EX-Now 3 International Competition
The tongue that grasps
Marta Hryniuk | Poland, Netherlands | 2026 | 5min
The tongue that grasps is a short film which embodies and imagines the psychedelic experiences of early parenthood and early childhood, exploring the entanglements of the cosmic and the domestic in the context of the birth and growth of the artists’ first child.
Obscured in Soft Light
Ryan Marino | USA | 2025 | 8min
Filmed over several months during the evening hours while all was quiet, the film explores the nocturnal resonances and traces of domesticity left dormant amid the stillness of night.
33-2
Reiji Saito | Japan | 2025 | 14min
Since 2008, I have continuously produced works in the same format; this film is the 33rd in the series. Accumulating everyday moments, my work sometimes takes on a sculptural presence, suggesting fragments of the world we inhabit. Without a clear beginning or end, it presents a state of the human organism and our perception of life.
A Circle as the Center of the Whole
Utkarsh | India, USA | 2026 | 19min
The film approaches the city of Delhi as a site excavated by history, ideology and the act of remembrance itself. Fragments from state records, mythic narratives and personal memory construct a speculative archive that disrupts any attempts at fixing the city’s identity as a monolith.
JIRAPO
María Rojas Arias | Colombia, Portugal | 2025 | 19min
Jirapo is a nest of stingless native bees, present in tropical territories since before the European invasion of the Americas. During one of her field trips, Laura discovers several of these nests in the human graves of her ancestors.