Talking Shorts

What are your favourite short films of all time?

Memory in Textures

Certain films call to action our entire sensory sytem: the moving image is not only seen but heard and felt too. In shorts by Neritan Zinxhiria, Slava Doytcheva, Norika Sefa and Ana Hušman, layered textures of memory are tactically explored.

Films On The Circuit

The Oasis I Deserve

Blurred Lines

Review by Yan Guan Rosanna Suter

In exploring humankind’s intimate relationship with artificial intelligence, Inès Sieulle exposes our prejudices and tendencies as a species more than anything else.

Talks Interviews

Inside the Small Research Department

Interview with Radu Jude by Hugo Emmerzael

The short film format is where prolific Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude feels most free. From political satires to oddball video essays, his shorts often mix philosophical analysis with playful experimentation.

Films On The Circuit

Mast-del

Resistance Through Intimacy

Review by Teresa Vieira

Gestures of love reach further than any demonstration of hate in Mast-del, an experimental poem about forbidden desires, both inside and outside post-revolution Iranian cinema.

Reads Notes

Enter With Caution

Essay by Martyna Ratnik

In films by Stefano Dealessandri and Furio Ganz, Martyna Ratnik unlocks the eternal paradox of tourism, and wonders how film festivals can use their spaces more to rethink definitions of sustainability beyond reusable plastic cups.

Discussions

Working with partner festivals, we organise panel talks, keynotes, and other formats to foster discussions. Recordings are published here to continue the conversation online.