Experimentations

Expand your understanding of narrative filmmaking with these works that foreground their formal qualities and challenge with bold approaches to sound, sight and storytelling.

Feature
Past Event

Dream Team

If you think you’ve seen enough crime dramas that you can predict every twist, think again. This trippy investigation will keep you second-guessing.

Dir. Lev Kalman, Whitney Horn / 2024 / 91 mins / USA / English
Feature
Past Event

The Hyperboreans

Showcased in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Beau Is Afraid’s breakout animators turn Chile’s Neo-Nazi history into a nightmarish stop-motion meta-movie.

Dir. Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña / 2024 / 71 mins / Chile / Spanish, German
Feature
Past Event

Pepe

The strange, tragic tale of the ‘cocaine hippo’ once owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar – narrated by the ghost of the beast himself.

Dir. Nelson Carlos De los Santas Arias / 2024 / 122 mins / Germany, France, Dominican Republic, Namibia / Spanish, German, Afrikaans, Mbukushu
Feature
Past Event

Us and the Night

Ten years in the making and shot on transcendent 16mm, this is an unconventional love story for every book-loving introvert.

Dir. Audrey Lam / 2024 / 67 mins / Australia / English