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A selection of the best films of the year curated by our programming team. This competition runs alternative to the official competition and is exclusively online.
Visiones Únicas brings together over 150 filmmakers from around the world, showcasing an exciting selection of films in a unique competition designed to elevate emerging voices in the cinema industry.
As we often say, the art of storytelling can transport us to a world where illusions shape a parallel universe, inviting us to dive in and create our own fantasies.
Today, with great pride and joy, we celebrate the Visiones Únicas Short Film Selection, and we invite you to discover the best Mexican and international short films of the year. Join one of the most exciting competitions and experience the magic of cinema.
Viva el cine, viva la cultura!
Mirada Corta Programming Team
“To infinity and beyond!” — Toy Story, 1995.
Enjoy a collection of the best animated films of the season. These animated shorts showcase different techniques—3D, 2D, and stop motion—but they all share one thing in common: the splendor of creativity. As Toy Story reminds us, the magic never ends.
Humans live their routines inside a village floating in the sky. What happens when one of them causes the world to end?
"The God Man" chronicles Jonah Weisman's discovery of a colossal humanoid object in space. As an astronomer at the Lick Observatory, Jonah identifies the mysterious entity, sparking global intrigue and debate. Despite uncertainties about its origin and purpose, Jonah becomes fascinated, eagerly awaiting its approach. As The God Man nears Earth, tension mounts, and humanity grapples with fear and curiosity. When it finally descends into the atmosphere, it captivates the world with its spectacular display. Though its true nature remains elusive, Jonah finds solace in the profound connection it evokes. After The God Man's departure, Jonah reflects on the fleeting encounter, haunted by its implications. Despite the lack of answers, he remains hopeful that one day, humanity will uncover the mysteries of the cosmos. "The God Man" is a thought-provoking exploration of curiosity, wonder, and the search for meaning in the face of the unknown.
To leave or to stay? Director Denis Do takes us on an existential quest through the generations of a single family, shaken by 200 years of history in China. A deeply humanistic family chronicle.
After finding a fortune, a man embarks on a hallucinatory quest for truth, as a plea for humanity and reverence for nature resounds.
Troubled by the death of her brother, a young girl and her best friend run away from their convent school for an afternoon. After burying a dead bird, the young girl realizes she must look inward for the will and the courage to carry on.
A romantic comedy about a pair of robots who learn that love isn’t easy even if you can download it directly into your CPU.
This dreamy journey of a draft horse named Kubo and his logging community in rural Slovakia points at the ongoing energy crisis in Europe where firewood may become the only source of heat and energy.
“To infinity and beyond!” — Toy Story, 1995.
Enjoy a collection of the best animated films of the season. These animated shorts showcase different techniques—3D, 2D, and stop motion—but they all share one thing in common: the splendor of creativity. As Toy Story reminds us, the magic never ends.
Isabelle is a violinist-beekeeper in the Ouessant island. She protect her bees and she inspire her daughter with stories and legend about honey bees....
A young armorer begins her day managing her magical weapons store, getting every new adventurer that comes through her doors the '' perfect weapon'' to go and seek adventure, but what happens when a particularly difficult client comes in? Will she be able to get him his perfect weapon?
Pinpin, a small tinkerer made of found objects, and Matilda, an origami yellow-billed magpie, reside in a backyard full of abandoned items. One day, an alluring bottle cap flips over the fence and into their yard. The tenacious tinkerer and the mischievous magpie both decide they must have it for themselves, initiating a rivalry where they test their limits for the treasure they have desperately searched for.
A tale of friendship, feathers and finding home. In the animated short film Henrietta Finds a Nest, a young chick named Henrietta embarks on a heartwarming journey from neglect at a factory farm to friendship with a little girl. With tender moments, gentle humor, and a timeless message of connection, this seven-minute tale invites audiences of all ages to embrace the magic of friendship and the power of compassion.
Ellie is entering secondary school in Saumur. Shy and fascinated by nature, and birds, she spends her time with books. Ellie draws the attention of Anna, the school’s librarian. The day when Ellie must absolutely return a book to Anna, she finds the school library closed. Ellie decides to take it back to Anna’s home,a few miles from school, on an island on the Loire River. An island full of birds.
Fitting In is a story about an outsider, a little elephant called Zuri who finds a place in the circus with hard work, determination & a passion to succeed.
“Bonbon Voyage” takes place on a cruise ship in the 1950s. When a beauty queen sees a poster touting a “Swimsuit Contest for Bathing Beauties!” her dreams of victory and accolades seem to be in direct conflict with her love of desserts. In her determination to win, she runs a gauntlet of bonbons, cupcakes and other treats, fighting against her desires and fear of gaining weight. Her wordless struggles with temptation hold a comic mirror to pop culture’s unrealistic female body imagery and fat-shaming.
Becoming independent can be both invigorating and lonely, for individuals as well as for nations.
A stop motion 1930s fairy tale follows a monster that yearns to be a part of civilized human society. After an unfortunate mishap, the monster’s hopes of being one with the humans is put on trial.
“In feature films, the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director.” — Alfred Hitchcock.
Just like in Hitchcock’s films, these filmmakers aren’t afraid to reveal not only the horror but also the beauty of the reality we live in. Short docs that portray big characters, tell great stories, and overwhelm the audience with truth and authenticity.
LA-newbie Emily cannot believe her luck when Hollywood A-Lister Harris Shaw approaches her on the street and instigates a romantic entanglement. The film opens in Harris Shaw's bedroom in his expansive Hollywood Hills home, a post-coital awakening to reality. At the same moment, Emily learns of Harris' alleged assaults on other women as a media flurry blows up her phone. Resistant to believe it, she wants to stay tucked away in her most idyllic of fantasies come to life. As the night unfolds, Harris' charm quickly dissolves as something darker rises to the surface in a tornado of erratic behavior and obsessive ticks. The illusion is shattered and Emily feels the walls close in as she plots her escape.
Eight fifty year old women, totally different from each other, made a decision against the advice of their entire environment: Form a synchronized swimming group. named themselves "Mariburruntzis". "Dragonflies" in Basque, an animal that, while not being aquatic, makes its life around water.
A short documentary about tattoo artist Herman Devyashin, who is trying to find a way out of a creative crisis.
