Aka 赤 (Mexico) by Abinadi Meza

In Aka 赤 ("red" in Japanese), processed bullet train recordings create an ethereal soundscape as crimson textures and forms transport viewers through layers of memory or consciousness. Sound and saturated color merge to explore a space between seeing and dreaming.

Running time: 00:06:00

Greenwash (Costa Rica) by Andres Bronnimann

A visual poem and stark critique of the commercialized “green” movement and the deceitful exploitation of environmental activism for profit in the 21st century.

Running time: 00:03:10

To my love (Rakkaalleni) (Finland) by Aino Kontinen

Facade renovation locks young woman inside her apartment. During a reconstruction of her home and herself she writes a letter to her loved one.

Running time: 00:05:00

She Moved the Prairie (United States) by Cheyla Clawson, Bret Jones

She Moved the Prairie is a dance film based on the work women did both in the home and on the land in the early 20th century on  farms and ranches.

Running time: 00:25:18

Nocturnal (Portugal) by Pedro Florêncio

A cinematographic translation of a piece by the portuguese thinker Tomás Maia. A short movie about gestures of death, life and art.

Running time: 00:15:00

Mova Oborony (Ukraine) by Oleksandr Isaienko

An audio-visual play with digital image manipulation that displays body movements amidst a nameless desert, accompanied by a constant rhythmic beat. The relationship of image and audio forms a composition between movements that are independent of one another—in the sense that they do not attempt to illustrate each other, but appear simultaneously adjacent, giving rise to both motor and sensory impressions.

Running time: 00:10:27

Elegy (Belgium) by Jérémy Adonis

The introspective journey of a man seeking the light within himself, at the dawn of the end of time. A dark, abstract and poetic tale uniting pictorial art and bodily expression.

Running time: 00:11:50

Emperica (Belgium) by Kris De Meester, Ron Chiers

Against the backdrop of societal collapse, two powerful voices engage in a high-stakes debate over the future of humanity. Should mankind be placed under total control to safeguard its survival, or should they be granted the freedom to shape their own destiny, even if it means risking self-destruction?

Running time: 00:09:02

Dva (Russian Federation) by Alexandra Karelina

During the inexplicable state of emergency in Moscow, a lonely young man is trying to find his missing dog and to figure out what is truly going on. Eventually, he finds himself in a parallel world where the dead and the living are inseparable, but the word "death" is strictly prohibited.

Running time: 00:33:00

A Little Longer (Canada) by Connor Kujawinski

In the future, a dying man briefly recalls his past with the help of a headset that allows him to see his memories -- but only a random select few, for his payment plan restricts him from viewing anything more.

Running time: 00:03:25

Esterno Giorno (Italy) by Giulia Magno

Inspired by a famous exchange of letters between Michelangelo Antonioni and Mark Rothko, “Esterno giorno” is an experimental love letter to Italian cinema. Embarking on an intimate journey in the footsteps of the characters played by Monica Vitti, the filmmaker intertwines contemporary footage shot across Italy and the Jordanian desert with excerpts from Antonioni’s films, creating an illusion of continuity between past and present. From a metaphorical desert—the industrial area of Ravenna, where “Red Desert” was filmed in 1964—to a real one, the physical spaces explored by the camera transform into psychological landscapes. As the camera lingers on the architecture of La Cupola—the futuristic house in Sardinia designed by Dante Bini in the 1960s for Antonioni and Vitti, then real-life partners—the line between reality and fiction begins to blur.

Running time: 00:08:00

The Stone Putter (Sweden) by Nils Agdler

The Stone Putter is a cinematic portrait of a serious and physically strong middle-aged woman, deeply focused on throwing stones in a desert-like landscape. How did she get here? What do the stones symbolize – as alien in the landscape as the woman herself in her black dress? Here you can sense a story about both sadness, integrity and stubbornness, about intersecting paths and about continuing forward without bowing to others. Both the stones and the woman are filmed from a variety of angles, giving the viewer an opportunity to experience the event from different perspectives, and for a moment possibly drop the anthropocentric gaze.

