Originally, mountains, forests, waters and deserts formed natural borders. Since the dawn of colonialism there are drawing board borders, marked along longitudes and latitudes. The cartographies of the foreign rulers persist to the present day. In NOUS LE SAVIONS QU´ELLES ÉTAIENT BELLES, LES ILES, the dead are being buried. Have you tried passing the borders to Europe? Whoever intends to live there, should bring a lot of patience. Arrived in the hoped-for future, a feeling of alienation remains. Especially foreign is the dealing with time that is so systematically regulated. FEARKINGDOM resonates the multifaceted atmosphere of the Hungarian border crossing impressively. Amidst the landscape, fences and walls testify to the exclusion of other cultures and beliefs. The hospitality of the border inhabitants is put to the test. But what is it like for migrant to live in Germany? In LAS FLORES young people try their luck here, drawn in by the shimmering lifestyle of the German capital. What remains is a cultural amnesia in need to be filled. Mohamed Abdelkarim brings us back to the future with the dystopia GAZING... UNSEEING, dealing with the ongoing freedom movement in Egypt in 2040. Reflection can be a form of activism. Thus, Joao Pedro Rodrigues recalls the film work of Jacques Demy “Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, in which a pair of lovers is separated by the Algerian war. (Afsun Moshiry)