Written upon testimonies, rumours and fake news, this film questions architectures of energy shaping the Algerian territory from its colonial history to the rise of Chinese extractivism, underlining the multiplicity of reality in our post-truth era. Since 2006, thousands of Chinese workers have been arriving daily in Algeria to build new cities across the country. Refusal of taking care of the dead by construction companies led to rumours about the disappearance of worker’s bodies, therefore questioning the collective memory of these workers expunged from history. Memories of an Unborn Sun aims to articulate a metaphysical query around light as a form of memory, blending archives from French nuclear tests in the Sahara, viral footage of an artificial sun rising in the sky and verses from Tuareg poet Hawad. As this nightless world embodies the capitalist utopia of infinite growth, how to remember those made invisible? Exiled workers and ghosts of an energetical quest.
‘Jeremy, my Father,’ is a poignant film which attempts to navigate bereavement following suicide. Through animation, archival footage, and sound, director Miranda Peyton Jones guides us to the heart of her grief, love and loss. The voices of her family and her father’s music underscore this deeply personal, powerful, and poignant film.
After years of debilitating period pain and unexplained symptoms, Malak finally gets a diagnosis: she has endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease that affects 1 in every 10 women and people who menstruate worldwide. Despite being so prevalent, the disease has no known cause, no cure, and is not taken seriously, even by her own mother.
AS FAR AND CLOSE AS HERE is a tribute to togetherness, to adolescence and adulthood of the East and South East Asian Diaspora as it gently touches upon the meanings of identity and home. With our cast consisting of sisters, friends, strangers and lovers, we embrace different perspectives while shedding light onto the process of growth, solitude and the bond of collective experience. We hint at untold yet familiar stories, alienation and belonging, and the struggle and beauty of cultural ambiguity.
Amidst the vibrant landscapes of Zimbabwe, "A Place at the Operating Table" offers a glimpse into the world of Dr. Thandi Munai and other remarkable female reconstructive surgeons of the PWRS program. This documentary reveals their inspiring journey to make a lasting impact in underserved communities worldwide. It's a story of courage, determination, and a global mission for healthcare equality.
“In feature films, the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director.” — Alfred Hitchcock.
Just like in Hitchcock’s films, these filmmakers aren’t afraid to reveal not only the horror but also the beauty of the reality we live in. Short docs that portray big characters, tell great stories, and overwhelm the audience with truth and authenticity.
A sleep away camp in Elgin, Texas gives adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to escape societal barriers and have a good ol' time dancing, loving, and feeling free.
Milton "Maja" Jurado finds himself thrust into the Chicano/a Art Movement upon arriving in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Leaving behind his home in Quito, Ecuador for a chance at being an artist and openly queer, Maja finds himself surrounded and inspired by many of the famous Chicano/o Art Movement artists of this period. In this film, Maja reflects on the impact the movement has had on his life and art, all while he challenging the way people view and appreciate Latinx art today.
Amid Cuba's largest migration crisis, over 300,000 young people flee annually. This documentary follows childhood friends yearning to escape, revealing the harsh truths. Through their eyes, we uncover a nation hidden in economic despair and crumbling infrastructure. Far from the vibrant salsa postcard, we witness the raw and relentless struggle that define Cuba's future.
How do you rebuild “home” from nothing but memories? This verite-style film thrusts us into the intimate conversations between Maria and her grandchild, Marucha: two Indigenous refugees living in displacement. To Maria, the Venezuelan delta is her home. To Marucha, these refugee camps are all she knows. Through the rhythms of their daily lives, we witness the complexity of raising a new generation in displacement and explore how land, memory and identity are deeply intertwined.
Meet WaZeil and UaZit, two multidisciplinary artists from rural Indiana who share their unconventional past and how it’s defined them as cutting-edge Creatives ahead of their time. Filmmaker, Zeke Anders nimbly and skillfully captures raw and authentic moments over the course of just two days and intricately weaves a revealing portrait, both funny and vulnerable of the eccentrically talented duo known as Stalph.
Can fungi be a conservation ally when it comes to protecting entire ecosystems? Whenever mycologist Giuliana Furci and biologists Toby Kiers and Merlin Sheldrake come together, great things happen. When they travel to Tierra del Fuego in autumn to explore the region's incredible funga, something extraordinary happens. Among Nothofagus forests, pampas, rivers, fjords and glaciers, the scientists talk about the importance of studying fungi and how they can and should be used as conservation tools.
Every Israeli has been touched by the loss of family and friends who gave their lives defending the country. Ever since his brother was killed rescuing hostages at the Savoy Hotel, Iftach Ben David has worked to uncover the classified details of the event, to learn what actually happened that night in 1975. As he tends the graves of fallen soldiers and the markers at the places where they fought and died, Iftach struggles to get the Municipality of Tel Aviv to add a similar memorial marker on the promenade in front of the hotel.
Like the circus caravans, travelling from a village to the next, Alé had a very long journey to arrive in Auvergne, France. Growing up in Santiago de Chile, he dreamt of becoming a clown and a juggler. After many years of hard work, studies and collaboration the dream melted into reality. Now, Alé passes on this way of life, to Nino, his 4 years old son. From the stunning landscapes, volcanos, fields of Auvergne in France... Alé and Nino are playing in this lush nature. Often transmission works both way where Alé learns from Nino's innocence and freedom of gesture that he includes in his shows when performing in black box theatres in the city. With his wife, the docteur Maddly, they founded "Everything hurts" a medical circus bringing shows adapted to play in hospital and for fragile audience.
“Movies don’t create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!” — Scream, 1996.
Indeed, get ready for the scariest films of the season! These shorts will take your adrenaline to its highest levels. Prepare to scream and laugh, but remember—closing your eyes is forbidden!
After his abusive father's death, a troubled man builds a mausoleum to the relationship they never had… in his parents' bathroom, while his grief-stricken family attempts to rescue him from his madness.
Rebeca, a woman from the future, decides to visit a simulation of the year 2024 to look for tears, because in her time people have lost the ability to cry.
Every person who lives in an apartment in a major city dreads it. It is an activity full of strife, pain, and horror. Today, one man attempts such a feat... doing his laundry.
During a raging thunderstorm, a correctional officer must face the horrors that haunt the maximum security prison where he works.
A kindergarten teacher is assigned to educate an advanced prototype of artificial intelligence, on the condition that he approaches it as a child.
