4 North A

Directed by Jordan Canning and Howie Shia (pictured above)
Producer: Annette Clarke (NFB)
Executive Producers: Annette Clarke (NFB), Michael Fukushima (NFB)

A woman sits in a hospital room, alone with her dying father. As the din of antiseptic hospital noises pushes her to confront her inevitable loss, she escapes into a series of lush childhood memories.

Altötting

Directed by Andreas Hykade (pictured above)
Producers: Thomas Meyer-Hermann (Studio Film Bilder), Julie Roy (NFB), Marc Bertrand (NFB), Abi Feijó (Ciclope Filmes)

“You know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called Altötting.” Mesmerizing, haunting, and deeply personal, Altötting is a coming-of-age story about love, faith, mortality, and shattered illusions.

I, Barnabé

Directed by Jean-François Lévesque (pictured above)
Producer: Julie Roy (NFB)

I, Barnabé takes a luminous look at a desperate man’s existential crisis. During a night of stormy drunkenness, he receives a visit from a mysterious bird and is forced to reconsider his life.

The Great Malaise

Directed by Catherine Lepage (pictured above)
Producer: Marc Bertrand (NFB)
Executive Producer: Julie Roy (NFB)

A young woman describes herself and her life in glowing terms, but the visual narrative tells a different story: with heart-rending power it illustrates the heavy burden of anxiety carried by this worried overachiever.