Blurring Art and Life – 2025

Friday, April 11, 1:00 PM

Ghost Protists
Director: Sasha Waters, Animation, UK, USA, 5 min
In a mesmerizing frenzy of images and text, Anna Atkins “flowers of the sea” cyanotypes are transformed into a protest of the historical erasure of the colonial violence that enabled their creation.

Niches
Director: Janelle VanderKelen, Experimental, Spain, 7 min
Whether it be doing yoga with ants, printing with plants, observing the quantum physics of cats, or considering the travel of an apple: not all teachers are human in a bustling Spanish farmhouse.

Saving Superman
Directors: Adam Oppenheim, Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian, Documentary, USA, 11 min
When a local man with autism known as the town hero faces eviction, the community comes together when he needs saving.

The Hungry Ghost & The Earthshaker
Director: Takahiro Suzuki, Experimental, USA, 11 min
A meditation on greed, pulling from the Buddhist figure of the Hungry Ghost, the Japanese myth of the Namazu, and various personal retellings and interpretations.

Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time
Directors: James P Gannon, Matt Ferrin, Documentary, USA, 12 min
In America, the things we create we also find a way to destroy. We follow four people who have never met, but will smash each other to smithereens in a Demolition Derby.

Mona Lisa
Director: Jan Daniel, Narrative, Czech Republic, 20 min
Beata and Jura live a happy life creating imitations of well-known paintings through photographs. They love each other. Their lives take an unexpected turn, as photos fade and their memories slowly begins to change.

Dear Home of Scars
Director: Marina Meijer, Documentary, Ghana, 21 min
Celebrated visual artist Ibrahim Mahama returns to his hometown of Tamale in Northern Ghana to visit Red Clay Studio, a lively cultural centre and art space he founded, where he works on a new art installation involving old colonial railcars and the reconstruction of a stretch of track.

Adidas Owns the Reality
Directors: Keil Orion Troisi, Igor Vamos, Documentary, Cambodia, Germany, 22 min
Prankster activists perform an elaborate hoax to improve conditions for garment workers in the Adidas supply chain. Staging a shocking runway show at Berlin Fashion Week, they use humor and mischief to make the world pay attention to labor and environmental abuses that the massive sportswear brand is trying to hide.