INEFF 2026: Screening Block 3 + Competition & Award Ceremony
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of distinctive cinematic experiences, exciting conversations, and boundary-pushing fiction film from across the international underground scene.
The evening programme will be concluded by a screening of the best films submitted to this year’s
24/7 Filmmaking Competition. The audience will then get a chance to vote for the winner of the competition, as well as the best film of the festival.
Programme:
Everything That Fell From The Mourning Dove’s Nest As She Built It-Directed by Noah Engel
1min, United States.
After their grandfather’s death, a filmmaker documents a mourning dove’s fragile nest as an act of memory and connection.
DuPhomf’s Passing - Directed by Alan Halls
3mins 30s, United States.
A drifting wanderer confronts existential horror across the vast and lonely landscapes of the American West.
Videoworm Directed by Conchobhar Ó
10mins, Ireland.
Under the colours of night, all can be seen.
Reddening - Directed by Sinem Kayacan, Elina Pirinen
15mins, Finland.
An alchemical transformation unfolds across matter, psyche, and spirit in a meditation on change and becoming.
Sisyphos - Directed by Kay Voges, Andrea Schumacher
30mins, Austria.
A triptych meditation on repetition and existence finds strange beauty within the absurd cycles of life.
Organising Principles of Experience - Directed by Gabriela Tropia
13mins, United Kingdom.
A filmmaker collaborates with an AI trained on Maya Deren’s writings to imagine new forms of cinematic memory and possession.
Sister Games - Directed by Anna Valeska Pohl
28mins, Germany.
Inside a claustrophobic trailer home, a young sex worker is initiated into the uncanny world of doll prostitution by her older sister.
Panic In Nowhere - Directed by Adrian Flury
28mins, Switzerland.
A hypnotic stream of online videoclips pulls viewers into a disorientating spiral of distraction and eclipse.
Apology Ghost- Directed by Brian Padian
5mins, United States.
Late-night phone calls on lonely drives home unravel into a
portrait of guilt, distance, and emotional residue.
Audience Advisory: Some works in this programme include
graphic imagery, violence, nudity, and sexual content/themes.
