In To Be Silent, Noongar and Spinifex Aboriginal woman Tace Stevens explores the impact of code-switching on her identity, before revealing what led her to embrace the power of standing firm in who she is, no matter where she is.
A shaman performs a rite of passage on a snow-covered mountaintop. She changes her shape and floats on bird wings into the valley. In a mystical forest, she contacts her non-human ancestors to calm the land which is infested with military conflicts.
The mischievous barn gnome Kvarg sneaks into the living room of the farmer Tagal. He is almost discovered, but gets out with a load of cookies and a new pair of socks.
Life in the countryside is quiet and mundane for bookish Yi-gyeong until an errant ball sends star athlete Su-yi crashing into her life. The connection between the two girls is instantaneous, and simmers until their mutual attraction bubbles up into love.
Robinson is a doctor and unlike Robinson Crusoe, his solitude is voluntary but his island in the Mediterranean Sea is invaded by migrants, NGOs, guards. Friday is a castaway, the only one from his boat to have survived when sailing from Africa to Italy. During his strolls on the island, Robinson confronts his own solitude by keeping a diary - that works like augmented reality - filled with extraordinary beings and events, which both fill and trouble his daily life.
From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grew older something didn't seem right with the concept of love: the more she tried to conform, the more her body resisted. A story about the acceptance of the inner female rebellion.
K-COSMOSIS explores the blended nature of cosmologies within Korean metaphysics. Weaving an intricate tale of relationality, the piece brings together multiple narratives across time and space, celebrating a multifaceted understanding of history, identity, ideology, and mythology.
A young boy is on holiday with his parents in Semarang, but their trip is marred by frequent arguments. During their journey, they stop at a gas station, and while his parents are distracted, the boy is lured into the forest by a mysterious woman. Director Elisabeth Katie Soleman presents a dark and unsettling story based on an old Indonesian folk tale.
Mina would like to drive the family car on the sunny beach car park. Faced with her older brother's categorical refusal, an argument breaks out. It takes an unexpected turn when a gigantic creature falls from the sky.
A courageous arborist Beth and her colleagues spend an exhausting night in the middle of the countryside trying at all costs to save their orchards from the destructive frost.