Short & Mid-length
Overview of films
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Flower Rain
Gao Wei | 8' | South Korea | World premiere (festival)
A cosmic, textured study of flowers via photochemical reaction. -
Flowering and Fading
Andro Eradze | 16' | Georgia | International premiere
Flowering and Fading strikes at the subconscious, submerging the senses in an ocean of beauty. -
Flux
Youjin Moon | 6' | USA | World premiere
A visual poem about changing states, we move along from liquid to ice, to gas. -
Forget the Director, This Is Emmy’s Cut!
Marion Desmaret | 11' | Uganda | World premiere
With his wit and sharp commentary, Uganda’s legendary Video-Joker, VJ Emmy, transforms local cinema halls into places of communion. -
Fort Garry Lions Pool
Ryan Steel | 6' | Canada | International premiere
Echoes of splashing, shadows of faces: two women visit a public pool in this disquieting short. -
Frozen War (Hotel Diaries 1)
John Smith | 11' | Ireland | Dutch Premiere
Sardonic reflections on the state of the world occasioned by a frozen news broadcast. -
The Funeral of Spring
Gao Zee | 18' | Hong Kong | World premiere
A peasant woman in rural China faces the repressive bindings of her environment. -
Furyu
Awazu Kiyoshi | 11' | Japan | International premiere
Japanese artist Awazu Kiyoshi’s 1972 experimental short uses shadow and movement to convey fleeting beauty. -
Gaddafi in Rome: Anatomy of a Friendship
Alessandra Ferrini | 26' | Italy | World premiere (festival)
Gaddafi in Rome compels us to confront the West’s hypocritical double standards on colonialism and modern migration. -
Geranios
Lou Marino | 21' | Chile | International premiere
Monserrat takes her friend Francia along on a quest to find housing (and cause trouble). -
Gerhard
Ulu Braun | 10' | Germany | World premiere
An AI-faked biopic of the most famous painter alive. -
gestures toward Plant Vision
Sarah Abbott | 10' | Canada | No premiere
Can plants see? A lyrical cinematographic evocation of how plants are photo-sensitive to light.