Afterimages(2023)

Filme de Bolso (or… “Pocket Movie”)(en)

When my birthday comes along and my mom isn’t here to tell me “Parabéns”, do I still grow older? When my grandpa dies and I’m 4,952 miles away from the funeral, could I still have one last conversation with him? Some questions can only be answered in a different type of reality. This is an attempt to travel to the unreachable, to count the unquantifiable, and leap into the shallow waters of a suitcase.

Sky Song(et)

A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.

The Trial of Mary Dugan(en)

Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense lawyer acts wrongly against them, and is replaced by a young lawyer, the brother of the accused

Inspector Hornleigh(en)

When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man. When Hornleigh examines the case, inside it he finds a bag that was used to carry important government documents. The documents have been taken, and to make things even more confusing, a duplicate of the stolen bag soon turns up.

Doina groparilor(ro)

Baby Shark's Big Show!(fr)

Damiana(es)

Mexican feature film

El Compadre(en)

Mexican feature film

Dihya(fr)

Dihya reveals her world, her secrets, her stories. She reigns in this dehumanized world, like a queen, a warrior.

Zamaskowany zabójca(pl)

Disc Jockey(cs)

An alarm clock wakes a man who washes his face, has breakfast, drives his car to work, spins records, returns home, and takes his pills. It's a world of circles - often seen from above: an espresso cup, a stairwell, the pills, and the records spinning. At the dance where the music plays, the rhythms evoke images of a butcher slicing head cheese, gears driving other wheels and levers, a combine churning out bales of hay, a butcher cutting chunks of meat for a stew, and boxers punching. The circle of music and life.

Asesinos, S.A.(en)

Incompetent clown is drafted into a Murder Incorporated style squad of hitmen.

The Musician Killer(fr)

A dedicated clarinetist receives a valuable violin and has a difficult time deciding what to do with it.

The Rise of Female Violence(en)

Violence among girls seems more visible than ever. This year, in Walthamstow, there were shocking scenes as a fight broke out started by young women. In Belfast, a fight between two girls organised on social media became a spectator event for the city’s teenagers. BBC reporter Alys Harte asks, are girls getting angrier - and if so, why? From women who beat their boyfriends, to drunken brawlers, to girl gangs - Alys looks at the rising number of females who are involved in violence, and hears from their victims.

The Romanian Musketeer(ro)

During the 18th century when Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir writes The History of the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire the manuscript is stolen and offered to the highest bidder.

Bugarach(fr)

It is December 20th, 2012, the eve of the "end of the world". Pascal drags morose Thomas to the Pyrenees and the village of Bugarach, which is meant to be the one place where human life will not altogether disappear. As their wait drags into idleness, they spend the night around a fire.

Gandahar(fr)

On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is sent to investigate this mysterious threat.

The King and the Mockingbird(fr)

A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy.

The ErlKing(en)

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert. The moving images, resembling woodcuts, capture the haunting, nightmarish quality of the tale of the ErlKing who steals and kills a little boy.

Hedgehog's Home(hr)

In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is at once admired, respected and envied by the other animals. However, Hedgehog’s unwavering devotion to his home annoys and mystifies a quartet of insatiable beasts: a cunning fox, an angry wolf, a gluttonous bear and a muddy boar. Together, the haughty brutes march off towards Hedgehog’s home to see just what is so precious about this “castle, shiny and huge.” What they find amazes them and sparks a tense and prickly standoff.

Happy(en)

An animated poem about the fleeting nature of happiness.

No hay Eco en el Eco(en)

A visual interpretation of the poem "the girl / the scream" by Mahmud Darwish.

A Child's Garden of Poetry(en)

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected performers.

Ego Sum Petrus(fr)

Marcel, your mother is calling you(fr)

Dear Basketball(en)

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.

The Infinite(it)

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

Onion(en)

A short animation based on the poem "Onion" by Wislawa Szymborska.

Lines(en)

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

Here: A Visual Poem(en)

An experimental visual poem combining film, animation, photography, and archival footage inviting people to occupy the Black Body and examine the lived Black experience for a brief moment.

La vita nuova(fr)

Un spectacle interrompu(fr)

Groter dan je bent(nl)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem(en)

Tim Burton's original poem narrated by Christopher Lee.

Namoo(xx)

A narrative poem brought to life and an ode to a grandfather's passing, NAMOO—which translates to “tree” in Korean—follows the journey of a budding artist from beginning to end.

I Would Like to Live on the Moon(en)

A young non-binary person feels overwhelmed and wants to escape - literally, to the moon.