Short & Mid-length
Overview of films
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Watching Words Becoming a Film (TXT.FLM #3)
Herman Asselberghs | 6' | Belgium | Dutch Premiere
Only words on screen: Asselberghs bridges political, avant-garde cinema and the ubiquitous telephone text message. -
Water Hazard
Alexander David | 23' | France | World premiere
Evocative and mellow, Water Hazard explores queer identity with a delicate and empathetic eye. -
When the Wind Rises
Chen Hung | 18' | Taiwan | International premiere
A lone activist’s struggle against the local oil refinery plunges a village community into doubt. -
white city
Cathy Lee Crane | 11' | USA | European premiere
Esoteric vignettes compose this poetic elegy for loss during the AIDS pandemic. -
A White Screen Is Visible
Sohaib Bouaiss | 9' | Netherlands | None
The sensations and perceptions experienced in parasomniac states are brilliantly rendered in this hypnotic dream exploration. -
Why Are You Image Plus?
Diogo Baldaia | 9' | Portugal | World premiere
A jewel of irony and a precise satire of the almighty Catholic Church. -
Wild Girl
Bill Morrison | 6' | USA | European premiere
Wild Girl is a fierce fragment of frames portraying a dancer obscured by celluloid decay. -
Wind Beneath the Wings
Sonja Tarokić | 25' | Croatia | World premiere
A superbly directed and acted miniature character study of two deeply peculiar individuals. -
The Witness Tree
Niranjan Raj Bhetwal | 14' | Nepal | European premiere
On the threshold of adulthood, Shreedhar stumbles on a family secret hidden in his surroundings. -
De wolkenfabriek
Digna Sinke | 57' | Netherlands | World premiere
Poignant documentary about the closure and dismantling of the coal-fired power station in the Amsterdam harbour. -
The Wool Aliens
Julia Parks | 28' | United Kingdom | International premiere
A masterful ethnographic essay on the influence of the wool industry in spreading invasive plants. -
World
Christine Haroutounian | 22' | Armenia | International premiere
This peculiar and honest family chronicle reveals what it takes to keep oneself alive and let a dear person go.