A body in motion

A trilogy of encounters with different types of migration, these films are ways of seeing how movement can be transformed through the lens of slowness. Tracks uses the subjectivity of a constantly moving spectator to explore the transience of locations, as each scene is something the point-of-view passes through, rather than dwells on. In Walking Dog, a woman travels through deserted urban architecture to find her dog, and the functions of each site are transformed: a playground becomes a prison, a roundabout has no traffic flow to manage. Run & Drive turns to global movement, following the lifecycle of wrecked cars that are salvaged and repurposed across borders. With this durational approach, by meditating on the journey rather than the destination, this programme allows the acts of travel and movement to transform the spaces they pass through.

The session will feature a Q&A with xxx, chaired by festival programmer Kat Haylett.

Tracks

Arne Körner / 2025 / Germany / 29:00

Tracks is a film of intense observation. In a world of light, movement, and nature, the film unfolds in each image—not as a story, but as a continuous flow of impressions that connect and develop in their intensity. Light breaks, moves, reflects, sneaks through the density of landscapes and places. Tracks invites you to see and feel things with a new, more intense perspective. It is a journey without a goal, a dive into moments that unfold from the constant interaction of light, life, and landscape.

Walking Dog

Xianyi Zhang / 2024 / UK / 14:24

"Walking Dog" is an experimental film about a woman who embarks on a quest to find her off-leash dog in a dystopian wasteland, only to discover that both she and the dog are transforming from domesticated beings into defiant strays.

Run & Drive

Hubert Hayaud / 2024 / Canada / 24:12

"Run & Drive" refers to those cars that have been in accidents and are declared "total loss" by American insurances. Thousands of drivers seek these wrecks in the United States to bring them back by road to their home countries in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua to sell them once they are repaired.