Reflective Encounters : 2022

  • A solitary, partially submerged lighthouse or navigation tower in a calm body of water, with mountainous, cloudy skies in the background.

    After We Disappear

    Under the Lake // Director : Thanasis Trouboukis

    Will My Parents Come to See Me // Director : Mo Harawe

    A Human Certainty // Director : Morgan Quaintance

  • An underwater view of a ship with the word 'RELIEF' on its side, seen through a distorting surface with a plastic or fabric covering that has colorful patterns and some black ropes or netting.

    Alchemical Encounters

    Train Again // Director : Peter Tscherkassky

    While We Were Here // Director : Sunčica Fradelić

    Currents / Perpendicolare Avanti // Director : Federica Foglia

    Places We'll Breathe // Director : Davor Sanvincenti

  • Multiple hands reaching towards each other, with a mix of skin tones, against a light blue background.

    Apocalyptic Visions of Tomorrow

    The Sky Oscillates Between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences // Director : Nadim Choufi

    Perfect City: The Mother // Director : Shengwei Zhou

    Impossible Figures and other stories I // Director : Marta Pajek

    Machines of Loving Grace // Director : Viktor Schimpf

  • A person with short dark hair wearing a red shirt, sitting indoors, with their face blurred and no visible eyes or facial features.

    Are You Alright?

    Squish! // Director : Tulapop Saenjaroen

    In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket // Director : Yoko Yuki

    Orthodontics // Director : Mohammadreza Mayghani

    Backflip // Director : Nikita Diakur

    It's Raining Frogs Outside // Director : Maria Estela Paiso

  • Abstract surreal artwork featuring distorted human figures, animals, and organic forms merging into a fluid composition.

    Digital Entanglements

    Rootless // Director : Gabriella A. Moses

    At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago // Director : Andrew Stephen Lee

    Hysteresis // Director : Robert Seidel

    Virtual Voice // Director : Suzannah Mirghani

    Happy New Year, Jim // Director : Andrea Gatopoulos

    The Fourth // Director : Johnny Kirk

  • A white animated creature with hair-like protrusions on its head, smiling, sitting on a hand that is reflected in water below.

    Hiding From the Sun

    Yugo // Director : Carlos Gómez Salamanca

    Four Pills at Night // Director : Leart Rama

    Deep Blue // Director : Franie-Éléonore Bernier

    Mulika // Director : Maisha Maene

    Zoon // Director : Jonatan Schwenk

  • Children playing in a muddy outdoor area, with one boy in the foreground showing muddy hands and face, smiling, and two girls in the background also covered in mud, dressed in red jackets.

    Kids Against the Machine

    Joy // Director : Alexandra Brodski

    Garrano // Director : David Doutel & Vasco Sá

    We Know a Better Word Than Happy // Director : Helen McCrorie

    I am Good at Karate // Director : Jess Dadds

    Trap // Director : Anastasia Veber

  • A watercolor illustration of a dancing chicken with closed eyes, pink blush on its cheeks, and red comb and wattle, viewed through a circular frame

    Laughing My Shorts Off

    Le Saboteur // Director : Anssi Kasitonni

    Lilith & Eve // Director : Sam de Ceccatty

    Monsieur Le Butch // Director : Jude Dry

    The Cook // Director : Vincent Bossel

    Rules // Director : Jeanette Jeanenne

    Confessions of an English Ant-Eater // Director : Alex Crumbie

    Bald // Director : Luke Bather

    Motherclucker // Director : Greg McLeod

  • A group of seven young people wearing red shirts and dark pants walking along a narrow city street, arms raised in a celebratory pose, with graffiti-covered walls and a large metal gate in the background.

    Look at Me and Listen

    Science Around Us // Director : Arif Abdillah (ARIV)

    The Lighting // Director : Chihying Musquiqui

    Neon Phantom // Director : Leonardo Martinelli

    Dinner's Ready // Director : Elizabeth Zu

    Warsha // Director : Dania Bdeir

  • A cartoon duck with large blue eyes surrounded by falling gold coins, with some coins stacked around it.

