Retrospective 8: Living Lineages
SHORTS Retrospective 8: Living Lineages Curated by Bartholomew Sammut, Pol Merchan, Thomas Schallhart, Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani, Merle Groneweg What does it mean to inherit a histor
Retrospective 7: Art in Motion: Tentacular Images
SHORTS Retrospective 7: Art in Motion: Tentacular Images Curated by Pol Merchan This selection of short films explores the plasticity and corporeality of cinema—stretching, cutti
Retrospective 6: Against the Screen
SHORTS Retrospective 6: Against the Screen Curated by Thomas Schallhart What happens when the screen stops being a window and becomes a site of investigation? Who controls the imag
Retrospective 5: Lines of Longing
SHORTS Retrospective 5: Lines of Longing Curated by Merle Groneweg Across fleeting encounters and quiet explorations, the films in this program explore the fragile threads that con
Retrospective 3: Performative Disruptions
SHORTS Retrospective 3: Performative Disruptions Curated by Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani What happens when the body refuses to fulfil its designated function? This selection of films ex
Retrospective 2: Call Me An Ambulance: The Beauty of Chaos
SHORTS Retrospective 2: Call Me An Ambulance: The Beauty of Chaos Curated by Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani What happens when the body refuses to fulfil its designated function? This sele
Retrospective 1: A Collective Becoming
SHORTS Retrospective 1: A Collective Becoming Bartholomew Sammut, Pol Merchan, Thomas Schallhart, Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani, Merle Groneweg Films that celebrate collective creation,
Flaming Ears (Rote Ohren Fetzen Durch Asche)
Retrospective Feature Flaming Ears (Rote Ohren Fetzen Durch Asche) Sinema Transtopia 22.05.2026 – 20:30 FLAMING EARS is a pop sci-fi lesbian, fantasy feature set in the year
Terror Nullius
Retrospective Feature Terror Nullius Sinema Transtopia 21.05.2026 – 20:30 FLAMING EARS is a pop sci-fi lesbian, fantasy feature set in the year 2700 in the fictive, burnt- ou
Whipping Hair! (Bate Cabelo!)
When Márcia Pantera stepped onto the stage of São Paulo’s iconic nightclub Nostromondo in 1990 and unveiled a dance move of her own creation, a whirlwind of body and head that
