20h00 - LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE
Landscape Suspended
by Naghmeh Abbasi
Under the pretext of a police interrogation, this film shows the politically charged history of Shaho mountain of the Zagros Mountains range in Iran.
27min., 2022, HD, Iran, Canada
Nazareth
by Mike Hoolboom
A image taken during the Nakba in 1948, is broken down by the faces it depicts to reveal the individual narratives flattened by the photographic negative.
6min., 2023, Canada
معلول تحتفل بدمارها
Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction
by Michel Khleifi
Israel’s Day of Independence is the only day that the original inhabitants of Ma’loul are permitted to return to their village destroyed during the Nakba of 1948. The film follows them on that day and reveals a world of painful memories and the villagers’ profound determination to cling to their ancestral land.
32min., 1985, 16mm, Palestine, Belgium
Abajo y a la Izquierda
Below and to the Left
by Martín Baus
A film collage that attempts to delineate a concrete, imagined and desired territory that is situated “below and to the left” of the hegemonic world map. Photographs taken in Cerro Blanco- Guayaquil, a territory whose protection and destruction are administered by the Swiss building materials company HOLCIM, meet the voices and rhythms of rebel radios from Latin America and the Caribbean clamoring for the liberation of the land.
13min., 2025, 16mm, Chile/Ecuador/Switzerland
20h00 - HEALING SCREENS
artist present*
Healing Screens explores the potential of moving images to support emotional well-being in contemporary art and cinema. This positive effect can arise from the direct affective impact of a film on the viewer’s body or psyche, as seen, for example, in ASMR videos, as well as in extremely minimalist decelerating films. Additionally, there are cases of artists using the filmmaking process as a form of self-therapy, further demonstrating the medium’s healing potential.
The Farewell
by Genrikh Ignatov
An Italian village fills with the sounds of the coming spring. Everything stands still and listens: the inhabitants, the houses, the ancient chestnut trees - the old inhabitants of these places. What news does the wind bring them on the waters of the mountain river?
45min., 2020, Italy/Russia
Sycamore Dreams*
by Margarita Maximova
Born out of the walks taken during a prolonged period of headaches, migraines, and other bodily pains, Sycamore Dreams takes us on a journey through the tragic death of a butterfly.
9min., 2024, Germany
In & Out
by Tanya V. Abelson
Breathing In & Out is an audiovisual self-portrait where the body is translated into landscape. There are no artifices, no veils, there is nothing else in front of the camera other than the power of a deep breath.
3min., 2024, Germany
Untitled
by Sasha Dioshina
The film was shot during a field recording expedition to the singing dune in Altyn Emel National Park in Kazakhstan. The visuals disappear and reappear, shifting attention from vision to sound and back again, dissolving the boundaries between what can only be seen or heard, and creating a dreamlike space where the viewer's imagination is not limited by foresight.
20min., 2024, Austria/Kazakhstan/Russia
20h00 - CLOUDED MEMORIES
artist present*
The Hollow*
Bretta C. Walker and Jean-Jacques Martinod
A reclusive glass artist lives in solitude within the dense, misty forests of Southern Appalachia and the infernal fires of a foundry. A cinematic study on mountain alchemy and its relationship to fire.
14min., 2022, 16mm, USA/Canada
Memoirs
by Aaron Zeghers
We live with stories. And it's hard for us to give up on these stories, which provide us our identity, a way of understanding ourselves. Reflections from three successive generations are dusted off and presented as remaining fragments. An attempt to archive thoughts on familial history, narrative traditions, human perception and ""the story"" from known and unknown sources.
10min., 2019, 16mm, Canada
Cloud Gate 2
by Kristina Pedersen
Through a mercurial collage of found footage, desktop screen capture, and images captured by the filmmaker on her pilgrimage to the Cloud Gate (aka "The Bean", Chicago's only must-see monument) one year after her grandmother's passing, Cloud Gate 2 is a meditation on the architecture and technology of memory.
43min., 2022, HD/Foundfootage, USA
Loophole*
by Hannah Gonzalez
One of the last hold-outs of the gritty post-reunification underground, Berlin’s infamous DIY venue lives its final moments before being shut down by the city.
10min., WIP, HD, Germany
Kingdom, Clouds, Sirens, Pirates, and Dream Sheets*
by Mackenzie Reid Rostad
An extended correspondence film dedicated to the residents of Liebig 34, an anarcho-feminist housing cooperative and squat in Berlin that was evicted shortly after the filmmaker's attempted move to the city. Comprising both found and filmed images, the film explores concepts of rent, refuge, and resistance in Berlin and beyond.
65min., 2021, HD/Foundfootage, Germany/UK
23h00 - CLOSING PARTY
Dj Delton Sleeze & Dj Dizzy Bat
Awarding of the Golden and Silver Beers to a blend of 70s punks and 80s disco bangers.