SHORTIES

INFLORESCENCE [SLOWLOOP-06]

2020, 2K, 8' / ∞ Infinite Loop, 5.1, COLOR, 16:9

Director: Nicolaas Schmidt

Autumn again on planet Earth. Pink rose petals hold together in stormy difficulties, enduring the restlessness of the eternal thunderstorm. A Romantic Conceptualism bedtime fable of resistance & redundancy, or the uncomfortable ambivalence of truth, dream, life and love. Let us unite to form an inflorescence.

LIKE HORSES STANDING IN THE RAIN

2024, HD, 16', 5.1, COLOR, 16:9

Director: Nicolaas Schmidt

It's Christmas time. The stations are decorated, the times are festive... . A movie about tradition and resignation. How long do you have before you consider yourself not only deviant, but also sick? How long can each individual endure this state? How long can we all endure this as a community?

A Capitalist Realism Questioning. A Hold On Christmas Diary.

"I wish for people to realise their Happiness"

(Esprit Christmas Campaign, 2011)

MIGRANTS

Germany 2021 00:05:21 Color

Director: Daniel Burkhardt

In their search for food, the birds cross the political borders that are irrelevant to them every day and instead orient themselves along the large landscape lines that are constantly moving and shifting against each other in the Wadden Sea. In the montage, the theme of the border is taken up and transferred into a temporal grid: a cut is made every second. Within this framework, disparate shots are used to describe an almost continuous progression: from approach to landing, from day to night and from an agricultural environment to a dystopian, post-industrial backdrop.