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A landscape is only a landscape until we know what lies beneath. Pozo Ibarra, in the Central Mountains of León, is a mining complex full of significant architectural attributes, and also the imposing and ruinous remnant of a painful past that passed the ideas of freedom, literally, through the stone, turned into a great mass grave. Now, when the sun goes down, the souls that inhabit it rise up, refusing to forget.
Don’t you just hate it when someone talks to you at the urinal?
Faithful to the motto "Exercise until the end of your life", people work out at the "Fitness California" gym in Freiburg. Bernd Fleig, Mario Sabatini and Adolf Seger, all stars of the wrestling scene in the 1960s and 70s, can always be found here, flexing their muscles regardless of their age. Embellished with music and images from the Californian fitness boom, the film traces their careers as athletes and gives a loving insight into the family-run gym that stood up to the big fitness chains.
A fragmented memory documentary about a Merkur Spielothek in Frankfurt.
Danny, after spotting the man who mugged his best friend, decides to pursue him and take vengeance into his own hands.
A chapter of a young man's life
Poland now has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. But it wasn't always so: in 1956, the Polish People's Republic legalized abortion. And this right to abortion was subsequently restricted - paradoxically due to the rise of the Solidarnosc movement and the influence of Pope John Paul II.
A dancer struggles with the pressure to audition for a coveted role.
They are finally reunited: Rosa and Max meet again at a remote beach town after their unexpected acquaintance at a party night in the capital. They have been looking forward to this day with great anticipation. At last, they can once again immerse themselves in the feeling of being in love that surrounded them that night they met. And at first everything seems like a dream: it's just the two of them and the rest of the world - nothing else. Until the feeling of being in love suddenly seems to give way to other emotions ...
Film by Simon Herdman, Nathan Read, Nathan Rollinson & Frazer Cockle
A performative poetry film about what nobody will want to have seen. Childish paper dolls and tableaus, collage aestheticsm juxtaposed with symbols of war, politics, and religion. Ideologies and opinions tried on as one would try on clothes. A poem hinting at the Leningrad siege. The colors of the suffragettes, Aileen Wuornos’ glorification, and glorious landscapes combined with Nazi uniforms. Nothing is innocent.
One person's perspective of the year 2023 shown through an accumulation of 365 unedited shots with one shot from each of the 365 days.
Visuals inspired by the albums “Moins par moins” (Rackham) and “=+” (cinquième couche), based on a piece written in 2015 using a motif borrowed from a stream in Corrèze.
A young witch enlists the help of her best friend to cast a love spell on her crush.
Experimental film of a visit to the permanent collection (Gloria Friedman, Pennone, Kabakov, Sol LeWitt, Jacquet, Boltanski, etc.) during the temporary exhibition of Sean Scully, in dialogue with the Château and in particular the 16th-century painting gallery.
A relentless workaholic, constantly chasing the minutes of each day, is forced to evaluate the true worth of his pursuit.
In the Square Symphony, it’s a real castastrophony ! But with a well-conducted pastry whisk, a well-pedaled drill and a garbage can in top form, Mademoiselle Ritournelle and Eustache Baguette are going to meet some excellent musicians.
Mister Slonks and Danyal must protect the Haram Van when a schizophrenic customer attacks.
Mary and Joseph with the baby Jesus in the stable in Bethlehem, the adoration of the shepherds and then the Magi, the massacre of the innocents ordered by Herod, the flight to Egypt: these are the well-known episodes of the Christmas story recounted in the Gospels. Regularly performed at the court of Dresden during the Christmas holidays, this is a pioneering work of 17th-century German music.
In the city centre of Cuenca, on the banks of the Júcar River, meetings take place among folk minstrels who do not clarify anything but who talk about communism, nationalism, genderism, chessism, cat-tism and Manchego-ism. The voice of the night watchman can be heard between cigarettes that have to be put out when the last cuplé begins to sound and this who’s who ends
The film puts the viewer in a state of mind that reflects what it might be like to receive a terrible diagnosis. Who am I if an important part of me can no longer be lived?
A man traumatised by his youth in reform school is convinced that he can save the street children destined for tragic adulthood by killing them. For him, dying young means living forever as the best version of yourself.
Carpathian forest under the snow. Silence. Red horses approach. A sculpture of a Soviet pioneer buried in the snow. A feminine hand rests on the frozen ground. A tear. Where do the red horses gallop? The film is structured like a collage from a personal archive, like an origami of pain.
