Short & Mid-length

Overview of films

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  Grasshopper

  • Short & Mid-length

  Jussi Eerola | 9' | Finland | Dutch Premiere

  Cinema as sound-and-light show: Grasshopper enchants empty urban spaces via a mysterious machine.
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  The Grave’s Sky

  • Short & Mid-length

  John Gianvito | 19' | USA | World premiere

  Rotterdam regular John Gianvito with a sensitive, homebound film diary recorded in the pandemic years 2020-2022.
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  The Great North

  • Short & Mid-length

  Jenn Nkiru | 52' | United Kingdom | International premiere

  The industrial revolution, modern architecture and Black histories are woven together in this surrealist short.
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  Greetings from Rhodes

  • Short & Mid-length

  Viera Čákanyová | 25' | Slovakia | World premiere

  A satirical take on tourism during the ecological crisis, with some carefully placed dinosaurs.
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  Grief Encounter

  • Short & Mid-length

  Ellen Pearson | 19' | United Kingdom | World premiere

  Intriguing porno erotica: a woman picks up grieving people at funerals and overwhelms them further.
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  Growing Up Absurd

  • Short & Mid-length

  Ben Balcom, Julie Niemi | 15' | USA | World premiere

  A disinterment of College F (aka Tolstoy College), an anarchist pedagogical space operating between 1969 and 1985.
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  Haar handen

  • Short & Mid-length

  Jaap Pieters | 3' | Netherlands | World premiere

  A silent meditation on a woman’s fingers by Super-8 master Jaap Pieters.
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  happy eyescream

  • Short & Mid-length

  Okada Shiika | 15' | Japan | European premiere

  Strange, slightly absurd animation, in which Tsumire struggles with her brother’s influence and her self-image.
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  Hobi

  • Short & Mid-length

  Aramis Garcia Gonzalez | 28' | Netherlands | World premiere

  Hobi misses Aruba and wants to return, but doesn’t consider the consequences for his family.
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  Holographic Will

  • Short & Mid-length

  Mike Stoltz | 5' | USA | European premiere

  The home destabilised by outside forces of capital is accompanied by a relentless percussive rhythm. 
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  Home Sweet Home

  • Short & Mid-length

  Franck Moka | 15' | Congo, Democratic Republic | European premiere

  A man seeks a wider perspective for his experiences. An upbeat ode to humanity in the time of the pandemic.
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  Hook, Spill, Cry Your Eyes Out

  • Short & Mid-length

  Lisa Freeman | 3' | Ireland | European premiere

  A headfirst rush into the capitalist, urban landscape, using dynamic camerawork and canny editing.