Vena Amoris

Danila Poperechny: Unbia... That legendary performance from the Ice Palace that changed my life forever. A huge stadium where I said things that no one dared to say so openly to such a large audience in Russia at the time. I dedicated the performance and the ending with the “last cigarette“ to my grandfather, who passed away that year. This special was filmed by Edgar Dubrovsky, who later went on to direct the hit Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler“

Freiburg Kommunales Kino an experiment made using footage of a western. The film is extremely damaged and degraded, rendering it a mainly textural experience. The short is mainly a warm yellow, punctuated occasionally with blue.

Long Live Livi Livingston skateboard park became internationally legendary. Forty years on, the park is no longer a favourite. That is until a group of school girls, passionate about skateboarding, step in.

Pictures from Afghanista... Photojournalist David Pratt has spent almost forty years capturing indelible images of global conflicts. His career has taken him from Somalia and Syria to Colombia and Croatia. He has retained a special affection for Afghanistan, a country he has visited through decades of changing fortunes stretching from the height of the Soviet invasion in the 1980s through the years of the mujahideen and the rise of the Taliban. Now, he returns to the places and people that have meant so much to him, providing a uniquely personal then and now document of Afghanistan life.

Hannover Kommunales Kino Another film made using roughly the same footage as Bremen Lagerhaus, this really showcases the uncontrollable and chaotic nature of the Schmelzdahin process.

Bremen Lagerhaus A found footage experiment made using old horror footage. There are lovely transitions between colours and textures.

About-Hair How we look is often not just our personal choice. What we should look like plays a role as well. Society likes to know who is a woman and who is a man. The ideal woman is thin and shaven, while men do not depilate their legs.

Seeing the Unseen It’s time for the world to see the unseen. This powerful and poetic documentary portrays the role autism plays in the lives of 17 Icelandic women, and asks why autistic women and girls have remained invisible insociety for so long. Celebrating autistic women, the film also explores how frequently women have been mistreated, misdiagnosed and misunderstood.

Hamburg Strtebeker... Found footage experiment made using footage from a disaster film. A wide array of colours and textures distort and bury the original footage.

Flint: An American Night... The ongoing Flint water crisis has taken a toll on residents of this iconic Michigan city, who have been living with lead-tainted tap water. One Flint resident describes the experience as, "like being in war, but without violence."