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A smiling shirtless man with the outline of a child, as if cut out by scissors, sitting on his shoulders.

Parenting and families

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No kidding! Inside one childless comedian’s choice to get a vasectomy

A film by Jordan Temple

Painting of lilac flowers with green leaves on a dark background. The flowers vary in shades of purple, pink, and white.

Beauty and aesthetics

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‘Nothing renders their beauty’ – can art ever capture the splendour of a flower?

A film by Miléna Trivier

Two people in a park performing a balancing act on white chairs and a wooden plank, surrounded by pine trees.

Theatre and performance

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Two gravity-defying performances play with the physics of life on Earth

A film by Bastien Dausse

Silhouette of person standing before an orange light, creating a glowing halo effect on a neutral background.

Painting and sculpture

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Toxic materials become sculptures of light and air in this artist’s hands

Directed by Anika Kan Grevstad

Film

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From drab to fab – a playful dissection of the Hollywood makeover

Directed by Sue Ding

Illustration of a blue-colored woman balancing on one leg surrounded by plants, flowers, a crab, berries, mushrooms, and a turtle.

Dance

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Every culture dances. So why did humans evolve to get down?

Directed by Rosanna Wan and Andrew Khosravani

Puppets with monkey faces in office attire, performing a synchronised dance in a cubicle-filled office setting, with computers and office supplies visible.

Happiness

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Humanoid animals sing through their existential angst in this madcap short

Directed by Niki Lindroth Von Bahr

A stylised figure drawn in glowing red lines stands on a cliff reaching towards a dark sky full of stars above a calm sea. The scene has a mystical atmosphere.

Symbols and myth

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A Navajo creation story illustrates why humans must forge their own path

Directed by Dallin Penman

A rake with a wooden handle rakes through sand dunes, its trail mixing with shadows from a line of multicoloured flags.

Meaning and the good life

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An artist captures the joys of solitude amid a month living in a beach shack

Directed by Lynne Sachs

Seven elderly people stand in front of an old church surrounded by a graveyard under a grey sky with trees in the background.

Theatre and performance

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Some 40 years on, actors revisit the toil and trouble of a Macbeth fiasco

Directed by James Solden

A painting of a pregnant woman with wide, dark eyes and scared face, holding a lit match. She wears a red dress with white polka dots.

Poetry

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The unseen lives of others take centre stage in this surreal poetry adaptation

Directed by Michelle Kranot and Uri Kranot

A knitted grey toy mouse holds a needle and repairs its own dress. Three balls of yarn lie nearby, alongside a small blue open book.

Pleasures and pastimes

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A whimsical ode to the reparative power of knitting, rendered in wool

Directed by Samantha Moore