FRIDAY OCT 4 -
SUN OCT 15

Sunday Oct 6

11:00 - 12:20
Melancholy of Space
1h 17m

International short films

This selection of films utilises a location as their muse. Drawing on the atmosphere or history, each settles us into the environment, allowing the audience to fully immerse themselves in the spirit of the place.

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Zero Woods of the Wild Place
Josh Weissbach / 13m / USA

Zero Woods of the Wild Place explores the forest that cannot conceal the trauma, the house that cannot listen while dying, and the labyrinth that spirals into the ethics of audio recording. Josh Weissbach is an experimental filmmaker whose films have been screened at a wide variety of international film festivals.

Dimly lit room with a lamp, fireplace with fire, and text "If we go somewhere to face the darkness, it might as well be here."

The Concrete River
Nora Sweeney / 15m / USA

An exploration of how different communities spend time along the Los Angeles River, a 51 mile waterway largely channelized with concrete that cuts through various neighbourhoods of Greater Los Angeles.

Person playing guitar by a riverbank with trees and a concrete slope.

Uncle Bardo
Luke Mistruzzi / 14m / Canada

Through an innovative blend of documentary and experimental stop-motion animation, Uncle Bardo delves into the mind of an estranged family member who has undergone a near-death experience and awakens lost between two worlds. Mistruzzi is a stop-motion animator, documentary filmmaker and installation artist.

surreal artistic scene with puppet figures and ghostly images

River Ghosts
Jonathan Onsuwan Johnson / 5m / USA

In this experimental documentary, an unseen filmmaker uses unseen memories to follow traces of his deceased grandparents throughout urban and rural Thailand. Shot on Super 8mm reversal film.

View through ornate window with a street scene in the background, including people and a motorized rickshaw.

Sweet Moon
Mayur Prakash Kulkarni / 15m / India

Sweet Moon" is a visual experiment in cinema. This film presents a visual story that is neither a documentary nor a narrative feature but rather an experimental artistic piece. The director aims to use an artistic visual language to juxtapose the boundaries between sight and sound.

Close-up of a black and beige abstract pattern resembling zebra stripes on a flat surface.

Coldness
Andrea Sanchez / 14m / Andorra

The screams and anguishes of a cursed B horror film shot in the late 80's sneak through the streets of Andorra, creating a crack between the present and the past of cinema in the country. This short film was born from Sanchez’s frustrated desire to restore "The Specter of Justine", an "S" rated horror film shot in Andorra in 1986.

Person with frightened expression, red lighting, close-up view.

Dark Flowing
Matilda Butler / 2m / UK

Dark Flowing (2024) is an ongoing exploration of the contamination within the Tamar Valley, caused by the legacy pollution of the deserted Arsenic & Copper mines. Using 16mm film processed with seaweed and contaminated river water, the medium’s materiality helps reveal the invisible toxicity present in the landscape as a result of mine leeching.