Luís Lopes
Portugal
2016 | 00:12:00

Art's specular reflections about the art of the future. To break free from cynicism and decadent reality, the art of the future must vanquish fear and begin its journey to the other side of the mirror: the journey towards truth.

Marcin Podgorny
Poland
2017 | 0:12:25

The title character, Marionette, tries to wake up from lethargy and take the control over her own existence. However, even the slightest movement of hers is carefully followed by the intricate mechanism, determined to restore the former order of things. longer: There is a mysterious interior with a ballerina trapped inside - she is the title character, Marionette. She is hanging from the chains with her arms spread out, sunk deeply in lethargy. Somehow, she wakes up and her awakening breathes life into another film character – an intricate mechanism, determined to restore the former order of things. After coming back to life, the ballerina dares to escape. She is running through the labyrinth of narrowing corridors, slowly falling into madness. Her mind is illustrated by the oneiric interior resembling the shape of a box with a moth inside, trying to get out and fly to the light. By the time the ballerina reaches the deepest and darkest recess of the labyrinth, she is already out of her mind and comes back to the place she came from. The mechanism goes silent, satisfied with achieving its purpose. The story comes full circle.

Nicola Daene
South Africa
2017 | 0:06:23

‘Lost in a dream ... all I understand is a broken noise ...’ Quotidian accoutrements frame and sound the domestic scenario of a figure preparing cakes, voiced by reveries at the kitchen sink ... turned to existential reflections on time, motherhood and noise.

Sissel M. Bergh
Norway
2017 | 0:18:03

#Water /knowhowknow is a fictionalized documentary and a visual sound poem about our relationship with the ocean,- investigations based on the local situation from the Froan edging the Norwegian sea to the inner Trondheim fjord. We are all local inhabitants and global participants. The film with the sound composed by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, takes us through the fisheries down to the bottom of the ocean and its inhabitants, through historical flashes, boat building traditions, human vulnerability and hybris, subsea technologies and aquafarming watched by the mythical figurine "Guri Kunna" of the Froan sea - whom represent the forces of the oceans and the ancient knowledge of how to live with the sea. This is the first chapter in the short film series Knowhowknow investigating human relationship to its surroundings. The original title #Tjaetsie is water in the south Sami language.

Kieko Ikehata
Japan
2017 | 0:13:38

The main role is played by old family photographs. Illuminated by the beam of a flashlight like the objects of a treasure hunt, these pictures that are displayed pinned to a tatami mat present a strange scene. Encouraged to solve the mystery by the enigmatic developments surrounding a date that has been lost, we cannot follow this path to the “truth.” A work in which both the monologue and visuals make use of the immense power of poetry to deliver a message.

Line Klungseth Johansen
Norway
2016 | 0:05:14

Chemical and cognitive dissonance. "Process Breath" is a beautiful visual experience, and a love story between oxygen and nitrogen.

Qu Youjia
China
2017 | 0:34:00

Nine-year-old Zhu Meijing always goes to the film sets alone. Through a tutor of the orchestra, she got a part in a child movie, to play a bit of the flute. The leading actress Hanhan somehow cried and screamed all day, for which the shooting could not proceed. The director had to change the actress, and Meijing was asked to play the Chinese traditional instrumental music “Fisherman’s Song at Sunset”. After a frustrating day, Meijing got home, feeling the air was even colder than her loneliness.