Short & Mid-length
Overview of films
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le mirage des mains ultra réalistes
Guillaume Vallée | 14' | Canada | International premiere
Hands become symbols of the complicated ways in which male bonds are formed. -
Molecular Delusions
Quentin L’helgoualc’h | 27' | France | World premiere
Molecular Delusions is a tale of illusion and an exploration of new, possible worlds. -
A Monster with Its Mouth Agape
Steven McInerney | 10' | United Kingdom | European premiere
An experimental homage to Butoh and its late master Yoshito Ohno. -
More Happiness
Livia Huang | 14' | USA | World premiere
“Teach me how to be a person”, the daughter asks her mother. An honest look at how memories interrupt the present. -
Msaytbeh, the elevated place.
Rawane Nassif | 20' | Canada | World premiere
A deeply affecting rumination on grief, memory and what no longer feels like home. -
My Brother, My Brother
Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar | 15' | Egypt | World premiere
Twin brothers trace their bond from their mother’s womb to the moment they’re heartbreakingly separated. -
El neceser rojo
Serge Garcia | 15' | Mexico | World premiere
The filmmaker’s mother tells the story of her own relationship with her fiercely independent mother. -
Neican: “Western Cyprus”
Pastinaca Videotapes Plantation | 14' | Kazakhstan | World premiere
Incredible found footage rescued from old Chinese VCR tapes forgotten by contemporaneity. -
Nicolae
Mihai Grecu | 45' | France | None
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET -
No Archive Can Restore You
Onyeka Igwe | 6' | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
An exploration into the ‘sonic shadows’ that colonial moving images continue to generate. -
No Changes Have Taken In Our Life
Xu Jingwei | 45' | China | World premiere
A humorously tragic animation about a post-graduate job search amid the ennui of hometown culture. -
No One Cried
Daniel Jacoby | 23' | Germany | World premiere
From plain white walls to bombastic and exotic backdrops: adult chat rooms are portals to people’s fantasy worlds and sexual desires.