Ariane is a single and lonely woman who craves love after a history of abusive relationships. The birth of her child represents a chance to start everything anew and form her own happy family, but she worries about not being up to the task. As the birth draws near, Ariane gets haunted by monsters manifesting her anxieties about motherhood and starts to feel uneasy about what is growing in her stomach. Through her fight with the monsters and her discussions with her friends, Ariane increasingly questions herself: Will she be able to take care of her child properly and love him unconditionally?
When an 18th Century Cleric, Rev. Heatly Smythe is appointed to a new rural Parish, he finds his faith tested by local superstitions surrounding a strange mound in an ancient woodland. Heatly has little time for the local superstition and being an academic and a scholar, he begins to ruminate about the true nature of the so-called 'Devil's Mound'. In an attempt to rid the Parish of it's 'blasphemous beliefs', Heatly endeavors to prove that the mound in question is merely an ancient neolithic burial sight, of historic and scientific importance. Led by his own arrogance and blind self-conviction, Rev. Heatly Smythe find himself confronted by local friction, tragic circumstances, and an illusive individual that begins to haunt his every step. Loosely based on a chapter from the 'smash hit' novel 'Skendleby', written by the Director's father, Nick Brown, with all rights permitted.
“Movies don’t create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!” — Scream, 1996.
Indeed, get ready for the scariest films of the season! These shorts will take your adrenaline to its highest levels. Prepare to scream and laugh, but remember—closing your eyes is forbidden!
After experiencing an intense passion as a teenager and being separated by fate, Nina and Dan meet again twenty years later, right where they last saw each other, and the surprise gives way to an unexpected conflict of feelings.
Luna, Max and Zoe are on a girls getaway in the desert to do some much needed unwinding and unplugging from the world. After hanging poolside all day, Zoe and Max convince Luna to take psychedelic mushrooms with them to help expand their minds. But when the shrooms begin to take greater effect, Luna’s anxieties about climate change and human nature are unearthed, shifting the tide of the trip. As they spiral deeper into a bad trip, each woman finds herself having to confront her inner darkness and anxieties in corporeal forms of hallucinated horrors.
On Halloween night, two young women leave a party to venture into the woods in search of their friend, who has mysteriously disappeared. They stumble on a vast ruined building that shouldn't be there - when they go inside, they soon realize that they shouldn't be there either.
In a race for domination, the Continental Alliance's ambition leads to the uninhibited exploitation of planet Solstice-5. As they construct unstoppable autonomous factories, the Alliance's insatiable quest for power leaves behind a forsaken workforce in a world spiraling out of control.
NIGHT TRAIN is about two teenage boys who dare each other to ride the NYC subway through a ghost station in the dead of night.
When a seemingly innocent lemonade stand materializes in a suburban front yard, the once tranquil neighborhood descends into chaos as mysterious and unsettling events unfold.
When a woman attracts the attention of a mysterious figure who slips inside her isolated home and lies in wait, she must confront her past in this horror/sci-fi short film with a twist.
On his annual hunting trip to his childhood village, the skeptical Pathum learns about the tale of the Kura Raaksha, a hoofed-demon that is supposedly haunts the woods. His skepticism is soon put to the test as mysterious events occur and he realizes that some actions indeed have terrifying consequences.
A private investigator stalks a young adulterous couple, but soon realizes that he is not the only one watching. Format is a science fiction horror film set in the near future, where personal memories can be remotely accessed. The film explores the erosion of privacy in the digital age, delving into humanity’s insatiable hunger for data and the lengths they’ll go to acquire and safeguard it.
A childless couple's relationship starts to unravel after the husband suspects his wife's infertility is due to outside forces.
“The only safe thing is to take a chance.” — Mike Nichols.
New filmmakers embrace the challenge of confronting their own fears. This selection of films is both powerful and bold. These young filmmakers work tirelessly to craft a unique style and bring attention to the stories they need to tell. Enjoy the fresh aesthetics and storytelling of this new generation.
According to fate, everyone has an allotted time on this earth. However, a unique position at the local city hall known as a Destiny Manager has ability to alter the destiny of an individual for a specific price. In exchange for one’s most important memories, one’s life can be extended beyond its predetermined time. A former musician nearing the end of his life encounters Iori, the Destiny Manager assigned to his case. He is given the opportunity to extend his life, but in doing so, he will have to sacrifice everything that gives his music meaning. With only seven days to decide his fate, which will he choose?
Set in the 1950's, a jazz star and pianist navigates love and career. She walks through life with boldness, beauty, and talent but finding true love proves to be more challenging.
Living on a shoestring in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discount laundry detergents that she's been refused at a grocery store. - A little story of family, capitalism and children's game.
Rosie, a 13-year-old Chinese-American girl, embarks on a skateboarding escapade through the streets of New York with her crush and his best friend - at the cost of abandoning her little sister and never delivering a forgotten lunchbox.
Based on a true story, STRAIGHTAWAY focuses on Kenny Alcock, a track coach at the fictional Woodside High school who engages in an illicit sexual relationship with his 17-year-old high school student, Vanessa Moss. The short film explores the complexities of the relationship and the consequences for both of them and those around them.
A small figure among huge tanks filled with wine - a woman works at a factory. She has a warm life in her bag. A woman would like to leave early, take time off, but an office party is inevitable in the evening. Leo Tolstoy wrote about this: "This is the usual experience of a traveler passing through Nepal". Based on a story by Viktor Pelevin.
On a Monday morning, a man rings at Mary’s door. Just before he disappeared, he delivers her a strange parcel : a magnificent fruit tray adorned with a ribbon inscribed with a date. What is this date? Why is an hourglass hidden between pomegranates and bunches of grapes ? Dreading a sign announcing her death, Mary wonders if she is not living her last week. We dive into her mind for these seven capital days, looking for inner peace and this mysterious deliverer of forbidden fruits.
In the turbulent early 30’s a young German woman is presented with the option to flee to America with her best friend. Her controlling husband seems to make the dream of an independent future impossible but no matter how dark the night - there is always a glimmer of hope (une Lueur d’Espoir).
It is lovely summer day and Vetle is celebrating his 5th birthday. After food and games a clown shows up - it is Vetle’s father who has turned up unannounced.
Bye Bye Boy is a short film that illustrate a chapter in the relationship of a mother and a son. An intimate and raw story about the reencounter of two characters: Enzo and Chantal.
