• Kevin Cooley (US)

An ode to pyrotechnicst Ken Miller, focusing on his life’s work that has been marked by both brilliance and misfortune.

• Ringel Goslinga (NL)

A kaleidoscopic view of the colonial history of the Toraja people on Sulawesi, and a study of animistic patterns and traditional weaving forms

• 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.

• Peter Pflügler (AT)

An intimate journey through the labyrinth of a family secret, focusing on the impossibility of secrets and intergenerational trauma.

• Karine Zenja Versluis (NL)

An exploration of a family history in the Donbas, Ukraine results in a puzzling search for a city that may never be found.

• Sari Soininen (FI)

The portrayal of a transcendental experience that explores encounters with alternative dimensions of reality and perceptions of otherworldly signs.

• Youqine Lefèvre (BE)

Intimate stories of Chinese girls living by the regulations of the one-child policy: separated from their families and registered for adoption.

• Ton Grote (NL)

An ode to life, and an archaeological narrative of a recent history, containing an extensive photo archive of all objects from a parental home.

• Thorsten Baensch (DE)
• Norbert Schöbel (DE)

A richly illustrated travelogue documenting the contemplative aspects of 12 years of hiking through Central Europe.

• Mathias de Lattre (FR)

A research project on psilocybin, mycology and medicine, stemming from the search for a therapy for the photographer’s bipolar mother.

• Martino Marangoni (IT)

A selection of photographic work from a 60-year archive, documenting the changing city and street life in Lower Manhattan, New York.

• Natascha Libbert (NL)

About life in the technical zone around locks, ports and ships, following the renovation of the sea lock in IJmuiden, port access to Amsterdam.

• Christian van der Kooy (NL)

Reconstructing a lovers’ dialogue while Ukraine faced major changes. A reflection on intimacy in times of annexation and information warfare.

• Anna Püschel (DE/FR)

A semi-scientific research study of synaesthesia, in which Püschel questions her own perception of reality.

• Peter Dekens (BE)

A memorable photo project about the coping process of surviving relatives of suicides in West Flanders, Belgium.

• Martino Marangoni (IT)

A walk through an olive tree garden, through time, through personal memories and essentially trough the aging seasons of life.

• Barry van der Rijt (NL)

An inventory of codec orders, surprising glitches in digital movie playback, systematically categorized into typologies inspired by the DSM.

• Karin Borghouts (BE)

A poignant but serene look at a childhood home that was destroyed by fire.