Flares

The daily life of an ill man is constantly interrupted by television advertisements. They promise some change to his life. He finds himself as a part of the adverts, but soon the empty promises become demonically possessive. The truth sets in.

One hot summer night, a metamorphosis takes place - a creature is unmade yet transformed.

Anita and her children, Santa and Kristaps, live in an apartment in Riga. Every year, they celebrate New Year’s Eve with grandma, uncle Peter and a feast fit for kings…

One of several Kevin Jerome Everson pieces regarding African-American rodeo riders, SECOND PLACE brings us inside the big show. The jerkily pixilated view of a bucking bull offers an aesthetic equivalent of the cowboy's wild ride while the film's silence lends an unexpected repose to the contest. Whether anticipating a bull's blasting out of the gate or watching an old hand stretch out his back, Everson's camera is ever-attentive to the action at the edge of the frame. - Max Goldberg

A film about a young woman's future plans in Munich, Germany. MUNCHEN, RAPHAELA (also known as RAPHAELA RING MUNCHEN) is part of Mike Plante's Lunchfilm series of commissioned shorts (made for the cost of a lunch between Plante and filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson).

Stranded by his Star Destroyer, Varko Grey becomes the last TIE pilot on the battlefield, hunted by a renegade X-Wing of the New Republic.

Weighed down by familial expectations and personal despair, Sonu battles inner struggles while trying to find meaning in his fractured life.

After being rejected from the job interview at the town's tour agency, Tomás, supported by his sister, embarks on a new path by creating his own agency. After a few discouraging weeks, he receives a call from a young couple who want to see the town.

Judith is a member of the mariachi band "La Estampa de Calimaya" and the only woman in the group. She's also mother of two kids and lives in Toluca.

Pebble, a unique caterpillar made of pebbles, is determined to reach a green leaf.

Today is a great day, Marvin will finally meet his girlfriend’s family. He will discover a gallery of characters each more eccentric than the other, in front of Sarah amazed. An exchange of points of view will disentangle a few family tensions.

Ashley is struggling to find the inspiration to finish her book. As the looming deadline draws ever-closer, will she be able to finish writing, despite all of the interruptions that constantly break her focus?

An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.

On Your Mark!

About a person who goes through a life made up of one illusion after another.

About a wolf who gate crashes a wedding. Based on a Belorusian folk tale, although the decay of the Soviet Union at the time show through the pores of the depiction of the tale.

The story is about a puppy named Bob, who loved to listen to music, turning on the tape recorder at full volume. All the forest inhabitants’ ears were already ringing from Bob’s music, and the bluebells had even withered. And then the puppy’s friends decided to teach Bob a lesson.

Centuries ago in the past, the witch, who doesn't like Beauty, puts her to sleep, then flies throughout the castle spreading sleep powder, placing all into slumber. Eventually we flash forward to present time: A young hepcat in a convertible tries awakening Sleeping Beauty, and everyone in the castle, with some Big Band music. Will it work? A Puppetoon animated short film.

The heroes of fairy tales and myths and fairy tale props appear in the film.

7362 is concerned with dividing and joining together. It begins with two black circles against a white background, knocking together and gradually moving further apart. The circles fade out, and return as white circles against black inside a square. Images similar to Rorschach blots appear. Gradually the viewer realizes that the images were not originally abstract, but were human forms (dancers, gymnasts, etc.), bridges, and others that have been split down the center of the frame, with their mirror images printed on either side of the split. Red, green, and white tints further abstract the images from their original foundations in the natural world, making dancers appear to be amoebas or dividing cells. The accompanying sound track is a mixture of electronic music and musique concrète ("real" recorded sounds manipulated to sound abstract).