Between the Ordinary and the Uncanny Shorts Block (F/F)

In this quietly mesmerising shorts block, perfectly a strangeness (Dir. Alison McAlpine | 15 min) follows three donkeys as they roam an unmanned observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, their path unfolding beneath a vast, star-filled sky in a haunting meditation on perception and presence. The Fries Philosopher (Dir. Janna Grosfeld | 17 min) introduces Abi, an Amsterdam fries cook whose snack bar doubles as a community hub, offering moments of poetry, warmth, and resistance as gentrification threatens to erase his world.