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This documentary follows people with chronic illnesses, the deaf, neurodivergent individuals, and people with disabilities as they engage in political activism. Whether in Lützerath, at protests against the automotive industry, or at networking events, they speak out about exclusion and the lack of awareness regarding their life situations, while also highlighting ideas and opportunities to break down ableist structures.
The video piece makes use of both surveillance and thermal imaging and is based on the artist’s personal experience of normative exercise of power in a museum space, asking whether all kinds of bodies have safe access to art.
Everything you don't get to see in the final cut of Symbiotica (2026).
Ahmed moved back to Egypt from Saudi Arabia in 2017. That was the last time he saw his classmate and best friend. This evocative account of loss uses videos and an inner monologue to look back in time and, through six symbolic gifts, explores why some friendships fall apart and where the line between care and dependence lies.
A short film about grief and the choices of change.
The children of Moynaq know the sea only from their grandparents' songs. They play among abandoned shipwrecks that have long since become rusting witnesses to a lost world. The Aral Sea has almost completely vanished, but the hope that it will return, as bitter as it is futile, persists.
“It’s more than just clothes.” In this spoken-word film, fashion becomes the story, exploring the identities and memories woven into every thread.
The great journey of the Little Anteater.
After a bicycle accident leaves him struggling with medical bills, a young man turns to drug dealing as a quick solution to his financial troubles. As his newfound income begins to improve his life, the consequences of his choices force him to confront the cost of putting personal gain above morality.
No victims. No purpose. Just rejection emails.
Sex produces knowledge. A knowledge that is rarely transmitted. Some facts about sapphic sex education.
In a changing village steeped in old lore, a young girl steps into a forbidden grove and uncovers a long-silenced red bloom; she awakens memories buried by power and time. Her quiet act stirs forgotten histories and resistance, blending folklore and reality to reflect on loss, memory and survival.
One day, the light in one lighthouse burns out. When the keeper replaces it with an even brighter bulb, it sparks the competitive spirit of the keeper across the water. The two soon become entangled in an absurd duel of increasingly outrageous lighting upgrades. As their one-upmanship escalates, they seemingly forget their original responsibilities as lighthouse keepers…
In three whimsical parallel worlds, three individuals seek employment in a field based on their passions. One thinks slowly, one fast, and one backwards. When their ambitions are tempered by practicality, they each face unique difficulties in their menial jobs as their inner world clashes with the one surrounding them. How does one cope with a world fundamentally alien? And if they can make a change, are they destined to create the same system again, as if time were a circle? Inspired by Alan Lightman's novel "Einstein's Dreams." Originally presented as a three-screen installation at The Well as part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial. Created during The Well's True Body Project youth apprenticeship in collaboration with 1001 Colors and FotoFocus in Summer 2026.
In Bulleji, a fishing village on the edge of Karachi, a fisherman’s son dreams of a life his father cannot picture for him: one on a surfboard. 22-year-old Attiq Rehman is caught between the duty inherited from generations of fishermen before him and the pull of his own ambition – to put Pakistani surfing on the map. This is a beautiful and life affirming portrait exploring duty, desire and the grit it takes to imagine a life no one around you has lived.
A short film based on the poem of the same name. A woman relives the ardent and haunting memories of a lost love that she wants to forget.
Once-renowned documentarian Werner Auerbach dives headfirst into the world of celebrity photojournalism.
Leah is closing up after her evening shift at an indoor playground when she hears a faint voice coming from the playground tunnels.