Experimental Films / Brussels Independent Film Festival
The renewed Brussels Independent Film Festival is an annual, weeklong event that highlights independent and experimental cinematic talent.
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Natal Kick, Cosmo Ground (Korea, Republic of, South Korea) by Jaeik Kim
Under the occupied shadows, floating cosmo ground, xenoliths, and the breaths perceived from all beings are increasingly coarsened by humanity’s collective experiments. This work considers all existing entities as pioneers of a sentient cosmos, thinking not only from Earth but from the universe a...
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Tunnel of luv (United States) by Jeremy Pellington
An exercise in empathy. Max Azzarello passed away after a public political act of self-harm. Scrolling excerpts of Azzarello’s writings on “The Simpsons” and footage collected from rented Tesla cars document a U.S. landscape that gives rise to conspiratorial thought, an open society at the turn o...
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Dowsing (United States) by Tim Feeney
Ten repetitive sonic interventions within the eroded landscapes of the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.
These occur at sites of local “anti-monuments:” a kilometers-long, natural limestone pavement high above Galway Bay; stone farm walls and remnants of circular structures on hillsides; cairns near... -
Hairy Dreams (Canada) by Lina Cruz
***FIFA42 - Festival International de Films d'art
Hairy Dreams is inspired by Lina Cruz's fascination for dreams, altered states, homelessness and what she finds they paradoxically have in common: access to an immense sense of freedom. Hairy Dreams evokes the interior world of a lonesome yet non... -
Tangle (Belgium) by Carla Hoogewijs, Frank Stevens
Tangle is a multimedia film blending vivid imagery, haunting words, and evocative soundscapes to delve into the core questions of human existence. Structured as a monologue in five chapters, it begins with a single breath of steam and culminates in the miracle of cell division, symbolizing the cy...