A Collection of Attempts In Astral Travel&nbsp;• Rachel Nakawatase, Ryan Betschart&nbsp;• USA&nbsp;• 6 min.&nbsp;• In 1990 parapsychologist D. Scott Rogo, an expert in the study of astral projection and an accomplished oboe player, was murdered in his Northridge home. The crime remains unsolved.

A Collection of Attempts In Astral Travel

Richard H. AlpertSpain and USA, 00:09:21This film is a mirrored triptych, that is the screen has been divided into three vertical panels and then “flipped” horizontally.&nbsp;Hurtling through time and space aboard a bullet train in Spain, we observe a changing, dynamic landscape. The flow of time and space are intensified as these images morph from a representational interpretation of the landscape to a contemporary abstract interpretation.

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The Education of a Girl Child&nbsp;• Gabriela McNicoll&nbsp;• USA&nbsp;• 3 min.&nbsp;• Experimental film using archival footage to highlight the struggles of mothering a daughter in a society where aggression and violence is cultivated in boys at an early age.

The Education of a Girl Child

Cut Copy Sphinx • Virginia Lee Montgomery&nbsp;• USA&nbsp;• 4 min. • Cut Copy Sphinx is a surreal, sculptural short art-film about metaphysics, myth, and destruction. CUT COPY SPHINX syncs philosophy, feminism, and image theory.

Cut Copy Sphinx

Out of Tune&nbsp;• Aaron With&nbsp;• Mexico&nbsp;• 10 min.&nbsp;• In an advanced society that worships a musical chord, a maintenance worker who tunes sonic shrines is thwarted by teen vandals.

Out of Tune

Turning • Linnéa Haviland • UK • 2 min. • Voices in a crowd stir violent emotions, microaggressions bring up past traumas. Then a turning shifts the emotional landscape…

Turning

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