• Saturday 31/01 18:00 Accessible for people with reduced mobility [STT] Salle des Possibles – Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand
  • Monday 02/02 21:00 [STT] Ciné Capitole
  • Wednesday 04/02 22:00 Accessible for people with reduced mobility [STT] CGR Le Paris
  • Friday 06/02 17:00 Accessible for people with reduced mobility [STT] Cinéma Le Rio
  • Saturday 07/02 20:00 Accessible for people with reduced mobility [STT] Cinéma Le Rio

Q&A with attending filmmakers and/or speakers before or after the screening

[STT] Screenings accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

Biir Gardi
Bentley Brown, Tahir Ben Mahamat Zene
Chad
2025 Documentary 6'
People congregate at a well on the southern edge of the desert. In a brutal drought, the vast majority of livestock have died. The nearest village used to be spotted with grass huts along the horizon, but these have been taken…
Le chien de sables
Fabien Dao
France
2025 Fiction 19'
It is winter in a suburban town near Paris. After his father attempts suicide, Abdou, a young boy, is taken in by Sam, a man in his thirties with no direction in life who lives next door. Over the course of…
Première mondiale Première mondiale
Rearview
Chris Djuma
South Africa
2025 Fiction 26'
On the anniversary of the Kivu Massacre, Didier, a risk-averse Shift driver and survivor, just wants a quiet day, free from stress and reminders of the massacre. But his world is thrown into chaos when Sandile, the deaf seven-year-old son of…
Première nationale Première nationale
The bird’s placebo
Rami Jarboui
Tunisia, Qatar
2025 Animated fiction 20'
Yahya, a young man in a wheelchair from a marginalized neighborhood in Tunisia’s capital, dreams of crossing the Mediterranean. As he grapples with his reality, a strange and transformative encounter sets him on a new path. The Bird’s Placebo, told through…
Première européenne Première européenne
Echoes Beneath the Hill
Aimé Octave
Belgium
2025 Fiction 17'
Set in 1994 Rwanda, days before the start of the genocide against the minority Tutsi. Jeanne, 10, a daredevil girl, is searching for her pet goat while her parents worry about the days to come. During this final quest of childhood…
Première mondiale Première mondiale
Sousou’s Tiktok
Sondos Shabayek
Egypt, Germany
2025 Experimental fiction 10'
Sousou’s TikTok is a 10-minute dark comedy about a housewife who goes live on TikTok to discreetly sell hyper-feminine bridal products behind her controlling husband’s back. When he enters mid-stream, the cheerful tone cracks and the audience senses something is wrong.…
Première internationale Première internationale