Experimental
Us still exists - Ma hama esti - Uns gibt es noch
​Directors Erdogan Bulut
Germany
Runtime 01:02:00
Completion Date: March 31, 2023
Look at yourself in the mirror and recognize your double self, which flies like a butterfly from tree to tree, from country to country, without being destroyed.
The 62-minute experimental film flows like a river from which further animations challenge us. The intense film music speaks to us as instead of the forms and figures depicted in the film.
SHEEP
Director SHAN SHEN
United Kingdom
Runtime 4:24
Completion Date: August 9, 2023
SHEEP is an experimental dance short film aimed at triggering in-depth reflection on the phenomenon of "verbal violence". It explores the impact of language on shaping us physically and
mentally. The film presents "sheep" as the central subject of the video, conveying a profound message: in violent behaviour, there are no bystanders, only perpetrators and victims.
Noah
Directors Vasily Chirkov, Ilya Yudovich
Georgia
Runtime 6:46
Completion Date: September 1, 2023
Experimental and poetic interpretation of the eternal myth of the flood and salvation, made in the technique of object cinema
The Sound of Piano in Autumn
Director Miguel Mike Medina
United States
Runtime 1:07
Completion Date: April 17, 2023
A reflective, calm, and peaceful sound of the Piano during the autumn season to heal the heart, mind, and soul.
Utopia
Director Michael Gug Kongshaug
Denmark
Runtime 3:21
Completion Date: August 13, 2023
Our blind spirits are looking for strength before it's too late to see what could be Utopia.
For Life
Director Egor Kondrat
Israel
Runtime 15:00
Completion Date: July 1, 2023
A story about the interaction between a girl who wants to live and dance and a guy who wants to try to kill.
SOMA
Director Arturo Bandinelli
United Kingdom
Runtime 10:00
Completion Date: September 1, 2023
SOMA is an experimental film that uses movement and dance as its primary medium for story-telling. A contemporary myth on the genesis of the human body, the piece unfolds in two parallel dimensions: an infinite black hole where entities exist outside linear space and time; and a labyrinthine house where an uncanny gathering is taking place. As the free-associative, dreamlike narrative unfolds, different characters go through visceral experiences of pleasure, enchantment, pain and death.
I WAS THERE
Director Chi Jang Yin
United States
Runtime 14:09
Completion Date: June 15, 2023
"I Was There" is a trilogy of experimental documentary films that explores the problem of radiation, our society's fading collective memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the unresolved debate between ethics and science. These series concern the immediate effects of weaponized nuclear technology, as invisible poison, on the human body.
Fatima
​Director Benedykt Zasadzki
United Kingdom
Runtime 22:22
Completion Date: March 21, 2023
"Fatima" is a dreamy film that delves into the complexities of cultural clashes, sexuality, religion, lack of religion, loneliness, time, and power. The film follows the journey of a young woman named Fatima, seeking a refuge in London. As she struggles to acclimate to her new surroundings, Fatima finds herself cutting ties with her roots and embarking on a quest for self-discovery.
Animation
love bubbles
Director Marcel Hobi
Switzerland
Runtime 7:34
Completion Date: April 15, 2023
Floating on a pink cloud as a couple is easy.
It is much more difficult to cope with everyday life and the future together - an amusing relationship drama.
The Art of Weightlessness
Director Moshe Mahler
United States
Runtime 9:15
Completion Date: August 29, 2023
The Art of Weightlessness is an animated short film documentary that chronicles the evolution of Artist and Performer, Bill Shannon. Born with a degenerative hip condition, Bill developed new ways to express himself through dance and skateboarding on crutches.
Ghaama Tirsh Gaash
Director Branislav Nebus
Slovakia
Runtime 1:49
MEAT HIT
Director Michael Dudov
Israel
Runtime 16:25
Completion Date: April 17, 2023
The unfortunate dreamer Chop, forced to work every day at a construction site in order to somehow feed himself and his sick mother, is fired on the very day when it turns out that she needs a complex and expensive operation. Cutlet is in despair, he doesn’t know what to do. And so he decides to act: to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor and earn money for treatment for his mother.
But not everything is so simple... You have to pay a big price for the fulfillment of a desire.
"Artist, Formerly Known as Varona"."Ginji" series, Episode 4
Director Slava Ushakov
Cyprus
Runtime 12:36
Completion Date: February 24, 2022
Ginji and Varona encounter the Mushrooms, a vast underground garbage collecting monopoly that is also the city's criminal network. Varona, in her new persona of a contemporary conceptual artist, gets herself in trouble with the head of the Family forcing Ginji and UB7 to save her.
