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Cellophane
‘ Cellophane ’ is Ambros Chapel's music video for the song with the same name. Directors Ruben Soler Ferrer and Santi Agustí “Sapone" aimed for an experimental mood with this one: two ballerinas dancing on a stage
Film reviewNight Terrors
Writers Lindsay Sainato and Tyler Bruhn, along with director Oscar Velasquez come up with a haunting story that at first may look like the recipe for a low quality or low resources student/amateurish film. This time thou
Film reviewLife
‘ Life ’ short film tells the life story of a painter, from the moment he is born to his death, in just over 5 minutes. Sprinkled with most of what a life story takes: childhood, adolescence, love, adulthood, life troubl
Film reviewHarvey's Dream
‘ Harvey’s Dream ’ is a short film coming from the United States and directed by Jainardhan Sathyan. The film tells the story of Harvey and Janet, a couple which apparently lived an empty life aside for the children they
Film reviewMichael
A young homeless man is collected from the streets by a private contractor and taken to a place where he is offered shelter and work. However, good intentions seem to be masking mean private interests when Michael (the h
Film reviewWaterfowl(ed)
Grace Combs’s ‘ Waterfowl(ed) ’ is a short documentary about the impact of humans and human communities on wildlife birds in North Carolina. The film follows testimonials from different persons in different fields (docto
Film reviewThe Last Transmission
Stephen Turselli’s film, ‘ The Last Transmission ’ tells the story of a pilot who encounters an UFO when flying above Roswell and the air traffic controller who manages his last transmission before never hearing from him
Film reviewUncanny Valley
‘ Uncanny Valley ’ by Federico Heller is one very special appearance in our festival. Mixing two genres - documentary and Sci-Fi film - to the point where they intertwine so profoundly that it becomes impossible to make
Film reviewALLEGORIA
‘ ALLEGORIA ’ by Nobilis Bellator is a very special breed of experimental. Based on a poem by Noufel Bouzeboudja, ‘ALLEGORIA’ explores, in a lyrical way, the roots of humanity. Conrad F. Harvey recites the poem in the ba
Film review13 Shades of Romanian
In recent years, the main problem in Europe seems to be immigration. After the communist block was dissolved, many easterners took their lives and moved to the western side in hope of a good fresh start. As in any story,
Film reviewVoice from the Wilderness
Wildlife is endangered and we know this very well. Every year some species disappear forever and we are standing still watching this abomination happen. Lead singer of Radiohead, Thom Yorke, when asked about how he sees
Film reviewGLORIA
Director A. J. Gomez is a regular guest of our festival. We know him from the well framed and lighted experimental short film entitled ‘}Oo(‘, one of the few experimental works in our festival that really stands out from
Film reviewGiulia's Place
A young writer who just moved in the building jumps in Giulia’s defence, a mysterious girl stalked by her ex-lover. The writer is suspected by the old lady landlords to be Giulia’s secret lover. Mauro Villani’s main char
Film review}Oo(
The nude image of a woman with long horns coming from darkness in search of light… sounds like an image from another world. A. J. Gomez’s short film ‘ }Oo( ‘ does come from another world. A joint of experimental and fant
Film reviewEnd of the Story
A woman is writing a story that she is due to deliver. By the time she will find the right ending her fiction will seem to escape into reality and apply to her. Arnon Z. Shorr catches one’s attention from the first frame
Film reviewUnfolded
A teenager with problems to adapt socially attempts to commit suicide. When his father decides to put him in a mental ward his younger brother runs to save him. Kristín Ásabella Karlsdóttir follows not only the strong
Film reviewMing... Voice of Deception
In today’s time, all the big nations of the world invest a great part of their money in ammunition and war intelligence preparing for the unfortunate case of a war. The retired soldiers benefit from this fund having many
Film reviewHowell
Howell is attending group meetings that are supposed to help people. Though stubborn, he decides to eventually speak about his issues. He is not an alcoholic, a junky or a sex addict… then what is he? The answer is there
Film reviewSweet Mysterious
‘ Sweet Mysterious ’ comes from Norway from director Simone Hooymans. Now, a lot of filmmakers choose the experimental path but going experimental is no easy job to do as it is not enough to just film something away and
Film reviewThe Sereer
When it comes to religion, we know from the old times human beings were very keen on preaching their own religion as the greatest and when someone tried to intervene in this discussion, they were oppressed by the people