Between fiction and memory lies a space of speculation, where fables and science fiction pose questions without seeking answers. It is within this field of inquiry that past, present, and future converge, coexisting in a temporal tension that blurs the boundaries between the individual and the collective through stories and myths.
The short films gathered in this program explore, through diverse cinematic languages, the relationship between identity, technology, memory, and desire. Erasure approaches the voice as a political territory, examining the intersection of gender identity and AI technologies, along with their ethical implications. More Than Happy unfolds as a meditative animation drifting between dream and reality, reflecting on intimacy and memory through dissolving imagery.
Le prime volte (The First Times) revisits and reappropriates the archive from a collective perspective, rewriting past and present experiences of women through gestures, gazes, and imaginaries. In Erogenesis, speculative fiction envisions worlds freed from reproductive labor, opening space for new forms of sexuality and non-genital desire. From a mythological and sensory perspective, My Name is Lilith creates an enigmatic animation that embraces nocturnal creatures, techno rhythms, and submerged worlds, while Black Fairytale offers a poetic, dreamlike universe where water, memory, and collective dreams flow across time and space. Together, the program forms a journey between the intimate and the speculative, inviting viewers to inhabit images that do not seek closure, but expansion.

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