In different ways, each of these films explores the power of the imagination, cinematic and otherwise, to reshape our world and even invent new ones.

PUB NOVEMBER

Poland 1960 | 10 minutes

Agnieszka Osiecka

Shot in silent era style, this film chronicles love, lust, romance, and heartbreak in a shabby pub.

JUMP CUT

Bulgaria 2017 | 7 minutes

Rumen Russev, Vassil Kotzev

When one is a film editor, life can be constructed in a number of ways!

THE BURDEN

Sweden 2017 | 14 minutes

Niki Lindroth Von Bahr

A deadpan meditation on how life, however lonely, can be imagined to be happy.

SEED OF HOPE

Luxembourg 2017 | 11 minutes

Gediminas Siaulys

In the near future, on board a space mission representing humanity’s last stand, an astronaut discovers the reason behind his unexpected awakening from cryosleep.

FONGOPOLIS

Slovakia 2014 | 13 minutes

Janna Kozuch

Getting to a music competition can sometimes lead to even more imaginative flights of musical fancy.

HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY 2.0

Hungary 2011 | 4 minutes

Szabó Maté

A colourful and global re-imagining of the famous composition by Franz Liszt.

4:15 END OF THE WORLD

Romania 2016 | 15 minutes

A hitch hiker on a remote Romanian road has some important news about the fate of the world. He should know: he’s Jesus Christ. Or is he?

FOLLOWER

Germany 2018, 10 minutes

Jonathan Behr

A dark and unsettling and entirely plausible tale of the dangers of texting and other forms of social media. Creepy.

DANS LES BOIS

France 2018 | 8 minutes

Various directors.

A cow accepts an invitation to dinner from a wolf. Trouble is, she’s what’s on the menu!

SLOPE

Portugal 2016 | 7 minutes

Eduardo Brito

A poetic, minimalist examination of memory and landscape.

TIMECODE

Spain 2016 | 15 minutes

Juanjo Giménez Peña

Two security guards discover that they share a rich, dancing imaginative life, despite being stuck looking at video surveillance screens in parking garage.