WE ARE ANIMALS
A man transforms into an animal and shares his emotions and fears. We Are Animals explores this metamorphosis as a metaphor for human contradictions, addressing relevant themes such as gender fluidity, power, domestic violence, and judgment, both in small towns and broader contexts.
THE UNLIMITED WORLD
Tranquil, unspoiled landscapes. The sound of the sea mingling with the whistling sound of the wind influenced by the great waves of the Atlantic. Red mountains, a stork circling above a fallen tree. A feeling of dreaminess, a palpable infinity that manages without many people. Aesthetic compositions in motion.
SOUVENIRS DU MONT SALOMÉ (Lost Frequencies)
Salomé, an acoustician, is called to a small village in the Vosges Mountains. Equipped with her recorder and microphones, she investigates mysterious sounds that have been troubling the residents for months. But Salomé is about to discover an invisible world, one that bears the traces of both the present and the past…
FANFARE 2025
Fanfare 2025 revisits Bert Haanstra’s classic (1958), contrasting the idealized postwar image with today’s reality marked by ecological crisis and ideological polarization.
TAIWAN NATURE
Taking the nature of Taiwan as the theme of the film, starting from the seeds of liquidambar on the mountain, from Taiwanese red quinoa to wheat straw chrysanthemum, it is like the colorful spectrum of the spring earth advancing layer by layer; the waterfall-like five-knuckle seeds imitate the turbulent waves and the endless stream, flowing […]
IBRIDO URBANO (Urban Hybrid)
Connecting with nature — is it still a necessity, or have we gradually lost the ability to listen to its silent wisdom? In a world flooded with bright screens, relentless notifications, and a constant hum that echoes through our days, nature continues to offer itself as a calm, wordless mirror that reflects who we are […]
HAG
“HAG“ marks animator Isabella Marquart’s second animated short and serves as her grad film—an exploration of the hag, or witch, as a transformative and subversive figure in animation. Through a cyclical narrative, the film follows the hag’s abject, fluid nature as she defies the boundaries of form and identity. Inspired by folklore’s many crones, she […]
EL CANTO DEL JAGUAR (The Sound Of The Jaguar)
Irma, a young woman from La Chinantla, an indigenous region in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, migrates to Mexico City to continue her studies. Upon arriving in the capital, Irma feels alien to this new environment; the change of language, the pollution, and the constant traffic seem very different from her home. As Irma […]
NÃO VAI EMBORA
Paradança is a village tucked away in the hills of Trás-os-Montes, Portugal. On July 4th, 1987, a family gathered in the old house. In 2025, the house stands silent, overtaken by time. In forty years, the village has lost sixty percent of its people. This film is a portrait of a family and a way […]
Down The Mountain
Joaquim Marvão, the leader of the transhumance of Vilanova de Tazem, entrusts me with recording the descent of the herds, a centuries-old ritual in the Serra da Estrela. It’s the summer of 2022 and Portugal is facing a wave of devastating wildfires. Against all odds, Joaquim decides to carry out the descent, but something goes […]