Short & Mid-length
Overview of films
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Acting Woman
Roxy Farhat, Zhala Rifat | 5' | Sweden | International premiere
Two women’s pose for a glamour shot morphs into a conspicuously aching feat of endurance. -
Subway. Skyscraper. Citizen.
Explorations of the textures, rhythms, adversities, promises and contradictions hidden and shared within urban space. -
Ade (on a Sunday)
Theja Rio | 17' | India | World premiere
Two young boys follow their curiosity as they skip Sunday school. -
Shared Spaces
Four films musing on the fluidity of community in the face of modernisation, displacement and disaster. -
Un adiós para Lilí
Lorena Durán | 12' | Dominican Republic | International premiere
Our protagonist cuts the power on customers in arrears, until a new signal is transmitted. -
Afternoon Hearsay
Peng Zuqiang | 19' | China | International premiere
Peng Zuqiang takes us on a sensorial journey into the past of a country defined by rapid transformation. -
Ako Kantu
Ganza Moise | 17' | Rwanda | World premiere
A Valentine’s Day special episode takes an unexpected turn when a sensationalist YouTuber interviews a local charismatic thief. -
Alguén me chamou Serpe Negra
Borja Santomé Rodríguez | 10' | Spain | World premiere
A film that captivatingly explores childhood curiosities and adult desires through analogue animation. -
Alien0089
Valeria Hofmann | 21' | Chile | European premiere
Online war game becomes a battle ground for a female gamer, but the violence isn’t virtual. -
All Trace Is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss
Chris Zhongtian Yuan | 22' | United Kingdom | World premiere
Two exiled beings exchange tales of kin, connection, and loss while awaiting reincarnation in a forest. -
Alpha Kings
Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedráza-Botero | 15' | USA | World premiere
A look into a novel economy of online domination and the new faces of sex work. -
Am I Human?
Gladys Lou | 2' | Canada | International premiere
Lou hurls images of herself against torrents of loading files, digital code and media imagery.