A theatre has two lives. One is formed by empty auditoriums and numerous preparations. The other starts with ticket sales and reaches its climax during various performances and the final bow of the performers.
An author in a creative crisis is sitting in front of his computer screen and trying to make a film out of random doodles. He hesitates over the title of the film and finally decides on the name Adaptation. With the help of artificial intelligence, the doodles are molded into one form or another and the actual theme is slowly revealed - the perception of the human body depending on whether it is clothed or naked. Artificial intelligence is a great invention, but during the process we realize that it is not just a technical aid, but a serious and intrusive co-creator of the process. Can the author adapt to it?
In 1997, a fire began in Indonesia that would rage for almost a year. Despite being one of the largest fires in recorded history, for months at a time it burned without a flame. This might sound like a uniquely freaky fire, but it’s actually one of many. So, is it possible to snuff out these bizarre blazes? And how do they form in the first place?
When you can do anything you want, in one's living room, one's bedroom, a pub, a classroom, a serious meeting place, what do you do? The current environment is suffocating, with no way to release the pressure that has built up. What should people be like? What kind of mood should we live in? If you don't want to do anything, will you fall into nothingness, and are those solemn and standardized forms reasonable? Until we get the answer, let's release it first.
A man enters a corner store trying to obtain ingredients for his dinner. On his way home, creatures follow him - even invading his food. They then invite him on a journey that takes him apart and reassembles him completely.
Football is a very masculine sport, where players fight body to body to gain control of the ball. During a match, love can blossom between players and taboos can be broken in this king of all ball sports.
Seeking to retreat while on a noisy train, a passenger dons his headphones and escapes into a vibrant world where a chance encounter might change his life.
The moon is tired of living with the sun. She leaves for the Caribbean Sea. She discovers a wonderful new world. The sun is bored alone. He sends his soldiers to capture the moon.
A creature, alone and sad on his ice floe, who wants to see his situation change. We follow his journey against a backdrop of icy, chilling Arctic landscapes.
An old woman braids the threads in the forest when her community is captured and the Hammock begins an unexpected journey. Multiple adventures follow - or precede? - as the Hammock guides us through a narrative in knots.
A short film featuring the twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals in harmony with each one's respective trine. It is a celebration of a new year in the calendar cycle.
Tala Madani's paintings, deadpan and brushy scenes of fictive ritual create a grotesquery populated by dichotomies. Figures simultaneously innocent and nefarious, furtive and self-aware, or comical and violent float through a hazy pastel palette that seems to shine light through the vulgar comforts of bonding
Beneath the Light is about a silk scarf flowing and dancing through her magical world while she attempts to flee from evil spirits represented as dark clouds. The film is animated under camera with acrylic paint on canvas and the figures are choreographed to a dramatic Mozart piece.
One late summer evening at the nightclub “Båten Båten” in Umeå, Anna meets Nils. Nils is a 30-year-old DJ, while Anna, 23, works at a nursing home. They fall head over heels for each other, and soon Anna discovers she is pregnant. Suddenly, they are faced with the huge challenge of becoming parents.