Aka 赤 (Mexico) by Abinadi Meza

In Aka 赤 ("red" in Japanese), processed bullet train recordings create an ethereal soundscape as crimson textures and forms transport viewers through layers of memory or consciousness. Sound and saturated color merge to explore a space between seeing and dreaming.

Running time: 00:06:00

Dearest Ghost (Estonia) by Margaret Mäses

How to deal with the overwhelmingly unbearable absence of someone who was an integral part of your life for a long time?

When the physical embodiment of unconditional love has transformed into nothing but memories, a ghost, it might be wise to try and make friends with this new everyday companion. Dearest Ghost is a poetic journey through the inner world of a grieving filmmaker who tries to find solace in talking to her Ghost. Different stages of grief are visually linked to seasonal changes in nature. The filmmaker finds reflections of her mindscape in the surrounding scenery and wildlife.

Running time: 00:14:46

Moi-même (United States) by Mojo L Lorwin, Lee Breuer

Moi-même is the long lost sole feature film of the late avant-garde theater legend Lee Breuer (1937-2021)... Shot in 1968 in Paris and abandoned later that year, the project was resurrected by Breuer’s son, filmmaker Mojo Lorwin, who began restoring and re-imagining the unfinished film in the last year of his father’s life.

 The plot of Moi-même follows Kevin, a thirteen year old American boy, as he tries to assemble a film collective in Paris and make an autobiographical movie against the backdrop of the May 1968 protests. The film features a cameo by Jean-Luc Godard, footage of the student protesters outside the Sorbonne, and early performances from some of Breuer’s most important theatrical collaborators including Ruth Maleczech, David Warrilow, and Fred Neumann, also known for their work with Samuel Beckett.

Faced with hours of unedited silent film (Breuer’s original intention had been to dub the film later), Lorwin has spent the last three years writing a script, editing the picture, and working with a number of voice actors, musicians, and sound professionals to create a feature film out of the raw footage.

A collaboration between father and son across half a century, Moi-même is both a lost 60s arthouse film and a new experimental film in its own right, which uses the original footage to tell a story about the political and artistic legacy of the 60s in our time and to explore the meaning of abandoned projects.

Running time: 01:04:46