Laurence Bonvin ALETSCH NEGATIVE Switzerland , 2019.,15' The Aletsch Glacier is the longest and largest glacier of the Alps. According to glaciologists, most glaciers will have disappeared by the end of this century, and only bits of the Aletsch will remain. Through a journey into the body of the glacier the film offers ... Read More

Soetkin Verstegen FREEZE FRAME Belgium, 2019, 5’ Freeze frame: the most absurd technique since the invention of the moving image. Through an elaborate process of duplicating the same image over and over again, it creates the illusion of stillness. In this stop motion film, identical figures perform the hopeless task of preserving blocks ... Read More

Jan Soldat EXPECTATIONS ERWARTUNGEN Germany / Austria, 2020, 5’22’’ Expectations on all sides. In front of the camera and behind it. On the screen and in front of it. Jan Soldat Born in 1984 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (GDR), Jan Soldat worked at Chemnitzer Filmwerkstatt from 2007-2008. From October 2008 he studied film and television at the Academy ... Read More

Dante Rustav THE INVASION Uzbekistan, 2020, 15' Each society has its own rhythm of life, which is set by time - by observing orderliness and traditions, but even the smallest intervention in this routine rhythm can change this society. This intervention may be a person, an event, or some kind of virus. Dante Rustav He ... Read More

Ankit Poudel SONG OF CLOUDS Nepal, 2019., 15' A haunting visual fever dream. Simultaneously, a meditation on the afterlife; the journey to the otherworld and what gets left behind among the living; and the pain and yearning of return. Ankit Poudel is a Nepali filmmaker based in Wisconsin, USA. He is currently pursuing an MFA ... Read More

Elina Oikari PARIS DIARIES Finland, 2019., 11'35'' A young and unsuccessful artist tries to find a theme for her short film in Paris. She gets overwhelmed by too many topics and ends up just recording the process. Paris Diaries depicts the challenges of filmmaking in an absurd and spontaneous fashion that interweaves rough ... Read More

Piotr Milczarek RAIN Poland, 2019., 5' A simple animated film on collective consciousness. It talks about how no accountability for our actions pushes us to thoughtlessly follow the crowd, which may lead to a tragedy. The film also depicts a struggle of an individual with collective hypnosis and its consequences for both the ... Read More

Chen-Wen Lo IN THIS LAND WE'RE BRIEFLY GHOSTS DI MYAY MHER THA YE KANA PHIT KAE TAL Myanmar/Taiwan, 2019., 16’ Myanmar, 2013. A 12-year-old Burmese child soldier, imprisoned for deserting battle, is forced to either kill her older brother, a fellow deserter, or die alongside him. Based on actual events. Chen-Wen LoChen-Wen is a Taiwan-born ... Read More