Melvin, a teenager, returns to his past in an attempt to remember who he truly was after feeling he left himself behind. He confronts his teenage and childhood selves to reflect on the pains and changes of growing up, realizing that "growing up means losing and leaving behind versions of ourselves." A nostalgic and reflective journey about time, childhood, and accepting the constantly changing self.
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity.
Coming to Nothing follows a disgruntled young man trapped between guilt and survival, shaped by an alcoholic father and the unforgivable weight of abandoning his younger brother. Every attempt to cope—through love, indulgence, or isolation—only deepens the damage, turning connection into betrayal and self-protection into ruin. Whether he chooses responsibility or escape, the outcome is the same: loss. The film confronts the brutal truth that sometimes living through the wreckage hurts more than almost not living at all.
We get to follow a young man in his thoughts, where he shares his thoughts about anxiety and depression.
While her relationship with her mother worsens, a grieving young adult wants to see her father, one last time...
After a brief but intense relationship with a rootless young man, a quiet woman must confront the unsettling realization that she has lost her sense of self.
A movie that portrays a reflection about sense of being self, to love and to be loved.
A man who spends his nights offering emotional support struggles to confront his own inner life by day. Aspiring to be a writer, he drifts through routines of procrastination and self-neglect, unable to return to the page. As time slips away, failed attempts at reinvention force a reckoning with the version of himself he has been avoiding.
Jujuba & Nicolas
The Art Of Self Destruction - Director's cut
An aging artist confronts his traumatic past as he paints a portrait of the beachside home he grew up in.
Way Back Then
A young man places his last hope in a strange surgeon. Plunged into the depths of his soul, he meets his inner doctor.
Duel Intérieur
A documented introspection written, directed, composed, illustrated, and experienced by Riadh Bakache, serving as a transition into a new era for his YouTube channel. Rich in emotion, this piece reflects on his personal experiences and inner journey, supported by his readings. Riadh explores several philosophical and psychological questions about himself, in an effort to better understand and ultimately accept who he is. Taking a step back from his situation became necessary, leading to the telling of his entire journey in this video.
Los Colores Pardos
je veux plus parler.
Director and actor D.C. Stoy explores the nuanced nature of a character's non-linear timeline, which pits the mundaneness of stability against his internal desire for more out of his life, where risk is the reward.
Kanae's husband disappeared without a trace while on a union trip. Though usually headstrong and independent, the woman becomes plagued with worry over what happened to him, and is unable to move on with her life. Thus, Kanae decides to hire a private investigator, and keeps running the public bathhouse to the best of her abilities. As he tries to figure out the truth about her husband, Kanae must deal with the stress from a work-intensive job, meddlesome neighbors, and recurring nightmares in which she is drowning.
A cinematic fashion short film by Baseerat Al-Rumayyan, told through fog and stillness.