Film screenings 2025

by Laura Bianco

Selection #1

FILMS BY THE RESIDENT ARTISTS

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Madeline (I Am Not)

Canada | 1'

directed by Allison Beda

A dance film poem about identity and connection (or lack thereof).

30 Love

Canada | 5'

directed by Allison Beda

30-LOVE is a dance film poem that chronicles a long distance relationship and its demise. A simple voice-over narration of the emotional arc of one of the lovers is combined with the film of a tennis match ‘dance’ and a musical score, which includes manipulated and recomposed diegetic sounds of the tennis game. 30-LOVE is a multidimensional piece, which conveys the complexity of meaning and emotion: the beauty, the tragedy and the comedy of experience that is love and life.

A rare way of smiling

Italy | 21'

directed by Veronica Orrù

A diary film built from home movies shot by a father in Sardinia during the 1950s and ’60s, capturing playful and affectionate family moments before his early death. Paired with Kafka’s “Letter to His Father,” the film reflects on absence, memory, and the filmmaker’s own father, exploring how those lost continue to live through the images we watch.

Produced as part of Re-framing home movies / L'eredità ritrovata with the support of SIAE through the Sillumina initiative – Private Copy for the Young, for Culture.

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Selection #2

ON THE EDGE OF TOMORROW

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David (For Now)

Mexico | 14' 59"

directed by Humberto Flores Jáuregui

In the Mayan town of San José Oriente, David and his friends spend their days riding motorcycles, exploring the jungle and playing soccer. But David keeps a secret: his desire to leave the place he grew up in order to study in the city. He is now faced with an impossible decision, one that can only begin by finding the right way to say goodbye.

True Artist

Sweden | 12'

directed by Viktor Johansson

Yoshi is about to make one last attempt at becoming an artist in New York, but first, he must explain to his 11-year-old son that the boy will be left behind in Tokyo.

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Selection #3

MAGICAL ENCOUNTERS #1

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Skyward

India | 30'

directed by Suruchi Sharma

Set against a surreal landscape, this is a tale of a woman's quest – in a world infused with myth and mystery, where each move opens up a new world. She meets people, lovers, riddles, world-warping questions and even a goddess as she wades through this haze of wonder and realisation and begins to see everything anew.

Mahammoud's Mercedes

Sweden | 7' 09"

directed by Ben Eager

A father tells his son a story from his past, where he ventures through various African countries, with unexpected encounters, to the heart of the Congo jungle in a Mercedes Benz.

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Selection #4

MAGICAL ENCOUNTERS #2

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An Uncertain Eternity

Canada | 29' 06"

directed by Ella Morton

An Uncertain Eternity follows the journey of icebergs that travel from Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland to the East coast of Newfoundland in Canada. Narrated by Greenlanders and Newfoundlanders, this film explores the political, social and spiritual implications of the icebergs and how they are changing as the planet warms.

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Selection #5

DANCES WITH FIRE, DANCES WITH ICE

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Immortals

Canada | 5' 28"

directed by Mark Durand

Immortals is an experimental documentary short film shot in 8mm that explores the introspection of an artist, Bettina Szabo. The film delves into her relationship with her sense of belonging, her body, her imagination, and nature. Sometimes one must lose oneself to find oneself better and burn everything down to start anew on a solid foundation.Immortals is an experimental documentary short film shot in 8mm that explores the introspection of an artist, Bettina Szabo. The film delves into her relationship with her sense of belonging, her body, her imagination, and nature. Sometimes one must lose oneself to find oneself better and burn everything down to start anew on a solid foundation.

Ceux qui répondent à l'écho

Canada | 19' 32"

directed by Alexis Cousineau and Charlotte Gagnon

Ceux qui répondent à l'écho, is an experimental digital opera. On the texts of the poet Gabriel Jobidon, sung by the soprano Charlotte Gagnon and set to music by the composer Laurence Jobidon, are affixed the images of the performances in nature by Alexis Cousineau. The video work is an exploratory essay on the relationship between man/the body and nature.

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Selection #6

HEALING FILMS

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Después del silencio

Canada | 13' 40"

directed by Matilde-Luna Perotti

If an aggressor's strength lies in his victim's silence, speaking out is an indispensable weapon for the victim to break free. Silence is the first step towards liberation.

The Last Visit

Estonia | 15'

directed by Keawalee Warutkomain

My 5-year journey from bereavement to the last goodbye, through an exploration of ‘existence’ and ‘life’, from different perspectives and stages of mind.