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MINDF❤CK

Wanna see something really freaky? Nine mind boggling and mind expanding films leaving you unsure of what you’re really looking at. Are they tactful provocations or tasteless perversions? Weird or wonderful or both? You have little time to decide before this psychedelic ride of sick twists and twisted sickness goes on, pushing you out of your mind, where everyone else already is.

Curator: Christoffer Ode

Screened:
FRI 24/10, 23:00 SLOTTS
SUN 26/10, 19:00 FYRIS

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SWEET JUICES

Genius cooks Shirong and Tony face eviction and incarceration; on a mission to clear their names, they leave a trail of saucy vomit, stolen bicycles, unhinged government officials, and squirting dumplings that deliver enlightenment.

Australia 2023 / 15:15 / Director: Sejon Im, Will Suen

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DESK BUGS

A bright red desk and a blue pencil. Skulls, cups, and a modular synthesizer. When you sit at the desk, they appear. With fluffy purple bodies, they’re called “Desk Bugs.”

South Korea, Japan 2024 / 3:17 / Director: Hakhyun Kim

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BOZO OVER ROSES

Bozo Over Roses is a short-form video transmission sent by enigmatic, sweatsuit-clad figures in a crumbly land. They broadcast leftover bits of humanity by harnessing funnels of radiating dialog. It’s a combination of transcendental-style imagery, atmospheric soundscapes and absurdist wordplay.

United States, Hungary, Germany 2025 / 11:30 / Director: Matthew Sidle

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JELQING FOR GAINS

This is how you get big. A gender-bending exploration of penile enhancement rituals.

United States 2023 / 6:24 / Director: T. Arthur Cottam

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PUBERT JIMBOB

Pubert Jimbob, a young man, enters a strange reality after getting lured away from his home by an enigmatic figure, who throws him a lighter. Jimbob meets Nadine, a lump with a mouth, and helps her.

Belgium 2024 / 15:35 / Director: Quirijn Dees

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MOTHERS AND MONSTERS

For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? A surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism has reached its apex.

Canada 2023 / 15:45 / Director: Édith Jorisch

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FRUIT

An in-depth analysis on Fruit.

Canada 2020 / 3:25 / Director: Ivan Li

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HEADPRICKLES

How many plastic bags for packaging one banana? Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Should I shower with my socks on? This film will give you an answer to at least one of these questions.

Poland 2022 / 8:00 / Director: Katarzyna Miechowicz

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POLY BAGGAGE

Polly’s been dumped and she’s done something drastic – she’s cut out her own heart. Literally. Now it’s up to best friend, Yasmin, to convince her to feel again.

United Kingdom 2025 / 13:46 / Director: Emma Ramsay