Competition Programs | International Competition: Unplug this world
UNIT.Core | B.8

04.09 | 16:00

UNIT.Verse B.12

06.09 | 19:00

12+

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Fragments of memory come together into a picture of the world, held together only by a band-aid or masterful hip-hop. While some heroes embark on their cosmic odyssey, others struggle to navigate the labyrinths of their memories.

Running time 77 min.

  • As if it could
    Ada Güvenir

    Belgium | 13:16 | 2023

    As If It Could' is a semi-autobiographical story about borders and integration told through a metaphor of a plant. After realising her plant isn't growing as it should, Olive leaves her home and goes on a quest to find new grounds to let her plant re-root. Soon after she embarks on the journey, she comes to realize she has to do a lot more before she can reach her goal, or at least that's what she thinks...

  • Almost Forgotten
    Dimitri Mihajlovic, Miguel Lima

    Portugal | 09:07 | 2023

    A woman wanders through the impermanence of her childhood memories, trying to rebuild the story of the house where her grandfather lived.

  • The Choolers: Fish and Meat
    Monsieur Pimpant

    Belgium, France | 13:17 | 2023

    “Viandes et Poisson” pulls you into the world of experimental hip-hop group Choolers Division, whose members are artists-in-residence at the art brut center La S in Belgium. From a humorous crescendo of energy, they create a new song, setting intuition and emotion to a beat, giving a glimpse into a cacophony of deep friendship and unbridled creativity in a world that often seeks to ignore them.

  • In Dreams
    Josh Shaffner

    USA | 17:30 | 2023

    Wrapped in bandages, a burn victim is tended to by a futuristic hospice service.

  • Telsche
    Sophie Colfer, Ala Nunu

    Portugal, Poland, Saudi Arabia | 08:20 | 2023

    On the vast salt flats under dark clouds, a hole in the ground swallows the memory of a woman that Telsche longs to see again.

     

  • Wait for me in a dream
    Natalia Durszewicz

    Poland | 14:56 | 2023

    A poetic story about an elderly married couple shown with the use of painterly animation. Isolated from the world and condemned to loneliness, Bronka and Zygfryd experience a slow defragmentation of their reality caused by the woman's illness and the adversities associated with it. On their final journey, they experience moments of regret, pain and even repulsion.