Shorts: All We See is Light

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Cinema sculpts with light. With beauty and precision, these films invite us to sensitise our perception beyond the visible, showing us ways to sense the world otherwise.

Orbits
Orbites
Sarah Seené / Canada / 2025 / 23 / International Premiere
Through a constellation of analogue images and soothing sounds, Orbits journeys into the sensorial depths of Marie-Christine, a woman who has lost her sight.

Animal Eye
Carlo Nasisse / USA, Costa Rica / 2024 / 13 / International Premiere
Scientists and philosophers confront the limits of their own vision through the eyes of animals.

A Colour I Named Blue
色をこえて青を見る
Sybilla Patrizia / Japan / 2025 / 16 / European Premiere
Two Japanese indigo dyers embark on an inner journey; one finding his own shade of blue, while the other discovers new meaning through his colour-blindness.

My Name is Oil
Igor Smola / Azerbaijan, Singapore / 2025 / 14 / World Premiere
On a platform in the middle of the sea, the industrial machinery of an oil rig attempts to send out a warning of an impending catastrophe.

No Mean City
Ross McClean / UK / 2025 / 15 / UK Premiere
Three workmen drive through the city at night, replacing old sodium streetlights with LED. Beneath their glow, the city grapples with change.


Content warning: This programme contains flashing images.

In this show

Intro
5 mins
Orbits
23 mins
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Animal Eye
13 mins
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A Colour I Named Blue
16 mins
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My Name is Oil
14 mins
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No Mean City
15 mins
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Q&A
30 mins

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Shorts: All We See is Light + Q&A
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Showroom - Screen 1
Q&A with directors Sarah Seené, Igor Smola and Ross McClean.
Shorts: All We See is Light + Q&A
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Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3
Q&A with directors Sarah Seené, Igor Smola and Ross McClean.

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