His Photo, My Favourite Poetry

A family of merchants traveling through the Dutch East Indies colonial territories sought to profit from others’ suffering—they were Mbok Wantun and her children. The shrewd and cunning Mbok Wantun, along with Edi, Susi, and Tini—her adopted children who were also, in truth, her loyal servants—used their adoptive mother’s cart to navigate all the vicissitudes of their journey. However, as time went on, Edi, Susi, and Tini died one by one. What is the true meaning behind the deaths of Mbok Wantun’s children?

After living in Denmark for 38 years, Francisco has decided to move back to his homeland, the Philippines—a country he feels he has never really left. So, on a cold winter evening, he meets with his daughter, who was born and raised in Denmark, to tell her that he plans to leave just a few days later.

Observing as the World Burns: Poems is an evocative, introspective short film that transforms lines of verse into raw visual poetry—confronting the dual forces of personal introspection and outward chaos. Anchored by cinematic performances, layered voice-over, and an emotive soundscape, the film embodies the tension between witnessing life’s unraveling and finding meaning within it. Rather than dramatizing action, this film immerses the viewer in the experience of attention—the act of watching, contemplating, and articulating what it means to be alive. At the same time, everything feels like it’s burning. It is both a cinematic poem and a visual diary—an invitation to witness, feel, and reflect alongside the narrator.

A visually driven, non-verbal short film exploring female solitude, migration, and inner resilience through surreal imagery and physical performance in contemporary Australia.

Moonbeams

Lo que pensé

Peccatum is a poetic coming-of-age story about two young women growing up in a secluded Christian community. When one of them loses her parents, she seeks comfort and salvation in pagan spirituality. Amid shared moments of intimacy and innocence, a bond begins to form between them—one that gradually comes into conflict with faith, guilt, and the fear of being discovered. Inspired by the work of Sofia Coppola.

On a night defined by desperation, a young addict must confront his deepest traumas when a ruthless decision pushes him to the edge of his own fractured psyche.

The innocent lines of a young girl’s diary recount the visit of her father’s colleagues, the games played in the garden, and the weight of the summer heat through her naïve perspective. Yet, when a “snowflake” falls onto her notebook, it slowly begins to reveal traces of another, unseen reality. What starts with childhood innocence and joy gradually touches upon a far heavier truth of our time.

"The Shadow of the Angel" tells the story of Ella, who awakens bloodied and wounded in a swamp near an abandoned convent, in an undetermined space and time. In that convent, a young composer has been murdered when she was about to finish composing a musical piece that would open the doors to a world of spiritual purity. As she discovers her new environment and her own identity, Ella must fulfill the mission of finding and completing the scores of the unfinished work. On the way to this mission, Ella (guided by a mysterious little girl), discovers her own "shadow": Dark Ella, a kind of double of herself who has become stranded in a time loop inside the convent. She must confront her own sadness and discover her connection with her dark self. Only by receiving the inspiration that allows her to complete the scores, Ella will redeem and free the spirit of the composer, her other self, and herself.

An unofficial music video for the song 'i think about you all the time' by Deftones. After a rough patch in an already strained relationship, Cian uses a surreal outlet in an attempt to remedy the connection with his partner.

Donde Crecen los Sauces

Ukrainian sculptor who is taking wife's death hard acquires the hope to begin a new life after appearance of Iraqi refugee. He desires to fall in love not taking into consideration the rival of young soldier.

On the night before the full-scale invasion, an old movie theater in Kyiv becomes a refuge for two strangers—Luka, a projectionist, and Varya, a mysterious girl. As alarming news comes in from all sides, they try to escape reality amid the illusions and light of the movie screen. But can cinema stop time?

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his birth and death anniversaries. And alongside how his family spends a few days at the village keeping his traditions alive.

Tito, a determined manager, sets his sights on marrying Tirza, but her father's unexpected question triggers his deepest fear: circumcision. Facing a daunting dilemma, Tito embarks on a slapstick quest to overcome his fear, leading to a sidesplitting journey of absurd antics and unexpected revelations in his pursuit of love.

As if adolescence is not hard enough, a young, fatherless teenager living in a small town in the Brazilian heartland, confronts a degenerative eye disease that will ultimately leave him blind. As his vision deteriorates, he goes through the pain and confusion of his unreciprocated first love, and ultimately will have to learn first-hand how to see life with different eyes.

The Last Mage

Ange, a rigorous and sensitive teenager, starts his first year in high school. Profoundly unhappy, he starts writing to try to understand himself. While doing so, he befriends three teens who will help him on his path to inner peace.

Mitrice Richardson, a lovely 24 year old African-American woman, was released late at night from the Malibu, California Sheriffs jail after having been detained for not paying her bill at an upscale restaurant. She was described as 'acting crazy' and, in fact, was having a mental crisis. She was released into the mountainous region with no cell, no purse, no ID, no car, no way home and vanished. Eleven months later her remains were found in a desolate Malibu canyon. 'Lost Compassion,' shot from ten days after Mitrice went missing, tells the complex, emotional inside story of the search for Mitrice and struggles with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, whose deputies lied about her arrest and likely were involved with her disappearance and murder.