Soft and Hard

Un Labyrinthe Superimpositions, image distortions, epileptic movements... "I", with subjective camera, runs through the mazes of town ruins, trying to escape several infernal noises.

California Street The reiteration of information in a constant scrolling of 24 frames per second, the coupling of positive and negative bands, then front and rear focal length variations progressively fragment the cinematographic space according to a recurring structure, highlighting the mechanism of the focal device. kinetic. This decreasing fragmentation disarticulates filmic continuity and hampers the discursive act, by which an observer apprehends a “reality” in the cinematographic field and sends it back to the construction of the perceived space.

Cezanne Today, Cezanne's studio is a meditative space frozen in time, and his unconventional methods and artistic legacy are not only seen, but felt.

Backyard Village Unable to face the mother who left her at a young age, BRYNJA (40) takes shelter in a small guesthouse in a village outside Reykjavik. There she befriends MARK (50), a British tourist, who's dealing with his own personal tragedy.

Protective Coloration This film is a succession of visual and aural "notes" generated by the patterns in animals' hides, which are arranged and re-edited into a complex musical architecture, developing intricate rhythms not unlike the complex syncopations found in traditional African music. Elements of sand, dirt, light and shadow cross-reference the film's emulsion with evolutionary history and provide a second level of musical structuring through which the first layer is filtered. The animals' fur patterns, which evolved naturally as camouflage to hide them from predators, ironically now make the animals more visible to human predators who are attracted by their exotic uniqueness. This cinematic analogy underscores modern humanity's relationship to the natural world.

Welcome to Spain When award-winning filmmaker Juan Antonio Moreno Amador learned that Seville's last brothel was being repurposed into a refugee reception centre, he moved in with his cameras.

No Hay Camino “There Is No Path” follows legendary director Heddy Honigmann on a real and spiritual journey. Today, facing a terminal illness, she will travel to her country of birth, Peru and through Europe revisiting all the important places and moments of her life, richly illustrated with clips of her films. Is it a farewell journey in which she lets go of her family, her loved ones and her work? Or is it a celebration of life? Her travelling companion is taxi driver Hussein, a refugee from Iraq with whom Heddy has a tight bond. As they trace Heddy’s family history they find many common themes. They are no longer taxi driver and customer, but two souls who each find joy in life in the face of adversity. It is a life affirming film about universal connection and comfort.

Buongiornissimo!1

Taffy A photographer and a subject have a conversation.

Friend of Sophia Inspired by the queer experience of the 1950s and 60s, a woman attempts a discreet encounter in a not-too-distant future where attraction to androids is considered a sickness and punished as a crime.