DDW2024: Melted Film Festival

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Melted Film Festival


is a screening platform for experimental filmmaking practices. This year, its second edition will take place over four evenings at LAB-1 during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.


Curated and moderated by Design Academy Eindhoven alumni (collectives Future Number Five and geo.frames), the festival aims to respond to the growing interest in film as a medium within the school, and within the design community at large. The selected works were gathered via an open call and grouped around complementary themes giving an insight into the urgencies and curiosities of our time.


Each evening offers a diverse selection of films, ranging from documentary-style works to conceptual pieces, found footage to animations, and essay films to speculative fiction.









Tue 22nd NIGHT 1


Night 1 Poster

On the opening night of Melted Film Festival, we delve into explorations of the earth, examining natural resources and chemical composition. This collection of films zooms in on the intricate details of the microscopic, while also extending the view to vast infrastructures and beyond-human time scales. When we then return our attention to the human experience we are reminded of our need to study and imagine to make sense of this world we live in.






Wed 23rd NIGHT 2


Night 2 Poster

On the second evening of Melted Film Festival, we welcome filmmakers whose work revolves around themes of identity and belonging. Traversing both the physical and digital realms, we are guided through explorations of the self, both as an individual and part of a collective. Navigating the fluidity of our identities, these films immerse the viewers into rituals, folklore, and myth.






Thu 24th NIGHT 3


Night 3 Poster

On the third evening, Melted Film Festival presents pieces that investigate how we honor, overpower, and divide the territories we share, as well as how the places we inhabit can determine the nature of our lives. From documentary to performance, we dance between the idyllic serenity of the land and the realities of human intervention.






Fri 25th NIGHT 4


Night 4 Poster

The final night of Melted Film Festival is a reflection on the medium of film itself. These filmmakers offer us a glimpse into lives lived, by simply capturing a fleeting moment, realizing a bright idea or meticulously weaving together a narrative. From absurd visuals to audio-only, this experimental collection challenges what we expect from cinema.








PROGRAM (click on poster)




DAY 1

Day 1 Poster

DAY 2

Day 2 Poster

DAY 3

Day 3 Poster

DAY 4

Day 4 Poster





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Melted Film Festival
Independent filmmakers, students, graduated students
Netherlands
2 uur 12 minuten
(incl. 12 min voorprogramma)
English / Nederlands
English
2024
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Andere films

F1

The Phoenician Scheme (Wes Anderson)
The Phoenician Scheme (Wes Anderson)

Peacock
Peacock

Jurassic World: Rebirth (2D OV)
Jurassic World: Rebirth (2D OV)

Le Deuxième Acte (Quentin Dupieux)
Le Deuxième Acte (Quentin Dupieux)

Motel Destino
Motel Destino

28 Years Later
28 Years Later

Desperado (4K, 1995)
Desperado (4K, 1995)

Sebastian
Sebastian

Materialists
Materialists

The Balconettes
The Balconettes

Anak Indië
Anak Indië

The Life of Chuck
The Life of Chuck

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Perla
Perla

Mond (Moon)
Mond (Moon)

How To Train Your Dragon (2025) (2D OV)
How To Train Your Dragon (2025) (2D OV)

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

Loveable
Loveable

Drowning Dry
Drowning Dry

Tardes de Soledad
Tardes de Soledad

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Sinners
Sinners

The Salt Path
The Salt Path

Good One
Good One

2046
2046

The Hand
The Hand

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels

Happy Together
Happy Together

In the mood for love
In the mood for love

Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch

Warfare (Alex Garland)
Warfare (Alex Garland)

Bad Guys 2 (2D OV)
Bad Guys 2 (2D OV)

High and Low
High and Low

Ikiru
Ikiru

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai

Yojimbo
Yojimbo

Ran (4K Restoration)
Ran (4K Restoration)

Plein Soleil (4K Restoration)
Plein Soleil (4K Restoration)

Superman
Superman

Toxic
Toxic

Soothravakyam (Malayalam)
Soothravakyam (Malayalam)

Smurfs (2D OV)
Smurfs (2D OV)

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
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