SET II: IT’S A MATCH

A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”

After being diagnosed with endometriosis, Alma struggles to come to terms with the disease and struggles to gain acceptance and control over her body and reality.

A dolphin in free relationship with fifteen inflatable animals, a fox crazy in love with a cereal mascot, a band of animals adept at firearms… Different portraits, existing, of members of the Furry community, lovers and enthusiasts of anthropomorphic animals.

How is the world seen by an island – a place made of multitudes, living and nonliving? The space and time through multispecies viewpoint is infinitely complex and narrowing it down to linear film might seem impossible. Island of Multitude gets entangled in the island’s complex world following and building connections between different agents of the island. The contact points are observed from multiple perspectives with each new viewpoint forming an even more complex web. In the end this film is just one story out of the millions that unfold on the island on a daily basis. Island of Multitude is a conclusion of a year-long research on the island of Uuluti, located in the Baltic Sea, off the coast of West Estonia. It started as an exploration of island space and the human and non-human stories that are formed on islands. One of the first things that comes to mind when thinking of islands is their defining aspects related to space – they are isolated. The experience of space is different depending how you travel in it, therefore the first step of getting to know this island was to approach it in numerous ways – walking through the sea like the cows, flying with a drone like a seagull, or floating across the sea as the ripped-up algae. To research I started with autoethnographic methods of observing my own thoughts and behaviour on the island and observed the similarities and differences with the other-than-human-beings in the same space and situations. To fully grasp the endless possibilities of being on/in/above the island I tried to experience space in as many ways as possible. I slept on the beach, ate on top of the boulder, crawled through the juniper thickets, climbed a pine tree and stood in the roaring sea. There are as many ways of seeing the island as there are beings experiencing it, and each perspective is valuable in its own right. Uuluti is filled with stories and entangled relations between living and nonliving. It is also a place where humans and nature together create a diverse and rich environment where humans are equal agents to the cows, seabirds, lichen and stones. This entangled existence is the type of story worth telling. The next step of the research was to gather the materials from archives to understand the cultural layer of the island. Despite Uuluti being uninhabited the cultural significance of island space can’t be ignored. It’s a place where, according to the local legends, the world was created on an island. Now it hosts the biodiverse habitats that can only be born out of a collaboration between nature and culture. These positive stories of cohabitation were the most important things I took from my time spent on Uuluti island. In the middle of an ecological crisis, it’s important to also tell stories that are not only in the state of fighting but more casual stories that portray the world that we want to live in. Other than imagining the apocalypse we could think of worlds that are positive and functioning. It’s crucial to tell stories of worlds that we want to live in. We don’t need to wait for the world to end to start a new one.

The film shows an intimate conversation between two schoolgirls during a group dance between classes, talking about body changes and the experience of UFO sightings.

Based on concert RV 439  “La Notte” by A. Vivaldi. Carnival in Venice: Pulcinella attempts to slip into a VIP party, without too much success. Amidst lavish masks, food triumphs, dancing and sensual women, his dream of the rich and famous turns into a nightmare, revealing to him the priceless value of his simple but authentic life.

Being a daughter, being a mother, becoming a woman.

On a sunny but cold morning, typical of January, the bus of line 23 arrives at the cemetery. Some passengers come for the first time, for others it is part of their routine.

In the middle of nature, at the base of a cliff, two campers, intrigued by outside noises, cross the deserted landscape, lamp in hand. Cracking, trickling and other sounds give life to these places, home to a silent fauna, almost invisible, but still very present. This film was drawn and animated alone on a single sheet of paper as a performance.

A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.

A small Mid-West town loves to regale stories about a legendary wolf but a stranger from out of town has no time for such tall tales. He proclaims that it’s just an ordinary wolf and that he will be the one to catch it. He sets off on the hunt, only to find truth in the legend. Finally, he will witness and understand the power of stories. This film is based on a true story.