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Films
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A stark, monochrome animation echoing Lynch’s earliest works like Six Men Getting Sick, The Alphabet, and The Grandmother. A lone insect crawls up the side of a house in a hostile, barren environment. Inside, we glimpse what appears to be experimentation — or torture — driven by crackling bursts of electricity.

Using the well-known MGM Studios logo as a point of origin, Heske has played around with the internationally known icon to make the lion behave in ways quite unlike what we have come to expect. The film can therefore be experienced as a meta-commentary on the history and development of the film industry.

Brilliant inventor Marius Borodine unveils a spectacular new device that can turn any object into drinkable water, astonishing the public, the scientific community, and even his own family, until he takes things one step too far.
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The North Pole Deception exposes the dark reality behind Santa’s Christmas deliveries. Elves Trixie and Miette recount the grueling work, meager pay, and complete absence of labor protections in the North Pole workshop.

A documentary about the unlikely inspiration behind Todd Terje’s track 'Inspector Norse'. It follows Marius Solem Johansen, an unsuccessful musician from a small town who posts dance videos and homemade drug recipes on YouTube.

Alan Poole McLard, a film studies professor, tries to make a documentary about Alice in Chains to match the release of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, all without any help from the band.

The Bedouin woman Hind recounts a strange dream in which she wanders alone through the desert, meets an old fortune-teller, and glimpses a futuristic city rising from the sands. The film weaves together dream and reality, revealing how hope can surface even beneath a harsh, desolate desert sky.

In a stalled traffic jam in Doha, the camera follows a cross-section of people — each in their car — as their inner thoughts and dreams unfold. The film’s fluid movement between characters paints a portrait of a transient society, a temporary city on the move.

Yes, we know about the photographs. Scientists took them while looking for the American flags which were planted onto the moon during the six manned missions there. The shots show that five of them are still in the same place. Only the flag of Apollo 11 seems to have moved.

Through flickering lights, floating kites and pianolas, the film creates a dreamlike, almost utopian portrait of Doha — a city living its own life, independent of its inhabitants. It explores hidden aspects of modernity: automation, alienation and the strange poetry of the urban.

A dance-driven satire about the dangers of conformity.
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Due to our excessive smartphone use an exhibitionist struggles to get the attention he is seeking for.



