When a camera rolls, the world bends and distorts to the edges of each lens, frame, and circumstance. In front of it, whether we like it or not, we always perform. This collection of shorts explores different layers of performance, dilating the question of how and for whom. Eventually, the answer is a reflection of ourselves and of course, to power. The distortion and proximity of the image, as crude as it may be, unveils a subconscious self: it is us.&nbsp;

A monologue is performed in a building that inhabits the thickness of a borderline, reflecting on how free movement, free knowledge and free space are under threat.

45th Parallel

A monologue is performed in a building that inhabits the thickness of a borderline, reflecting on how free movement, free knowledge and free space are under threat.

From a rented mansion in suburban Texas, a group of young men sell a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves on the internet.

Alpha Kings

From a rented mansion in suburban Texas, a group of young men sell a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves on the internet.

A group of young Sudanese people create an imaginary television station at a besieged sit-in. Interviewing protestors from around the country, they confront the violence of the regime and conjure a new Sudan.

Suddenly TV

A group of young Sudanese people create an imaginary television station at a besieged sit-in. Interviewing protestors from around the country, they confront the violence of the regime and conjure a new Sudan.

"Just don't say nothing on that camera!"

Incident

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The 20th edition of the Camden International Film Festival will be held throughout venues in Maine from September 12-15 and online from September 16-30, 2024

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