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In a mysterious Japanese woodland, there’s a building cats and dogs are taken to. Where do they come from and do they also have to go back? What’s inside the dream box? Technological ingenuity, hygiene and mechanical action contrasts the dirt of stray animals.

Lao Yang is head of logistics of the group. He is responsible for the equipment, building materials and food (mainly chickens) to arrive in the isolated Chinese prefab camp. The Congolese government was supposed to deliver these things but so far the team hasn't received anything. With Eddy (a Congolese man who speaks Mandarin fluently) as an intermediate, Lao Yang is forced to leave the camp and deal with local Congolese entrepreneurs, because without the construction materials the road works will cease. What follows is an endless, harsh, but absurdly funny roller coaster of negotiations and misunderstandings, as Lao Yang learns about the Congolese way of making deals.

When the state of Georgia proceeds with the court-ordered execution of Ivon Ray Stanley, a correctional officer provides a step-by-step account of his death.

A cave with an animal trapped inside? An eyeball vaguely reflecting a sleeping horse? A peephole into the black night? A dark side of the globe? An electro-acoustic soundscape by Eliane Radigue guides us on an abstract journey through the night. Entirely based on footage from unsecured live surveillance cameras.

Was the Brussels Innovation fire (1967) just a dramatic accident or was there more going on? Through exclusive interviews and edited archival material, a conspiracy theory is constructed in which the CIA and some property developers are assigned important roles. Despite the frivolous mysticism, there are many truths in this mockumentary!

A quiet sunset gets interrupted by a couple of mosquitoes and a voice recording of a man listing the side effects of an infamous malaria medicine.

In Silent Visitors, Ayumi, Doitehu and Mike all share the same passion for haikyo. Their visits to these contemporary ruins reveal some aspects of their unique personalities, and at the same time, shines a subdued light on a post-tsunami Japanese society.