Festival Programme

Films by Strand

Frames

Works that explore and expand the language of documentary filmmaking.

Cutting Through Rocks

Ozak ulalar

Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni

Sara Shahverdi’s unique position as a councilwoman in rural Iran invites the audience to share her triumphs and setbacks as she uplifts young women and ruffles conservative feathers by advocating for gender equality.

Endless Cookie

Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver

Canadian animator Seth Scriver travels to remote northern Manitoba to make a film about his indigenous half-brother Pete, delivering a zany cartoon portrait of First Nations life that defies description.

Mistress Dispeller

Elizabeth Lo

This thought-provoking documentary follows a “mistress dispeller” – a professional specialist in ending infidelity – and intimately interrogates marriage, loneliness and labour in contemporary China.

Trains

Pociągi

Maciej J. Drygas

An immersive journey through the history of rail travel, this dazzling archival documentary captures humanity at its best and worse, bearing witness to both boundless innovation and bitter despair.

The Wolves Always Come at Night

Gabrielle Brady

A young Mongolian family loses their livelihoods following a natural disaster. This docufiction provides a confronting look at their lives and proves that climate change can affect even the world's most remote areas.