The selection
Films showing at the 20th edition
Vers un pays inconnu
Where the Wind Comes From
Wilding, Retour à la Nature Sauvage
Un médecin pour la paix
Un poète
Touch – Nos étreintes passées
Transient Happiness
Ukraine Fire
Soulèvements
The Things You Kill
On vous croit
Pooja, Sir
Slocum et moi
Mexico 86
Muganga – Celui qui soigne
No Other Land
Le Secret des mésanges
Le Tableau
La Femme qui en savait trop
La Goûteuse d’Hitler
Le Mystérieux regard du flamant rose
L’Affaire Nevenka
La Danse des renards
Haiyu
Honeymoon
Kneecap
En première ligne
Fantôme Utile
Ciudad sin sueño
Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold
En Boucle
All We Imagine as Light
Au pays de nos frères
Yintah
Wet Monday
Vergüenza
Une guitare à la mer
Under The Volcano
Un Pas de Côté
Tom le chat – À la recherche du doudou perdu
Timpi Tampa
Tierra Quebrá
The Blue Trail
Soy lo que nunca fui
Soudan, Souviens-toi
Sirāt
Sens Dessus Dessous
Sariri
Samia
Rodina
Mr Nobody Against Putin
Life of Chuck
Le Joueur de Go
Le Clan des bêtes
Joyland
I Am Gitmo
Horizon
El Agrónomo
Black Box Diaries
Balomania
Au fil de l’eau
À nous le monde !
Opening Film
No Other Land
For this opening night, the F5C Festival invites you on a cinematic journey that goes beyond the screen: a collective experience where art meets commitment, where emotion turns into action. May this screening remind us that there is no “other land” – we have only one world, one horizon, to defend together.
This film takes us into the intimacy of those who fight to preserve their land, their dignity, and their future. It is not only about bearing witness, but about opening a breach, rekindling a spark of humanity in a present too often clouded by indifference.
- Screening in the presence of director Hamdam Ballal at 8:30 p.m., at Cinéma Voltaire, Ferney-Voltaire.
The 2025 Jury of the Five Continents Film Festival
Each year, the Festival entrusts its jury with the delicate and exciting mission of rewarding works from across the five continents. For this 20th edition, two remarkable personalities embody the spirit of the Festival:
Shain Boumedine, actor and filmmaker revealed by Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub My Love, is establishing himself as a rising voice in French cinema. His journey, at the crossroads of sensitivity and commitment, reflects a genuine attention to intimate stories and deeply inhabited characters.
David Barbeschi, Franco-Italian screenwriter and director, founder of Think Thru Films, explores through his work social fractures, multiple identities, and possible bridges between cultures. His cinema questions, challenges, and invites us to see the world differently.
Together, they bring the jury a wealth of perspectives: one through the power of his performance and his quest for sincerity on screen, the other through his writing and directorial vision. Two complementary sensibilities to shed light, through their choices, on what cinema reveals about our time and our societies.
