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“If there’s no mystery, it’s not it. It just doesn’t feel right. When something’s mysterious, then it’s the real thing.” – Josef Sudek “A nostalgia for textures suspended on screens that blend into soft montages.” – Verklart Laboratorio de Crítica…
An Approaching World is an experimental film reflecting on the journey so many queer people, take from rural to urban, from unsafe to safe, and from storm to shelter in search of liberation Andy Motz (US) Andy Motz (he/him) is…
“Alternate” is an experimental animation, composed from footages of Hong Kong’s scenery. In the flow of this animation we feel the reality of daily life, the fiction of order and their internal contradictions. Behind this reality, should we not reflect…
Based on the poem “Secuencia Única”, 1999 Jorge Mario Zuleta (CR) Jorge Mario Zuleta, born June 15, 1973, is a costarican film director, producer, and editor, known primarily for his experimental short films such as Frondio (2019), Soft Calm (2015),…
Airdrop (I want your data) is a love song by #Sergina about wanting to get inside somebody’s mind, body and device. #Sergina is a phone obsessed, multi locational, multi bodied drag queen who emerged out of parties in Berlin on…
A man with agoraphobia has managed to live without leaving his home, however, not everything goes as planned. Ismael El Haddyouy Atif (ES) Born and raised in Zaragoza, Spain. Since he was young he always wanted to study medicine. However,…
The ‘Translucence’ series serves as a reflection on the fragility of life, investigating Waterman’s experience of mourning and loss. The collection of moving image works, ‘February’, ‘Against’ and ‘Wisdom’, interpret three instrumental tracks from Donna McKevitt’s musical score, ‘Translucence’ (Warner…
A film that tells a story of a homosexual couple sharing the same space, but no longer see each other. Between the lines the movie speaks cutting, an emotional disorder, that people cut themselves, the disorder is through poetry and…
The ‘deepfake’ video ‘Across Capitalism’ depicts a burlesque portrait of Donald Trump reciting the slightly altered lyrics of the Beatles song ‘Across the Universe’. This version is part of the ‘decay series’ that deconstruct the previous representations to produce further…
Fashion film featuring Maliyah and Max from Spot 6 Management, Toronto. JOHN WATSON (CA) John Watson (@JDRW5) is a Toronto-based video maker and photographer. His creative and commercial work has focused on fashion, music, and documentary content. Long time collaborator…
We all lose touch with our inner child at one time or another. Being bombarded by information and data on a daily basis keeps us so occupied and distracts us from our core values and integrities. It has become harder…
To what extent does the current visual culture influence our image of man? Fundamental questions about the relationship between physicality, nature and digital image culture arise. This experimental film investigates the male body image in his intimate space, and…