Running time: 00:08:00

The Lovers Of Avignon (Spain) by Manuel Fernández Ferro

The Lovers of Avignon is the first ever translation of pictorial cubism into motion real image. Is an allegory of cubism as a conceptual symbol that acts as a filter and wall of emotions.

Running time: 00:02:33

Mal-Amor (United States) by Joshua Stoker

A disoriented man awakens to find his former muse beckoning him into the forest, where he must confront the haunting symbols of their eroding relationship.

Running time: 00:03:08

Lost In You (United States) by Michael Tanji

“Lost In You” is a meditation on one’s personal inner journey; looking at our relationship with nature, the people in our life, & ourselves. My goal was to visualize internal conflict & struggle in an experimental manner with the various filmmaking techniques. Throughout this experimental approach there is a visual progression that leads to moments of clarity for the character’s in the film.

Running time: 00:06:47

Sheep (United Kingdom) by Shan Shen

Sheeo 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.

Running time: 00:04:24

I Woke Up in the Morning (United States) by Lilan Yang, Yutong Shi

In a cycle from the populated city of Boston in the winter to the unoccupied Chihuahuan desert in the summer, there's always the sense of dissatisfaction about where one situtates oneself in time and space, longing for things that one seeks without realizing that things one wishes to preserve have already slipped away.

Running time: 00:06:14

The Consequences of Feeling Deeply (United States) by Hannah Grace Weinmaster, Thiago Dom Oliveira, Cadu Millet

A film about a conversation with a mind, through movement.  The Consequences of Feeling Deeply is about self reflection, what it means to think and feel deeply, and the consequences that come with it. 

Running time: 00:05:00

Worm Pornography (Australia) by Ian Haig

A hazmat-suited researcher in a bathroom/toilet, credited only as the slime narrator, talks about discovering a new kind of parasite that attempts to complete its life cycle within various contemporary media platforms. It quickly emerges that our narrator has possibly started to lose his mind or has been affected by the parasite as he explores topics such as Virtual Reality worm simulations, our symbiotic relationship to 7-11s, AI censorship parasites, to the appearance of programmable dark matter, slime TV game shows, parasite pornography and mutant YouTube cat videos.

Running time: 00:34:25

Motherland (Canada) by Alger Ji-Liang, Joshua Lam

A grieving boy moves across the liminal spaces of his memory to connect with someone he’s lost. Through this act, he must confront the tension and trauma within his body to find solace.

Running time: 00:13:14

Iconoplast (Italy) by Sara Bonaventura

“Imagine alien visitors arriving on Earth in the remote future.”  Jan Zalasiewicz's The Earth after us, and the seminal Lynn Margulis' Microcosmos inspired this mockumentary (e.g. the voice over, a re-adaptation of them, where past tense verbs are turned into future tense, embedding the fantasy of a future already set as past). The idea that symbiosis, the living together and sometimes merging of different species of organisms, is crucial to the evolution of life forms on Earth, is the underpinning concept of this work.

Running time: 00:08:00

Aquaballet (France) by Marianne Aventurier

Underwater dance with marine life in French Polynesia

Running time: 00:05:26

Mamma Perdonami (Italy) by Genny Petrotta

In the winter of 1944, uprisings erupted in various Sicilian villages due to the mismanagement of agricultural crops by an alliance of large landowners and fascist elites still in power, leaving the population starving. On December 31st, in Piana Degli Albanesi, Italy—a town founded in the 15th century by the Arbëreshë people and known for its strong cultural and linguistic identity—a group of rebels led by Giacomo Petrotta proclaimed the Peasant People's Republic. Nearly 80 years later, Sicilian visual artist Genny Petrotta, the great-niece of the leader from that time, delves into her hometown’s past to uncover the traces of that brief yet significant period of autonomy, which lasted only 50 days before being crushed by police forces. The film, titled "Mamma Perdonami," is a poetic reenactment of the events and aspirations of the Peasant People's Republic of Piana Degli Albanesi, involving the town's youth in the process. Presented in Arbëreshë, the ancient Albanian language of this community still spoken today, the film pays homage to the language and culture of the era. It recreates a lost theatrical piece that, in 1944, narrated the story of the autonomous republic. This reenactment is inspired by the book "Testimonianze da una Repubblica Contadina: Giacomo Petrotta e i giovani di Piana Degli Albanesi," written in 1977 by Angela Lanza, which meticulously documented the events through the testimonies of the last surviving witnesses of the rebellion.