Set against the backdrop of Chile’s social uprising and the pandemic, this video essay delves into how pornography becomes both a site of resistance and a target of censorship in times of crisis. Through a public BDSM performance, it reflects on the ethical implications of mass image circulation and explores the death drive as a creative force within pornography.
Told through young Denise’s eyes, we discover how her parents saved more than just each other during World War II.
Paquita is a somewhat eccentric woman who, while walking her dog, gets a strange substance on her head. Angry, she goes to the hair salon where she meets with her friends every Tuesday. While they try to fix her hair, she turns into a zombie, wreaking havoc on the salon.
A young man fails to attend his expat father's funeral in Hong Kong.
A frantic, funny, and ultra-relatable dash through London as an overworked animator questions if her job is worth the chaos.
The weather is becoming increasingly extreme, and the damage it causes ever more massive. The reason for these changes: Climate change is causing air temperatures to rise. For every degree of warming, the atmosphere can absorb seven percent more water vapor. As a result, precipitation and thunderstorms are becoming more frequent and intense, and hailstones are becoming ever larger. The consequences are fatal. Extreme precipitation, hail, storms, and thunderstorms destroy cars, roofs, crops, and livelihoods. In Germany alone, the German Insurers' Association has calculated total damages of €5.7 billion for 2023.
An Italian short.
The Red Piranga travels from the far north, from French Canada, migrating to visit the Azufral volcano, the Tauso moorland, and Chimayoy hill. Leaving behind its song and poetry dedicated to each territory. An experimental documentary work, where birds and places raise their voices.
A FATHER A SON AND SANKARA is a transnational and intergenerational manifesto on connection, care and community as sites of struggle against racial capitalism, imperialism and attendant forms of oppression it depends upon.
WARNING: In the '80s of the last century, I was about 12 years old and my mother was worried about my psychological disorders with mild paranoid symptoms. On the advice of a friend or a doctor, she sent me to consult at the Decroly center in Lille. This was my first contact with a shrink. During the first session she presented me with a series of "Rorscharch tests". Then, during the second session, I made her listen to my first sound tinkering made on an audio cassette recorder modeled after the jingles of the first free radios. She found it great. When it was time to go to the psychologist for another session, I wandered around music equipment stores and visited art galleries. After the third session and an unjustified absence, the consultations stopped: the psychologist, annoyed by my carelessness, sent me home, and it was only much later that the doctors declared me "schizophrenic."
In this film “(un)Flaoting World” depicts a journey of exploring the vast collective world while being an individual distinct from others. Searching for a shadow symbolises achieving completeness and blending into society. The key is to keep moving forward, discovering what matters to you, and defining your place in this life time.
Some dream of summiting the highest peaks, visiting a remote island or being the fastest to navigate a route. But not Emily. She dreams of esoteric adventure and of dragging a canoe across a bog. Enlisting her friend, the pair set off to navigate the Isle of Lewis’ intricate system of lochs. But finding the right kit can be a challenge for Emily. When outdoor shops only stock technical clothing up to a size 16, how is adventure possible for the 45 percent of women in the United Kingdom who wear larger sizes?
Ondrej, an elderly and somewhat lost Slavic pianist, finds himself working through his pain via music. Guided by his instrument, he manages to immerse himself in his past and his happy memories.
When Nora’s parents split, so does the Earth!
I wrote this text while I spent one summer afternoon in Bologna, sitting in front of an empty monumental cinema screen installed for the Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival in the city’s Piazza Maggiore. The subject of the text is the empty cinema screen itself. It is a first approximation of a writing practice performed in real time, in front of a specific phenomena and place. For its final form as a sound piece to be played in the setting of a darkened screening room, the original text was read aloud by Andrea Van Eyck in Madrid on October 4, 2024.
A young woman lost in a forest in the Scottish Highlands finds herself pursued by an unseen presence.
Sophie, a high school janitor, finds herself locked inside a classroom. As she faces the closed door, an eerie unease settles in. Between fleeting shadows and childhood games, waiting turns into anxiety.
Explorer meets her fate when she encounters an ancient mug.
A documentary by the Dossier Center tells the story of Russian volunteers who have joined Ukraine's side and are fighting for its liberation. In Russia, these individuals are labeled as terrorists: they have crossed into the Kursk and Belgorod regions armed and engaged in battles with the Russian army. These volunteers made a choice that severed ties with their families and friends. Dossier journalists traveled to the frontlines to explore what drives these Russians to take up arms against their compatriots. This film is not only a chronicle of the war in Ukraine but also an exploration of deep moral conflicts. It is a story of traitors, heroes, and their tragic futures.