Pandemonium(2024)

Paradise(en)

A young man visits a Buddhist temple in the hopes of quenching his thirst.

Reversal(id)

Two souls: One seeks to know her life's true essence and the other is haunted by foreign sights of himself, as they both are influenced by an existence beyond human realm—whom continually oversees them across eras, trapping them in a game of time and the unknown.

Nocturne(en)

A musical fantasia on religion and the nature of exploitation.

Tyngsboro(en)

During his visit to a graveyard, a young man is suddenly projected into a dream-like realm. Empty and removed from time, the familiar landscape forces him to confront certain pains when blood suddenly effuses from his hands.

Chelicera(en)

A neurodivergent man is stuck in the web of an abusive relationship, unable to free himself from his lovers grasp.

Make a Cup of Tea(en)

A depressed man is told to make a cup of tea by his therapist.

La manzana(es)

The Trouble With Forgetting(en)

To forget about the end of a relationship, a woman fantasizes about an ideal one. Fantasy and reality begin to melt into one another, but the past finds a way to rear its head again. Films used: Notorious (1946) Gaslight (1944)

House(ja)

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

Swing(en)

Abuse is all around us, where do you fit in? Swing is an abstract , stylized dark comedy about abuse. In this short film, escalating abuse is depicted in familiar situations, highlighting how accustomed we have become as both the victims and perpetrators.

rest.(en)

goodnight and rest.

Routine(en)

A man goes through his daily routine, long after it has begun to destroy him.

Sink(en)

An experimental horror film told entirely from above the bathroom sink.

Spiraling Winding Night(en)

Benedict, an apathetic sinner, finds himself disenrolled from clarity of his faith, and embarks on the spiritual journey to cease the everlasting darkness.

The Conarium Of Thanatos(fr)

Blip(en)

A man takes a mysterious pill that gives him the ability to teleport into different times and different places, but with serious consequences.

[PER(IN)SISTENCE](pt)

A woman confined to a colorless room finds herself forced to eat a mysterious meal while being tormented by strange creatures.

Routine(hu)

An experimental half-documentary half-fiction about a young person’s routine of getting to sleep and waking up.

Death Is The Bridge(en)

An experimental meditation on the pervasive nature of transience.

Mother of Fog(ar)

In what could be considered a follow up to Al Qasimi’s 2020 work Mother of Fire, she once again invokes the figure of the jinn (spirits in Islamic mythology) to explore the ghosts of British imperialism in the UAE. As its spectre lingers on the horizon, two teenage girls seek to liberate a pirate damned to spend purgatory on a site now being developed into a hotel. Originally commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present, Al Qasimi entangles historical narratives with contemporary notions of piracy. In examining how it has been historically and culturally represented, new perspectives of old mythographies come into focus. (Myriam Mouflih)