THE CONTEMPORARY ART REPORT is an hour-long exploration of the defining shifts in art from 2015-2025. The report features 20 distinct chapters, each one consisting of a complete analysis paired with an exhibition, main character, or event that illustrates the change.
Not quite a festival, not quite a movie, Spike and Mike’s Animation Extravaganza is crashing the big screen and bringing the party to you! Curated by the weirdos that made INVINCIBLE and THE WALKING DEAD, this showcase of animated short films mashes up infamous vault classics with the official 2025 festival selections.
The Black Box is a slide lecture exploring, among other topics, more than a century of the history of online shopping. 124 slides, approximately one hour.
In a former mining town, geologist Nadine meets Christos, a descendant of miners, and Katerina, the only woman fisher in the region. Together they weave an unexpected bond, fragile yet profound. Against a landscape heavy with memory, they struggle to break free from the past and the weight of history, daring to embrace an uncertain present.
In a ruined and forgotten landscape, two border outposts are separated by a creaking gate. After countless years of loneliness, the old and nihilistic watchman Hugo is taken by surprise by the arrival of the young and disciplined Didot on the other side of the border. Will the dark past repeat itself?
Dance On is an intimate exploration of dance halls in Mexico City, where older people live in the present amid music and memories. Through their steps, the danzón reveals itself as a form of emotional resistance to the passage of time. Amid handkerchiefs, patent leather shoes, and bodies gliding with dignity, this film celebrates the strength of a community that keeps alive the desire and joy of continuing to dance.
A young film professor and his student will find themselves entangled in a plot revolving around a mysterious can of film containing secret information related to one of the darkest chapters in human history. Which force will ultimately retain this mysterious can of film? Good or evil?
Kamel, a former boxing champion, swapped fame for a peaceful life with his beloved wife, Samia, and their son, Sabri. But when a simple accident reveals Sabri has a bone tumour, their world is shaken. As their son bravely fights for his life, Kamel and Samia are pushed to their emotional limits. Sabri’s courage inspires, Samia’s hope endures, and Kamel, driven by love and pain, must face his deepest fears. After a painful separation, the family reunites for one final round: a fight not in the ring, but for love, strength, and survival.
The story of the Soto family, merchants from Río Piedras who, since the 1920s, built what we now know as Cabrera and how their effort, resilience, and entrepreneurial vision allowed them to survive the major changes and crises of the urban center.
A troubled young woman, an artist and a painter, gives birth to a deformed infant, following an unwanted pregnancy forced upon her. She now has to come in terms with herself, living in two parallel realities.
A tattoo artist searching for a treasure map to get rich… Two friends who end up in one mishap after another, even having to hide a body. They set out for a 2-night, 3-day trip to Ngwe Saung Beach just to have some fun… But when things take an unexpected turn and danger closes in— What will happen next?
This documentary tells the story of two siblings with SMA, Deniz (28) and Can (30), who live bedridden lives with the support of their mother, Aysel. The film draws attention to issues such as social invisibility and the restriction of rights and freedoms, aiming to raise awareness. Through interviews and observations over five days spent with the family in Alaçatı — after they lost their home in Hatay following the Maraş earthquake — the film sheds light on their lives and their perspective on existence.
On the morning of October 30, 1995, tension was palpable throughout Quebec. On this Referendum Day, 15 years after René Lévesque chanted "À la prochaine fois!", would the people of Quebec say yes or no to their independence?
Sandia is an exploration of the multiple facets of the Sandia mountain range located in New Mexico. It reveals the mountain’s cold and hostile peaks and slopes in contrast to the warm and arid desert at its base. Aesthetically, the digital image is altered and mystified by techniques reappropriated from the tradition of experimental films, such as frame by frame printing, painting, collage and scratching.