• Ruben Lundgren (NL)

Ruben Lundgren investigates his position as both outsider and insider in China, and his long-standing fascination with facades and appearances.

• Catherine Lemblé (BE)

A quiet counter-narrative that reimagines the Arctic through women’s presence, unsettling the male-dominated myths of conquest and frontier.

• Xiaoxiao Xu (CN/NL)

Following those who prepare for and attend European cosplay conventions, a subculture with Asian roots full of community spirit and insecurities.

• Seppe Vancraywinkel (BE)

An ode to a friendship in which notions of time, space, adulthood, masculinity, and intimacy are spontaneously reconfigured in a playful manner.

• Martin & Inge Riebeek (NL)

Over 225 video-portraits in which people from all over the world share their honest answers to the question: “what is the essence of your life?”