IAM (Canada) by Radha Chaddah

From the Latin for ‘now’, IAM (ee-yam) is a story told through dance and light about perspectives in pandemic times. Dancers perform in nature amid projected imagery, as the film follows the story of the pandemic through four different material realms--molecular, human, earthly and cosmic. 

Running time: 00:26:20

Try, Tri-Butterfly (Belgium) by Jonah Steeman

Try, Tri-Butterfly is a meditation on the frame and framework of creation, transformation and introspection. Who is the architect that creates in his image; is the intertwined dead ringer growth or decay? Does creation and transformation require sacrifice? Is a dance a vanity or a meditation?

Running time: 00:03:30

Move the Way you Want (United States) by Jonathan Monaghan

Move the Way you Want offers a dream-like commentary on technology's effect on the environment, as a mythical horse traverses a beachscape littered with detritus of consumer electronics. Intertwining ancient mythology, the work underscores the urgency of reevaluating our relationship with nature and addressing climate concerns.

Running time: 00:07:06

Spring of a Dancer (Italy) by Damiano Fina

In his short film, Spring of a Dancer, Damiano Fina invites the audience to embark on a poetic and philosophical journey in which dance becomes the language of the invisible. Today, dancing in the face of wars, the perpetuation of violence and the questioning of acquired freedoms is an act of defiance. Damiano Fina reminds us that “even concrete can be conquered by flowers.” The central question of Damiano Fina’s film Spring of a Dancer proposes a search for meaning with respect to dance. The short film offers no easy answers, but immerses us in the sacred and transformative power of dance, seeking a taste for questioning rather than answering. Spring of a Dancer is not a film to watch, but a ritual to experience. At the heart of the short film resides a reflection that connects the questions humanity has been asking since the moment it turned its gaze to the stars and the eternal motions of the heavens.

Running time: 00:16:47

Shame (عيب) (Lebanon) by Hadi Moussally

In the 19th century, in the Levant region, Salma Zahore, along with her parents and neighbors, participated in a photoshoot using a long exposure technique. At the end of it, Salma decided to take off her coat, revealing her body. Unaware of the chaos this gesture could cause within her circle, she did not know it could lead to shame (عيب).

Running time: 00:04:27

Scores for Mother & Daughter (Belgium) by Natalia Sardi

Two pairs of hands, one belonging to the mother, the other to the child, her daughter. Witnesses and expressions of the passing of time, these hands will come together and dialogue, exploring their relationship and complicity, in movement, through the choreographic transposition of a suite of “musical scores” conceived by artist Louise Bourgeois in New York in 1999.

Running time: 00:12:15

Reality Opposition (Australia) by Emma Dawn Northey

The piece Reality Opposition is a work between two experimental artists, combining Giannone's  (USA) haunting sound scape and Northey's (AU) abstract moving images. Reality Opposition is driven by an undercurrent of tension, with textures flowing over and under, ominous and smooth, creating a world of surreal and familiar sound and image.  

Running time: 00:06:48

Pappas Poppy (Norway) by Johanne Wilbrink

Dolls, cunts and daddy issues – a personal portrait of being a woman.

Running time: 00:07:00

Omens (Belgium) by Maya Wuytack

In a rough, deserted no man's land, seven bodies are washed ashore. The desolate landscape reveals glimpses of an unpredictable era. When they gain consciousness they find themselves between a visible and invisible world. The poetic journey unfolds between what seems to be a dream and their dreaming bodies. In their entangled destinies they seek shelter with each other and find refuge in the caves of the rocky coast. The rough landscape reflects their existential barrenness. Exposed to the forces of nature, surrender is their only defense. In the eye of the storm, their listening bodies breathe silence. OMENS is a mystical quest for self-discovery, belonging and connection.

Running time: 00:05:58