This selection of experimental short films, explores in various cinematic forms how film conveys or communicates complex conceptual ideas. A Demonstration, for instance, questions the traditional dichotomy between nature and culture and juxtaposes these visually. Er is een geest van mij / Hay un fantasmo mío mourns both personal and political futures that never arrived. In The Making of a Ruin the filmmaker searches for her Indonesian heritage investigating the rituals surrounding death. Informed by Visual Anthropology, all films have in common that they defy standard cinematic categories and explore the potentials of the medium film to translate personal and cultural research insights.