In partnership with Unifrance and with the support of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
This panel explores how filmmakers harness bold storytelling and distinctive aesthetic choices to engage with urgent social realities and proposed social evolutions. Focusing on form as a political tool, the discussion highlights how cinematic language – structure, visual style, sound, performance and narrative experimentation – may articulate lived experience and collective struggle without didacticism. These artistic choices become central to the filmmaker’s political intent, enabling audiences to connect with speculative futures while remaining immersed in a singular authorial vision.
Panelists
Alice Douard, dir. Des preuves d’amour (Love Letters)
Sophie Hyde, dir. Jimpa (IFFR 2026)
Filmsaaz (Saleh Kashefi), dir. Wolfgang (IFFR Bright Future 2026; pictured)
Zoulikha Tahar, dir. El’sardines
Charlotte Zhang, dir. Tycoon (IFFR Bright Future 2026)
