Event Type : Feature Film

This exclusive Fisheye selection is an online-only event and consists of the following three feature films:

EÎDÒN (Simone Bardi | Italy)

From the depths of memory, a mysterious voice recounts the triumphs and growing shadows of the Po Delta, where a balance has been broken, perhaps forever. Amidst the mists of the past and the uncertainties of the present, the ecological resilience of a family of fishermen from the Sacca di Scardovari is revealed. The voice confesses to a decades-long deafness to the cries of the earth, and now the home is at risk of collapse. In the limbo of this cruel time, is it possible to rediscover harmony? The film invites viewers to lose themselves in the gaze of the Delta, to decipher its mysteries, and to question humanity’s fragile place in this treasure trove of life.

BIG CITY PIZZA (Dusty Saunders | USA)

As tension rises in the big city for the Omniball Championship, Boney, a skeleton pizza delivery man starts his shift. Animated entirely from Boney’s POV in one continuous, unbroken take, we follow his delivery route where every stop is weirder than the last.

PANTRUM (Nadie Wasalamudaliarachchi | Sri Lanka)

In a nation scarred by war and silence, a former child soldier reunites with his estranged, PTSD-ridden father. As they confront their shared trauma, the voices of the forgotten rise against a corrupt.

The actions of an unknown hero in WWII enable families to reclaim the ashes of lost loved ones.

The film is part of a screening entitled A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.

POPEL: Ashes : Oier Plaza: 2025 : Czechia, France, Spain

Driven by a passion for history and the weight of an absence, a professor, and the relative of a deportee who disappeared during World War II begin an investigation across Europe to uncover his fate. From the Basque Country to Prague, what begins as a personal quest soon leads to an extraordinary discovery: the story of František Suchý and his son, who, defying the Nazi regime and risking their own lives, managed to preserve the names and ashes of more than 2,200 victims. Among them, the long lost remains of that deportee, whose trace was erased eighty years ago.

Prior to the feature film, we have chosen LE GOÛT DU CIEL an entrancing short musical animation in which a curious firefly invites us to join a mysterious figure in the clouds and embark on an imaginary celestial journey.

These two documentaries are part of a screening entitled THE WILL TO SUCCEED. First we will show a Nigerian short, BEYOND OLYMPIC GLORY, which will be followed by an American feature CRACKING THE CODE: PHIL SHARP and the BIOTECH REVOLUTION.

CRACKING THE CODE: PHIL SHARP and the BIOTECH REVOLUTION (2024) (Bill Haney | USA)

Cracking the Code, narrated by Mark Ruffalo, is an inspiring storyof vision, perseverance, and the power of science to change the world. Phil Sharp’s journey from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit.

BEYOND OLYMPIC GLORY (Shedrack Salami | Nigeria)

Beyond Olympic Glory follows Cynthia Ogunsemilore, a determined boxer from the slums of Bariga, Lagos, Nigeria as she fights through poverty and hardship to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, becoming the second Nigerian female boxer to earn a spot at the Olympics.

Fisheye Fusion – film is a creative fusion of the arts. Artistic ingredients – poetry and dance – are combined with film screenings.

Join us at the Brunel Shed, High Wycombe for a novel event that blends the worlds of the arts and film. Immerse yourself in the synthesis of the artistic elements that combine in film and join in thought-provoking discussions. You can dip in and out of events with a day pass. Whether you’re a film buff, culture enthusiast, or just looking for a fresh film experience, this is not to be missed.

Mark your calendars and come enjoy the magic of FISHEYE FUSION!

NO SUN WITHOUT SHADOW

2.30 – 4pm: NO SUN WITHOUT SHADOW – exploring inner being through artistic and surreal cinema

S I C K

4.30 – 5:30pm: S I C K – a dance film on the theme of mental health with Q&A

POETRY & MOTION – KINTSUGI

7:30 – 9:30pm: POETRY & MOTION – KINTSUGI Cinematic fragments of life in the modern world, gilded with poetry and dance.

Experimental films and live performances from Dew Dance UK, POW!Play on Words, Dac Carter and John Prebble

Two documentary films that are part of the CONTEMPORARY ANACHRONISM screening which highlights traditional ways of life preserved in our modern age.

Can you imagine life where there is no electricity nor any water supply? This is how they live in 5 villages on a Swedish road to nowhere…

SOLITARY ROAD (2024) (Johan Palmgren | Sweden)

There is a road in the middle of the wilderness, far North of the Arctic Circle in the Swedish mountains. It was built in 1955 and was supposed to lead to Norway. The work was interrupted and now there is only a fragment of a road of 20 kilometres without connection to the general road system.

Can you imagine life where there is no electricity nor any water supply? This feature portrays big and small aspects of life in such a place. (NB: This includes footage of hunting and meat preparation as part of their lifestyle).

