Disintegrate (United Kingdom) by Madil Hardis

The raw and visceral portrayal of a love that fell apart.

Running time: 00:01:52

After Dark (Norway) by Iain Forbes

On his way home one night, Kristian encounters a young woman in desperate need of help. He agrees to accompany her to the train station, but soon begins questioning her story.

Running time: 00:10:07

Spell (Brazil) by Khalil Charif

A spell is cast on the dance floors, and it transforms the atmosphere. Sensory stimuli and traces of a documentary past are captured and thrown into an imaginary present, a fabulation beyond the fascination of the night, towards a re-enchantment with life, with being together, interweaving conviviality and liberation.

Running time: 00:03:00

Holy Filament (United States) by Arkan Zakharov

An avant-tech-noir outing for the AI generation, Holy Filament spends one day with a humanoid automaton (Emily Van Raay) as she challenges the confines of existence on a future Earth. Here, humans are long extinct, the machines they created left to churn through an undying cycle of progress. Intrusive visions crack through our protagonist’s programming, leading her to a liberating realization.

Running time: 00:21:50

Georgie (United States) by Jennie Butler

An ex-mobster reflects on life, love, and loss after spending 32 years in prison.

Running time: 00:14:20

Twink Time at Barbizon (Portugal) by Patricia Silva

Inspired by the outdoor optical and sensorial pleasures of the Barbizon school of French painting, Twink Time at Barbizon is a Super 8mm experimental work reimagining public parks as sites where people who are historically and presently unsafe in public can imagine ourselves/themselves as free to harmlessly and openly gaze with each other, maybe even cruise each other as fems, as lesbians, as dykes, as bisexuals, as people of color, and as non-normative gender explorers. 

Running time: 00:03:05

Emilia (Poland) by Dawid Wojtysiak

The story of Emilia, who after moving to England decides to start a controversial activity on the Internet. Her new source of income is met with great criticism from her surroundings and immediate family living in Poland.

Running time: 00:09:46

Reep (United States) by Jakub Blank

***** "This is quite my cup of tea" - Paul Schrader

In the rural South, a young man’s quiet ritual unravels into a harrowing clash of piety and depravity, as hushed tension builds to a shocking, visceral crescendo.

Running time: 00:22:00