A man reflects over his life during a burial.
Shot on Super 8, Aunty CB is a memory montage of a woman’s stream of consciousness and her honest introspection surrounding gendered family dynamics and childhood trauma. Framed as a confessional monologue, Singlish, Hokkien, and English are employed to capture a linguistic and vernacular portrait of the eponymous character.
Three cinephile university students have a go at making their own Super-8 film.
Two men who have been friends for quite some time and who live in different cities maintain a correspondence with Super 8 film reels that they occasionally send to each other. One of these film reels shows a woman who reminds the addressee of a former girlfriend. Immediately and without paying attention to his obligations to the company, he drives the company car to the city of his childhood friend, 780 km away. There he finds out that she has been the secret lover of his Super 8 friend for years. After about three or four weeks, which they spend on the coast of another country without any significant difficulties, the lover of the childhood friend rows his boat alone across the Atlantic after an obviously frame-up rescue operation.
After a breakup, Titus looks back on the relationship through rose-colored glasses.
Das Coisas que nos Pertencem e Deixamos para Trás
The silent film is about a depressive lady of the last century who travels through time to a beach of current times, but ends up coming across a completely polluted environment.
Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.
Somewhere in the Balkans, in a garden hidden by a large house, a story unfolds of a great love between two young women. Neither of them wishes to accept that their relationship might ever end. What happens, then, when one day fate takes an unexpected turn? Is it possible to part so suddenly from your beloved?
A film made for television, based on the book of the same name by Libera Carlier. A Flemish family decides to spend the summer holidays on de Schelde. Father Janssen buys a second-hand boat and together with his wife and two sons he sets sail. What follows is a sequence of pleasant moments and disappointments, watched by the sceptical mother Janssen.
We delve into an encounter between Erradi ( an old man nearing the end of his life) and Aymane (a young boy eager to learn about life), in the presence of a woman (Rahma) taking the form of DEATH. Which ends with a series of poignant flashbacks that portray the old man's journey through life, filled with joy and sorrows and lessons learned. The short film explores the cyclical nature of life capturing the essence of reincarnation and the idea that our stories continue on living despite death
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
This is the story of Roger, a former pork butcher, who worked for 40 years in the beautiful town of Beaune in Burgundy. Since he retired, he has started a new life as a filmmaker: Roger films only on Super 8. Insects, birds, everything he can find in the countryside are his favorite subjects. His short films have won prizes all over the world, some of them have been shown during the Cannes Film Festival. Josette, his wife and number one fan, happens to work for him from time to time.
Seeing himself as a form unable to experience intimacy, he is given the chance when brought to the household of twin sisters.
In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. A high school student named Tarek is thrilled by all the chaos and upheaval because he no longer needs to go to school. Plus, he finds negotiations between West and East Beirut interesting. Tarek is accompanied by his buddy Omar as the two shoot Super 8 films of the tumult around them. The jovial mood takes a tragic turn when Tarek's parents start fighting over whether or not to flee Beirut.
Michelle
"Ritratto di Rosa, all'italiana" stands as the second act of the trilogy begun in 2019 with "Portrait de Rosa, à la française." The poetry of the first chapter is replaced by a melody that takes the viewer back among the waves of a journey, among rocks and shells. A song full of love and hope from the past, setting the end of youth and the beginning of maturity.
A rapper is given creative advice from his best friend.
A drama film dealing with autism made by an autistic filmmaker featuring autistic cast members. Looking at the highs and lows, and struggles of living with autism. Following 2 women's lives as they try to make the best of their situations. This film offers a real insight and challenges the many taboos and miss conceptions on autism.
Directorial debut by Klaus Hofmann and Bernd Siebert, shot on 8mm.