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2025 Films in Competition

2025 Films in Competition

Genres

Animation
Comedy
Crime
Documentary
Drama
Experimental
First Nations
Horror
LGBTQIA+
Mystery
Thriller

Themes

THE PROFESSIONAL PARENT
Director Erik Jasaň/Writer: Erik Jasaň and Marta Parlatore
Producer Erik Jasaň, Marian Crisan
The Replacement Fish
Director Hugo Morgan/Writer: Hugo Morgan and Lachie Sholl
Producer Hugo Morgan, Amy Miller
The Thong
Director Aarya Preeti Pramod Hatkhambkar/Writer: Aarya Preeti Pramod Hatkhambkar
Producer Aarya Preeti Pramod Hatkhambkar
The Tower
Director Matt Bissett-Johnson/Writer: Matt Bissett-Johnson
Producer Matt Bissett-Johnson
The Truth About The Telegraph
Director Kieran Mpetyane Satour/Writer: Kieran Mpetyane Satour
Producer Ramona Telecican, Jamie Lee Bolger, Maya Ghattas
The Water Of The Womb
Director Barış Arif Ulusoy/Writer: Barış Arif Ulusoy
Producer Barış Arif Ulusoy, Madelin Latomanski
Tough Love
Director Zoë Dubuc/Writer: Zoë Dubuc
Producer Emilie Ziolkowski
Trap
Director Dennis Tupicoff/Writer: Dennis Tupicoff
Producer Dennis Tupicoff
UNSPOKEN
Director Damian Walshe-Howling/Writer: Kat Dominis, Mariana Rudan and Damian Walshe-Howling
Producer Damian Walshe-Howling, Kat Dominis, Mariana Rudan
UNSTOPPABLE
Director Jack Byrnes, Marcus Porcaro/Writer: Jack Byrnes, Marcus Porcaro and Adam Ciancio
Producer Tom Davies, Jack Byrnes, Marcus Porcaro, Sam Tait
Ver. Fine Day
Director Nik Kacevski/Writer: Jennifer van Gessel
Producer Janine Sheehan
When Wavefronts Collide
Director Siobhan Mulready/Writer: Siobhan Mulready
Producer Siobhan Mulready, Brad Francis, Felix Orion
White Lines
Director Ollie Ivin-Poole/Writer: Maddison Kelly
Producer Will Frost
Wishes: Windows & Nests
Director Ana Maria Mendez Salgado/Writer: Ruth Estelle, Pete Monaghan, Sarah Gomes-Harris, Ana Maria Mendez Salgado and Carlos Manrique Clavijo
Producer Carlos Manrique Clavijo
With Love, Lottie
Director Lily Drummond/Writer: Lily Drummond
Producer Sarah Moulton, Lily Drummond, Jeremy Lowrencev, Amanda Browne, Ashlee Russell
Woolrich Town
Director Nicole Weiwen Zhang/Writer: Nicole Weiwen Zhang
Producer Sara Norman
Yamamba
Director Leanne Hanley/Writer: Gabrielle Christopher
Producer 2 Bob Productions
You Are My Tomorrow
Director Lara Köse/Writer: Lara Köse
Producer William Duan, Molly O'Connor
You, Me, and That Chair
Director Trivita Tiffany Winataputri, Matt Wallace/Writer: Trivita Tiffany Winataputri
Producer Lawrence Phelan
綻放 to Freely Flourish
Director Victor Wu/Writer: Victor Wu
Producer Victor Wu, Jude Ella

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