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Ausbeutung oder wie man die Oberfläche durchbricht (Exploitation or How to Break Through the Surface) tells the story of a restorer who studies the history of mining, guided by Hans Hesse's painting on the back of the mountain altar in St Anne's Church in Annaberg-Buchholz. The protagonist sinks deeper and deeper into her research, trying to get behind the surface of the painting and into the present of extraction of new resources.

PAULA ÁBALOS Born in 1989 in Santiago, Paula Ábalos lives and works in Leipzig (Germany). Her work has been presented at the 18th Videonale of the Kunstmuseum Bonn (2021), at the 37th Kasseler Dok Fest (Kassel, 2020), at the City Screen of the LOOP Barcelona festival (2017), at the Kunst-Film-Festival of the GEH8 (Dresden, 2020) and at the Galería Concreta Matucana 100 (Santiago, 2019). In 2020, she received the GOLDEN CUBE award from the 37th Kasseler Dok Fest, as well as the Rundgang 50Hertz award from the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum (Berlin, 2021). In 2021, one of her video works was acquired by the Kulturstiftung collection of Freistaats Sachsen. EMERSON CULURGIONI Born in 1986 in Munich (Germany), Emerson Culurgioni lives and works between Berlin and Leipzig (Germany). Director and visual artist, iI recently completed his second feature film. Trained in photography and classical documentary, he developed a research based mode of filmmaking that includes actors and non-actors. CHARLOTTE EIFLER Born in 1986 in Rostock (Germany), Charlotte Eifler lives and works between Leipzig (Germany), Berlin and Karlsruhe (Germany). Her work is located at the intersection of cinema, sound and technology. In her videos and multimedia installations, she questions the politics of representation, abstraction and computation. With a focus on feminist approaches and elements of science fiction, Charlotte Eifler explores the processes of image production and the imaginaries of alternative futures. She currently teaches image politics and editing practice at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe. Her work was presented: at the Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (2021), at the International Art Festival in Sapporo (2020), at the Siggraph Congress (Los Angeles, 2020 and 2015), at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (2020), ISCP (New York, 2019), IMPAKT (Utrecht, 2019), Grassi Museum (Leipzig, 2016), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin, 2015; to come in 2022), at the Museum of Literature in Tblisi (2015), at the Folkwang Museum (Essen, 2014), among others. DEBORAH JEROMIN Born in 1987 in Flensburg (Germany), Deborah Jeromin lives and works between Leipzig (Germany) and Crete (Greece). She develops a research on mainly historical topics and makes them accessible through different media. She focuses on textile handcraft processes, feminist history and sites of National Socialism. MIKHAIL TOLMACHEV Born in 1983 in Moscow, Mikhail Tolmachev lives and works between Leipzig (Germany) and Moscow. After studying photojournalism in Moscow and media arts in Leipzig, he began to develop a research-based practice and became interested in the ever-changing status of a document and the politically mediated production of truth and reality. He collaborates with writers, historians and artists to explore the fractures of representation and to rethink the conventions of spectatorship. His practice encompasses sound installations, videos, photographs and spatial interventions. CLEMENS VON WEDEMEYER Born in 1974 in Göttingen (Germany), Clemens von Wedemeyer lives and works between Berlin and Leipzig (Germany). He has participated at the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2020, the Cologne Film Festival in 2008, documenta 13 in Kassel (2012), the Berlin Biennale (2006) and the first Moscow Biennale (2005). Monographic exhibitions have also been devoted to him, notably at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2021), at the Auditorium du Louvres, Paris (2019), at MIEFF, Moscow (2019), at Tate Modern, London (2015), at MAXXI, Rome (2013-2014), at MoMA, New York (2007), and at ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (2007).

A station in thick fog, tracks that disappear into the white mists and a figure, waiting. In between patches of mist a fox appears, looking for a scent in the wind. And then: bluster, shimmer, silence. And more fog. Views of nature merge with brief encounters. People living in their own worlds: an astronomer who, looking to the sky, would welcome the idea that we might not be alone in the universe. A musician hoping to meet the right woman one day. And a stableman for whom the world has always turned a little too fast. All are driven by their quiet longing to make contact, to not feel alone, to gaze into openness. Far from providing explanations, the film tries instead to help us perceive our inner hum, reaching out for an emptiness that cannot be grasped. In the end a clear view. The fox runs off, and we remain alone.