Running time: 00:20:00

Omens (Belgium) by Maya Wuytack

In a rough, deserted no man's land, seven bodies are washed ashore. The desolate landscape reveals glimpses of an unpredictable era. When they gain consciousness they find themselves between a visible and invisible world. The poetic journey unfolds between what seems to be a dream and their dreaming bodies. In their entangled destinies they seek shelter with each other and find refuge in the caves of the rocky coast. The rough landscape reflects their existential barrenness. Exposed to the forces of nature, surrender is their only defense. In the eye of the storm, their listening bodies breathe silence. OMENS is a mystical quest for self-discovery, belonging and connection.

Running time: 00:05:58

Twink Time at Barbizon (Portugal) by Patricia Silva

Inspired by the outdoor optical and sensorial pleasures of the Barbizon school of French painting, Twink Time at Barbizon is a Super 8mm experimental work reimagining public parks as sites where people who are historically and presently unsafe in public can imagine ourselves/themselves as free to harmlessly and openly gaze with each other, maybe even cruise each other as fems, as lesbians, as dykes, as bisexuals, as people of color, and as non-normative gender explorers. 

Running time: 00:03:05

Reality Opposition (Australia) by Emma Dawn Northey

The piece Reality Opposition is a work between two experimental artists, combining Giannone's  (USA) haunting sound scape and Northey's (AU) abstract moving images. Reality Opposition is driven by an undercurrent of tension, with textures flowing over and under, ominous and smooth, creating a world of surreal and familiar sound and image.  

Running time: 00:06:48

A Thousand Questions (United States) by Lauren Marie Dake

A Thousand Questions is an experimental handmade 16mm film questioning the capacity and possibility of moving image to tell complex non-narrative stories about the human condition.

Running time: 00:09:00

Now You See Me (New Zealand) by Zed Xu, Jackson Doudney

Loosely translates to "Now You See Me", the original title of the film means "It's as if I'm waking up from a dream". It is an arthouse visual feast documenting the birth of awareness as one’s presence evolves in this fleeting life. 

Running time: 00:03:51

Mycelia (United States) by Gavin DuBois

A woman reexamines her relationship with an old friend after experiencing visions of a past life.

Running time: 00:14:31

Unseen (Netherlands) by Helmie Stil

A poetry film about the feeling of isolation, struggle and being unseen. 1 in every 5 women endures domestic violence.... unseen.

Running time: 00:02:26

Bundle of Joy (India) by Dhivya Jothi Ravishankar

Running time: 00:03:00

Sign Action Space (Austria) by Mersolis Schöne

"Sign Action Space" is a short experimental film about the musical actions of the hands of the Vienna Improvisers Orchestra. Led by Michael Fischer, who conducts the orchestra on an ad hoc basis using a vocabulary of hand signs, the orchestra creates unique compositions in the moment. The film explores the relationship between musical hand movements, sound, and space, deconstructing and condensing the orchestral communication process in graphic close-ups that focus on the hands of the conductor and the musicians. Using 14 cameras and various layering, animation, and stylization methods, the film aims to delve into the fascinating world of the ephemeral communication process that results in the creation of momentary compositions.

Running time: 00:12:15

Flow (United States) by Shoko Tamai

Renewal

Wild and pure,

A cycle of creation,

Through pain and strength. 

