NEWCINEMA/EXPERIMENT+
Some films don't follow the rules. They create new ones.
NEWCINEMA/EXPERIMENT+ is a space for filmmakers who dare to challenge conventions and explore the endless possibilities of cinema. From visual essays and abstract works to poetic narratives and boundary-pushing audiovisual experiences, every film is here because a filmmaker wanted you to see it. Leave expectations behind, embrace curiosity, and discover films that question, provoke and inspire—because sometimes the most exciting journeys begin where storytelling takes an unexpected turn.
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Emperica (Belgium) by Kris De Meester, Ron Chiers
Against the backdrop of societal collapse, two powerful voices engage in a high-stakes debate over the future of humanity. Should mankind be placed under total control to safeguard its survival, or should they be granted the freedom to shape their own destiny, even if it means risking self-destru...
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Naval Ode (Portugal) by Fu Le
The poem Naval Ode - "Ode Maritima" - by Fernando Pessoa captures the movement of separation between the dock and the ship, and thus the distance – between the inside and the outside, between myself and the other. The text is embodied by a mysterious and suspended dance, imbued with nostalgic de...
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Warhol on Climate Change (Belgium) by Kris De Meester
"Warhol on Climate Change" is short film that plunges viewers into an artistic alienation, capturing the enigmatic essence of Warhol's perspective on the pressing issue of climate change. Set against the vibrant backdrop of a bustling New York street, the film weaves abstract images of Warhol him...
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Myth (Australia) by Oliver Whitehouse
An interpolation of the myth of Meng Po (孟婆), the Chinese deity of forgetfulness who lives in the tenth version of Hell. Drawing inspiration from experimental asian cinema, in MYTH, ancient folklore collides with historical events and personal narratives to form a lamentation for the ways we reco...
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I Killed You a Dozen Times (Belgium) by Kris De Meester
I killed you a dozen times, but you won’t go away. Maybe it’s because you’ve killed me first. Out in the cold, on a strange new globe.
"I Killed You a Dozen Times" immerses viewers in a captivating exploration of the aftermath of a traumatic breakup. The protagonist, driven to erase the other ... -
Fragments - Episode 2 (United Kingdom) by Mélodie Roulaud
When we discuss and depict the body, we refer to something both tangible and imagined, with unclear boundaries and a complex relationship to the 'self'. This portrait of non-binary model Venus Baginski, the second episode of Fragments, takes an introspective journey into their understanding and e...
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Kissing Ralph (United States) by Daniel Lewinstein
Kissing Ralph explores the anxiety of intimacy, from the point-of-view of an alien struggling to participate in human rituals of love, sex, and family life.
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Hang Him (United States) by Tia Matza
A tarot card reader seeks revenge on a wealthy client who grifted her—posing the question: Who is the grifter?
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Legacy (USA) by Giovannie Espiritu
Synopsis: A look at generational trauma and triumph through poetry and pictures. Running time: 00:01:00.
Selections/awards: Outfest Fusion (Hyundai Evolve Innovation Award).
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Ruined Arbor (Mohsen Namjoo) (Iran) by Kasra Yazdani, Golrokh Hemmati
Synopsis: Music is based on an old Iranian poem about a carpet weaver girl weaving a carpet under a ruined roof. Images have been photographed from different carpets of Iranian ethnicities. Running time: 00:02:00.
Selections/awards: Light Matter Experimental Film and Media Arts Fest, Internatio... -
Andrò a ritroso della nostra corsa (2019/Italy) by Mattia Biondi
“Andrò a ritroso della nostra corsa” is a backwards journey through the seasons and the units of the language. To change the prose of the world, its intact clock. There is always a place more thoroughly, lost images in minimum intervals.
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Day of the Dead (Belgium) by Kris Curtiz De Meester, Peter Bracke
"Day of the Dead" is a short film that delves into the unique blend of life, death, and celebration during Mexico's Day of the Dead. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the mesmerizing migration of millions of Monarch butterflies to Mexico, believed to embody the souls of the departed. The...
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Exhumation (2018/Canada) by Daniel MacIntyre
By mixed-media artist Daniel MacIntyre comes a work of alchemical ingenuity —the peeling back of a shrouded image to reveal the spectres that lay beneath. Re-composing images that have been chemically treated to disintegrate (in the gleefully tactile tradition of Stan Brakhage), the filmmaker’s w...
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The Fleeting Noise of Time (Ukraine) by Valerie Kain
A short expirimental film about the fear of death.
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Amellus (UK) by Patrick Chadwick
Shimmering pixels and white noise at the heart of what we call image. Forms emerge and shapes move away, gently and without hurry. A slow persistence takes us away from what we know and moves us slowly into non-existence and memory.
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Do Not Open The Door (2022/Belgium) by Kris De Meester
The outside world is a dangerous place.
Do not open the door.
Agoraphobia is a rare type of anxiety disorder. If you have it, your fears keep you from getting out into the world. Before COVID less than 1% of people in the U.S. have agoraphobia. Women are two to three times more likely to have it ... -
Diploma '22 (2022/Romania) by Mîndru
Experimental fashion film using a curated selection of Fashion graduates in Romanian Art School.
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Atmospheric Marginalia (USA) by Adam E. Stone
Equal parts poetic essay film and family folklore, Atmospheric Marginalia is an enchanting probe into a pair of star-crossed lovers and misfits, the continuing bonds theory of grief, and the existence of an afterlife. Steeped in the tradition of raw, no-budget guerrilla filmmaking, it was filmed ...