Fragmented World
“97”
Director: Marichka Lukianchuk
Synopsis: “97” is a performative art film based on a same-titled poem, combining monologue and physical theatre. It creates a vulnerable space for reflection and release, confronting the trauma of witnessing death and exploring the uncontrollability of loss, war, and love.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Allrecipes (Stuffed Manifesto)
Director: David de Rozas
Synopsis: A constellation of fragmented memories and gestures that shape the body, mind, and spirit as layered, shifting, and unresolved sites. Skirting the edge of coherence, the film becomes a space of offering and defiance—where transformation is unstable, leaky, and refuses to stay quiet.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Burn Ceremony
Director: Alexander Girav
Synopsis: An unsanctioned observation of [redacted]’s largest oil refinery, processing 440,000 barrels of crude oil a day. By night, the complex becomes a heaving edifice of flame and fog. We observe its operation from afar as the inferno slowly engulfs the frame, accompanied by an original hypnotic soundscape by UK club experimentalist Loraine James. A vision of industrial desolation in which dread turns to awe.
Cinema Village in New York City.
FALLEN HOUSES
Director: Gianluca Abbate
Synopsis: A personal story set against the backdrop of the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, narrated by a father to his own son. This event becomes a universal paradigm to explore the history of those who were forced to leave their homes and migrate. People are intrinsically tied to places, and these places hold the memories of those who inhabited them.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Blue Eyes - Vic Mensa
Director: Andre Muir
Synopsis: “Blue Eyes” is a lyrical short film directed by Andre Muir and starring musician Vic Mensa, serving as a visual counterpart to Mensa’s deeply personal track of the same name. Set in Jamaica and rooted in both lived experience and myth, the film confronts the enduring impact of colonialism, colorism, and internalized racism through an emotionally rich visual narrative.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Door of No Return
Director: Sylvia Solf and Suzanne Smith
Synopsis: A full body artist, Gregory Maqoma, navigates his own identity through a deeply personal narrative performed at House of Slaves on Goree Island, Senegal, a landmark to one of humanity’s most horrific journeys. Yearning for a way to move through past and present complexities, Gregory’s artistry breaks down walls and reframes history.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Fragments
Director: Jules Hamdadou
Synopsis: A woman, dressed in many fabric pieces, is standing still in front of two towers. Then, with a movement, everything changes.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Processing
Director: antwan williams
Synopsis: “Processing” is a short hybrid film that merges the grit of documentary storytelling with the expressive power of dance in the structure of a narrative to explore the untold stories of women of color awaiting release from prison. Through the lens of Sky, a woman sitting in a holding cell that doubles as a therapy room, the film invites viewers into a haunting, reflective journey. Sky confronts the echoes of her past—both the light and the dark—while preparing to reenter a world that may not be ready for her. The narrative is woven with the real voices of Lessa, Precious, and Shani, whose lived experiences amplify Sky’s story.
Cinema Village in New York City.