When wildlife photographer Tara returns home from a photo trip to the California mountains, she’s beset by violent agoraphobia. Her boyfriend Matthew tries to get her into treatment as she escalates episodes of self-harm, convincing herself that her house has become home to a dark insect brood.
Livio, a stuttering adolescent, uses music to communicate with others.
Six women attempt to move forward as a collective, but their journey seems to bring them back to their starting point. They face a challenge to break free from this state of stagnation, which leads them into a cycle of chaos and harmony. This dance film is a call to reflect on society's standards of beauty and how much we relate to them.
There is a couple. Two bodies. Two beings. 1+1. Sometimes it feels like only one. This film piece wants to explore aspects of a relationship through movement, through the bodies of the performers. The unfathomable distance between two people. Broke but never broken.
KATOGO is a mix of intuitive improvisations, a collage of spontaneous narratives emerging from the unpredictable rhythm of chance encounters and chaotic occurrences. Footsteps descend from the mysticism of Ugandas highlands into the darkness of Kampalas underground. A dissonant film celebrating the beauty of free play.
What waves and signals run through the hybrid landscapes between agricultural use and fallow land? Who passes through them? Working, traversing, and intervening in the landscape and space meet the atmosphere, the wind, the earth. Posthuman modes of production encounter magnetism and visions of Afrofuturism. The settings of the film include a field in the Lower Rhine region, outer space, a forest in Bad Marienberg, and a research site for migratory birds. Generated voices quoting texts by feminist science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin, theorist Mark Fisher, artist Lygia Clark, and interviews with foresters and bird researchers form the soundtrack together with music by Dominik Eulberg, Manuela Schininà, Maya Shenfeld, and Tim Tetzner.
<Chamber of Shadows> is a stop-motion animation using photographs of the late 19th century photographer Eadweard Muybridge. transparent acrylic frame's Different ratio metaphor materialized screens while also representing different screen ratios that vary with time and use. After printing pictures of the film, photographs, and animation pioneer Eadweard Muybridge on transparent film, It is stop motioned by inserting it into an acrylic frame, and it crosses still image, moving image, 2d and 3d, films and sculptures. It ignites the cinematic imagination and obscures the boundaries of the media. Thus, this animation asks the audience the question, 'What is a movie, an animation, a picture, and a screen?'
Right this way, folks! Here's your chance to have a glimpse into a world in which only women hold the key... In "Boudoir," director Parker Love Bowling marries her poetry, absurd commentary and 16mm visuals to create an unsettling, alternate reality where women are kept in a human-zoo, vulnerable to male on-lookers.
A surreal night shift of a female prison guard turns into a juggling fiesta, celebrating diversity and solidarity of women.
A broken heart, the perilous voyage of a migrant, the grief of a loved one, a mental health crisis…PASSAGE explores a universal journey through movement.
“A lot of times, you get credit for things in your movie that you didn’t intend to be there.” — Spike Lee.
The Student Lab showcases the projects of talented students who will shape the future of this competitive industry. We are thrilled to accompany them on their first steps into the incredible world of cinema. A diverse selection of films, ranging from animations and documentaries to narrative and horror, awaits. We invite you to discover this new wave of directors and their fresh, innovative visions.
In the Mongolian wilds, a hunter's heir, With his father, a bond so rare. Kindness within, 'midst nature's might, A tale of love, in the wild's wild fight.
After the death of her mother, Sol, a 25-year-old woman, must face life on her own. On the day of her birthday, after an overwhelming workday, Sol arrives home in no mood to celebrate and suffering the absence of Inés, her mother. The night becomes an opportunity to say goodbye when Inés pays Sol a visit from beyond the grave.
During Lunch break on an elementary school field day, Minsu wins a Giant fish-shaped candy(Dalgona) from a lucky draw. Even though his friends wanted a bite, Minsu decided to eat candy all by himself. Then, he got eaten by a Giant fish that suddenly appeared from the air. Discharged through Giant fish's poop hole, Minsu faces an eccentric sight as nutrients of his body are all squeezed out.
A girl called Elena finds after a long time the notebook of her maternal grandmother, Laura. She flips through it for the first time and through those pages she sees her grandmother's life again. Once she reaches the end, Elena recalls a childhood episode in which Laura had revealed to her that if one has a great desire it must be confided to the paper of a notebook to make it come true. As a child she had believed that story and immediately had done so. Now 25 years old, Elena no longer remembers her past wish but now has a new one, to remember Laura.
What happens when a Badger accidentally breaks the sun?
A Lilly pad/cacti hybrid struggles to deal with her intrusive thoughts. She found herself wanting to run over a family of tissues and squeeze a taxi’s driver belly. Furthermore, killing a Baby.
After 9 years in deep space, the Kepler space telescope is running out of fuel and about to turn off. Haley, a 12-year-old kid saddened by the news, goes to the field to bid farewell to Kepler.
Golden Strings is a stop motion shortfilm about a complex mother daughter relationship. The story follows a worried mother who controls her daughter like a puppet with strings to keep her safe. As the daughter grows up, she tries to break free, leading to unexpected consequences. Exploring the balance between care and abusive overprotection, the film delves into personal freedom.
The film follows the Writings of Jacqueline Kahanoff, wherein she, an elderly woman, confronts the revelation of uterine cancer, marking the commencement of a new chapter in her life. The film captures her fears of the treatments, the isolation experienced as a patient in a healthy world, and the peculiar beauty that emerges amidst the agony.
“A lot of times, you get credit for things in your movie that you didn’t intend to be there.” — Spike Lee.
The Student Lab showcases the projects of talented students who will shape the future of this competitive industry. We are thrilled to accompany them on their first steps into the incredible world of cinema. A diverse selection of films, ranging from animations and documentaries to narrative and horror, awaits. We invite you to discover this new wave of directors and their fresh, innovative visions.
A woman recounts the events that led her 12 year old son to commit the most ultimate act of evil. Inspired by true events.
Nail commits an unintentional crime. By chance, there are no witnesses nearby. Nail' decides to hide the traces of his crime and enters into an unequal game with his conscience.
A collection of conversations, images and sounds recorded during my discovery of Argentina, around the theme of the female experience of fear.
LORA and L are trapped in a cell. Dancing, they try to recall their last ever choreography. A memory that becomes more and more unattainable, with every movement and every dance exercise. This film is a tribute from the Iranian director to all generations of women and people in Iran and Afghanistan who, because they dance or sing, are locked up in prisons.