    Other Networks of Exchange

    Becoming Male in the Middle Ages // Director : Pedro Neves Marques

    Alternative Economies // Director : Rehana Zaman

    The Bayview // Director : Daniel Cook

  • A woman with short brown hair and freckles sits in a room filled with young women all dressed in white uniforms, looking upward with a serious expression.

    Short Shivers

    You’re Not Home // Director : Derek Ugochukwu

    Red Room // Director : Bryan M. Ferguson

    BabyThump // Director : Ian Killck

    Molar // Director : Tiago Teixeira

    Stones // Director : Joseph Brett

    Lux Noctis // Director : Damiana Acuña

  • A collage artwork featuring a woman running along a path in a black and white tree-lined scene on the left, and a silhouette of a person against a pink grid-patterned background on the right, with black scribbles over both images.

    Small Acts of Recognition

    All the Crows in the World // Director : Yi Tang

    Sierra // Director : Sander Joon

    Hideous // Director : Yann Gonzalezv

    Love, Dad // Director : Diana Cam Van Nguyen

  • A digital illustration of a white unicorn with black hair, positioned on a pink flower with water droplets. The unicorn appears to be hugging or leaning against the flower.

    Squishy Random Body Parts

    Thing // Director : Malte Stein

    Something in the Garden // Director : Marcos Sánchez

    Boddyssey // Director : Jonas Bienz

    Tongue // Director : Kaho Yoshida

    Juice // Director : Mona Keil

    Steakhouse // Director : Špela Čadež

    Supper // Director : Dániel Bárány

    Amok // Director : Balázs Turai

  • Close-up of a mountaintop profile of a goat with large curved horns against a clear blue sky.

    Stories of a Present Past

    Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings // Director : Elina Oikari

    Chthonios // Director : Maria Steinmetz

    My Home // Director : Azar Saiyar

    Born in Damascus // Director : Laura Wadha

    On Xerxes' Throne // Director : Evi Kalogiropoulou

  • A young man in a red and black jacket stands on a dimly lit street at night, with a person in a hoodie and a person in a tan outfit in the background near a brightly lit building.

    South West Showcase 1

    Carbon Copy // Director : Jade Ayino

    Old Windows // Director : Paul Holbrook

    Salvation Has No Name // Director : Joseph Wallace

    Bus Film // Director : Chris Childs

    Yummy Mummy // Director : Gabriela Staniszewska

    Seagull // Director : Dean Puckett

  • Two women standing outdoors near a stone wall covered with greenery, engaged in a conversation. The older woman has long gray hair and is wearing a patterned coat, while the younger woman has short dark hair and is wearing a gray sweater over a white shirt.

    South West Showcase 2

    The Piss Witch // Director : Jason Barker

    Iris // Director : Sam Anghelides

    Sweet Little Despair // Director : Carolina Petro

    Where Was I? // Director : Bahar

    Mab Hudel // Director : Edward Rowe

  • A woman with long dark hair holds a man with a beard who appears to be unconscious or resting, with her hand on his head. There are subtitles in both Arabic and English that read, 'is it day or is it night?'

    Touch Me (Not)

    Dear Passengers // Director : Madli Lääne

    Nazarbazi / نظربازی // Director : Maryam Tafakory

    Well Wishes My Love, Your Love // Director : Gabriel Gabriel Garble

    Fence // Director : Hilke Rönnfeldt

    Strangers // Director : Nora Longatti

  • A colorful mural artwork featuring a woman's face divided into sections with different colors and themes, including a celestial night sky with stars on one side, a golden sun or light on another, and representing different emotions or states of mind.

    When the Revolution Comes, We Are Together

    Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny // Director : Janaina Wagner

    Dawta // Director : Jessica Ashman

    Urban Solutions // Director : Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes & Minze Tummescheit

  • A large group of people dressed in uniforms using tools to clear rocks and debris from a steep, rocky slope in a coordinated effort.

    Work B*tch!

    Tennis Ball on His Day Off // Director : Julian Glander

    Phlegm // Director : Jan-David Bolt

    Press(ed) // Director : Senne Driesen

    Blocks // Director : Adrián Jaffé

    Suruaika // Director : Vlad Ilicevici & Radu Pop

    Primal Therapy // Director : Santtu Salminen

    Brutalia, Days of Labour // Director : Manolis Mavris

    The Camderina Diner // Director : Luke Willis