Burial (Belgium) by Faranak Nateghi
Daffn is the term for the burial of the dead in Islamic discourse. Drawing on family photos and archival material, this ritual is described through a personal lens. As the narrator reflects on the burial experience, she revisits her relationship with her aunt, who passed away early in her life.
Running time: 00:08:27
Beproeven (Belgium) by Karlijn Reynaerts
A film that plunges viewers into the disorienting world of a person with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). Food, for them, is not sustenance but a trigger for overwhelming anxiety and disgust. The world around them bombards them with distorted textures, smells, and tastes, a sensory labyrinth they desperately try to navigate.
Running time: 00:03:10
Because We Are Born Girls (Belgium) by Maggie Lung
A pregnant woman is told by a Belgian abortion center that she must endure a mandatory 6-day reflection period before undergoing the procedure. Those 6 days of isolation trigger memories and doubts about the future. While trying to give her decision a place, she reflects on what it is like to be a woman in the cultures she is a part of.
Running time: 00:14:57
Le Banquet des agacins (Belgium) by Maxime Bertiaux
Isma and Thérèse haven't seen each other for a long time. They've been on bad terms since Thérèse 'accidentally' poisoned Isma's parrot. They decide to reconcile at a banquet, which turns out to be an opportunity to put one's foot in it and tell each other their home truths. The dinner takes an unexpected turn and becomes a wacky musical comedy, punctuated by their rivalries and mutual paranoias.
Running time: 00:04:15
Ethereal Rhythms, Everything Rhymes (Belgium) by Brecht Vanhoutte
Belgian artist Brecht Vanhoutte presents a diary film, a "moment-work" that is a personal piece showcasing his wild fantasies, fears, and colorful, sometimes wild daydreams and visions through diary entries and modern techniques. As Vanhoutte grew older, he realized that his vivid imagination and daily fantasies were more than just youthful whims. During his final years at film school, he sought professional guidance to further develop these insights. This work captures this period through a POV perspective crafted from diary notes and brought to life with the help of AI. The rapid evolution of this technology captures and reflects on the present moment.
Running time: 00:15:28
SÔMA (Belgium) by Raphaël Vens
A body.
A fragmented mental space.
A scream being prepared, being held back. A cry that shatters.
Through five successive states — Invocation, Dissolution, Inner Pain, Nervousness/Tension, Desertion — a man passes through the disintegration of its flesh, the loss of orientation, and the abandonment of physical landmarks.
Throughout this journey, the body twists, fades, and reconstructs itself as nervous vibrations and spasms, until it becomes nothing but a floating imprint in space.
This narrative is not a story to be understood, but an experience to be endured: that of a being who, unable to contain itself, ends up becoming echo, emptiness, silence.
Running time: 00:06:11
Devotion (Belgium) by Théo Naniot
The story of a being experiencing the pulsion of life and its evolution towards death.
Running time: 00:16:18
Intruders (Belgium) by Jan Locus
In an elongated pan, mountain landscapes and misty images of animals are presented in an ethereal, ghostly way. Locus uses found footage black and white photographs of UFO observations from the 1950s and 60s. The UFOs are removed from these photos to seamlessly merge the remaining landscapes. Unforeseen animal death, often reported in UFO sightings, serves as a metaphor for human influence on nature. Intruders explores the boundary between science fiction and reality, investigating themes of reverse colonization, ecology, and human environmental impact.
Running time: 00:06:05
Mountain of disbelief (Belgium) by Gregory Grosjean
Through a dreamlike journey through miniature landscapes, Mountain of Disbelief gives birth to a mysterious world where the transformation of evanescent matter takes the place of words.
This experimental film depicts a space where we lose our bearings and provoke a sort of hypnosis of the unknown, a sensitive visual and sound experience, a sensual and poetic cosmogony.
the film has been made only with natural product, without any digital effect , the speed has not been modified.
Running time: 00:18:00