Bullet
Video artist Maya Watanabe explores deep ravines, jagged-edged craters and bony reefs: the ominous “landscape” in the skull of one of the many unidentified victims of the 1980–2000 Peruvian Civil War.
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Films without dialogue
Several films without dialogue are screening at the festival. Along with our films that have closed captions, the following films are accessible for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Films without dialogue
Films without dialogue
The History of the Civil War
The world premiere of the reconstructed version of Dziga Vertov’s long-lost chronicle of the 1918-1921 Russian Civil War. This pioneer of Soviet cinema filmed a chaotic nation characterized by unstable alliances and brutal violence.
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Homo Sapiens
There’s not a soul to be seen in this intriguing sequence of abandoned locations. Through long, static shots the film confronts us with the vulnerable and ephemeral nature of our existence.
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Museum of Austerity
Combining verbal testimony, original music, and volumetric capture, this mixed reality exhibition documents events from a decade of austerity measures in the UK, inviting audiences to explore what happens when state safety nets fail.
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Nature
Artavazd Pelechian delivers an urgent work rooted in his own unique film idiom, using found footage sequences of volcanic eruptions, floods, and windstorms to shake us from the illusion that humanity can control nature.
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Nuisance Bear
Churchill, Manitoba is a famous destination for photographing polar bears. But how do they experience the attention? Beautifully composed shots assume a bear’s perspective as it navigates a suspenseful obstacle course of human activity.
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A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces
Along the banks of the Yangtze River lies Wuhan, a city that’s in constant motion. But in the calmer depths beneath the bustling surface, memories of halted lives linger.
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