The festival presented 46 world premieres and 80 United States premieres from 50 countries with half of the films directed by women.
Opening and closing films The festival opened with Nicola Rinciari's
A Mosquito in the Ear and closed with Zamo Mkhwanazi's
Laundry (
Uhlanjululo).
Feature films •
Ablaze (
Les Braises), Thomas Kruithof (France) •
Abril,
Hernán Jiménez (Costa Rica) • ''
Adam's Sake (L'intérêt d'Adam''),
Laura Wandel (Belgium, France) •
Aki,
Darlene Naponse (Canada) •
All of the Above, Allison Walsh (United States) •
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, David Alvarado (United States) •
The Art of Adventure, Alison Reid (Canada) •
Artists in Residence,
Katie Jacobs (United States) •
ASCO: Without Permission,
Travis Gutiérrez Senger (United States) •
The Big Cheese, Sara Joe Wolansky (United States) •
Blood Lines,
Gail Maurice (Canada) •
Bookends,
Mike Doyle (United States) •
Broken Voices, Ondřej Provazník (Czech Republic, Slovakia) •
California Scenario, James Takata (United States) •
The Cost of Heaven (
Gagne ton ciel),
Mathieu Denis (Canada) •
A Cowboy in London, Jared L. Christopher (United States) •
Cuba & Alaska, Yegor Troyanovsky (Ukraine, France, Belgium) •
Dear Lara,
Lara St. John (Canada, United States) •
Death and Life Madalena (
Morte e Vida Madalena), Guto Parente (Brazil, Portugal) •
Diya, Achille Ronaimou (Chad) • ''
Don't Call Me Mama (Se meg''), Nina Knag (Norway) •
Eternal Stoke, Joshua Pomer (United States) •
The Eyes of Ghana,
Ben Proudfoot (United States) • ''Father's Day
(La Fête des Pères''), Ayana O'Shun (Canada) •
The Fisherman, Zoey Martinson (Ghana) •
The Gas Station Attendant, Karla Murthy (United States) •
Gaslit, Katie Camosy (United States) •
The Heart Is a Muscle, Imran Hamdulay (South Africa, Saudi Arabia) •
Holy Days,
Nathalie Boltt (Canada, New Zealand) •
I Swear,
Kirk Jones (United Kingdom) •
If These Walls Could Rock, Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams (United States) •
Imbalance, Dale Griffiths Stamos (United States) •
In the Hand of Dante,
Julian Schnabel (United States, Italy) •
In the Land of Arto (''Le Pays d'Arto''),
Tamara Stepanyan (France, Armenia) •
In the Room,
Brishkay Ahmed (Canada) •
The Incredible Snow Woman (''L' Incroyable femme des neiges''),
Sébastien Betbeder (France) • ''
Irkalla: Gilgamesh's Dream (Irkalla Hulm Jijiljamish''),
Mohamed Al-Daradji (Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, France, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia) • ''
Kim Novak's Vertigo'',
Alexandre O. Philippe (United States) •
The Last Picture Shows, Rustin Thompson (United States) •
Laundry (
Uhlanjululo), Zamo Mkhwanazi (South Africa) •
Let Me Paint My World for You (
Ich male dir meine Welt), Andrea Christina Furrer (Germany, Switzerland) •
Life After Siham (
La Vie après Siham),
Namir Abdel Messeeh (France, Egypt) •
A Life Illuminated, Tasha Van Zandt (United States) •
Little Lorraine,
Andy Hines (Canada) •
Los Tigres,
Alberto Rodríguez Librero (Spain) •
Lost Land (
Harà Watan),
Akio Fujimoto (Japan, France, Malaysia, Germany) •
Lovely Day (
Mille secrets mille dangers),
Philippe Falardeau (Canada) •
The Luminous Life (
A Vida Luminosa), João Rosas (Portugal, France) •
Maturity (''L'Âge mûr''), Jean-Benoît Ugeux (Belgium) •
Maysoon, Nancy Biniadaki (Germany, Greece) •
Mockbuster, Anthony Frith (Australia, United States) •
Mortician,
Abdolreza Kahani (Canada) •
A Mosquito in the Ear, Nicola Rinciari (India, Italy, United States) •
No Mercy, Isa Willinger (Germany, Austria) •
No Ordinary Heist, Colin McIvor (Ireland) •
Nomad Shadow (
Thal Badaoui), Eimi Imanishi (United States, Spain, France) •
Not Made for Politics (
Süsteemist väljas),
Volia Chajkouskaya (Estonia) •
Notes of a True Criminal (
Zapiski nastoyashego prestupnika),
Alexander Rodnyansky and Andriy Alferov (Ukraine, United States) •
Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers, John H. Cunningham (United States) •
On the End, Ari Selinger (United States) •
The Ozu Diaries, Daniel Raim (United States) •
A Pale View of Hills, Kei Ishikawa (Japan, United Kingdom, Poland) •
Perla,
Alexandra Makárová (Austria, Slovakia) •
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man, Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller (United States) •
Relatively Normal, Amy Wendel (United States) •
Rising Through the Fray, Courtney Montour (Canada) •
Saipan,
Lisa Barros D'Sa and
Glenn Leyburn (Ireland) •
Sanatorium, Gar O'Rourke (Ireland, Ukraine) •
