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Discover the lineup of films from Quebec and Canada that will feature in this year’s FOCUS section, a showcase for emerging talent. The selection consists of 53 films (12 features in competition, six out of competition and 35 shorts in competition) by filmmakers from a wide range of backgrounds.

Among them is Diego Star by Frédérick Pelletier, which will open the festival on October 10 at the Imperial Cinema. The much-awaited first feature by Frédérick Pelletier and starring Issaka Sawadogo and Chloé Bourgeois, which follows the travails of a Côte d’Ivoire mechanic working aboard an aging cargo ship, the Diego Star.

Among the films in competition discover :

Chez Lise (Quebec), a documentary by James Galwey and Jeanne Popethat recounts a love story between two bipolar and schizophrenic people;

Gerontophilia (Canada) by notorious filmmaker Bruce LaBruce, who once again turns his camera on taboo sexual proclivities;

La ferme des humains — definitive version(Quebec), a multicultural chronicle of immigration and everyday hypocrisy by Onur Karamanqui

Discover out-of-competition features and 35 short films in the running for the Grand Prix Focus.

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