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Wyspa R.O.(pl)

"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.

Pulvaaliraghu(ta)

The fan's self-sacrificing blades dance in the air, generating a refreshing breeze that wipes away the sweat of others and brings solace on a scorching day.

01(en)

A boy dreams about a girl who he is in love with.

The Quietest Hour(nl)

Thomas, 70, looks back on the last evening he and his lost friend Mari spent together. An evening in which they drink wine, dine, listen to piano playing and dance with their girlfriends. As the hours pass before his eyes, Thomas contemplates the lost friendship, the person Mari was and the conversations of that night.

Leda + Swans(en)

“Leda + Swans” depicts an infernal, mythic birth of cinema, dredging the violence and horror from Wallace McCutcheon’s comic short film “Photographing a Female Crook” (1904). Leda, who may or may not be a falsely accused young woman, is brought in for a mugshot by two officers. She first attempts to avoid the camera’s gaze, and, when overpowered and manhandled, contorts her face to ruin the photograph. However, her small rebellion proves futile; she was already being recorded, objectified, mapped, and co-opted by the Godhead of the director. As her body and image are repurposed and transmuted ad infinitum, the filmic universe also explodes into a supernova. What is born out of this suffering and manipulation is another example of our sublime medium and modern muse. She will not be last the Leda, and she may not even be the first. Who is the guilty party here? Is beauty a chimera in traditional cinema? Has the ephemeral cinema of the attractions and distractions era gone anywhere?

Insomnia(en)

Short film about the inability to sleep, or to remain asleep throughout the night.

The Artifice(en)

An experimental visual piece delving into concepts like afterlife and existence in an abstract but accessible way.

The World Ends With You(en)

A depressed man contemplates the imminent end of the world.

Brouillard #14(fr)

Alexandre Larose creates supernally spectral superimpositions infused with a meteorological mix and the intense lusciousness of the Québec landscape.

Beyond the Moonlight(en)

Protagonist faces emotional dichotomy, after a recent relationship breakdown, about to record a film project

Mensbeeld(nl)

mens·beeld (het; o; meervoud: mensbeelden) A "Mensbeeld" is a well-thought-out and coherent representation of what it means to be human. Human images are linked to (historically determined) philosophical, philosophical or religious convictions.

Por Nós, um ensaio(pt)

Red Autumn(de)

A Experimental Docu-Drama about the Red Army Faction's formation, and events leading up to their imprisonment and death, from 1970 to 1977.

Lost Then Found(en)

A young girl's odyssey intertwines with a luminescent guide, casting light on her path through life.

Mohammad Saadh(ta)

An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named Mohammad Saadh.

Moving On(en)

Forced to confront adulthood, a teenage girl detached from reality prepares to leave her childhood home.

"Don't Scream Now"(en)

"We follow Detective Rodriguez on a case that will take him to new and abstract places and feelings"

What Are Your Memories?(en)

An abstract exploration of memory and loss.

Prelude: Dog Star Man(en)

A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an explosion of color and squiggles and happenstance. Next, images of small circles emerge then of the Sun. Images of our Earth appear, woods, a part of a body, a nude woman perhaps giving birth. Imagery evokes movement across time. Part of the Dog Star Man series of experimental films.

Casa de Lava(pt)

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.