Running time: 00:04:27

Escape (United Kingdom) by Masha Maroutitch

A young woman discovers a way to escape her reality through dance.

Running time: 00:03:42

Tangle (Belgium) by Carla Hoogewijs, Frank Stevens

Tangle is a multimedia film blending vivid imagery, haunting words, and evocative soundscapes to delve into the core questions of human existence. Structured as a monologue in five chapters, it begins with a single breath of steam and culminates in the miracle of cell division, symbolizing the cycle of life and death. Through themes of chaos versus order, the yearning for self-expression, and the boundless symbolism of the sea, the film becomes an invitation to reflect on life’s tangled essence. A collaboration between Carla Hoogewijs, whose lyrical prose grapples with existential wonder, and Frank Stevens, whose striking visuals echo the mystery of the human condition, Tangle is as poetic as it is profound—a journey through the beauty and harshness of being alive.

Running time: 00:38:39

Kissing Ralph (United States) by Daniel Lewinstein

In this experimental, allegorical meditation on chronic illness and the poorly understood medical conditions that often underlie it, an unseen man describes his struggles with an auditory affliction amid the apathy and ableism that surround him.

Running time: 00:06:26

The Caves of Vinculum (United States) by Sean Ryan

After a blow out fight takes an unexpected turn, a mutated swimmer searches occult caves to save her dying mother.

Running time: 00:27:57

Essai 21 (France) by Florian Mauny

Exhausted by his work and routine, a person decides to suddenly break his daily life and wander in unknown places, in which he gradually sinks and gets lost.

Running time: 01:04:14

Hairy Dreams (Canada) by Lina Cruz

Hairy Dreams is inspired by Lina Cruz's fascination for dreams, altered states, homelessness and what she finds they paradoxically have in common: access to an immense sense of freedom. Hairy Dreams evokes the interior world of a lonesome yet nonchalant character. Through words and movement, this is a visual abstract tale, taking place in a white cave-like space made of paper. Within this sort of origami igloo, a surrealist puzzle of images reveals the everyday routine of an androgynous character. Through various disparate actions, the character assembles and disassembles repeatedly its interior translucent world. In this quest of an interior castle, time is always present, haunting yet of precious companionship. The daily routine eventually takes the character to its ultimate goal: the concrete need to feed itself in order to keep the dream flowing. Towards the end of the cycle, in a sort of liberating flight, the character swiftly disappears into the paper walls of its imaginary castle.

Running time: 00:08:57

Tadasana (Canada) by Erin Audley

"Tadasana" is my most intimate work as a filmmaker and artist.  The work was inspired by my struggles with my well-being, both physical and mental. It is a non-narrative experiential short film that unfolds in the form of a guided yoga meditation. The narrator instructs the viewer through the foundational yoga pose, Tadasana (Mountain Pose), while simultaneously delving into themes of mental health, perception, and the inherent links between the body and the mind. The film’s meditative guidance is contrasted with invasive interjections, intrusive thoughts similar to my own battles with anxiety and depersonalization-derealization disorder, where both internal and external perceptions become foreign, distant, and disconnected from the self. The focus on body awareness highlights my personal health struggles, where rather than a source of strength, the body is viewed as a liability; fragile, fallible, and unreliable, a vessel constantly at the brink of breakdown. The film concludes with an assertion of the unavoidable: “We all die.” The final fade to black is representative of this inevitability, completing the transformation of  the experience from a meditation on posture to the ephemeral nature of life. Tadasana is both a guided meditation and a journey into the existential angst I carry, where the body is both a source of grounding and disconnection, and every breath is a reminder of life's fragility.

Running time: 00:10:30

Arcmaps (Canada) by Micah Henry, K. Bray Jorstad

ARCMAPS is a visual album by SAN which explores a myriad of worlds that erupt forth from an artificial imagination. The images show a possible future in which humanity dissociates from the real world through digital pleasure - a doomed assembly line, building marvels only to destroy them.

Running time: 00:19:30 --> https://arcmaps.world/