Beautiful Men, Nicolas Keppens, Belgium 2023, 18’35’’
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
Almost Forgotten / Quase Me Lembro, Dimitri Mihajlovic, Miguel Lima, Portugal 2023, 9’06’’
A woman wanders through the impermanence of her childhood memories, trying to rebuild the story of the house where her grandfather lived.
Matta and Matto, Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp, Switzerland 2023, 10’16’’
In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matta and Matto offer refuge to the lonely at Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of mind bending rooms at their transient hotel, deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed, but this comes at a price.
Familes' Albums / Albums de familles, Moïa Jobin-Paré, Canada 2023, 8’28’’
Photographic images, scenes of everyday life. Connected together, a new landscape emerges.
The Car that came back from the Sea, Jadwiga Kowalska, Poland 2023, 10’48’’
Full of exuberance and frivolousness, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on. Their journey is interfused with memories and snapshots from the past.
The Shyness of Trees, Bingqing Shu, Maud Le Bras, Jiaxin Huang, Simin He, Lina Han, Loïck Du Plessis D’argentré, Sofiia Chuikovska, France 2024, 8’56’’
Hélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the french countryside. But her mother isn't being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden…
