A police interrogation: question and answer, question and answer. A relentless circling around the establishment of guilt, underpinned by a soundtrack of techno beats that hit you in the gut. Ignas Krunglevicius' two-channel video installation is based on real-life police records: Detective Robert John is questioning murder suspect Mary Kovik. She is accused of killing her husband with his own shotgun. In the video, the people speaking can neither be seen nor heard. They are present only in the form of their words, which appear in the frame in written form, as if on an autocue. In this way, Krunglevicius - also a composer and musician - draws attention to the language of power and to the mechanisms of manipulation and coercion. At the same time, he explores the activation of the imagination as an important prerequisite for empathy.
Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces.
'Is it a plaisir' is an experimental short film that explores femininity and the body as a sharp territory, crossed by the tension between desire and imposition. Through symbolic, sound and visual saturation, the film acts from pleasure (plaisir), revealing a liberation that emerges in the midst of excess, where intensity and lightness, dark and light, intertwine, collide and converge.
A phone sex operator loses her grip on reality, caught in a hypnotic relationship with a caller making disturbing confessions.
Mona is a 22 year old trans girl from a small village in France. She puts needles attached to peacock feathers in her skin, under bright lights, late at night. She bleeds, half naked, in front of small crowds of people. Sometimes they faint whilst watching her. Why would she do this? How did she learn to do it? And why would someone want to watch?
On an isolated farm, a woman finds an injured and frightened woman in her old chicken coop. Moved by an inexplicable instinct, she decides to help her, without imagining that this silent encounter will awaken buried secrets. When tension finally gives way to trust, something dark approaches, bringing a truth that no one could have foreseen.
Experimental animation that embraces nature and explores the disconnect that loneliness can bring, not just from others, but also from yourself.
Experimental short film by Kai Kinnert.
The 1969 educational film *Guessing Game*, produced by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, uses a split-screen technique to engage viewers. One side of the screen features pantomimists or children miming activities involving various objects, while the other side reveals the object being described. The film serves as an interactive and entertaining way to encourage observation and guessing skills.
Dede is dead. Before, she was always around: day and night, outside or inside, nestled in the family's arms. In his animation, Philippe Kastner shows the darkness of grief and the rich colours of memories and dreams. Dede was not just any dog. She was his dog.
An experimental meditation on the pervasive nature of transience.
"Lysreisen" is an experimental art film, a visual ode to tunnel lights. Its ethereal beauty and abstract visuals create a poetic journey, exploring the transformative dance of light with a captivating and artistic touch.
A man and a woman make guesses about the future while a child is still unborn
A psychoanalyst helps a patient to achieve his ambitions.
l'eau tonne à minuit
Quatre altitudes bosniaques is an exercise in topographic cinema shot in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The document draws on the geography of the city of Sarajevo, from which the filmmakers construct a visual ethnography fragmented into four levels of elevation.
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
A feature film created by Piedmont High School students in 2004. Three hundred years ago, the land of OT was taken over by the dark god, Sirus. However, there was a prophecy that a warrior would be born who would lead the forces of New Hachemeg against the Sirus legion. The five adventurers created to seek out and retrieve this warrior were titled the Ruash Warriors. This is story of their quest.
In countless meeting rooms, an employee wants to resign. Her motivations don't matter, what matters is the catharsis of resignation.