Born in 1983 in Gretzenbach (Switzerland). 2002 she got her first job at the Swiss Television. Over the last ten years she has been working as a journalist and reporter for several programs as «CASH-TV», «10vor10» and «Reporter». At the Swiss TV she started making documentaries. In 2010 Nicole Vögele enrolled at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, studying documentary filmmaking. Her first short documentary „Frau Loosli“ won the Postproduction Prize for the best swiss film at Visions du Réel 2013. Her latest film „nebel“ premiered at Berlinale 2014 and received an honorable mention by the dialogue en perspective jury. Nicole Vögele is currently working on her diploma project.

While making a portrait of a single gay man in Lisbon, a filmmaker offers his character a little gift from the bottom of his heart. Not only capturing beautiful interactions between two individuals through a first-person perspective camera, this is also a film on the act of filming.

Viet Vu (Quang Trung Pham) used to be a film critic before breaking into filmmaking with his debut short of “Ant-Man”, 2018. The film won him “Purin Award for The Most Promising Filmmaker from South East Asia”. He has since then completed a series of shorts on memory, time and internal decolonization. His works have been shown at Locarno, Rotterdam, Tampere, Singapore among other film festivals. At present, Viet is finishing DOC NOMADS, his master program of documentary film directing across three different cities of Europe – Lisbon (Portugal), Budapest (Hungary) and Brussels (Belgium).

The daily life of a homosexual man whose body is inhabited by ants.

Viet Vu (Ph?m Quang Trung) is a newcomer in moving image. He was introduced to images in a workshop at Hanoi Doclab by artist Jamie Maxtone-Graham in 2016. So far he has made one image collection of "Mom-me" (2017 - group exihibition at Hanoi Manzi Art Space) and a short film of "Ant-Man" (2018). Viet likes to approach the sublimity in vision of humanity through his camera.

In a small village on the Pacific coast of Colombia, there is a single mountain surrounded by the ocean. On this mountain, a very special bird species settled a long time ago named Soledad de Montaña, directly translated as ‘the solitary mountain’. These birds carry a magical story and it's said that it can be heard during the stormy winds once in a while..

Matthijs Vuijk (1995, NL) is a director, artist and cinematographer with a diverse background in photography, film, and virtual reality. After studying photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Ghent, Belgium, he pursued a Bachelor Honours in Film & Television at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Matthijs' collaborative graduation film, "Sikelela Tapes" (2020), was selected for the prestigious International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). His work revolves around creating captivating worlds through a powerful audiovisual atmosphere, exploring fragmented memory, space, and the emotional impact of societal shifts. Matthijs' practice has been recognized with a 'Starting Artist' stipend from the Dutch Mondriaan Fonds and gained Netherlands Film Fund support for his recent virtual reality project, "With the Whole World Crumbling, We Pick this Time to Fall in Love". Currently, he is actively engaged in various cultural initiatives in Johannesburg and Amsterdam.

This immersive experience includes three-dimensional scans combined with voice-memos, images, videos and WhatsApp messages which together form an assemblage of distant yet intimate encounters with friends and subjects. The viewer is able to walk through a personal and emotional digital landscape, creating their own non-linear narrative between dream and reality, a liminal space of longing.

Matthijs Vuijk (1995, NL) is an independent new media artist and filmmaker who has been studying photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Ghent, Belgium, from which he graduated with distinction. After doing an internship with Dutch filmmaker Lara Verheijden, Matthijs moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. There Matthijs finished a Bachelor Honours in Film & Television at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) with distinction and participated in a collaborative VR project between the Filmuniversität Babelsberg and WITS. Matthijs’ background in visual art, film and VR encompass his passion, which lies in the creation of captivating worlds through a strong visual atmosphere. He is formally and technically interested in different mediums while the important narrative factors within his work have a strong emphasis on emotions, intimacy and connection. His recent collaborative film What do I see when I see me with Sammie Straub has been selected at the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2021, while Matthijs’ newest immersive experience With the Whole World Crumbling, We Pick this Time to Fall in Love participates in the 2021 edition of the Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. His collaborative graduation film Sikelela Tapes was selected for the ‘Frontlight’ competition of the renowned International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and had its world premier at the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) in Tanzania. Matthijs is currently involved in different cultural initiatives in both Johannesburg and Amsterdam.

A young woman interacts with her own cyborg self. Freed from flesh and thoughts in cyberspace, the digital body extends the movements and expressions of her organic body. In this way, the young woman escapes earthly conventions around the female body.

