Projects in categories: Artist Project and Video / Experimental

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A hypnotic hand drawn animation; a mysterious transmission revealing playful geometric possibilities. The film provides a meditative and contemplative space, oscillating between flatness and depth, control and instability.

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Guilty admiration for pickpocketing skills made me aware of my own hands to interact with the video image.

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‘A true mockery of nature…’ Claire grapples with the rejection of conditional love from a perfidious lover in this subversive religious horror.

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Prolific background actor Jill Goldston takes centre stage in this unique portrait. Constructed entirely from Jill’s performances – captured fleetingly in everything from MR BEAN to THE ELEPHANT MAN – the film is a lyrical journey through popular culture, and a haunting study of life lived out of focus. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition - World premiere

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A demon roams through an ominous synthetic environment, reconstructed from satellite images of Russian air bases in Syria, Belarus, and Ukraine. In ONSET, Engelhardt and Cinkevich craft an unholy alliance of medieval demonology, investigative research, and CGI animation to uncover the hidden life of these military outposts. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition

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A call-to-action short film that uses verbatim dialogue from disabled actors told from their lived experiences. The film unfolds through vignettes of the main characters, as we watch them smash stereotypes and reveal societal barriers, whilst breaking the fourth wall to reveal their inner most thoughts.

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When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - World premiere Sundance Film Festival 2023 - World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography - Winner Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023

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When a blind photographer rediscovers the ability to see, he quickly notices bizarre occurrences in an increasingly digital world.

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The painter, now a filmmaker, talks through the making of a painting, and the making of a video from it years later. The oil on board surface is no longer still but animated with motion paths and filters.

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In reverence to the British paintings that watch over her from inside a desolate stately home, a young Pakistani girl aspires to become the perfect upper-class lady.

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A road trip pushes a dysfunctional family to the brink after their journey descends into a claustrophobic hallucinatory nightmare. A raw and experiential portrayal of a family unit, void of connection, confined in a car and trapped in their fated familial roles.

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A road trip pushes a dysfunctional family to the brink after their journey descends into a claustrophobic hallucinatory nightmare. A raw and experiential portrayal of a family unit, void of connection, confined in a car and trapped in their fated familial roles.