Hugo Emmerzael

With “Sounds from the Underground”, a programme by filmmaker, visual artist and curator Aileen Ye, cinema is tuned to a different wavelength. Over five films, Ye’s curation for Go Short turns listening itself into a radical gesture, exploring sound as a way to remember, resist and reach for freedom.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul sat down with Talking Shorts for an interview to discuss an often underexplored facet of his oeuvre: the more free-spirited and playful experimentations in his short film work.

Now nominated for the New Critics & New Audiences Award 2025, directors Tomek Popakul and Kasumi Ozeki discuss their dreamlike animated short about life in a Polish village, where tenderness and cruelty exist in equal measure.

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.