Immersive short films that showcase artistic and poetic perspectives on the human condition
Dance
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How the acrobat and choreographer Yoann Bourgeois plays with gravity and time
Directed by Raphael Wertheimer
Poetry
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Irish hills, folk music and David Whyte’s poetry form a fleeting, meditative moment
Directed by Andrew Hinton
Architecture
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From modernist architect, to a life off-grid, a creative life well-lived
Directed by Ryan Malloy
Photography
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One photo per day for more than a year, exploring how rituals affect memory
Directed by Scott Thrift
Traditional arts
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A joyously animated myth retells why painting is prayer to India’s Bhil people
A film by Nina Sabnani and Sher Singh Bhil
Poetry
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An English teacher asks his class: ‘What’s the opposite of a gun?’
Directed by Anna Samo and Lisa LaBracio
Travel
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‘It pulls you in’: the staff seduced by the rhythms of the Trans-Siberian railway
Directed by Anastasia Kirillova
Artists and art history
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One Kandinsky, one viewer and one guard, in a Moscow power station
Directed by Nastia Korkia
Play
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An Oscar-nominated animation that celebrates walking with humans
Directed by Ryan Larkin
Spirituality and religion
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When his faith crumbles, an ‘Amish atheist’ rebuilds his world from scratch
Directed by Lance Edmands
Meaning and the good life
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A boatbuilder above the Arctic Circle works hard at his epicurean life
Directed by Vern Cummins & Jamie Gallant
Love
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Making love strange to imagine it anew – a startling, award-winning animation
Directed by Anushka Naanayakkara