Experimental

Marcelese Cooper

In my mixed-media diary, live-action and 2D animation entwine to paint the profound intersection of autoimmune battles and my voyage through gender identity. As a non-binary soul, my poignant monologue unravels the dual challenges of claiming my body for health and identity. Yet amid the tempest of frustrations, there emerges a fierce defiance—a poetic dance in the face of adversity, declaring that no struggle can dim the brilliance of my existence.

Akari Sōma

Two samurai are waiting at the exit of the Lumière factory.

The incident occurred when the workers were coming in after 

finishing work.

This film is the second installment of the ''Old and Modern Telework'' project, which reconstructs movies using the public domain.

KJ Edwards

A temporal observation of nature, reflecting on the relational: the tethering of animal, earthly and human energies through moments of connection, both calm and chaotic, moving toward a shared future shrouded in uncertainty as the planet warms.

The central screen is made from phytograms where the artist placed plants in an eco-developer, then left the film strips in the sunlight for an hour. The artist then fixed the emulsion in place for three days in a salt bath. All B&W film was shot on a bolex and eco-processed with caffenol by the artist.

Barbara Peikert

Snowshine is a fast-paced fiction with ghost-shadow actors Pluto-n I II III encountering red dot signals in a snowy landscape and trying to capture light-shaped silhouettes and sound fantasies in the sky.

The protagonist Pluto-n flits across the snowy landscapes as a shadow actor. A red dot lets the aliens know that Pluto-n is on a unique mission in search of wishes. He is torn between pursuing his mission and simultaneously standing up for his natural surroundings, which he sees as his point of light. Identifying himself as a red dot hacker, Pluto-n goes to a ghost turn under the snow, under a cabin, and he discovers the shocking truth - the life he knows is the elaboration of a magical cyber intelligence. The film speeds up even more when a team of ghost shadow Pluto-n researchers travel through red holes in space to ensure the survival of scripts and patterns that hold a lot of mystery.

The central screen is made from phytograms where the artist placed plants in an eco-developer, then left the film strips in the sunlight for an hour. The artist then fixed the emulsion in place for three days in a salt bath. All B&W film was shot on a bolex and eco-processed with caffenol by the artist.

Sasha Svirsky

The film is devoted to Russian emperor Peter the Great, who lived in the late 17th and 18th centuries and brutally westernized the country. He aspired to build a great empire and considered this goal worth paying any price. Centuries have passed since his reign, but the last events show us that his bloody dream still contaminates people's minds in Russia. 
The weird heritage of the distant past is haunting us as a crappy horror under its familiar mythologized disguise. And glorious pictures of glorious historical figures encourage modern cosplayers to bring this horror into our present.

Vladimir Nefedov

An encounter with an extraterrestrial civilization triggers irreversible evolutionary processes in the past, present and future. 

Odette Laramee

Ultra Short Experimental Animation explores pink perspective on cycles of the universe. A bit of 'something from nothing' this film is made from 2 still images of the filmmaker's shadow taken in Northern Canada in the season of the midnight sun. Official Selection - 2 International Film Festivals, Award Winner - 1 Festival. (Canada 0:40)