Margo contemplates her future after losing her baby.
The preschooler A-Mao spends his days fooling around and exploring with his little sister and his buddy A-Bao. When they are hungry, there are sweet potatoes and snails to eat, and from time to time A-Mao can also eat some of the pork belly that his mother has gotten as a "gift." A-Mao's childhood is free and happy. A-Mao's father, who came to Taiwan with the Kuomintang government, has been unsuccessful in different kinds of work. As a result, he spends his days in idleness and depression. He is often drinking, and likes to chatter and gripe. After someone reports on him, he is arrested and imprisoned. Afterwards, he is released following "mediation," but his mental state has grown even stranger, and he is constantly afraid that he will arrested again.
A janitor tells the story of Professor Noah McClintock, who lost his sanity after frequenting a haunted campus bathroom. The janitor uses the story as a warning to a visiting student; who uses the bathroom despite the janitor's advice.
"Blue Hour" delves into the transformative journey of Charles, an individual grappling with the routine of a corporate existence after losing his father. Fueled by the longing for a simpler past, he embarks on a soul-searching journey into the woods. The film intricately weaves themes of societal detachment, self-discovery, and the profound impact of reconnecting with nature. The cardboard box, his silent companion, encapsulates the tangible remnants of his past life, echoing the universal struggle to find meaning in simplicity.
Itay and Bar are in an open relationship. One day, Itay comes home and sees bar sleeping with who is supposed to be their surrogate. Itay is jealous, and tests how much he himself can resemble the woman Bar wants.
Raphaël, a 20 year-old student in Paris, has a confrontational approach to sexuality and romantic relationships. He walks at night in Parisian parks and streets to understand his tumultuous emotions and make late night encounters. At a dinner party, Raphaël's friends, Alice and Chiara, introduce him to Germain, an engineer in his thirties who just moved to the French capital and is looking for new friends. Though electricity unquestionably flows between the two, Raphaël seems unsuited for human relationships.
Eva is in the safest place in the country, according to the coordinates given to her in a religious revelation, where she is building a bunker. Water scarcity, insecurity, and desolation threaten her survival.
“A lot of times, you get credit for things in your movie that you didn’t intend to be there.” — Spike Lee.
The Student Lab showcases the projects of talented students who will shape the future of this competitive industry. We are thrilled to accompany them on their first steps into the incredible world of cinema. A diverse selection of films, ranging from animations and documentaries to narrative and horror, awaits. We invite you to discover this new wave of directors and their fresh, innovative visions.
Eleven-year-old Andrej visits his grandfather. But in place of the joyfull friend from childhood memories, he finds a dying man.
A young man works alongside his uncle at his late father's failing auto shop. While navigating this loss, his uncle decides to sell the project car to bring in some money for the shop. The young man tries to prevent the car from leaving at any means necessary.
Qi (played by Wang Ke-yuan) is a modern gentleman who longs for freedom, but his girlfriend, Qian (played by Li Xing), who is a few years older than he, wants so much to get married and have kids. With the dissension, they move into a rooftop old flat with a large terrace introduced by a real estate agent (played by Rhydian Vaughan). With no reason at all, once they move in, Qian suddenly disappears, leaving only an engagement ring stuck in the flowerbed on the terrace. While he is looking for her, Qi is trying to drill open the cemented flowerbed to get the ring and facing the old house with ghosts at the same time... And everything seems to be related to the weird portrait of a lady, something which the previous tenants have left. Where exactly is Qian? Is the lady in the portrait a ghost or a human being? When he has to face his past again because of loss of his love, what new comprehension does Qi have about marriage? Our leading actor, Qi, is played by Wang Ke-yuan, who has been nominated Best New Actor by Taipei Film Festival and made his mark with the local drama “The World Between Us”. Our leading actress, Qian, is played by Li Xing, who has been nominated Best Supporting Actress by Golden Horse Awards and awarded Best Supporting Actress by Golden Bell Awards with the drama “Gold Leaf”. The mysterious real estate agent in the short film is played by Rhydian Vaughan, who has been known for his roles in many popular dramas and films, such as Netflix’s “Light the Night” and the film “Monga”. In order to interpret the trance and intermingled state of both human beings and ghosts, Wang Ke-yuan and Li Xing have spent much time in being made human replica and done special effect makeup. Both of them play excellently opposite Vaughn in the short film.
"Rouge" is a throwback crime film set in post-war France. On a December night in 1947, in an outskirts hotel, the mayor's son is discovered dead in a room where he typically indulges his discreetly unsavory desires. Amidst corrupt cops and unexpected foes, beneath the crimson glow of the hotel's neon lights, masks are unveiled: what truly unfolded on the night of the murder? Who is Louise, the one trying to cover up the case?
After being sent voice recordings of their deceased relative, two childhood friends return to the island where they used to spend their summer.
Chen Yu, a 17-year-old girl, falls into insomnia because of a strange sound. Her symptom gets better with her mother by her side, leading her to find the true source of the sound.
In 1940s’ rural Quebec, Marguerite assists her sister Aimée who’s been in painful labour for hours. As an urgent cesarean becomes imperative, the unexpected arrival of the priest instead of the doctor exacerbates the turmoil.
Elsa Potts is a mother, grandmother and widow. She has lived a colourful and full life that is slowly being taken from her. Elsa has mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Often her world is confusing and chaotic, her only constant being an old family heirloom; a compass from the First World War that belonged to Elsa’s grandfather.
Punk rock meets the early 2000s in this breakup dramedy, AfterSchool! Follow Blanche and Emma Grace as they get revenge on the boy that broke Emma Grace’s heart. This story involves a bright blue butterfly belly button ring, eggs, and toilet paper. Oh by the way, Emma Grace is only 9.
“Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.” — Alejandro González Iñárritu.
This perfectly defines the true essence of making cinema. Films honor the audience with a unique opportunity—a chance to explore a different reality, to live another life. But more than that, it’s a journey away from the routine that consumes us, giving us the chance to challenge our own limits.
Rumors spread like wildfire in a small Chilean town as an aborted fetus is found floating on a lake. A single mother and saleswoman’s values and morals are put to test when she discovers the culprit to be one of her young female clients.
Sasha, a high school history teacher with a strong sense of idealism, takes matters into his own hands to punish the bullies of one of his students, realizing they will go unpunished otherwise.