SCRAP WORKS (Maksym Putintsev | Canada)

SCRAP WORKS invites you to ‘get scrappy with our hero, a traditional master blacksmith busy navigating the challenges of modern life, having forsaken power tools for a higher calling.’

Two feature films in which family members travel the world and back in time to understand more about deceased relatives from the WWII era.

THE POSTMAN OF NAGASAKI (Mika Kawase | Japan)

When Isabelle was 24, she read The Postman of Nagasaki, a book written by her father, Peter Townsend, about a young postman named Sumiteru Taniguchi who survived the atomic bombing. Decades later, when she learns of Taniguchi’s death, Isabelle sets off to Nagasaki with recordings from her father’s final trip to Japan. There, she discovers what had prompted Townsend to write his book and capture Taniguchi’s story.

8 SECONDS (MJean-Marie Vinclair | France)

In 2005, when filmmaker Jean-Marie Vinclair filmed the unveiling of the ‘Raymond Vinclair’ plaque in the square that will bear his name, he was stunned: why was this relative, who died as a martyr in Germany during the Second World War, unknown to his own family? A few years later, his family embark on a quest to find the thread of this lost memory.

Exploring the spoken and the unspoken. A documentary about a visually-impaired artist; an animation without words, followed by the feature drama film, VOICES.

VOICES (2024) (François Szabowski | France)

Paris, 2022. In the middle of the presidential election campaign, a class of first-year students at a Belleville high school sees their lives disrupted by the appearance of two students with strange behavior, who have the power to confiscate speech. While the presidential candidates battle for votes in the media, each of these young adults will have to learn to make his voice heard.

ALL THE COLOURS OF THE VOID (Ragnar Griffiths | UK)

A visually impaired professional artist specializing in braille shares his unique perspectives on the world, artistry, and how his legacy will impact both realms.

LES ÉGARÉS (Alexanne Dicaire Fry | Canada)

Searching for a place to lay their heads for the night, two buddies wander into a clearing at night and stumble upon a magical sundial. After some trials, some errors and some shenanigans, the friends get to rest comfortably surrounded by the beautiful forest.

Are things as they seem in life and art? THE WHEELBARROW may have something to say.

THE WHEELBARROW (Kai Ephron | Italy, Sweden, UK, USA)

When a mute recluse is revealed to not be what he appears, can he depend on his only companion, a wheelbarrow? Oscar, a mute loner living on Köpstadsö, is searching for something buried on the island. But when a visitor to the island appears to recognize him, his life spirals out of control. His only companion with whom he can confide is his wheelbarrow, and as the world closes in on him, this new formed relationship between a man and his wheelbarrow is the only thing that Oscar can depend on. This film addresses questions surrounding entities that are non-human, realities that may or may not be true, and the manufacturing of truth.

RUNNING LATE (Alistair Nicholls | UK)

A stop-motion animated film about one mans surreal morning routine.

Choice or destiny? Finding ourselves in the chaos before it’s too late. Two tales where circumstances and decisions influence our fate. A short animation THE ROAD TO VALHALLA followed by our feature film, THE JOY OF FALLING.

THE JOY OF FALLING (Edward Tramaseur | UK)

When Amelia falls for Joseph, she’s pulled into his messy life, and together they try to keep things from falling apart. The Joy of Falling explores the delicate and destructive connection between two people lost in the modern world.

The Joy of Falling was inspired by the overwhelming chaos of modern life, where “everything is noise”, a theme that shapes the film both visually and emotionally. The film explores how love, once a refuge from this cacophony, can itself become entangled in It.

THE ROAD TO VALHALLA (Thomas Salvage | UK)

Einar is a Viking warrior, but for how long? As he looks back on his past, his faith in Odin (the Viking king of the gods) begins to tear, leaving Einar to choose between the road to Valhalla or his desires.

This exclusive Fisheye selection is an online-only event and consists of the following three feature films:

EÎDÒN (Simone Bardi | Italy)

From the depths of memory, a mysterious voice recounts the triumphs and growing shadows of the Po Delta, where a balance has been broken, perhaps forever. Amidst the mists of the past and the uncertainties of the present, the ecological resilience of a family of fishermen from the Sacca di Scardovari is revealed. The voice confesses to a decades-long deafness to the cries of the earth, and now the home is at risk of collapse. In the limbo of this cruel time, is it possible to rediscover harmony? The film invites viewers to lose themselves in the gaze of the Delta, to decipher its mysteries, and to question humanity’s fragile place in this treasure trove of life.

BIG CITY PIZZA (Dusty Saunders | USA)

As tension rises in the big city for the Omniball Championship, Boney, a skeleton pizza delivery man starts his shift. Animated entirely from Boney’s POV in one continuous, unbroken take, we follow his delivery route where every stop is weirder than the last.

PANTRUM (Nadie Wasalamudaliarachchi | Sri Lanka)

In a nation scarred by war and silence, a former child soldier reunites with his estranged, PTSD-ridden father. As they confront their shared trauma, the voices of the forgotten rise against a corrupt.