Aro berria
With ecstatic sequences reminiscent of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain, this complex portrait of new-age commune life is a striking feature debut.
Chronovisor
In this wild, one-of-a-kind shrine to the wonders of research, an academic falls down a multimedia rabbit hole of hoax, conspiracy and Vatican intervention.
Cinema of Spectacle: Experimental Visions
Singular visions through the looking glasses.
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
Delphine Seyrig stars opposite model Veruschka (in drag) in this acerbic Oscar Wilde adaptation, an avant-garde take on fake news.
Dry Leaf
A young woman’s disappearance prompts an investigative road trip tinted with magic realism in this strangely gorgeous, wildly lo-fi Georgian gem.
Eight Bridges
James Benning, America’s master of slow cinema, invites audiences to consider bridges: structural and political, physical and metaphorical.
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
With glitter, feathers and gender-bending sailors, Ulrike Ottinger’s rarely screened early experimental film sets the scene for her work to come.
Experimental Shorts
Visionary work from the avant-garde that reimagines the possibilities of cinema.
Freak Orlando
In what she describes as a “small theatre of the world”, Ulrike Ottinger explores the span of human history in this deeply surreal, outré romp.
An Fylmow Berr | The Shorts of Mark Jenkin
A retrospective dedicated to the mysterious world of the singular Cornish filmmaker.
Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia
In Ulrike Ottinger’s ultimate ethnographic odyssey, a group of women travelling by train are taken hostage by a Mongolian princess.
Light Pillar
This amusingly deadpan portrait of loneliness, the death of cinema and technology’s seductive appeal combines animation and live action in visionary ways.
Madame X: An Absolute Ruler
Tabea Blumenschein stars as the leather-clad lesbian pirate Madame X, who promises a new way of life to the brave women who dare to join her crew.
Medea
In her only film role, opera singer Maria Callas stars as the infamous sorceress in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s mesmeric take on the immortal Greek tragedy.
Of Womb
Evading the hard truth of their religious matriarch’s death, three sisters gestate dark ecstasies of faith and folk horror. Blessed be Mother.
Phenomena
A filmmaker’s chemistry experiments produce dazzlingly psychedelic results in this spectacular, scientifically illuminating Australian debut.
Phillip Philadelphia
Crude, lust-riddled and brilliantly cracked, this Gold Coast–set fever dream is the latest twisted caper from maverick auteur Adam C. Briggs.
Sour Minnows
This surrealist stoner noir follows two LA roommates whose reality starts slipping after they witness a shocking scene of pavement worship one sunny afternoon.
Ticket of No Return
An enigmatic woman with no name books herself a one-way trip in order to drink her way through West Berlin in Ulrike Ottinger’s most revered film.
Waking Hours
A nocturnal descent into the lives of Afghan people smugglers living in the forests of the Balkan route, this Venice award winner is a profound, immersive experience.
Aro berria — Aro berria
Chronovisor
Cinema of Spectacle: Experimental Visions
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press — Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse
Dry Leaf — ხმელი ფოთოლი
Eight Bridges
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors — Die Betörung der blauen Matrosen
Experimental Shorts
Freak Orlando
An Fylmow Berr | The Shorts of Mark Jenkin
Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia
Light Pillar — 寒夜灯柱
Madame X: An Absolute Ruler — Madame X – Eine absolute Herrscherin
Medea
Of Womb
Phenomena
Phillip Philadelphia
Sour Minnows
Ticket of No Return — Bildnis einer Trinkerin