The Conarium Of Thanatos
After being exiled from his home by his mother, 11-year old Angel discovers a dilapidated scarecrow, and the pair develop an unusual relationship.
The prototype [TEST TYPE • 154] is a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, which is capable of autonomously acquiring notions from its surroundings and - eventually - developing autonomy of thought. Given the nearly human nature of its learning capabilities, the laboratory that programmed it hires a kindergarten teacher, asking him to instruct the machine as if it were a newborn child. The learning process - which spans 7 days - becomes increasingly insidious in the long run, posing a peculiar yet crucial problem: can there be a form of autonomous thinking that excludes emotions?
Creating a universe between two small pieces of Cardboard. When Jack and Jill of Cardboard City are separated by Jill's torrid illness, Jack must think outside the box to assure they will be together again.
Experimental short movie mostly made of still photos. An old assassin lives on a yacht, in a port city. One day, the sister of a woman he killed appears.
Hum lives in a refugee camp near Hamburg. He loves films and finances his visits to the cinema by selling lost properties from cinema visits in the refugee camp. One day he meets Anna and her friend Ida. At a dinner together in the shared flat of the two, they find out that they all share a love of music. Anna and Ida can sing great together and Hum shares the contact with his friends who play in a band. A timid and touching love story develops between Hum and Anna. Both are looking forward to the first performance of the band, in which Anna now sings. But shortly before the performance, Hum is to be deported. Neither his love for Anna and music nor his imagination can save him from the everyday life of a refugee.
Michelle
An exploration of two souls inhabiting bodies from 1940's Hungary, and the beginning of the digital age.
Two individuals get stuck in a reoccurring loop of dreams, strung together by the presence of a rotary phone, they must scramble for their survival to move through each layer of the dreamscape.
In a not so distant future artificial intelligence speaks to suffocating humanity. On the last journey, humanity is escorted by surreal entities, through twists and turns that led to humanity’s last breath.
A theatrical documentary about Hrytsko Chubai, a genius of Ukrainian poetry, a connoisseur of literature, art and music and the brightest representative of Lviv underground culture of late 60s early 70s.
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
After years away from each other, a mother tries to reconnect with her daughter.
Losing her lover, mother, and hope for tomorrow, Gisele, the daughter of a crime syndicate, is forced to confront its oppressive leader – her father.
Experimental film from the first semester of the Cinema course at Faculdade IESB, the purpose of the short film is to cause feelings of melancholy in the audience, with scenes and soundtracks that express a feeling to those who watch it.
A surreal horror film following an obsessive actress who finds herself trapped within a cursed theatrical production where she is forced to choose between her career and her life.
A diary of a boy grappling with identity, love and belonging while exploring our fragile journey through a chaotic world.
Based off the poem by H.P Lovecraft, it tells the tale of a dying man who slowly enters a strange dream world where he fades into oblivion.
June has had the same dream every night for the past three months. Lorelai is worried something bad is going to happen. Things get weird.