Documentary feature films in competition 2026
FILMS

Moz’Ar, mon Style
A film by Sébastien Petretti
Trapped within the walls of a disadvantaged neighborhood in Port-Louis, Nolwenn, an introverted child, lives with her tablet as her only window to the world. Yet she dreams in music—a ...
Trapped within the walls of a disadvantaged neighborhood in Port-Louis, Nolwenn, an introverted child, lives with her tablet as her only window to the world. Yet she dreams in music—a ...

One side of the road
A film by Jalil Nordman
Dans un village d’Inde du Sud, une route divise espoir et oppression. Quatre Dalits, les ex « intouchables », livrent une lutte intime pour survivre : dettes, exploitation du travail, ...
Dans un village d’Inde du Sud, une route divise espoir et oppression. Quatre Dalits, les ex « intouchables », livrent une lutte intime pour survivre : dettes, exploitation du travail, ...

The Empty Grave
A film by Agnes Lisa Wegner and Cece Mlay
Two Tanzanian families set out in search of their stolen ancestors. Their quest leads them to Germany, where tens of thousands of skulls and bones from former German colonies ...
Two Tanzanian families set out in search of their stolen ancestors. Their quest leads them to Germany, where tens of thousands of skulls and bones from former German colonies ...

Moring, on the Routes of Slavery
A film by Sami Chalak
Through the practice of Moring, the film explores the former slave routes linking Madagascar, the Comoros, Reunion Island, and Mozambique. Moring is far more than a martial art; it is a shared ...
Through the practice of Moring, the film explores the former slave routes linking Madagascar, the Comoros, Reunion Island, and Mozambique. Moring is far more than a martial art; it is a shared ...

Mayotte, Those Who Escaped the Streets
A film by Romain Fleury and Séline Soula
In Tsoundzou 2, a neighborhood of the Mahoran capital, young people live in groups on the streets. Theft, extortion, small hustles: they try to survive through resourcefulness. ...
In Tsoundzou 2, a neighborhood of the Mahoran capital, young people live in groups on the streets. Theft, extortion, small hustles: they try to survive through resourcefulness. ...

Where Two Oceans Meet
A film by Lulu Scott
In 2014 Phadiel wrote to me: “Lulu; at the Cape of Good Hope the two oceans do not mix.” It is the last place Phadiel went with his wife Kulsum before returning to prison. A few kilometers to the ...
In 2014 Phadiel wrote to me: “Lulu; at the Cape of Good Hope the two oceans do not mix.” It is the last place Phadiel went with his wife Kulsum before returning to prison. A few kilometers to the ...

L’asile Lontan
A film by Danielle Jay
In 1960, a young neuropsychiatrist discovers Reunion Island when he comes to fill in temporarily at the Saint-Paul hospital. The stay becomes a lifetime. Through his 16 mm films and his intimate ...
In 1960, a young neuropsychiatrist discovers Reunion Island when he comes to fill in temporarily at the Saint-Paul hospital. The stay becomes a lifetime. Through his 16 mm films and his intimate ...

Dear ancestor
A film by Lova Nantenaina and Eva Lova-Bély
2067, Reunion Island: a mother and her daughter pray to their ancestors of the sea people of Madagascar. Their ancestral lands have been devastated by a major mining ...
2067, Reunion Island: a mother and her daughter pray to their ancestors of the sea people of Madagascar. Their ancestral lands have been devastated by a major mining ...