When ROV is sent on a toxic treasure hunt into the deep depths of our waters, it discovers how what was once an easy solution is now poisoning our seas and reverberating into the future.
Two middle-aged men, one of them Moroccan-Dutch, sit in a misty sauna and discuss the state of their lives. Their friendly banter begins in a typically defensive male style: racist, homophobic and sexist jokes, complaints about other people. Slowly, the Dutch man’s defences crumble as we learn about the emotional ruin of his life. Can he reach out to his children, his ex-wife, even his soon-to-depart best friend?
Kenneth Anger edited his own version of Sergei Eisenstein’s unfinished Mexican reverie, and even showed it at a festival. Alas leaving no trace of the object. Bruce Posner, now, created his own multi-screen variation on the story that lyrically compares moments from ¡Que Viva Mexico! with scenes from Anger’s avant-garde axiom Scorpio Rising.
Who can deny the splendour of taxidermied shoebill storks and rose-breasted grosbeaks staring back at you in a natural history museum? This essayistic short, however, critically probes the imperialist and colonial constructs that hide behind the hand-painted façades and displayed birds that dominate Western museums.
“We are descended from the original inhabitants of this land, and that’s something to be proud of!” says one of the members of SCV Wajonong. Since the 1980s, this cultural association has been the go-to place in Rotterdam for celebrating and preserving the culture and traditions of Indigenous Surinamese people.
When tasked with an open ended writing exercise, Tetsuya Maruyama used the opportunity to write a near diaristic text about his artistic practice. But, crucially, he decided to forgo words, and instead inscribe his meaning through light on a roll of Super 8. FOTOGRAFAR is a film about a glass of water.
What are you gonna do when the world’s on fire? Sit by the pool with a glass of Aperol Spritz and take a selfie for your friends back home? In this satirical take on tourism during the ecological crisis, Viera Čákanyová asks how costly the Ostrich Effect we all seem to suffer from really is? The film features realistic comments from holidaymakers, glossy travel agency advertisements and some dinosaurs, just passing by.
The largest interdimensional structure of Japan floats close to New Kawagishi, the restaurant run by Fujio. Despite a few strange incidents, the remarkable structure is not threatening, so daily lives goes on. Decades go by and Fujio’s son Sho takes over the reins of the restaurant. Suddenly, in 2021, something happens that turns Sho’s life completely upside down.
WWII veteran, Ray, is a self-help guru in the afterlife, guiding us though breathing exercises and spiritual release. A former Nazi air force headquarters turned 90s daytime talk-show studio becomes the unlikely setting for collective healing of deep personal trauma. Complicated symbols and histories mix into a singular filmic experience.
Soldiers from both sides of Sri Lanka’s civil war fall in love. But their time out of war in the safety of a monastery threatens to be short, with detachments of both armies closing in.
Three pairs of artists engage in different instances of collaborative creation. As they get to know each other and discuss art and life, each pair creates an unexpected new work.
The story of an ordinary day in the life of a young boy who must attend cram school to prepare for a military academy exam, as expected by his father, alongside the story of two soldiers who flee and share an intimate moment together in the forest. These two timelines overlap through drifting smoke, the sound of firecrackers, and gunshots.
When a lantern lights up on a country road in the jungle, a group of insects goes crazy – which proves to be handy for the hungry bats in a nearby cave.
Based entirely on found footage, the film conveys the story of the Norwegian band Hangface as they move to Los Angeles in the early 2000's to take on the music world with legendary producer Eddie Kramer (Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones). Accompanying them is a mini-DV camera, that 20 years later serves as a portal into the inner lives of five overly ambitious boys who were set on conquering the world.
Omo Baba is an evocative and poignant documentary that delves deep into the father-son relationship, exploring the generational impact of upbringing, trauma, and the pursuit of breaking free from inherited pain. Initiated by Nelson Adeosun, the son, this film seeks to understand his upbringing by examining his father Adedayo's past, revealing a cycle of emotional scars that have persisted through generations.
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