Year in and year out, one of the most interesting screenings at Melbourne International Film Festival is the Experimental Shorts program. An eclectic mix — local and international fare, film and digital projection — bombards the viewer, though some of the films’ potency is felt much later, in post-screening arguments between audience members. One of the shorts that most impressed me in this year’s program was Fern Silva’s 16mm work Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder, which had its world...