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Friend of the World(en)

After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

Quantum Cowboys(en)

Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician.

Hard Knuckle(en)

In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Australia, the most popular sport is Hard Knuckle, a bloodier form of pool. Harry is a pool hustler, wants to beat Knuckle champ Top Dog, to get his bike back.

if you seek amy(xx)

Images from 2000s music videos are transferred onto the film strip, torn and abstracted until the visuals convulse and shift—a tactile, poetic exploration of materiality, memory, and medium.

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People(en)

An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in the wind and lets you be free. Lively tunes and witty narration accompany a quick-paced inventory of relaxers, gels, and curlers. This short film has become essential for discussions of racism, African American cinema, and empowerment.

Asia Strikes Back(ja)

At an isolated location training camp for soldiers with supernatural powers makes a man revolt, causing a war to break out among the soldiers.

Nightbeast(en)

A creature from outer space, nightbeast, crash lands in Baltimore and starts a killing spree that quickly escelates.

Resonances(en)

"Resonances" is an abstract journey that invites diverse interpretations. For some, it’s the tale of an ant that delved too deep, for others, a puppet seeking freedom. The narrative evolves with the viewer, offering no single path but rather a multitude of meanings. Free and autonomous, "Resonances" challenges you to explore with your mind and question with your soul. Only through personal reflection will the answers reveal themselves, making the experience uniquely yours.

Máquinas de palabras(es)

Portrait of a Mexico City neighborhood where pages and pages are printed, and little by little, words appear. Máquinas de Palabras is a performance created in March 2023 in Mexico City, and is the result of a collaboration between Labo K (Rennes-based film laboratory) and LEC (Laboratorio de Cine Experimental) in Mexico City. A portrait of a Mexico City neighborhood where pages and pages are printed. And little by little, words appear... "From the deliberate use of found images to films that make uncompromising use of raw material, the camera and the plants will take our eyes... Pupils will certainly be illuminated by the projector... How can moving images stay in our heads?"

Reversion(en)

A man's brain is shrinking.

Concrete(en)

In an alternate version of 20th century America, all citizens are subject to government-issued neurological implants which they are told prevent their heads from exploding. When Arkady, the lone caretaker of his ailing mother, has his implant forcibly removed by an unknown assailant– his reality begins to collapse and he scrambles to find answers.

火藥, burn my eyes(es)

In 1967, Beulah struck Reynosa. Family survives through images from memory circling the wreck. Rituals of celebration and violence like hurricane, shift between dancing, cyanotypes, blue fire and lost family archive. We have come to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail. Thus invent colors that burn the eyelid like 火藥.

Neuro(en)

In the late 1970’s and after a traumatic event on their honeymoon, a struggling couple visit an experimental, and borderline unethical memory research facility.

Close-Up: an oddyssey(en)

Aspiring writer Lucy Simon embarks on a psychedelic road trip to the planet Mars with her brash, unnamed drug dealer behind the wheel in this music-driven space adventure presented entirely through the use of close-up photography.

Artificial Intelligence, 2023(en)

Composed entirely of AI-generated visuals and providing an abstract representation of the evolution of AI video, processed entirely through a VCR.

WAR TIMES(en)

An exploration of two souls inhabiting bodies from 1940's Hungary, and the beginning of the digital age.

arrival(en)

A psychological sci-fi drama about love, identity, and the unknown. After a mysterious encounter with an otherworldly light, Mia wakes up feeling unfamiliar in her own body and life. As she pieces together the events of the night before, she faces her partner, Haley, with a newfound sense of self—and a secret hidden behind glowing eyes. Is she still the same person, or has something else arrived in her place?

Englouties(fr)

In the heart of Saint-Malo, there's a gigantic area, covering 1/3 of the city, off-limits to the public. It's a part of the commercial port that's mainly accessible via an architecturally unusual footbridge that limits access. An inaccessible place that will be the first to disappear beneath the waves in a few years' time. Only strange sounds reach us from afar: whirring, construction noise, sirens wailing... This parallel world is bustling day and night. But it's in the depths of the night that unfamiliar sounds and lights arouse the most fantasies.

Alternate Earth(de)

A scientific expedition travels to an alternative Earth in hope of finding a new home for humanity, which has destroyed its own planet. But is it even possible to escape old patterns?

Program(en)

Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world while during a samurai sword fight. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Beyond(en)

While looking for her cat, a young woman and some kids find an abandoned building where strange things happen and the rules of physics don't always apply. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

World Record(en)

A record-breaking competitive runner begins to stretch the limits of the Matrix. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Matriculated(en)

The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Kid's Story(en)

A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo".

The Second Renaissance Part II(en)

The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.

Final Flight of the Osiris(en)

Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling through the surface of the earth towards the last human city of Zion. But can the Osiris survive long enough to warn Zion?

A Detective Story(en)

A private detective is hired to find the elusive computer hacker "Trinity." Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts in the Matrix universe.

The Second Renaissance Part I(en)

Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.

Groot's Pursuit(en)

Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.

The Congress(en)

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

No Time for Nuts(en)

Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.

DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger(en)

Jess joins her friends at a party in a dilapidated mansion hosted by the mysterious Seth. When odd things begin to happen to Jess and her friends, the Phantom Stranger intervenes to save her from a dreary fate.

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King(en)

A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

Afterburn(en)

Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.

Groot Takes a Bath(en)

Everybody needs some alone time to relax and wash up, but things go quite differently when you’re a Flora Colossi toddler.

DC Showcase: Adam Strange(en)

On a rugged asteroid mining colony, few of the toiling workers are aware that their town drunk was ever anything but an interplanetary derelict. But when the miners open a fissure into the home of a horde of deadly alien insects, his true identity is exposed. He is space adventurer Adam Strange, whose heroic backstory is played out in flashbacks as he struggles to save the very people who have scorned him for so long.

Peter's To-Do List(en)

On the eve of his departure to Europe, Peter Parker tells Ned Leeds that he has several things to do before they leave.

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe(en)

Scrat struggles once again to protect his nut.

Smash and Grab(en)

After years of toiling away inside the engine room of a towering locomotive, two antiquated robots will risk everything for freedom and for each other.