A surreal journey into the complex relationship between indigenous peoples and the unstoppable force of technological progress. The film shows various stages of technological development and its effects on indigenous populations.
The story of an Iranian family scattered across years and borders, where home becomes a fragmented memory. The essay film shows how displacement also shapes time and encounters remain possible only in images.
Behind the Behind the Scenes is a mockumentary comedy that dives into the beautiful chaos of student filmmaking. It follows The Director, a self-proclaimed visionary convinced his short film will redefine cinema.
In the Messier Marathon, we search the sky; a night when amateurs and professionals come together to hunt for nebulae and galaxies, and the sky becomes a living stage.
Synopsis: When visiting a group of friends, Sophi feels unwanted as they give her a cold shoulder, but as Sophi expresses her frustration, she discovers the shocking truth behind why her friends have assembled.
The 80-year-old Ms. Pupak lives in a retirement home in Dieburg, Hesse. The film shows her everyday life in slow motion and gives her space for honest and self-reflective words about her past, the present, and the last stage of her life.
A mixed-media animation in which artist Julie grapples with her imposter syndrome by coming into conflict with her newly developed werewolf personality, who would rather spend time with her band than focus on work. Now the two sides are at odds, as Julie's work deadline falls on the same day as her band's gig! Will she manage to be there for her friends by accepting her wilder side?
The film reflects things that go through our minds. Sometimes they are visible on the surface, often they are hidden beneath it. The rhythm of everyday life and fragmented perception. The action in the film floats through urban spaces and finds no destination.
An animated documentary that bridges the gap between research and neurodiverse everyday life. A curious, gentle hedgehog interviewer accompanies Gaura, an artist with ADHD traits. His voice opens a window to honest reflections on identity, creativity, and self-understanding. Warm and grounded, the film invites recognition beyond medical labels and diagnoses.
The "center" is a metaphor for urban dehumanization. All movements of people and objects, all developments revolve around an empty illusion. Robots drift through the ruins in the deep sea, representing the collapse of the center and psychological alienation in a performance-oriented society. The film is the filmmaker's abstract response to the urban reality of her ever-growing hometown of Beijing.
Commercially operated AI image generators reveal their hidden logic in the shimmering choreography of loading bars, confirmation windows, and beauty filters. Between gamification and advertising banners, the camera switches between the feverishly typed prompts of an invisible user and the AI-generated portraits. Algorithmic promise and lived uncertainty of the digital black box. A field of tension between the visible and the hidden, between conformity and difference, in which creativity must be renegotiated.
An aging Osho commune in rural Germany. The dream of enlightenment and free love still echoes, but the winds of change are impossible to ignore. Wahhab is the caretaker of this community and faces the slow fading of things with his unwavering cordless drill.
The War in Kassel and Chongqing - Explorations from the protagonist's perspective. She travels through the last words and remnants of the war to Chongqing and Kassel, two cities 7,900 kilometers apart. Although she lived there for a long time, she never experienced the war herself. As someone who grew up in a world heavily influenced by electronic media, images nevertheless give her an idea of the pain and depth. Images make the extent of the war visible and allow the horrors to be felt even beyond actual experience.
Inspired by The Odyssey and with Áurea's unique touch, the film tells the story of the journey home, as a powerful metaphor for the agency's return from the Canary Islands to A Coruña.