Sammie Straub (1994, NL) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Amsterdam. Sammie’s interests lie in visual culture, philosophy and music. In her visual works, performances and installations she looks for (fashion)aesthetics amidst societal political chaos and distractions. Her works contain elements of social criticism, styling, art-direction, music and graphic design. In her musical works Sammie has a preference for electronic music; breaks, wave, EBM and techno, transgressing boundaries of musical genres just like her origin transcends colonially defined borders and nations. Sammie is currently studying photography at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Matthijs Vuijk (1995, NL) has been studying photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Ghent, Belgium. After doing an internship with Dutch Filmmaker Lara Verheijden, Matthijs moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. There Matthijs finished an Honours in Film&Television at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), and participated in a collaborative VR project between the Filmuniversität Babelsberg and WITS. Matthijs has edited on Lara's new film Coco (2020), received regional funding from the province of Zeeland for his new documentary and is currently involved in different cultural initiatives in Johannesburg and Amsterdam.

In a small village on the Pacific coast of Colombia, there is a single mountain surrounded by the ocean. On this mountain, a very special bird species settled a long time ago named Soledad de Montaña, directly translated as ‘the solitary mountain’. These birds carry a magical story and it's said that it can be heard during the stormy winds once in a while..

Matthijs Vuijk (1995, NL) is a director, artist and cinematographer with a diverse background in photography, film, and virtual reality. After studying photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Ghent, Belgium, he pursued a Bachelor Honours in Film & Television at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Matthijs' collaborative graduation film, "Sikelela Tapes" (2020), was selected for the prestigious International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). His work revolves around creating captivating worlds through a powerful audiovisual atmosphere, exploring fragmented memory, space, and the emotional impact of societal shifts. Matthijs' practice has been recognized with a 'Starting Artist' stipend from the Dutch Mondriaan Fonds and gained Netherlands Film Fund support for his recent virtual reality project, "With the Whole World Crumbling, We Pick this Time to Fall in Love". Currently, he is actively engaged in various cultural initiatives in Johannesburg and Amsterdam.

This immersive experience includes three-dimensional scans combined with voice-memos, images, videos and WhatsApp messages which together form an assemblage of distant yet intimate encounters with friends and subjects. The viewer is able to walk through a personal and emotional digital landscape, creating their own non-linear narrative between dream and reality, a liminal space of longing.

Matthijs Vuijk (1995, NL) is an independent new media artist and filmmaker who has been studying photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Ghent, Belgium, from which he graduated with distinction. After doing an internship with Dutch filmmaker Lara Verheijden, Matthijs moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. There Matthijs finished a Bachelor Honours in Film & Television at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) with distinction and participated in a collaborative VR project between the Filmuniversität Babelsberg and WITS. Matthijs’ background in visual art, film and VR encompass his passion, which lies in the creation of captivating worlds through a strong visual atmosphere. He is formally and technically interested in different mediums while the important narrative factors within his work have a strong emphasis on emotions, intimacy and connection. His recent collaborative film What do I see when I see me with Sammie Straub has been selected at the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2021, while Matthijs’ newest immersive experience With the Whole World Crumbling, We Pick this Time to Fall in Love participates in the 2021 edition of the Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. His collaborative graduation film Sikelela Tapes was selected for the ‘Frontlight’ competition of the renowned International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and had its world premier at the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) in Tanzania. Matthijs is currently involved in different cultural initiatives in both Johannesburg and Amsterdam.

A young woman interacts with her own cyborg self. Freed from flesh and thoughts in cyberspace, the digital body extends the movements and expressions of her organic body. In this way, the young woman escapes earthly conventions around the female body.

Sammie Straub (1994, NL) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Amsterdam. Sammie’s interests lie in visual culture, philosophy and music. In her visual works, performances and installations she looks for (fashion)aesthetics amidst societal political chaos and distractions. Her works contain elements of social criticism, styling, art-direction, music and graphic design. In her musical works Sammie has a preference for electronic music; breaks, wave, EBM and techno, transgressing boundaries of musical genres just like her origin transcends colonially defined borders and nations. Sammie is currently studying photography at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Matthijs Vuijk (1995, NL) has been studying photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Ghent, Belgium. After doing an internship with Dutch Filmmaker Lara Verheijden, Matthijs moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. There Matthijs finished an Honours in Film&Television at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), and participated in a collaborative VR project between the Filmuniversität Babelsberg and WITS. Matthijs has edited on Lara's new film Coco (2020), received regional funding from the province of Zeeland for his new documentary and is currently involved in different cultural initiatives in Johannesburg and Amsterdam.