A lonely and curious 9-year-old girl discovers that her father, a truck driver who travels the country transporting fruit, is carrying more than just goods.
Paula is a scientist and CEO of a large technology company that is about to present an invention that will change the lives of the entire planet. Rumors speak of the invention of the century, but also of the perfect scam... However, minutes before the world presentation of this product, Guillermo, the company's communications director, and who intends to dethrone Paula from her position, has prepared a television interview for her with her biggest detractor, Juan, a racial journalist who has the opportunity before him to unmask the woman of the moment. This interview will become a trap perpetrated by one of them and where each one will try to take advantage of their opportunities until the end. The result of this conversation will not leave anyone indifferent.
We dive into the inside world of a boy. A puzzle of rules and fears that intertwine in both the past and the present. Oddballs often turn into problematic people, whereas the problematic turn out to be just oddballs.
Old age can be an arduous period of our lives. Physical limitations emerge little by little, until they completely take away our autonomy to live, and so we start to depend on others for everything. But in the world we live in, people have less and less time available for each other. Thus, old age can become a period of extreme loneliness. It is about this felling that the film Mrs. Irene intends to talk about.
Mauro, a truck driver, meets a strange group of young people at a roadside rest stop who lead him into the woods for a journey bordering life and death.
A heartbroken woman encounters a conflicted contract killer who holds her at gunpoint until she offers a satisfactory prayer for the man he just murdered.
Satisfied with the life he's lived so far and worried that it's only downhill from here, a middle aged man decides to kill himself. But unfortunately for him, a disparate group of uninvited guests want to have a say in the matter.
Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle – with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell to childhood and the poetic end of a summer.
“Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.” — Alejandro González Iñárritu.
This perfectly defines the true essence of making cinema. Films honor the audience with a unique opportunity—a chance to explore a different reality, to live another life. But more than that, it’s a journey away from the routine that consumes us, giving us the chance to challenge our own limits.
After a civil war that separated Brazil into three borders: "Democratic Confederalism of the Northeast, the South is my Country and the Amazon". Between polarization and political persecution, a group of young people gather in the "Autonomous State". In a board game, they end up awakening a sleeping spirit in the body of a Cat and receive a mission: to go back 500 years in time and hide the American continent from the colonizers.
Daniel is a teenage boy pulled in different directions by his best mate and burgeoning Neo-Nazi, James, his secret lover, Isaac, and his orthodox Jewish father, Adam. As his ability to juggle his identities falters, he finds himself haunted by a Hasidic spectre demanding a sacrifice.
Eesa and Mokhtar are two miners who get into a fight. Eesa pushes Mokhtar to the ground, and Mokhtar falls down. Mokhtar's oxygen tank hits the ground, releasing a lot of oxygen. No one notices what happens to Mokhtar's oxygen tank. While everyone is working in the mine, Eesa realizes that methane gas is leaking in the tunnel. Eesa helps several workers, but Mokhtar dies in the accident due to his empty oxygen tank. Eesa blames himself for Mokhtar's death, which he believes would be accepting responsibility for murder. Now Eesa must choose between lying and becoming a hero or telling the truth, which would make him a killer.
A well-meaning, middle-aged spinster leaves work early to attend a dinner invitation on All Hallow's Eve
After a long painful exile from her father, Aurora visits him on Christmas Eve but is greeted by a Chinese couple who now own the house. Despite the husband Jiawei’s objection, the pregnant wife Xiaowen welcomes her inside.
Sarah is thirteen - and she can't figure out what to wear today. That's difficult, because today is important. It's not like other days. At the same time, Sarah’s older sister, Allie, is avoiding something. Allie wants to stay where she is, in the garden with her best friend, Rosa - who she happens to be in love with. Both sisters are at an impasse, frozen, until they collide - and we learn what Sarah has been getting ready for. It's the same thing Allie has been avoiding. Rightfully so. No one is ever overly keen to go to their mother's wake. But, armed with a swipe of their mum's red lipstick, at least the sisters can face it together.
A homeless man is mortally wounded after a robbery. Along with his friend he'll be looking for shelter and also for a place where to finally rest and be buried, some old ruins in the middle of the forest where they used to hang around and be part of an urban punk gang.
Journey to the untouched Swiss Alps and into the rich story of ski-mountaineer Sam Anthamatten in his lofty backyard — and discover why for him, skiing the world's steepest lines is the easy part. Enjoy big-mountain action in the new Portraits episode from Faction Skis, co-starring Anthamatten's peers and Freeride World Tour competitors Elisabeth Gerritzen, Martin Bender, and Yann Rausis. Soar down the vastest backcountry runs, swoop through the narrowest couloirs and scale the highest peaks in stunning 4K.
Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time. The next day, retirement by the sea awaits her. But her son Thomas, whom she has not seen for a long time, interrupts the festivities. He has sad news to tell her.
BETA MALE is a dark comedy-drama that follows Daniel, a young man grappling with a crisis of masculinity and low self-esteem. His struggles are compounded when he begins experiencing troubling symptoms, including bleeding every time he uses the toilet. Amidst these challenges, he reconnects with the girl of his dreams and old high school crush and works up the courage to finally ask her out on a date. However, what starts as a simple outing quickly spirals into a series of awkward and embarrassing mishaps. As Daniel navigates this chaotic evening, the question arises: Can he find his way forward, even if he is anything but an alpha male?
The relationship of three friends is tested when an unexpected truth comes to light. In a chaotic environment full of piercing revelations, each one must face betrayals and uncomfortable truths, challenging the fragile balance between loyalty, guilt and, why not, survival.
“Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.” — Alejandro González Iñárritu.
This perfectly defines the true essence of making cinema. Films honor the audience with a unique opportunity—a chance to explore a different reality, to live another life. But more than that, it’s a journey away from the routine that consumes us, giving us the chance to challenge our own limits.
LA-newbie Emily cannot believe her luck when Hollywood A-Lister Harris Shaw approaches her on the street and instigates a romantic entanglement. The film opens in Harris Shaw's bedroom in his expansive Hollywood Hills home, a post-coital awakening to reality. At the same moment, Emily learns of Harris' alleged assaults on other women as a media flurry blows up her phone. Resistant to believe it, she wants to stay tucked away in her most idyllic of fantasies come to life. As the night unfolds, Harris' charm quickly dissolves as something darker rises to the surface in a tornado of erratic behavior and obsessive ticks. The illusion is shattered and Emily feels the walls close in as she plots her escape.
