Projects in genres: Experimental

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A surrealist tale about the all-encompassing nature of living with guilt.

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Set against the backdrop of Chelyabinsk, one of Russia's most industrially brutal and polluted cities, 'Harmony' explores social and gender dynamics of Russian youth through the paradigms and preconceptions of the country’s most prominent sports: ice hockey and rhythmic gymnastics.
The two respectively embody Russia’s nationalistic interpretation of hyper-masculine and feminine ideals and are examined through straddling the boundaries of documentary verite and visual art. Here, sport gathers broader meaning —reflecting the traits and obsessions of society as a whole.
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2018 - World premiere

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What cures women of sexual promiscuity? Eating lettuce, of course. Fragments of Forough Farokhzad’s poem, Sin, are read out against Islamic clergies advising women on how to control their lust.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2018

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A reflection on the nature of time and memory based on the true story of the director’s family escaping the build up to what became known as "The Slansky Trials": the first explicitly anti-Semitic show trial in Eastern Europe.

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An architect and filmmaker from Europe visit a town in the highlands of Liberia, once a thriving mining community, now decaying and desolate. These researchers discover through its buildings a story of the promise of prosperity and forgotten injustices. A film about architecture, and the spiritual cost of industrial mining.
Official Selection Cinéma du réel 2018 - World premiere

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Tentative gestures of hands and body become symbolic of opposing emotions involved in closeness to one person, trust – the need to escape. (LUX)
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018

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In a world where drones take on the role of spirits and co-exist with living species, Thai artist Korakrit Arunanondchai tackles the subject of death.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018

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A kaleidoscopic compilation film about biogenetics, 3D printers and new models of artificial intelligence, which raises questions about new forms of virtual life. When virtual, non-living objects become self-aware beings, capable of touching humans both emotionally and physically, AI will have come of age.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018

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'The Third Part of the Third Measure' creates an encounter with the militant minimalism of avant-garde composer, pianist and vocalist Julius Eastman. The two-channel video installation focuses on what The Otolith Group (Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun) describe as an “experience of watching in the key of listening”, invoking political feelings of defiance and the collective practice of movement building that participates in the global struggles against neoreactionary authoritarianism. Their work invites viewers to attend to exemplary ecstatic aesthetics of black radicalism that Eastman himself once described as “full of honor, integrity and boundless courage”. (Berlinale brochure)
Official Selection Berlinale 2018 - Forum Expanded Exhibition - "A Mechanism Capable of Changing Itself" - Group exhibition at Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg

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A provocation against dominant power structures, augmenting feelings of chronic unease, protest and dissent by intertwining spoken word, over-groomed toupees and advancing super-moons, pizzas and drones.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018

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Essentially, this is a film about the generation of the late millennials. It is a bold exploration of common issues among this age group. The themes examined include that of depression and anxiety, drug abuse, addiction to social media and sex obsession. A little funny, and a little sad.

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British teenagers talk about all the "Big" words for approx one minute whilst being filmed against a blue screen, behind them either complementary or entertaining images are juxtaposed along with individual music tracks.