The Hidden City and Memento Stella
Communion Los Angeles
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Adam R Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund; Writer: Adam R Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund)
Using time-lapse photography, the filmmakers capture the relentless bustle of the city and its inhabitants, on Route 110 in LA.
The Glamorous Boys Of Tang
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2019; Director: Su Hui-Yu; Writer: Su Hui-Yu; Stars: Parrot Caille, Huang Hsu-Wei, Kuo Meng-Shin, Alphonse Perroquet, Popcorn, Wu Pei-Ting, Quail Youth-Leigh)
Inspired by the 1980s Taiwanese erotic fantasy The Glamorous Boys of Tang, this film reimagines certain scenes which didn’t make it into the original picture for censorship and funding reasons.
The Grand Bizarre
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jodie Mack)
Filmed over five years and in as many countries, this all-analogue travelogue finds thousands of textiles and printed designs dancing across locations from Mexico to Morocco to India.
Heimat Is A Space In Time
(Country: Germany, Austria; Year: 2019; Director: Thomas Heise)
The filmmaker immerses himself in four generations of his family's history.
The Hidden City (La Ciudad Oculta)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Víctor Moreno)
Beneath the modern city, there lies a vast labyrinth, which the filmmaker explores.
The Grand Bizarre and Just Don't Think I'll Scream
Interbeing
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2018; Director: Martina Hoogland Ivanow)
Film composed of shots taken with a thermal camera, which exposes the invisible traces that remain after fleeting, chance encounters.
Just Don't Think I'll Scream
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Frank Beauvais; Writer: Frank Beauvais)
The director recounts a personal crisis.
Memento Stella
(Country: Japan; Year: 2018; Director: Takashi Makino)
Experimental documentary considering our place in the stars.
Meteorite (Meteorito)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2018; Director: Mauricio Sáenz; Writer: Mauricio Sáenz; Stars: Arturo Díaz, Benito Espíndola, Gregorio Morales, Pablo Varela, Rodrigo Varela, Benito Vázquez, Arturo Díaz, Benito Espíndola, Gregorio Morales, Pablo Varela, Rodrigo Varela, Benito Vázquez)
Documenting a ritual in a cratered landscape.
Pareidolia
(Country: Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Stefan Riesner, Christian Skibinski; Writer: Christian Skibinski)
Abstract patterns are used as source material for creating similar figurative images as interpreted by an online search engine with its own algorithm.
Pwdre Ser: The Rot Of Stars
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Charlotte Pryce)
Pwdre ser is the Welsh name for the mythical substance star jelly, which has been observed since the 1400s. The film depicts an encounter with a mysterious, luminous, electrical substance.
Tx-reverse
(Country: Austria; Year: 2019; Director: Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich; Writer: Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich)
The filmmakers reverse the relationship between time and space, drawing their viewers in as they experience each frame as an impression of the entire time while only seeing part of the filmed space.
Walled Unwalled
(Country: Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Lawrence Abu Hamdan)
Consideration of isolationism and ways to overcome it.
Water And Clearing
(Country: Austria; Year: 2018; Director: Siegfried A Fruhauf)
An old bucket travels to fill a well.