• Daniel Chatard (DE)

An investigation of the impact of brown coal extraction in Germany’s Rhineland, showing the emotional and physical toll of the mining operations.

• Toma Gerzha (RU/NL)

Documenting the lives of young people in Russia, strongly influenced by tradition, social media, and politics.

• 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

• Lana Mesić (NL)

An examination of the role and meaning of the enemy image in the complex history and contested borders that shaped the countries of former Yugoslavia.

• Kristof Titeca (BE)

A collage of decorative and political works from Nasser Road, Kampala, a mythical place known for its printing trade and as a centre of fraud.

• Regine Petersen (DE)

An allegorical tale about the world’s most prominent Passion Play and its inherent antisemitism, and daily life in the village of Oberammergau.

• Zindzi Zwietering (NL)

The prospect of Day Zero, the day that the city of Cape Town would run out of water, questions how urban citizens relate to a changing earth.

• 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.

• Martin & Inge Riebeek (NL)

Over 225 video-portraits in which people from all over the world share their honest answers to the question: “what is the essence of your life?”

• Oliver Leu (DE)

A reflection on both the visible representations of colonialism in present-day Belgium, and the hidden traces of its gruesome past.

• Carina Hesper (NL)

A box with 32 prints with portraits of visually impaired Chinese orphans, all coated in black thermochromatic ink which turns transparent by touch.