Reflective Encounters : 2023

  • A close-up of a fire pit with a glowing fire, surrounded by grass and small plants.

    SW1 – We open ourselves up to the land

    Come on Pilgrim // Director : Mars Saude

    Dowr Tamar / Great Water // Director : Samuel Bestwick

    Trengellick Rising // Director : Guy Potter

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  • A woman with short hair and a white shirt sitting at a desk, looking down with a serious expression. A hand with a bracelet rests on her shoulder. The scene is dimly lit with blue and purple hues, with electronic equipment and a bonsai tree on the desk.

    SW2 – 9,200 square miles

    Wicked & Bad // Director : Toni Lotta Groner

    Middle Watch // Directors : John Stevenson & Aiesha Penwarden

    Goodbye Python // Director : Frankie Fox

    Spines // Director : Joseph Inman

    Rhizome // Director : Daniel Camargo-Grosso

    Throng // Director : William Clarke

    First Timers // Director : Hector Bell

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  • A hand creating a sketch of a table with various art supplies including paint bottles, paper, tape, jars, and drawing tools.

    SW3 – Solid ground

    Homegrown // Director : Corinne Walker

    Distressing Images // Director : Sam Dawe

    Bedroom Scenes // Director : Katy Shepherd

    Microwave // Director : Anastasia Bruce-Jones

    Rapture // Director : Em Smith

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  • Profile of a woman with long wavy hair wearing a floral crown made of purple, pink, and white flowers, seen in profile against a solid red background.

    UK1 – Trauma apocalypse

    Killing Boris Johnson // Director : Musa Alderson-Clarke

    World To Roam // Director : Stephen Irwin

    The Möbius Trip // Director : Simone Smith

    Kitchen Sink Fantasy // Director : Heath Virgoe

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  • A colorful abstract painting featuring a red-orange creature with a star-like head and eyes, wearing a green skirt with yellow spots, standing on a purple ground, with a red sky, falling blue raindrops, a crescent moon with a face, a blue circle in the sky, and a small figure with a moon-shaped head and a dress with polka dots.

    UK2 – Shedding light, I mean skin

    Original Skin // Director : Mdhamiri á Nkemi

    Muntjac // Director : Finn Darrell

    Sweet Like Lemons // Director : Jenny Jokela

    Untitled // Director : Sweatmother

    There’s Not Much We Can Do // Director : Erica Monde

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  • Group of people wearing blue and dark-colored robes gather outdoors at night, with some covering their faces. A woman in the foreground wears a red hooded cloak and covers her face with her hand, while another person wears a light blouse. In the background, there is a small wooden structure, possibly a shelter or kiosk, near a plain wall.

    UK3 – (Don’t) Stand behind the yellow line

    45th Parallel // Director : Lawrence Abu Hamdan

    Fuar: A Counter-Memory // Director : Ezgi Özbakkaloğlu

    Neo Nahda // Director : May Ziadé

    Yellow // Director : Elham Ehsas

    Institution // Director : Cole Morris

    The Archive: Queer Nigerians // Director : Simisolaoluwa Akande

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  • People wearing orange shirts and shorts holding large pink paper flowers at a parade or celebration.

    UK4 – Nothing artificial

    Being Seen // Director : Ren Faulkner

    Something More Than Masquerade // Director : Shamica Ruddock

    White Ant // Director : Shalini Adnani

    Jellyfish and Lobster // Director : Yasmin Afifi

    Black Strangers // Director : Dan Guthrie

    Johnny Barnes // Director : Alex Etchart

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  • A woman in a vibrant orange textured top with black gloves lounges in a vintage diner, holding a cigarette and looking at the camera. The background shows a dimly lit restaurant with hanging lamps and a busy counter.

    UK5 – Suspended in a compromise

    Jill, Uncredited // Director : Anthony Ing

    Outlets // Director : Duncan Cowles

    A Band Apart // Director : Ruth Hunduma

    For People in Trouble // Director : Alex Lawther

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  • Red glowing digital abstract pattern with fine lines and intricate details.

    IC1 – Geographies of memory

    All My Scars Vanish in the Wind // Directors : Carlos Velandia & Angélica Restrepo

    The Ghost From Mariupol // Director : Marie Chemin

    Porcupine // Directors : Nicolas Graux & Trương Minh Quý

    Crater // Director : Adina Cahmy

    Pacific Club // Director : Valentin Noujaïm

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  • A large pink explosion in a desert landscape with a clear blue sky.

