These 6 programs of academic cinema compile some of the most groundbreaking work made at film schools from across the world. This year’s selection includes films made at institutions such as FAMU, ECAM, ESTC, and Wien Film Academy, among many others.
Confrontation with the subconscious de Reni Babič (SVN)
Boy of Wood de Eva Oosterveld (NLD)
Last Winter, Bruna de Marko Bičanić (CRO)
Birdland (I Am Helium Raven and This Movie is Mine) de Cecília Trincão (PRT)
Anemone de Alicia Hernanpérez Hidalgo (ESP)
The kidnapping of the bride de Sophia Mocorrea (DEU)
Above the clouds de Vivien Hárshegyi (HUN)
A Obra de Carolina Rosendo (PRT)
Through Gloom de Arnas Balčiūnas (LIT)
Unfamiliars de Lauri Elstela (EST)
Top view of my Brain as a Crime Scene de Luzia Vita Johow (AUT)
Everything for My Friend de Lulu Pomorova (POL)
Zipper de Aleksandr Kim (DEU)
All my scars vanish in the wind de María Angélica Restrepo & Carlos David Velandia (COL)
Boys de André Vaara (SWE)
A piece of me de Vivian Bausch (AUT)
Blind spots de Luis Schubert (DEU)
Through the Barricades de Alexandrine Benjamin (HTI,UK)
Condolence de Lior Klein Stern (DEU)
And what now? de Dominika Kováčová (PRT)
Primitive Times de Hao Yu (DEU)
5-3-0 de Danilo Stanimirović (SRB)
How to be a candid woman de Francisca Dores (PRT)
Graveyard de Ali Daraee (IRN)
Those Who Follow de Frederic Kau (DEU)
My sister and I de Theodor Ioniță (ROU)
The silence of the banana trees de Eneos Çarka (ALB)
Final Forever de Tess Quatri (NOR)
When the MIGs fly de Philip Găicean (ROU)
Carp Xmass de Anna Heribanová (CZE)
Dinner For 2 – Breakfast For 1 de Kristína Žilinčárová (SVK)
Rilhafoles de Diogo Palma (PRT)
Tohu va bohu de Lou Le Forban (FRA)
Mona de Abdulrahman Alshowaiki (BEL)
Calls de Ming-Wei Chiang (POL)
You & Me & The Milky Way de Marie Gøtzsche (DNK)
Bull de Tim Oppermann (DEU)
Half Full Body de Beatriz Carias & Pedro Ferreira (PRT)
Nelly's Story de Jonas Steinacker (AUT)
Soulmates de Shona Kelly (IRL)