Projects in categories: Artist Project and Video / Experimental

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Juliet awakens from a fever dream. How did we get here? The lines between hallucination and memory blur as cinema and dance collide in a kaleidoscopic journey of belonging, defiance, and self-discovery – A vivid retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet brought to life by Scottish Ballet.

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A group of teenagers fall desperately in love with the same person. As their attempts to impress their crush and one-up each other get more and more dramatic, conflict is inevitable.
Official Selection International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2025 - Official Competition

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The stars have always captured our imagination, and the latest advances in space travel and telescopy are creating images that are both stunning in detail and have profound learnings hidden within. This unique immersive experience takes participants from looking up at the night sky to the depths of outer space, through images from the James Webb Space Telescope. The immersive XR experience journeys through breathtaking, high-resolution imagery like never before, hearing insights from the scientists working with NASA and ESA on what the images reveal, and how they are shaping our understanding of the cosmos.
An immersive journey through the cosmos on Apple Vision Pro.
Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - World premiere

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An interactive single screen video installation - Visitors move around the floorplan of a Taiwanese house. As you step into a room, the video projection switches to show that room. As you explore the house, you discover the history of a couple who lived there. They have returned to their deserted home to tidy up the secrets they hold from each other.
The work is both a closed loop and a story that unfolds progressively. The order in which you explore the rooms opens up different interpretations. A vivid cinematic work that follows the logic of dreams as you wander through the debris of a relationship breakdown.
Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Aella embodies the essence of the wind-restless, elusive, and perpetually in motion. Driven by a deep-seated fear of stillness, she seeks refuge on the coast. In the midst of this turmoil, an agoraphobic older woman observes Aella's manic movements on the beach and descends to offer solace.

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An experimental short about love, set from the point of view of Jelena Djokovic.

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What are the borders of the United Kingdom? Roaming landscapes filmed in 16mm reveal physical traces of different boundaries throughout the nation. People encountered while filming lend their voice to stories from Brook House, a large immigration detention centre on the outskirts of London. A contemplation on the ways migration is perceived and controlled across the country.

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ONCE AGAIN... (STATUES NEVER DIE) explores the storied relationship between Dr Albert C. Barnes, an early US collector and exhibitor of African cultural artefacts, and Alain Locke, a renowned philosopher and cultural critic, known as the 'Father of the Harlem Renaissance'. Their unlikely bond shapes cultural perspectives in early 20th century America, sparking an intellectual discourse during a pivotal era of cultural awakening.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2025 - Panorama - World premiere

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STARS tells of the Nommo: extra-terrestrial Afro-hermaphrodite anthro-amphibian migrants. Delivered from outer space via the Dogon of Mali, STARS is a queer African tale of tails, told through animation, music, and poetry.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2025 - Forum Expanded

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Distortions and deconstructions of Y2K pop stars' seductive images and iconic hits.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere

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A film that is inspired by the novel 'The Baron in the Trees' by Italo Calvino. Calvino's book tells the adventures of a boy who climbs up a tree to spend the rest of his life inhabiting an arboreal kingdom.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere

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An animated exploration of diasporic female identity, inspired by the director’s Bété ancestry in central Ivory Coast.
Blending abstract storytelling with rich spiritual iconography, the film delves into feminine cosmology, folklore, and traditional artistry. Featuring copper motifs and intricate relief engravings, DÉDÉ reimagines West African sculptures through animation, bringing mythological deities, fertility carvings, and tribal masks to life in a visually striking journey.