Pinktoned 
Mike Stoltz | USA | 2026 | 11min 
Originally conceived as an instalation for the Made in LA Biennial at the Hammer Museum, Pinktoned is a meditative passage through the streets of Los Angeles and a rumination on how moving images function amidst paranoia and state violence.

Mianhua Islet
Hsin-Yu Chen | Taiwan | 2025 | 16min 
The refracted gaze on Mianhua Islet, Taiwan's eastern de facto border, turns the concrete landscape of physical territory into a mirage of politics and topography.  The fragmented image of the frontier reflects the ambivalent state of Taiwanese subjectivity. 

Injured?
Eislow Johnson | USA | 2025 | 13min 
Need help? Crashouts, manifestation influencers and injury lawyers collide in this breakneck ride through the American Midwest. 50 years after attorney ads were first legalized in the U.S., their ubiquitous self-portraits (allegedly) invoke a churn-and-burn economy of volume, velocity, fears and veneers.

Living Containers 
Kara Ditte Hansen | Canada | 2025 | 14min 
Aided by machine learning, a bioengineer creates a mutant enzyme inspired by larvae capable of digesting plastic. Insects, sapiens, models and machines are consumed by extraction, ingestion, excretion, and an unconscious drive to return to a state of matter before life.

Microcosmic Orbit: Encased 
Danaya Chulphuthiphong | Thailand | 2026 | 16min 46secA journey through enclosed landscapes—where the microcosm mirrors and resonates with the greater
macrocosm. A closed, unchanging system—echoing certain human societies that resist transformation.