February 12, 13, 14, 2021 – Live Event

Each year we curate a thematic film festival, and accept submissions via an open call. The theme for 2021 was: Release Me.

Release Me

Imagining or experiencing the moment or process of liberation, of deliverance from what holds you, confined or isolated, gripped in uncertainty or fear, held back by powerful forces or structures, kept apart from others, mired in confusion, dwelling in the dark.

To witness or feel this point in time in slow motion or rapid fire

To imagine it as really possible, even sustainable.

Release me. 

How do we imagine a world or ourselves changed after emerging from the grip of fear, solitude, anxiety, grief, oppression?

What does the other side of this prolonged condition look like ?

What occurs in the moment of release ?

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS/FILMMAKERS

Hsin-Yu Chen & Better Lovers – USA

Natalia García Clark – Mexico/USA

Anna Garner – Mexico/USA

Eli Goldstone – USA

Hamidreza Khosh- Bazam – Iran

Jens Kipper – Germany

Camille Pueyo – France

Brandon Sward – USA

Tina Willgren – Sweden

Siyu Zhu – USA