Saving Etting Street, Dena Fisher and Amy Scott (United States) •
Sell Your House, Eric Foss and Brandon Pickering (United States) •
Shakti, Nani Sahra Walker (United States, Nepal) •
Silent Rebellion (
À bras-le-corps), Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (Switzerland, Belgium, France) •
Silent Struggle (
En silencio. La resiliencia de Isco Alarcón),
Sara Sálamo (Spain) •
Sophia, Dhafer L'Abidine (Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom) •
Space Cadet,
Kid Koala (Canada) •
Stand By, Mother, Kerrilee Gore (United States) •
Steal Away,
Clement Virgo (Canada, Belgium) •
Steal This Story, Please!,
Tia Lessin and
Carl Deal (United States) •
Sunshine Express, Amirali Navaee (Iran, Sweden) •
Sweet Störy, Sarah Justine Kerruish and Matt Maude (Sweden, United States) •
The Six Billion Dollar Man,
Eugene Jarecki (United States) •
Tenor – My Name is Pati, Rebecca Tansley (New Zealand) •
There Are No Words,
Min Sook Lee (Canada) •
This Is Not a Drill,
Oren Jacoby (United States) •
Toitū: Visual Sovereignty,
Chelsea Winstanley (New Zealand) •
Tough Old Broads, Stacey Tenenbaum (Canada) •
Tow,
Stephanie Laing (United States) •
Tropical Paradise (
Paraíso Tropical),
Abner Benaim (Panama) •
Two Ugly People, Peter Skinner (Australia) •
Untethered: A Wildly Different Normal, Aymie Majerski (United States) •
The Vanished Girl (
Sauvage), Camille Ponsin (France) •
Vanishing Goats (
Élise sous emprise), Marie Rémond (France) •
Versailles, Andrés Clariond Rangel (Mexico) •
Wasteman, Cal McMau (United Kingdom) •
What We Carry,
Jessie Anthony (Canada) • ''A Woman's Work'', A.R. Ephraim (United States) •
Wrong Husband (
Uiksaringitara),
Zacharias Kunuk (Canada) •
The Yellow Tie, Serge Ioan Celebidachi (Romania) •
You Had to Be There,
Nick Davis (United States)
Short films •
A Short Documentary About a Giant Pencil,
Daniel Straub (United States) •
Abel, Brian Zahm (United States) •
Agnes, Leah Vlemmiks (United Kingdom) •
Agnès,
Nora Arnezeder (France) • ''Ali's Story'', Benito Sinclair (United States) •
All Heart, Michael Govier and Will McCormack (United States) •
Amazeze (
Fleas), Jordy Sank (South Africa) •
Astronauta, Giorgio Giampà (Italy, Mexico, Guatemala, France) •
At Night, Pooya Afzali (Iran) •
The Baddest Speechwriter of All,
Ben Proudfoot, Stephen Curry (United States) •
Barbara, Jillian Moray (United States) •
The Bear Beneath, Olivia Hille (United States) •
Behind the Mask, Catherine Andre (United States) •
Beyond Silence, Marnie Blok (Netherlands) •
Bimo, Oumnia Hanader (France) •
California is Burning, Bennett Curran (United States) •
Candy Bar,
Nash Edgerton (Australia) •
Change Makers, Casey Beck (United States, Greece) •
Committee Animal, Robert Redfield (United States) •
Coyotes, Said Zagha (France, Palestine, UK, Jordan) •
The Crash Out, Emelie Claxton (United States) • ''Daddy's Little Meatball'', Yael Grunseit (Australia, United States) •
Dark Skin Bruises Differently,
Susan Wokoma (United Kingdom) •
The Divine Feminine, Ivana Todorovic (Serbia) •
Dongmei (
冬梅), Rubing Zhang (China) •
Earworm, Patrik Eklund (Sweden) •
Egg Timer, Rosie May Bird Smith (United Kingdom) •
Fil-Am, Ralph Torrefranca (United States) •
The Finger Wife, Taryn Stickrath-Hutt and Dan Lund (United States) •
Fly on the Wall (
La Mosca en la Pared), Mar Novo (Mexico) •
Get Her Back,
Leah Nanako Winkler (United States) •
The Gift of Darkness (
El Regalo de Oscuridad), Lauren David (United States) •
The Green Truck, Nicole Noren (United States) •
Habbal et al., Sean Paulsen and Brad Wickham (United States) •
Habibi, Alexey Evstigneev (France) •
The Halfway Between All This, Heather Greer and
Alison Cornyn (United States) •
Halifax Pier, Matthew Daniel Herst (Canada) •
A Hand to Hold, Philip Clyde-Smith and Eliza Power (United Kingdom) •
His House, Home, Aisling O'Regan Sargent (Ireland) •
I Am Li Yangqiao (
我叫李杨桥), Qianai Lin (林千爱), Yiqian Ma (马艺芊), Xihan Yin (殷熙涵), Zhiyan Chen (陈祉彦), Junqi Long (龙骏骐), and Ruizhe Pan (潘睿喆) (China) •
Impact, Aidan Largey (United Kingdom) •
Invisible Dragons, Victoria Boult (New Zealand) •
Jeanne & Jean Jean, Thanys Martin (France) •
Keelhaul, Edgar Cortés Campoy (United States) •
Mandatory Call (
Toque Reglamentario), Ana Cecilia Sandoval (Mexico) •
Mary Is Missing, Aisling Byrne (Ireland) •
Memory Experiment, Kerrilee Gore (United States) •
Moths, Pema Baldwin (United States) •
My Boyfriend Follows You on Instagram, Caroline Falls (United States) •
My Type,
Daniela Ruah (United States) ==Awards==