Mami Wata and Home Invasion
Birth/Rebirth
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Laura Moss; Writer: Laura Moss; Stars: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, AJ Lister)
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
Fantastic Golem Affairs (El Fantástico Caso Del Golem)
(Country: Spain, Estonia; Year: 2023; Director: Juan González, Nando Martínez; Writer: Juan González, Nando Martínez; Stars: Brays Efe, David Menéndez, Luis Tosar, Bruna Cusí, Aimar Vega, Clara Sans)
Two friends find themselves on a rooftop terrace after an intense party in Madrid. Juan witnesses David falling to the void, and his body disintegrating into ceramic pieces after hitting a car.
Home Invasion
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Grame Arnfield)
A nightmarish essay film on the history of the doorbell, tracing its invention and constant reinventions through 19th century labour struggles, the nascent years of narrative cinema, and contemporary surveillance cultures.
Irlande Cahier Bleu
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Olivier Godin; Writer: Olivier Godin; Stars: Emery Habwineza)
An anachronistic firefighter, a quotidian poet and an expert soup-maker also plays in a competitive basketball league. There’s only one problem with his hobbies: finding a babysitter to look after his daughter.
Journey To The West (Yu Zhou Tan Suo Bian Ji Bu)
(Country: China; Year: 2020; Director: Kong Dashan; Writer: Kong Dashan, Wang Yitong; Stars: Yang Haoyu, Ai Liya, Jiang Qiming, Yang Witong, Geer Gong, Gwo Frant)
Tang Zhijun, an editor of a science fiction magazine, tries to find signs of alien civilisation.
Irlande Cahier Bleu and Piaffe
Mami Wata
(Country: Nigeria; Year: 2023; Director: CJ "Fiery" Obasi; Writer: CJ "Fiery" Obasi; Stars: Evelyne Ily, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Kelechi Udegbe, Emeka Amakeze, Rita Edochie, Tough Bone)
When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
Piaffe
(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Ann Oren; Writer: Thais Guisasola, Ann Oren; Stars: Simone Bucio, Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau, Sebastian Rudolph)
An introverted foley artist, Eva struggles to create sounds for a commercial featuring a horse. Empowered by a horsetail growing out of her body, she lures a botanist into an affair, through a game of submission.
Sometimes I Think About Dying
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Rachel Lambert; Writer: Kevin Armento, Stefanie Abel Horowitz, Katy Wright-Mead; Stars: Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia DeBonis, Meg Stalter, Brittany O’Grady)
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
