Monika Masłoń’s virtual reality experiment is an intimate portrayal of interactions that explore the experience of meeting in digital worlds and to what extent love is perceived as a bodily experience. We see avatars interacting with each other and how they attempt to bridge the gap left by the lack of physical contact. In this uncanny setting, we suddenly feel the gestures, the touch and the connection.
… >>>CN: Violence A secret love, ephemeral, inexpressible and still documented. Sergio, Ubaldo and Yolexquis read from the diary of the late Winston Hernandez, which lets them remember the past and reflect on their current situations. These four men from different generations of the Cuban gay community share conversations and experiences. Words and music give them the power to be at peace with themselves, to pursue their own destinies and to love life.
… >>>The rose, queen of flowers, beguilingly fragrant and since ancient times celebrated in numerous stories and songs, and entwined with myths and legends. On an Ecuadorian rose farm, however, it is grown as a mass product, solely to generate profit. Packed tightly together and sorted for flawlessness, the roses are prepared for transport to the global North. But not only the roses, the workers too are part of the capitalist exploitation system. In lockstep, they pack and measure, like machines, without a moment’s pause.… >>>
The filmmaker chatters away – neurotic, funny, unstoppable. She actually wants to use the film to apply for a scholarship, but her story unmistakably pushes itself to the forefront. The starting point is a party she threw at age 20 to finance her abortion. Ruthlessly, serenely, and without self-pity, she recounts her life in precarious party circles and complicated relationship entanglements. The aesthetics are liberatingly simple, trashy-minimalist, animated in a raw 3D style. An annoying and honest autobiographical reckoning.… >>>
It is the summer holidays; Maria Inês and her friends are strolling through the hood. They hang around, singing, dancing and watching what others are doing. Spending their time between beads and a movie shoot, the first breezes of love can be felt.
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