TUE JUN 23 14:30
CASINO
People Live Here by Gabrielle Côté | CAN | 12'
Montrealers enjoy parks, balconies, cafés, and biking, sharing in a rich cultural diversity.
But a truck full of orange cones arrives, disrupting neighborhoods and leaving behind construction sites that reshape the city. Built heritage disappears, replaced by towers so tall they cast Montreal into shadow. In this cyberpunk era, streets are ruled by AI-driven towers, erasing the last traces of the past. A revolt emerges, demanding radical change. When the system collapses, nature reclaims its rights. Among the ruins, a solarpunk community rises — one where life adapts with its environment

ROOM174 by Maria Bernardi | ITA | 08'
From the director’s digital archive of sleepless nights emerges a creature-film: nocturnal fragments in her room are observed, replicated, and altered by artificial intelligence. In a flow of oxidized images and suspended visions, a rarefied dialogue unfolds between woman and machine. A confrontation at the threshold between presence and absence, human and artificial, where reality shatters and identity dissolves. A hypnagogic journey into the depths of a thought shared between one who was programmed to exist and one who is no longer certain of doing so.

Memory of a Mycelium by Lisa Yang & Ganaël Dumreicher | DEU, AUT, LUX | 07'
In "Memory of a Mycelium," human prototypes sprout from the building like strands of a fungal network. Inspired by the Chinese mythology of the creator goddess Nüwa, the prototypes initiate a process of emancipation by freeing themselves from the long braids reminiscent of umbilical cords. A never-ending journey of self-liberation begins.

PANDORA by Margarita Ivanova | FRA | 15'
In an ancient Palace in Fes, ten men dream of the cheikhats, forgotten popular singers. Through their portraits, Pandora explores the feminine alter-egos of the actors from the Jouk Attamthil Al Bidaoui troupe.

Water Sports by Whammy Alcazaren | PHL | 20'
Jelson and Ipe, students deep in love, undergo trials of the mind and body as they prepare themselves to survive a world devastated by climate change. Though life may be harsh and unforgiving, They believe what their teacher says in that a strong heart and mind can triumph with an iron will. But Jelson and Ipe soon learn that maybe the best way to survive the end of the world is to simply just live, laugh, and love

Obey, obey by Akira Kawasaki | DEU | 04'
A tutorial on how to flawlessly achieve the obedient Japanese student look.

Going on Strike by Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin | CAN | 14'
A dancefilm celebrating solidarity in protest and the strength of a group in revolt.