In the light of the Alps, a great ski-jumping hill flashes metallically. Two ski jumpers synchronously rehearse movements in the valley, answer generic questions in front of a green screen and pose on the hill while being watched by a film crew. It is the first reunion for the two athletes since their separation.

A Short Trip / Erenik Beqiri / Albania / 2023 / 0:17:16 Klodi and Mira, a young Albanian couple, decide to marry Mira to a Frenchman for 5 years in exchange for money, in order to obtain French nationality. They will then have to choose the right husband for her, and learn to detach themselves from each other.

The short film 'Bus from Adana' tells the story of the Dutch Aïsha (20) who has escaped from Daesh (IS). With her three-year-old daughter she makes an uncertain journey towards Istanbul, where she has difficulties finding her way.

Memory, history and nature - they are a kind of "difficult to read thoroughly" existence. With the accumulation of perceptual memories inside and outside my body as I walk, guided by the punctum of numerous connections, I have explored memory, history, and nature through the chronological and fictional constructs of images in the real world in 'The Exception of History.' This work aims to commence with the (textual) scrutiny of the visual, presenting the video record as a non-systematic database. In addition to capturing the tangible natural scenery of the area, it constructs different layers of reality by incorporating documentary archives and content linked to the region, historical figures who have passed, and individuals who have played distinctive roles in the locality. Through this, it seeks to express the indeterminate exceptional state that is difficult to define in that area.