Arts Labor

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    Documentary Total Refusal

    Hardly Working

    Hardly Working sheds a limelight on the characters that normally remain in the background of video games: NPCs. A laundress, a stable boy, a street sweeper and a carpenter are observed with ethnographic precision. Their labor routines, activity patterns, as well as bugs and malfunctions, paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.

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    Horror Sava Zivkovic

    Irradiation

    After being escorted to a mysterious irradiated site, Evgeniy finds himself experiencing strange visions and questioning the very reason he was sent to investigate the site in the first place.

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    Dark Comedy Jacob Streilein

    There’s a Man in the Woods

    A teacher's life quickly spirals out of control after young Sid claims to have seen a man in the woods.

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    Drama Bastiaan Schravendeel

    Blik

    A boy, new to the neighborhood, falls for the older girl next door is this wonderfully expressive Dutch student animation.

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    Action Tom Hankins & 3 Others

    Mac 'n' Cheese

    Your traditional student animation chase scene—Dutch-style. Evidently this means copious amounts of drugs and psychedelic imagery!

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    Adventure Nata Metlukh

    Pura Vida

    A vacation to Costa Rica quickly gets messy for four flawed friends

  • Playlist

    A Playlist About Work

    From migrant farmers to workers in the gig economy, the changing face of labor in short films is both celebratory and disconcerting

  • Meet the Gatekeepers

    Meet the Gatekeepers: Jean Anne Lauer (Fantastic Fest)

    Jean Anne Lauer, director of short film programming at Fantastic Fest, joins us to discuss her experiences in the short film arena and what the festival is looking for in a selected film.

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