"Pandamonium" is an ethnographic essay film which explores conceptions of 'the exotic other' through the trope of the giant panda and, in so doing, it interrogates the seemingly distant colonial legacy of today’s Britain with regards to 'the oriental Chinese'.
The Paléo Festival – with its history, enraptured crowds, protagonists from all walks of life and questions about the future – is the subject of a captivating documentary series by students of the HEAD and the ECAL. Their four capsules, including archival footage, bring the sounds of this essential Swiss institution to life.
In a forgotten Swiss valley, an evil wind haunts the daily lives of former Italian asbestos factory workers, who still breathe its invisible fibers.
