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,
Pier 34 New York, Summer 83
Retrospective Shorts Pier 34 New York, Summer 83 Sinema Transtopia 24.05.2026 – 19:00 Summer 83, NY. An abandoned warehouse on the banks of the Hudson River, Pier 34, at the
BOOKANIMA: Dance
Retrospective Shorts BOOKANIMA: Dance Sinema Transtopia 24.05.2026 – 17:00 BOOKANIMA, a compound word of ‘Book’ and ‘Anima’, is Experimental Animation project to give
I’ve Heard Stories
Retrospective Shorts I’ve Heard Stories Sinema Transtopia 24.05.2026 – 19:00 I’ve Heard Stories is a short animated film staging a story thattook place at the Carlton
