See the Full Lineup of Films:

A MAN WAITING FOR THE LEAVES TO FALL, 20min., Singapore
Directed by Judee Tan
A man waiting for the leaves to fall is a digital performative narration that chronicles the pivotal events in a man’s life. This 20-minute long digital production explores the relationship of the film medium within a new theatre paradigm where theatrical design takes center stage as characters.

https://m.facebook.com/amanwaitingfortheleavestofall/
https://www.instagram.com/_theaestheticproject

PHILOSOPHER'S STONE: THE PLANET EGG, 7min., USA
Directed by Simone Barros
“The world is an egg, the egg itself is a theatre: a stage theatre in which the roles dominate the actors, the spaces dominate the roles and the Ideas dominate the spaces.” -Gilles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition. The experimental short film Philosopher's Stone bounds through the surreal experience of a woman diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve as she undergoes IVF in a seven minute phantasmagoria.

THE DEAD MAN, 24min., Switzerland
Directed by Samuel Segurado, Liz Manresa
Complete darkness surrounds him, time seems to have stopped. He does not understand where he is. He also does not understand how he got here. But he has a guess for what reason he might be here. Music surrounds him. Melodies show him the way and lead us through the story. And then it can happen that the images disappear before our eyes and live on only in our minds.

https://dertote.ch/
https://www.instagram.com/dertotemovie/

ANIMA #1, 3min., Portugal, Animation
Directed by Vasco Diogo
This experimental and abstract animation reflects upon the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, following the structure of an hip-hop song and mixing plenty of digital hand-painted techniques.

http://www.vascodiogo.com/
https://www.facebook.com/vascogabrieldiogo/
https://www.instagram.com/vascod

SALVATION, 3min., Canada
Directed by Zane
A man drives aimlessly questioning his life only to discover that the answers he is looking for have been with him all along.

https://www.photosbyzane.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SalvationMoviePage
https://instagram.com/photosbyzane

DISSOLUTION, 10min., Cyprus
Directed by Nima B. Djavidani, Thatiana Cardoso
"Dissolution" is an experimental short film that delves into the sensory experience of dilution within a surreal and dreamlike environment. Through the use of close-up shots and abstract angles, the film encourages the audience to fully immerse themselves in every detail. The ebb and flow of the tide, accompanied by a powerful soundtrack that creates tension, unifies seemingly contradictory concepts such as woman and man, birth and death, and ultimately, rebirth.

LIGHT, 5min., USA
Directed by Karia Santa Anna
In a world where a huge garbage island floats across our seas, fruit has very suspicious ancestry, and immigrant children are literally
abandoned in the middle of nowhere, if one day the ocean rains upward…we would totally believe it. That’s how the world feels: very upside down.