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BLOK 8: Experimental Cinema
Films
6
Running time
80 min
In this block
1
Alter EgoDirector Laurien Van den Broeck · BE 2026 · 3 minWhen Helena encounters a bad experience during the premier of her new film, she decides to go home. On the way to her car she goes mad and embraces her inner demons.2
It Wasn't Cold, It Didn't SnowDirector Rik Peeters · BE 2024 · 20 minTwo men are waiting for someone or something important in a desolate landscape.3
Book Of SkinDirector Neil Kendricks · US 2025 · 10 minSurreal and provocative, artist-filmmaker Neil Kendricks experimental short film, "Book of Skin" reimagines the myth of Pygmalion with a gender-bending twist as an artist's fantasies and nightmares expressed in her drawings suddenly appear as shape-shifting, phantasmagoric images on the body of an artist's model during a life-drawing session. Inspired by the filmmaker's observations teaching life-drawing classes, this unusual short film sets the bar high with the challenge of creating something that most viewers have never seen before: "Book of Skin" features actor-artists creating real drawings in real time while portraying fictional characters on camera in a scripted narrative. The film offers an intoxicating mixture of "cinema verite," documentary style camerawork and surrealism.4
IN LIMBODirector Christopher Prud'homme · CA 2026 · 7 minA man’s journey through purgatory.
IN LIMBO was born from a collaboration opportunity between noise musician DETRUIRE and filmmaker Christopher Prud’homme. The soundtrack was created by selecting pieces from DETRUIRE's FLUX series. Around these, Christopher authored a concept piece that is IN LIMBO.5
Parking GarageDirector Molo Alcocer Delano · MX 2026 · 4 minA woman encounters a supernatural entity that disappears people inside a parking garage.6
STILL LIFEDirector Natasja Briers · BE 2026 · 23 minIn an authoritarian dystopia where silence is law, young Eris discovers a secret resistance that keeps expression alive through art. But her brother Silas, a law enforcer, is determined to silence them one by one. A dark fairy tale about freedom of speech, inspired by 1920s silent film.
**Won Best Short Film at Filmfestival Oostende 2026 **
**Won Best Costume at Watersprite 2026**
**Won prize at the Young Director Awards**
**Part of the official Selection of Raindance**
Alter EgoDirector Laurien Van den Broeck · BE 2026 · 3 minWhen Helena encounters a bad experience during the premier of her new film, she decides to go home. On the way to her car she goes mad and embraces her inner demons.2It Wasn't Cold, It Didn't SnowDirector Rik Peeters · BE 2024 · 20 minTwo men are waiting for someone or something important in a desolate landscape.3Book Of SkinDirector Neil Kendricks · US 2025 · 10 minSurreal and provocative, artist-filmmaker Neil Kendricks experimental short film, "Book of Skin" reimagines the myth of Pygmalion with a gender-bending twist as an artist's fantasies and nightmares expressed in her drawings suddenly appear as shape-shifting, phantasmagoric images on the body of an artist's model during a life-drawing session. Inspired by the filmmaker's observations teaching life-drawing classes, this unusual short film sets the bar high with the challenge of creating something that most viewers have never seen before: "Book of Skin" features actor-artists creating real drawings in real time while portraying fictional characters on camera in a scripted narrative. The film offers an intoxicating mixture of "cinema verite," documentary style camerawork and surrealism.4IN LIMBODirector Christopher Prud'homme · CA 2026 · 7 minA man’s journey through purgatory.
IN LIMBO was born from a collaboration opportunity between noise musician DETRUIRE and filmmaker Christopher Prud’homme. The soundtrack was created by selecting pieces from DETRUIRE's FLUX series. Around these, Christopher authored a concept piece that is IN LIMBO.5Parking GarageDirector Molo Alcocer Delano · MX 2026 · 4 minA woman encounters a supernatural entity that disappears people inside a parking garage.6STILL LIFEDirector Natasja Briers · BE 2026 · 23 minIn an authoritarian dystopia where silence is law, young Eris discovers a secret resistance that keeps expression alive through art. But her brother Silas, a law enforcer, is determined to silence them one by one. A dark fairy tale about freedom of speech, inspired by 1920s silent film.
**Won Best Short Film at Filmfestival Oostende 2026 **
**Won Best Costume at Watersprite 2026**
**Won prize at the Young Director Awards**
**Part of the official Selection of Raindance**Screenings
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