Wandering in search of lucidity, obscuring those inspiring moments of clarity. The characters in these poignant tales have disorientating behaviour. Vibrant & exhausting, affectionate & melancholic, sanguine & scintillating.

Screening: Sunday 22nd September 16:15 | Tuesday 24th September 13:15

November 1st

A mother and daughter travel across the state to witness a long overdue execution. Charlie Manton/ UK/ 24min

Tale of the Anguished Gardener (Ask Tsavagar Aygepani Masin)

Haunted by nightmares of the mythological character Medea, twenty-year-old Maria seeks refuge in her grandfather’s house in the Armenian mountains. At first deeply depressed, Maria tries to find harmony and a sense of purpose from her closeness with nature and people. Ovsanna Gevorgyan/ Armenia/ 16min

The 8th Year of the Emergency

Lil sometimes has a hard time finding the right words, but a visit from her family inspires a moment of ecstatic clarity. Maureen Towey/ USA/ 13min

Hush

Ava, a young woman, surprises her brother and friends when she suddenly turns up in her small hometown, with a secret. Armagan Ballantyne/ New Zealand/ 15min

Dreamland

Tokyo, late 1950s. A man is investigating the strange suicide of Christophe, his friend and colleague from the university. His research drives him to wander at night, in a city full of mysteries, with a suffocating atmosphere. Raphaël Matthieu/ France/ 15min