If space and time are pure perception, let’s build them differently.
This short film program includes the following films:
Invisible Harvests
Stephanie Dudley, Canada (7 min)
Animation itself becomes a ritual process of fermentation that activates a recipe.
Lippenstift
Elsa Diringer, France (19 min)
Benedicte’s patience is tested on the eve of her stepfather’s funeral.
Going Home
Kamal Aljafari, Germany/Palestine/France (21 min)
Filming the TV in his parents’ home, Aljafari zooms in on what approaches the quotidian amidst Gaza’s ruins.
Content Considerations: Genocide in Palestine
Materia
Alisi Telengut, Canada (7 min)
Through macro- and microscopic imaging, Telengut reveals the hidden kinship between the human body and the mineral world.
Acid City
Jack Wedge, Will Freudenheim, USA (13 min)
In the middle of a toxic sea, a city and its inhabitants have adapted to a scorched and submerged earth.
Saint & the Sea
Abdullah Khan, Canada/Kuwait/Pakistan (16 min)
As a storm approaches their coastal village, a fisherman’s family prepares for the departure of their 14-year-old daughter.
Content Considerations: Mature themes, blood, reference to animal death
“Vaterland” or a Bule Named Yanto
Berthold Wahjudi, Germany/Indonesia (25 min)
When the Germany-raised Yanto travels to Yogyakarta to visit his younger sister, feelings of alienation and envy arise.
Content Considerations: Racism
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VIFF Short Forum
See more shorts in this series
Short Forum 1: The Scarier One
The return of scary: fear in all its chilling, suspenseful, and unsettling shades.
Short Forum 2: Anthropomaxx
Dogs, frogs, hogs, and more!
Short Forum 3: Workers of the World
The grind of the working class in a system that betrays its promises.
Short Forum 4: Immanence: A Life
You don’t have to look far; life is beautiful!
Short Forum 5: Somewhere Else
If space and time are pure perception, let’s build them differently.
Short Forum 6: Archive Lives!
Before anything becomes archival, it’s lived.
Short Forum 7: War at Home
Truly, no one is safe until everyone is safe.
Short Forum 8: Sticky & Wet
No matter the age, things can always get sticky and wet.
Short Forum 9: Big Time Sensuality
Explorations of desire and intimacy serve both pain and pleasure.
Short Forum 10: Are the Kids Alright?
The future kinda depends on it.