Experimental Films - Venice Film Week
The Venice Film Week is an annual week-long event showcasing independent films with an edge. The event was created by independent filmmakers, for independent filmmakers, with the sole purpose to showcase and screen new and upcoming talent.
Running during, but independent from the Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica), the Venice Film Week focuses on the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative, the minimalistic and the true artists of our time.
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She Had Some Work Done (United States) by Nancy E. Andrews
How to conform to the norms of beauty.
She Had Some Work Done, turns its attention to beauty and the pressures surrounding it. Examining what it means to conform to accepted norms of physical appearance, the film considers the ways ideals of beauty are constructed, imposed and internalised. Chara... -
Anchor Points (Canada) by Victor Quijada, Samuel Greffe
Anchor Points is a documentary-style art film by Rubberband that retraces the trajectory of Victor Quijada from street dancer to contemporary choreographer. Through archival footage and visual effects, it examines his personal and artistic evolution and introduces the foundational Rubberband Meth...
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Home (Belgium) by Hanne Schillemans, Ralph Timmermans
Home is a short film about the fragility of life and the virtue of solitude. A faceless figure attempting not to resist the endless waves of pointlessness. Home explores the tension between presence and absence within the strange choreography of existing. The protagonist’s nudity, devoid of eroti...
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Stuck (United States) by Josephine Harrison
A short film covering ideas around mental health on the campus of a competitive university. Inspired by real-life conversations around the campus of competitive US university.
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