Maxime, 19 years old, followed his cousin Anthony and his new girlfriend Sarah for a sea outing. As the offshore wind makes their route chaotic, Maxime feels increasingly disturbed by Sarah's intrusive presence on the boat.
A man stands at the edge of a cliff staring at the void beneath. With nothing left to live for and only one thing left to lose he has a chance to meet with a little stranger who gives him hope and a reason to live. Kite tells the story of a friendship between a middle-aged foreigner and a little Chinese girl; it's also a film about second chances. Life is a beautiful thing, and you should never give up but keep your hopes and dreams alive even in your darkest hours. They are both lonely alone, but destiny throws them together on a remote island of all places. They both learn that life is worth living even though we feel there is no way out.
As young Anastassia matures and begins making decisions for herself, the wishes of her passionate mother are left behind. Amongst such disagreements, a more serious issue rises to change everything. The story shines a light on two distant memories of the same traumatic experience, and one family’s journey through a loving relationship to an unexpected tragedy, with the hope that they must create for themselves to guide them forward through grief.
It’s a windy day. Katya, a crane operator, gets a job offer on a day no one else would take the risk. Being a Ukrainian immigrant and single mom, she has no choice but to leave her worried eleven-year-old son to babysit his sick baby brother. Then, a storm breaks out.
2095, the Sardinian national elections are held in an atmosphere of great tension. The island is now depopulated, destroyed, exploited, dismembered, and is permanently rented out to anyone who wants to use it for activities that are forbidden or unlawful in other nations. Sardinians no longer live in Sardinia, each of them receiving a generous share in compensation from the tenants. On the day of the vote, as rebellious young people decide to break through the island's borders, everything could change.
In a world where having the perfect baby is becoming a choice, a young mother is struggling to love and accept her daughter for who she is.
A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Forest Echoes follows Echo and Wild, two urban Indigenous land defenders. On the one-year anniversary of their arrest on the front lines, a death in their community opens old wounds but also offers them a chance to heal.
In a café, a young woman, Eva, and a middle aged man, Wanja, engage in a heartfelt conversation about love, family, and the complexities of relationships while waiting for their dates. A revelation leads to an unexpected turn and a surprising realisation.
Monica is a normal woman with a normal life in any place in any of these modern times. However, one day, for an unimportant detail that could have been resolved like any other previous disagreement, she kills her husband. She thus discovers crime as a substitute for anxiolytics, liberation from all hypocritical moralism and, why not?, the usefulnes
“Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.” — Alejandro González Iñárritu.
This perfectly defines the true essence of making cinema. Films honor the audience with a unique opportunity—a chance to explore a different reality, to live another life. But more than that, it’s a journey away from the routine that consumes us, giving us the chance to challenge our own limits.
An Israeli-Jewish couple is expecting their first child.
When Marjorie and Jack offer their help to a passenger and things take an unexpected turn, one wonders who was actually helping who.
Marion, the only female bull-jumper in France, prepares for her performance in a packed arena.
Joey, a Nineteen year old teenager struggles with deep depression ever since the death of his mother. He wanders earth lost and without purpose. He's lost all grasp of reality and fights with the thought of just letting go. Joey stands at the edge of a steep cliff and shares his perspective of the world. How everything is so bad and how it's easier for him to just give up and take a step forward.
LOBO is about a timid but enraged teenage boy who escapes into the wild with his fearless older brother, after making the ultimate sacrifice for his family. It encapsulates the lengths one might go to protect one of their own. As they venture deeper into the wild, the pair are forced to face their turbulent past and re-discover what it means to be brothers. Things start to fall apart when reality rips the veil of delusion from their eyes.
A small-town family's happiness is at stake when alcoholism and ambition collide.
The night after Alex, a married father, fortieth birthday party, there is a knock on his door. There stands Hanna, a former girlfriend, soaked with a present in her hand. Alex wants her to go and offers to get her dry clothes. When he returns, he finds her in his kitchen, naked, demanding an apology for something he has long tried to forget.
One evening in Los Angeles, a mysterious psychologist (THE WOMAN) and a guarded cop (THE MAN) lock eyes in a Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meeting.
Moral-abiding feminist comedian, Rach, receives a massive blow after a show when she is rejected by the agent she was so hungry for. Rach’s brother Benny takes her out to his work Christmas drinks as a means to cheer her up. But in his world of sales bro’s Rach is pushed to see if she’s got the "tenacity" to survive in their world. Will she flip on her morals and throw her integrity to the wind to step up to their plate?
Two teenage friends sitting by the beach go through their first heartbreak experience while facing the end of the world.
When Clint, a former Marine, reunites his old squad for one final job, the operation takes a deadly turn. Now on the run, Clint must unravel the mystery of who betrayed them and why, before time runs out.
“Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.” — Alejandro González Iñárritu.
This perfectly defines the true essence of making cinema. Films honor the audience with a unique opportunity—a chance to explore a different reality, to live another life. But more than that, it’s a journey away from the routine that consumes us, giving us the chance to challenge our own limits.
Jacqui's sister Leia comes home for a week to help her decide whether to sell their late mother's house. Leia thinks Jacqui should learn to communicate with the dead. A fever dream, with moments of pitch black comedy, 'Sisters' circles the guilt, love, grief and fraught intimacy of 21st century sibling relationships.
Robert is suffering from OCD and is living in a constant lockdown for years, completely isolating himself, spending his days with his obsessions and compulsions. He is a German "Hikikomori", a person who never leaves their house. As the Covid 19 Pandemic hits the world and also has to go into Lockdown, he suddenly starts to feel that he is not alone.
3 convicts. One prison cell. The problem? Something ugly is going on outside and the 3 inmates seem unable to get along inside the walls.
Alex is in the throes of his transition from female to male so when his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their burgeoning identities he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone.
Summer 1990. Elsa and her father go to the South of France on vacation. They meet up with old friends and their four children in a house lost in the hills. Immediately, the complicity between adults and children is rekindled. But Elsa senses a growing tension and secretly worries.
A talented young Peruvian pianist is offered her dream career with a renowned orchestra in Madrid: if only she can resolve a bureaucratic impasse to attain her residency visa.
