Labo

Labo is the place to be for short films that dare to deviate from the norm. Surprising films that are sometimes non-narrative, experiment with new techniques or make crossovers to other disciplines. A nice variety of challenging films that go beyond visual playfulness and that fascinate without getting lost in pure conceptual art.

Programme 1h24 — Screenings: Sun. 4/12 (21h15), Tue. 6/12 (22h), Sat. 10/12 (22h15) in Cinema ZED Vesalius

Eine Sekunde in Fränkli

(One Second in Small Francs)

Douwe Dijkstra • The Netherlands, Switzerland • 2022 • 10 min. While staying in Switzerland, a Dutch director becomes fascinated by the one-franc coin. This coin, which has hardly changed over decades, bears national symbols. He starts an investigation into the meaning of these obscure symbols.

Contact: info@douwedijkstra.nl

Cyclepaths

Anton Cla • Belgium • 2022 • 12 min. An older woman walks somewhat wearily with her full shopping bags, a youngster rides his scooter with a rifle on his back. Birds fly high in swirls. An uncanny sensation shrouds the city.

Contact: antoncla.contact@gmail.com

Swallow The Universe

Nieto • France • 2021 • 12 min. The saga of a child who ends up deep in the jungle of Manchuria. Unintentionally, he stirs up human traits such as jealousy and greed in the animals that were living their natural lives untouched before his arrival.

Shnei anasim yagiu, im balonim

(Two People Will Come, With Balloons)

Hadas Neuman • The Netherlands, Israel • 2021 • 11 min. While her mother is undergoing surgery, the director documents the waiting process and whimsically examines whether she could control reality through the act of filming.

Production: Hadas Neuman • DOP: Hadas Neuman • Script: Hadas Neuman • Editing: Hadas Neuman • Contact: hadasneuman@gmail.com

Ghosts

Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel • France, United States • 2022 • 8 min. Visitors leave the Museum of Fine Arts in Marseille around closing time. When everyone has left, there is still movement. Figures dance through the empty halls, gazing at each other, embracing and jostling each other.

Production: CCN Ballet national de Marseille, David Zander (MJZ) • DOP: Zack Spieger • Script: Spike Jonze • Editing: Edouard Mailaender, Jeff Buchanan • Music: Rone • Cast: Angel Martinez Hernandez, Aya Sato, Dancers of Ballet national de Marseille, Et al. • Contact: film@ballet-de-marseille.com

Where are the Files?

Philip Davies • United Kingdom • 2022 • 5 min. There is a new message. The message reads: "Where are the files?" A mouse icon tries to find them. But where are the files? That seems to be the ultimate question…

Preludi Op. 28 No. 2

Jenni Toikka • Finland • 2022 • 8 min. During a single long shot, we see two people taking turns playing the piano and listening alternately. Chopin's piece proceeds without a single falter as the roles of player and listener merge into one temporal moment with multiple layers.

Production: Jenni Toikka • Editing: Jenni Toikka, Sampo Siren • Cast: Meri Nenonen, Seidi Haarla • Contact: programme@av-arkki.fi

Hungry Ghost

Guido Devadder • Belgium • 2022 • 6 min. A poetic journey through the hazy, organic underworld of human desire that is eternal and insatiable, visualized in an extraordinary zoetrope animation.

Music: Kaitlin McSweeney • Contact: guidodevadder@ hotmail.com

Happy New Year, Jim

Andrea Gatopoulos • Greece • 2022 • 9 min. It's New Year's Eve. Like any other night, Jim is playing video games. Morten is also online, like every other evening. But tonight Morten is feeling a little uncomfortable.