Here and the Great Elsewhere

by Theodor Ushev

This animated short by Theodore Ushev is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art and is filled with visual references to artists of the era, including Vertov, Stenberg, Rodchenko, Lissitsky and Popova.

• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

This lecture by Professor Maura McDonnell will give a light introduction to the emergence of visual music from early beginnings, through various technologies and mediums to present day practices.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Abstract
• Non-narrative

Visual Music is one of the most historically rich subgenres of abstract audiovisual art. From its beginnings, women have always been working in this field at the intersection of technology, sound, and film, yet most of them do not appear in history books. In this masterclass, we honoured some of these pioneers, all of whom were obsessed with seeing sound or hearing images.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

In this touching presentation, Pedersen describes the creative and visual processes behind three of his films produced by Mikrofilm: The folkloric anxiety of The Boyg (2016), The looping limbo of Zolle: Resign (2021) and the nuclear petri dish of Little Boy (2018).

• Documentary
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Making of
• Non-narrative

by Mathieu Girard

At the top of a mountain where stands a mysterious shrub, an old man in a wheelchair stumbles upon an unexpected finding. On his way back, he will try to get the most out of his discovery from the city’s inhabitants. A sinister fable gravitating towards the themes of ownership and high productivity.

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Sci-Fi

by Thomas Corriveau

The severed head of a choreographer is held captive by an eagle on a desert island. With a dazzling mastery of drawing and painting, this animated short unexpectedly takes us into the sensitive world of an artist madly in love with dance.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Abstract

by Claude Cloutier

Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can change shapes the way a chameleon changes colours. The veteran director of Carface deftly connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Ivan Li

A Coming of Age sci-fi film about lost and found.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Abstract

by Theodore Ushev

The tale of a girl who could see the past and the future simultaneously and respectively with each eye, but never the present.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Noémie Marsily, Carl Roosens

He is a magician. She is a firefighter. Isolating themselves from the chaos of a world in turmoil, the two lovers live in a crane basket high in the sky, where they go about their daily business. Their challenge is to keep their heads, here up above it all, while everything is falling apart down below. But when reality calls – when fires need quenching and people need entertaining – how can they best make themselves useful in a world gone off the rails?

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Thomas McMahan

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Bori Mészáros, Zsuzsanna Rádóczy

Exhausted by urban office life, the protagonist faces obstacles on his way out – until a daring decision changes everything.

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Abstract
• Experimental