Liam and Frances have been together for several years. The relationship feels safe and stable. So stable that they decide to push the boundaries of their sexuality. They have established regular sexual contact with Dario, a slightly younger guy. However, the practice becomes a bit more complicated than the theory, when the longing for tenderness and connection seems stronger than sex itself.
When Sasha, a troubled 17-year-old college student, pays a surprise visit to her musician grandfather, Desmond, the two spend the night out in the city drinking, under the pretense of reconnecting, while the real reason for Sasha’s visit remains hidden. Uncomfortable with Sasha’s teenage awkwardness and pulled by his alcohol addiction, Desmond hits on a waitress only a few years older than Sasha. As the trio goes clubbing and metaphorically dances around one another, sexual and behavioral norms bend, and the relationships develop in unexpected ways. This nocturnal short film highlights the momentary connections that people make, and explores the ambiguous role that sexuality plays in family dynamics.
Suspicious of her parent's peculiar behavior, Adelle (17) follows them through the night to uncover a new aspect of their relationship.
A young man confronts his complex emotions around death over a night spent in hospice caring for his grandfather.
Brother and sister get a chance to reconnect during a journey аround the city on the day of their mother's funeral.
“Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.” — Alejandro González Iñárritu.
This perfectly defines the true essence of making cinema. Films honor the audience with a unique opportunity—a chance to explore a different reality, to live another life. But more than that, it’s a journey away from the routine that consumes us, giving us the chance to challenge our own limits.
After experiencing an intense passion as a teenager and being separated by fate, Nina and Dan meet again twenty years later, right where they last saw each other, and the surprise gives way to an unexpected conflict of feelings.
Ellen and Marie are members of a cult which focuses on leaving your old life behind. After having violent experiences within the cult the two of them decide to escape together.
YAEL is at the beginning of puberty and is searching for his own identity between his virile big brother and his queer best friend AARON. In the process, he not only questions himself, but also endangers his friendship with Aaron.
The true story of her best friend's mysterious murder would make the perfect prime time miniseries. . . but can former queen bee Penelope Pierce convince her reluctant clique to sign over their life rights?
Homeless 17-year-old Karim is looking for Gégé, his drug-addict father, to tell him that they have at last been offered social housing. He finds him in a sordid squat, suffering from advanced withdrawal symptoms. Karim manages to convince his father to go with him, but two stoked dealers turn up at the squat. Gégé decides to stay. So Karim is faced with an impossible dilemma.
Tula is the cleaning lady at a private school for girls. During her workday, she meets the headteacher's fourteen-year-old daughter in the toilet. The girl is going to tell Tula her secret. Tula will have to decide whether to help her or not.
A young woman takes shelter in the closet of a Polish couple in 1943 and 2 generations of women's lives are forever altered.
The volcano and the baby shows what goes on in the head of a woman who is unable to give birth to a child. This lack obsesses her, she is assailed by strange and disturbing fantasies. This dive into her imagination will give her access to the torments of the History, said great, which undoubtedly made obstacle to the achievement of her desire of maternity. This discovery will be for her an opening towards life.
Lidiia, a Ukrainian mother, and her young daughter, Solomiia, are on the road, in search for a ray of hope to send back to their home country, which they fled just 6 months ago, leaving behind Kiyv, the war, their husband and father Sasha, and most importantly Solomiia's toys. Additional information: This short film, shot as a narrative project, is featuring Lidiia and Solomiia, who are interpreting their real life roles, as they've arrived in Canada less than six months ago, as Ukrainian refugees.
A young married couple with two pre-teen kids takes a weekend trip to a large amusement park. In the hotel room, the woman discovers that her husband had a suicide attempt. He convinces her to hide the truth from the kids and to carry on with their holidays. Though she agrees, she spends the whole day trying to secretly investigate why her husband opted for such a dramatic step.
Romance blooms between a dim sum shop assistant and a street performer in Chinatown, who carries them in the safety of his balloon on a rainy night.
A couple wakes on a stormy night to find themselves trapped in the mechanisms of a horror movie.
When the loner Mason finally meets the woman of his dreams, but his relationship with the lively Ella turns out differently from what he imagined, he is forced to reconcile with his new reality. The unfolding story dances between accepting personal flaws and relishing playful encounters. “ELLA ELLA” is a dreamy tale of real love and the bittersweet reality.
When the loner Mason finally meets the woman of his dreams, but his relationship with the lively Ella turns out differently from what he imagined, he is forced to reconcile with his new reality. The unfolding story dances between accepting personal flaws and relishing playful encounters. “ELLA ELLA” is a dreamy tale of real love and the bittersweet reality.
A young man returns home to scatter his mother's ashes, despite being on the run for his life. He, his brother and his aunt embark on a roadtrip to scatter the ashes, and are drawn closer for the experience. But the past is always close, and earlier actions, once made, can't be undone.
“I’m a storyteller. I’m not interested in ideology; I’m interested in people.” — Alfonso Cuarón.
Mexican cinema has a rich history. For decades, it has been at the forefront of the industry, not only due to the renowned directors throughout its history but also because of the unique audience that accompanies these artists on the big screen. Films that portray stories about people resonate with those who are ready to experience their narratives as their own.
Alma and Teo travel to learn more about their origin and find the answers in a game that the elders of the town share with them
Jimena, of 7 years old, lives with her mother locked up due to confinement. The girl, fed up with her virtual monotony, discovers an unexpected friendship from her window.
Alma, a middle-aged woman, wishes to go to dance classes, but she’s very busy taking care of her sick mother Gladys, and her brother Ruben hardly help her.
A surreal portrait about the dangers of not asking for help, the story follows a young man with depression, lost and isolated in the world, who only seeks to understand the purpose of life.
A recently discovered monarch butterfly subespecies (scientifically named "Danaus plexippus eclipsis") possesses strange toxins in its scales that cause powerful sensorial alterations in its predators. Intertwining vivid colors and textures of microscopic footage with the sway of the human body, this is a sci-fi speculation about what would happen to human beings if they came across the Eclipsis butterfly in the midst of our hurting world.
What does it mean to live your own identity with freedom in an environment of invisibility? The hairstyles of four Afro-descendant people from Mexican – Senegalese families, represent the starting point to reflect, through memories that emerge from their past and present, what it is like to live in México wearing a Black Crown and the consequences that implies. Because, in the face of this racist system, self-love is also resisting.
