023 | France | 58’ | World premiere
SAINTONGE ROUNDABOUT by Quentin Papapietro
2023 | France | 13’ | World premiere
THE SECRET GARDEN by Nour Ouayda
2023 | Lebanon | 27’ | French premiere
SLAUGHTERHOUSES OF MODERNITY by Heinz Emigholz
2022 | Germany | 80’ | French premiere
SOUVENIR D’ATHÈNES by Jean-Claude Rousseau
2023 | France | 4’ | World premiere
THE TRIAL by Ulises de la Orden
2023 | Argentina – France – Italy – Norway | 177’ | French premiere
UN CŒUR PERDU ET AUTRES RÊVES DE BEYROUTH by Maya Abdul-Malak
2023 | France | 36’ | World premiere
UP THE RIVER WITH ACID by Harald Hutter
2023 | France | 63’ | World premiere
WHY THE LONG COFFEE by Philippe De Jonckheere
2023 | France | 53’ | World premiere