Successive lockdowns in East London. Lights and shadows are moving across the floor while a water mass is growing. A video triptych DIY stopframe animation transforms into a material meditation that uses water, cardboard, and home-made slime – imagining wide open spaces, marshland, and mires.

On a hot August afternoon, a family gathers at the table to remember the life of uncle Botão, which was shaped by dictatorship, Portugal’s colonial war in Angola, emigration, and working as a garbage man. The individual story unfolds and ultimately tells the history of a nation whose collective memories are so often overlooked.

On a hot August afternoon, a family gathers at the table to remember the life of uncle Botão, which was shaped by dictatorship, Portugal’s colonial war in Angola, emigration, and working as a garbage man. The individual story unfolds and ultimately tells the history of a nation whose collective memories are so often overlooked.

As a woman is fixing a broken wall, the wall turns into an analogy of her emotional life, reminding her of the highs and lows of past loves. The healing of her broken heart provides a poetic insight into female internal time-consciousness. (Winner Up & Coming Award 2022)

Originally created to be viewed through a peephole, this short abstract film hints at an imaginary journey that is traced by oil pastels, white spirit, milk, ink, detergent, lipstick, and pomegranates. In the context of pandemic isolation, it becomes a story about the desire for intimacy, closeness, touch, and sensuality.

According to legend, Roman noblewoman Lucretia committed suicide to restore her honour after being raped. For centuries, this story has served as a pretext for male painters to fabricate erotic and pornographic images. Goldt revisits this female symbol and adds her own perspective that challenges the historical mimesis of women.

Tired of being mansplained, a woman decides to find her own way of stopping the neverending babble of the men she meets. Leaving her date with a little trophy, she embarks on a delightful trip with this unusual new friend. In the comfort of her home, she lets herself go on a dreamlike journey of sensuality and independence.

Martha feels trapped in the routines and boundaries of daily life. When a strange encounter forces her to shift perspectives, she embraces the seemingly irrational as she embarks on a surreal journey of discovery. Urban claustrophobia disappears as she learns to trust her instincts again.