Ali's Diaries

LIFE

Two stories about different ways two people overcome loss; which may or may not be connected.

In an alternate reality where the decline of nations has given rise to corporatist regimes, any trace of culture or tradition is suppressed by these new leaders to prevent the masses from reclaiming a national identity. However, rebel cells have emerged to counteract this agenda.

Experimental short film

A visceral journey through dysphoria in the internet age.

A loop of a guy in Maine hanging out in his room.

After his wife Amelia suffers an aneurysm that leaves her bedridden and slowly dying, police officer Carter Summerland searches for a way to revive her. He's approached by Wesley Enterprises pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human’s relationship with technology and her right to exist.

Mara—the spirit of the night, the weaver of darkened dreams—pressed upon my chest as sleep held me captive. My memory. In the haze of a dream, I saw those I loved, their faces bathed in an otherworldly glow. The nightmare was not the shadows nor the fear they whispered, but the cruel certainty of waking—of losing them to the morning light

A night of tortured and solitary sleep, in which fears unfold and a bell tolls.

Time passes but nothing changes. Opportunities are missed one after the other. Until finally there's a way out.

An abstract exploration of teenage hood and future discontents. It is the search for an alternative.

The Tragedy of an Artist, is an experimental short shot over the course of a week. This film is meant to illustrate who Hero Foltz is as a person and his struggles with self identity

A girl and an older man discuss the nature of reality while doing chores on a pig farm.

Omnibus film with 13 short films by students of the HfG Ulm

A lonely man tries to enjoy a regular evening

Oriana Mejer's niche poem-film style has created "NOISE!". The film dissects late stage capitalism and the effects social media has on the mind. This is a spoken word poem, performed by Mejer, combined with projections. It is a completely new approach to editing. Originally score by Sofia Camarena.

A tiny bug crawls across an unknown landscape as it continually metamorphoses around the creature. Suddenly, there is a twist.

A documentary about the sea and memory. Its movement is its form. Its strength.

Corazón en el cenicero

Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.