“These twenty seven films that make up the international competition programme distill all that is invigorating about the global short film community. Drawing together a myriad of different forms and tones - from multi-part web-series to stereoscopic experiments; from Egypt, Taiwan and Macao - these works offer innovative new perspectives with vigour, wit and a worldly curiosity.
Many thanks to the international selection committee Ben, Jenna, Laura, Maria and Mo-Jai for all their hard work and stamina.”
Otherworldly phenomena and an incarcerated anthropomorphic cow feature in this panorama of a world in stasis. With new animated fables from Wong Ping, Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: On Body And Soul
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Expressions of love, vulnerability and solidarity. Featuring personal excavations of family archive and inner worlds from Sohrab Hura and Sylvia Schedelbauer.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: The Greatest Show On Earth
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Alligator wrestling, Poké Balls and the sentience of our microbiomes converge in this programme of performance, character and the intimacy of confession.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: Heaven Knows What
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How do we try to organise a disorganised world? Spanning intergalactic warfare, conjoined twins and poetic nonfiction, these works try to find meaning in the confusion.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: Out Of Sight
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Hidden stories and secret histories are unpacked from Google Maps topographies, ancestral rituals and internet archive. Featuring new found footage composition from Ken Jacobs and ethnographic fiction from Laura Huertas Millán.
