Hai Afik
Israel
2015 / 0:21:00

Noni and Tamar, a young couple at a crisis point in their marriage, hear a loud disturbance on the street, followed by a knock on the door. Going against his wife's instincts, Noni opens the door to find two aggressive, angry youths on the doorstep who force their way into the couple's home. What follows is the knife-edge drama that unfolds between the four, one which lasts only twenty minutes but which will change all of their lives forever.

Nayeem Mahbub
Bangladesh, Belgium
0:06:15

A man rages at memories of war, border crossings, beatings and asylum, at the hard years finding his place in a foreign land. He rages at the cosmic cruelty of having gone through all this for his loved ones, who died crossing the sea before they could join him.

Kyriakos Gikas
Greece
2016 / 0:15:00

Saitas is a homeless clown who wanders in the empty city reminiscing the days that made children to laugh. Little Homer wanders into his home playing with a fake gun . He discovers something that will change him. One day Homer faces Saita when he was playing with his friends in a park. Saita was, trying to make them laugh. But clowns today provoke fear.

Toni Tikkanen
Finland
2015 / 0:07:27

Over presents a crime scene. During the course of 9 wide shots, we watch an intriguing story unfold. What's happened in this quiet neighbourhood? A murder, hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected. // A little girl's journey from a world of nightmares to the nightmare of reality using dream logic and aiming to touch the viewer on an subconscious level. A family's life is thrown into turmoil after an event that tears the family apart. The Silent is a short film, that lies heavily on atmosphere and subtle storytelling.

Kevin McCann
Great Britain, Ireland, Estonia
2015 / 0:10:00

Filmed in the historic H-­Block Prisons of Northern Ireland, 'Prison Door' gives a Kafkaesque glimpse into the world of a young prisoner struggling with reality and illusion. Just like every other morning, a young prisoner waits for the door of his prison cell to be opened. A bird lands on his window reminding him of freedom. A prison guard opens the door, and the young prisoner has his chance to experience a form of freedom. If he doesn't leave within a few minutes, the door will be closed for the day. This will render him him one step further from the real world, one less open door for him to escape the prison of his mind. The bird watches him decide.

Melanie Bonajo
USA, Netherlands
2015 / 0:32:00

Can ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew of various plant extracts, have the same significance for our day as LSD had for the 1960s. The ‘medicine’ has its roots in an indigenous Amazon tradition, but the mind-expanding drink is presently used all over the world. People prize the mental vistas that are opened up by ayahuasca, the ‘vine of the soul’. The drink is consumed during a (group) ceremony, often under the guidance of a shaman. Music enhances the communal and personal experience, and influences the mental trip. It is the ritual around it that contributes to the meaning of the spiritual experience. There are different variants of this ritual in different cultu- res. In this video Bonajo asks how citizens could influence this ritual. What can we learn from plants? How can we care for our society? The video contains personal stories, recorded in New York, and devotes special attention to the feminine voice that traditionally has been neglected in psychedelic research and popular culture.