    IC2 – Political LUTs pack

    Hardly Working // Director : Total Refusal

    Sensitive Content // Director : Narges Kalhor

    Silent Chirping of Invisible Digits // Director : Vera Sebert

    Paradiso, XXXI, 108 // Director : Kamal Aljafari

    L’Escale / The Stopover // Director : Collectif Faire-part

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  • A faint, purple-tinted image of a child in a yellow outfit, with a close-up of their face, illuminated by soft lighting in a dark background.

    IC3 – Alchemical Encounters

    Skyscaper Film // Director : Federica Foglia

    Mast-del // Director : Maryam Tafakory

    Sunspots // Director : Yannick Mosimann

    NYC RGB // Director : Viktoria Schimd

    The Maestrat on Film // Director : Fermín Sales

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  • Blurred image of white cups and a tray with snacks on a dark table.

    IC4 – Make it makes sense

    Headprickles // Director : Katarzyna Miechowicz

    Remember How I Used to Ride a White Horse // Directors : Ivana Bošnjak Volda & Thomas Johnson Volda

    Incidences // Directors : Mischa Hedinger & Michela Flück

    The Crowd // Director : Pelin Kırca

    Issues With My Other Half // Director : Anna Vasof

    Horse // Director : Diana Gong

    Cherries // Director : Vytautas Katkus

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  • A wooden chair with a pink cushioned seat next to a wooden table with a blue and silver teapot and cup, a blue plate, a tall glass with a lid, and a white candle on a dark blue wall background.

    IC5 – Chalked outlines, borderless states

    Empty Rooms // Director : Zhenia Kazankina

    I Promise You Paradise // Director : Morad Mostafa

    Beautiful Figures // Director : Soetkin Verstegen

    La Linea del Terminatore / The Ender’s Line // Director : Gabriele Biasi

    Luzonensis Osteoporosis // Director : Glenn Barit

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  • Abstract painting with sketches of buildings and nature elements, featuring pastel colors, black lines, and textured areas.

    IC6 – All you need to care about

    Dildotectonics // Director : Tomás Paula Marques

    Cabbage // Director : Holly Márie Parnell

    Our Pain // Director : Shunsaku Hayashi

    La Ultima Ascensión // Director : Kevin Osepa

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  • Construction crane on a building under construction in an urban area with high-rise buildings in the background during sunset or twilight.

    IC7 – Anywhere but on this spoilt earth

    Flores del Otro Patio // Director : Jorge Cadena

    Lake of Fire // Director : Neozoon

    Strangers in the Dark // Directors : Perttu Inkilä & Jenni Pystynen

    Fantasy in a Concrete Jungle // Director : Mehedi Mostafa

    Baigal Nuur / Laike Baikal // Director : Alisi Telengut

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  • Two people at a bar, one holding a small dog, both dressed casually, with the bar's sign visible in the background.

    IC8 – Speak it into being

    2nd Person // Director : Rita Barbosa

    Atopia // Director : Olivier De Vos

    The Eyeball Person // Director : Yuri Muraoka

    The Fruit Tree // Director : Isabelle Tollenaere

    Garden of Remembrance // Director : Naoko Yamada

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  • A ship on fire at night with smoke billowing into the sky.

    Short Shivers

    The Devil’s Footprints // Director : Dean Puckett

    Perfect City: The Bravest Kid // Director : Shengwei Zhou

    From.Beyond // Director : Fredrik S. Hana

    House Party // Director : William Alexander Boyd III

    Kiddo // Director : Brett Chapman

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  • A man and woman sitting inside a car at night, with blue and red lighting, in a forest setting.

    Late Lounge – Meat eaters

    Kill Your Darlings // Director : Thirza Ingold

    Cock // Director : Robin Jensen

    In Curve Notes_Stream // Director : Flavia Regaldo

    Pipes // Directors : Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier & Sujanth Ravichandran

    Chomp It! // Directors : Mark Chua & Lam Li Shuen

    Pussy Love // Director : Linda Krauss

    Acid Green // Director : Exyl

    Nude // Director : Olivier Labonté LeMoyne

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  • Glow-in-the-dark illustration of a woman with two children, surrounded by abstract floral and plant shapes in vibrant colors.

    Children's Jury

    Ice Merchants // Director : João Gonzalez

    Rainboy // Director : Barbara Brunner

    Crab Day // Director : Ross Stringer

    Mushka // Director : Andreas Deja

    Somni // Director : Sonja Rohleder

    The Tornado Outside // Director : Maria Tomazou

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