Short & Mid-length
Overview of films
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Freedom Swimmer
Olivia Martin-McGuire | 15' | France | None
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET -
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. -
The Ghost of Wittgenstein
Ira Schneider | 9' | USA | No premiere
A little Wittgenstein goes a long way in this playful tussle of words and images. -
Ghost Protists
Sasha Waters | 5' | USA | European premiere
A reimagining of Anna Atkins’ early pioneering works in photography in the light of post-colonialism. -
Glazing
Lilli Carré | 2' | USA | None
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET -
Go West Young Man
Keith Piper | 4' | United Kingdom | None
A 1990s video art classic, interrogating racial and gender stereotypes through generational conversation and montage.