As Long As It Takes: Short
Overzicht van films
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13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World
Basim Magdy | 5' | Egypt | None
‘Never try to change anything,’ say tulips with faces. In his parody of educational films, Magdy’s humour has a cynical edge. -
A 240 Second Analysis of Failure and Hopefulness (with Coke, Vinegar and other Tear Gas Remedies)
Basim Magdy | 8' | Egypt | None
Employing household liquids used as teargas remedies in the Middle East, bold stains obstruct the clarity of vision in the double slide projection wor -
Accent Grave on Ananas
Tamara Henderson | 3' | Canada | International premiere
Accent Grave on Ananas is a full three-minute slice of gorgeously flawed perfection. We’re on paradise beach, but still no-one’s answering the phone. -
After After the End
Laure Prouvost | 9' | United Kingdom | None
Laure Prouvost’s mastery of her medium reigns supreme with a Kafkaesque trial of cinema’s narrative devices and techniques. -
Aïssa
Clément Tréhin-Lalanne | 8' | France | None
A doctor clinically records his findings whilst seeking to determine the age of Ghanaian immigrant Aïssa who says she is a minor. -
The All-Hearing
Lawrence Abu Hamdan | 13' | Egypt | International premiere
An Egyptian ode to loudspeaker libertarianism, Cairo’s omnipresent noise pollution and Sheiks’ determination to have the issue of noise heard. -
Angelus Novus
Aboozar Amini | 25' | Afghanistan | World premiere
Afghan Ali has just arrived in Turkey where he has to start a new life surrounded by other refugees. -
Arid Edge
Phil Dadson | 8' | New Zealand | International premiere
Bike ride through the rugged Atacama desert in Northern Chile, the driest in the world. Phil Dadson finds calm in the seemingly endless emptiness. -
As Soon As Weather Will Permit
Su Rynard | 15' | Canada | European premiere
The bizarre coincidental conditions that led to the dropping of the first atomic bomb in 1945, as told by one of the bomber’s crew. -
Atlantis
Ben Russell | 23' | Malta | None
Plato’s invocation of the lost continent of Atlantis re-resurrected via a 1970s science-fiction pulp novel, Atlantis is a documentary portrait of Utop -
Auntie Maam Has Never Had a Passport
Sorayos Prapapan | 14' | Thailand | International premiere
Small political satire about a confused country like Thailand and even film festivals like Rotterdam. An older foot masseuse acts in independent films -
Bailu Dream
Nicolas Boone | 12' | France | World premiere
A perfect French village has been built where a Chinese one was swept away by an earthquake in 2008. Experience the dream of a sunny…