The 8 years old Angèle lives alone with her uncle Tom, after the tragic loss of her father, while her mother’s health declines. As he also struggles with his own demons, the girl tries to mend her failing speech, helped by female figures that remind her of her mother, soon to be gone.
Three best friends, Jimmy, Samy and Sofi, have the trailblazing idea: to turn a chocolate dispenser into a pot-vending machine. Also, there’s a dog in the film. Locarno Film Festival 2018
An old Cosmonaut lives the same kind of life now in his flat in a concrete panel apartment building as he did in his youth in a space station. As before, he still carries out heroic missions and misses his close relatives, who he left behind on his home planet. His close relatives see the Read more about COSMONAUT – Kaspar Jancis (Estonia, 2019) 11’40’’[…]
Pedro, a sporty young man, shares his life with an ironing board. In town he is a role model and everybody admires him. One night, however, everything falls apart…
One day, a hungry dinosaur came across a weird jumping egg in the forest. He swallowed it, and then felt some strange rumblings in his tummy. Well, well, well… This stop-motion animation is essentially a funny short story for kids, but its fanciful visual images may also attract adults. The unique imagery of the dinosaur’s Read more about OM NOM NOM – Minato Matsuda, Haruna Ueno, Tomoko Taiga ( Japan, 2019) 3’15’’[…]
The structure of this film is built around a series of daily life episodes where the concept of absence is the main protagonist of the scene. The irreverence of throwing out shitty ideas in a context where people cannot avoid considering them, the lack of support, of personal care, or of psychological depth are the Read more about SHAMLESS & MORE – Fausto Montanari (Italy, 2020) 1’30’’[…]
In a society driven by growth and development we don’t often take time to appreciate this wild, wonderful world we occupy. Getting stuck in the daily grind is all too easy, but sometimes all that’s needed to open our eyes is a helping hand. Through the journey of that helping hand, ”Urbanality” explores the isolation Read more about URBANALITY – Evan Mcinnes (Australia, 2019) 3’30’’[…]
Technology is rewiring our brains and changing both our physical movements and inner thought processing. ‘Divided We Scroll’ is an experimental and eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with these technologies, which have become obsessive, compulsive and divisive. Through contemporary dance, we explore the chilling reality of a constantly connected world where data and software Read more about DIVIDED WE SCROLL – Klaas Diersmann (United Kingdom, 2019) 5’[…]
Rosso Fiorentino’s painting “The Deposition of the Cross” comes to life. The Christ is gradually removed from his cross by the biblical characters who surround him.