Motherboard
Director Igor Bastos
Brazil
Runtime 01:45:24
Completion Date: January 1, 2023
Nadi is an android with citizenship, who earns the right to adopt two children, David and Lina. However, a sensationalist politician, and digital influencer, brings up several controversies about the case, in order to gain popularity for his candidacy for Senate president. A misunderstanding leads David to run away and get involved in several adventures, consequently leading Nadi to decide between keeping her citizenship or informing the authorities about the escape. The film is a genuinely Brazilian science fiction, which takes place in Minas Gerais, one of the most relevant political scenarios in the history of Brazil.
PICKLES
Director Ania Kaspi Shema & Miri Dochikian
Israel
Runtime 8:46
Completion Date: March 1, 2023
A 14-year-old immigrant in Israel, tries to bond with a local boy to feel she belongs in the new society, while the letter from her friend in Ukraine makes her realize how far she is from this dream.
Web / New Media
Orange Park
Director Cody Gere
United States
Runtime 44:30
Completion Date: October 25, 2023
Story about a High School boy who is on a desperate journey to lose his virginity and how his 3 close friends attempt to help him achieve his goal!
Who the hell is Omar?
Directors Oscar Davis, Carlos Cambuston
Mexico
Runtime 47:08
Completion Date: April 27, 2023
What would you do if one day you woke up next to a man physically identical to you?
Silent Films
Das Kulturgespräch im Radio
Director Errkaa
Germany
Runtime 27:00
Completion Date: July 31, 2022
"Culture Talk on the Radio" is a hybrid, narrative and documentary, a road movie and also an art film and for the most part affectively a silent movie with some music. Then we only hear the conversation between the art critic Christoph Tannert and the well-known artist René Schoemakers coming from the speakers of a car radio. As for the road movie it is about a lonely truck driver who works for a company that specializes in the delivery of fruit and art.
Keep moving, you're in New York!
Director Jesus Zaldivar
United States
Runtime 4:58
Completion Date: May 29, 2023
With spectacular views, and the potential of unveiling surprising things literally on any corner, New York City is fascinating - a paradise for photographers.
Brussels Capital Film Festival 2023 recognized, "Keep moving, you're in New York!" is a non-narrated, short documentary / experimental film that focuses on capturing angles and situations emphasizing the dynamism of the city.
It was made on a near-zero budget, an iPhone in hands, walking around streets and riding public transportation (bus, train, cable car).
Evensong
Directors Malibu Taetz, Joshua Vanderlinden, David Mora Perea
Canada
Runtime 15:15
Completion Date: May 29, 2023
A lamplighter, working inside a huge cathedral, encounters a flame with a will of its own.
Video travel
The colors of Bushwick's streets
​Director Jesus Zaldivar
United States
Runtime 3:56
Completion Date: September 29, 2023
Murals and graffiti became a certain feature of urban landscapes everywhere. New York City is one of them.
The case of Bushwick, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, is very special. This blue-collar neighborhood underwent many changes throughout the years. Thanks to the “Bushwick Collective” Initiative it became a Mecca for street artists.
Multidimensionality
Director Marco Q Wu
Taiwan
Runtime 3:25
Completion Date: August 30, 2023
Other
Alchemy
​Director Brandon Polanco
United States
Runtime 14:05
Completion Date: July 10, 2015
An epic transformation manifests from a seemingly routine interview.
A failed everyman begins working through pages and pages of questions. As time begins to elongate, the man finds himself tormented and more and more isolated. He battles the unknown ultimately transcending into a heightened reality, discovering a new life existing between multiple worlds, both familiar and otherworldly.
Brave Steps
Director Wilma Casal
United States
Runtime 14:36
Completion Date: April 6, 2023
The park is desolate, the lake filthy. No sound of joy is to be heard. Optimistic and determined to put an end to the gloom, Duckfoot leaves his pond and sets off.
But the gloom soon infects him. He meets friendly gestures with skepticism and the lines "it's in your hand" tempt him to take a hopeless step.
Courage has left him.
But from a distance he realizes: every deed can have a great effect. He sees his chance to change the world, to gradually transform it into a sunny place.
Trailer
The Sound of Cologne
Director Kristina Schippling
Germany
Runtime 2:25
Completion Date: July 12, 2023
Timetravel into the heartland of electronic music: A journey through the history of electronic music from Cologne – from the 50ies until today. The film follows the roots of inventing new music from the WDR's Electronic Studio, Stockhausen, CAN, via Kompakt, A-Musik until the vivid and very diverse club scene of today. With artists such as Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay of CAN, Mouse on Mars, Marcus Schmickler, Niobe, Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer, Lena Willikens, Barnt, Fr. Reichert – a mesmerizing portrait of a city where each and everyone is somehow interconnected.