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a static vision festival


  • About Memory and Loss (Dir. Amélie Hardy)


    In an era of constant surveillance and self-recording, the way we think about memory is changing.

    Screens with: Aftersun


    Country: Canada
    Year: 2022
    Language: French



    Dead Again (Dir. Jan Soldat)


    An ode to Hollywood character actor Lance Henriksen, in the form of a compilation of his death scenes.

    Screens with: River


    Country: Austria, Germany
    Year: 2023
    Language: English



    Jill, Uncredited (Dir. Anthony Ing)


    A moving reflection on the film extra, this portrait of prolific film background artist Jill Goldston is told entirely through clips from films in which she appears.

    Screens with: Mito


    Country: United Kingdom
    Year: 2023
    Language: English



    Theta (Dir. Lawrence Lek)


    A self-driving police car suffers an existential crisis in the abandoned smart city of SimBeijing. With music from Lawrence Lek and Kode9.

    Screens with: So Unreal


    Country: United Kingdom
    Year: 2023
    Language: Chinese



    Lo-Tech Reality (Dir. Guillermo García López)


    Inspired by the music of Underground Resistance, this afrofuturist short depicts a Detroit devoid of all people but not of signals.

    Screens with: Finished


    Country: Spain, United States of America, France
    Year: 2023
    Language: English



    The Film You Are About to See (Dir. Maxime Martinot)


    A playful collage short that turns the pre-film warning card, including legal notices and community advice, into a poetic reflection on the affective power of cinema.

    Screens with: Archangel


    Country: France
    Year: 2023
    Language: French



    NYC RGB (Dir. Viktoria Schmid)


    A survey of Manhattan architecture that, thanks to a three-strip filming process, exists in and out of time.

    Screens with: Sleepwalk


    Country: Austria, United States of America
    Year: 2023
    Language: N/A



    Ardent Other (Dir. Alice Brygo)


    In a haunting digital non-space, an anxious crowd reacts to an unseen fire, and their collective fears rise to the surface.

    Screens with: Revolution+1


    Country: France
    Year: 2022
    Language: French