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2024 Reading List

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The Modern Aesthetics of “Cool”

Cherries by Vytautas Katkus

Review by Matthew Chan
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Blurred Lines

The Oasis I Deserve by Inès Sieulle

Review by Yan Guan Rosanna Suter
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Resistance Through Intimacy

Mast-del by Maryam Tafakory

Review by Teresa Vieira
Alpha Kings}
Alphaland

Alpha Kings by Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedráza-Botero

Review by Anas Sareen
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Return to Cuckooland
Nikola Ilić on Exit Through the Cuckoo’s Nest
Interview with Nikola Ilić by Antoni Konieczny
A Present Light}
“It Is Better To Light A Candle Than Curse The Darkness”

A Present Light by Diogo Costa Amarante

Review by Laurence Boyce
One Thousand And One Attempts To Be An Ocean}
“Oddly satisfying short film—LOOK!”

One Thousand And One Attempts To Be An Ocean by Wang Yuyan

Review by Laurence Boyce
Hideous}
Lyrical Monsters
Yann Gonzalez on Hideous
Interview with Yann Gonzalez by Anas Sareen
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Utopia, Lost

City of Poets by Sara Rajaei

Review by Dora Leu
It’s Raining Frogs Outside}
The Horror of Memory

It’s Raining Frogs Outside by Maria Estela Paiso

Review by Sabrina Vetter
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Breaking The Norm
Isadora Neves Marques on Becoming Male in the Middle Ages
Interview with Isadora Neves Marques by Līga Požarska
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Even At Night
Nastia Korkia on Dreams About Putin
Interview with Nastia Korkia by Daria Janke
Watch The Fire Or Burn Inside It}
Another Sunny Day

Watch The Fire Or Burn Inside It by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

Review by Jason Todd
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays}
Empire of the Sun

Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays by Christian Avilés

Review by Olivia Popp
Hardly Working (Total Refusal, 2022)}
Film Or Elevated Video Game Critique?

Hardly Working by Total Refusal

Review by Vladan Petković
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Desiring Young Woman

27 by Flóra Anna Buda

Review by Savina Petkova
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Love and Fiction, Our Saviours!

Flores del otro Patio by Jorge Cadena

Review by Savina Petkova

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.

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