These wildly creative films range from gritty to fantastical, proving that film is indeed a form of art.
Georges the Magician | Directed by Katalin Egely | Hungary | 5 min | 2019
We aren't only created with free will, but also with responsibility. The responsibility to listen to our gut feelings, follow our intuition, the wise part of us. According to the old definition, a magician is a wise person. So we can all be magicians if we are brave enough.
Rage | Directed by Peppa | USA | 11 min | 2020
RAGE explores the energy between healing and destruction through an interpretation of oral storytelling. This experimental video was made during the 2016 United States presidential election where participants were given a private space to discuss their experiences with rage and their relationship to the emotion.
Rotary | Directed by Julie Martin | USA | 5 min | 2020
A group of monks travel in the desert to connect calls representing different relationships and forms of communication.
Screenshots for a Goodbye | Directed by Ruth Caudeli | Colombia | 10 min | 2019
How do we say goodbye? How do we say goodbye when something is broken? What happens when something is broken and we don’t know exactly what? Andrea and Maca are facing the day after a break-up and they are going to struggle with all the difficulties that come after a goodbye. How hard is to say goodbye to someone you have loved?
Cave Dream | Directed by Hannah Kim | USA | 5 min | 2020
A character is stuck in a cycle of working and surviving to care for a fruit, under orders of an oppressive cave which it is stuck in.
Gay as in Happy. A Queer Anti-tragedy | Directed by Jordana Valerie Allen-Shim | Canada | 3 min | 2020
An experimental autoethnographical documentary about queer joy, resistance, and resilience in the face of abuse, trauma, and transphobia.
Wedding Cake | Directed by Monica Mazzitelli | Sweden | 4 min | 2020
A young woman is forced to become a prostitute in order to settle her ex-husband’s debts. Her destiny is narrated through Playmobil figurines and a wedding cake that disappears along with the woman’s illusions.
Awkward | Directed by Nata Metlukh | USA | 4 min | 2020
A day full of socially awkward moments.
eadem cutis: the same skin | Directed by Nina Hopf | Germany | 6 min | 2019
"I just want to be seen as the one I am today“ – In this experimental animated documentary John takes the viewer with him into the world of body and identity.