Patriarch

A short film

In this town, since who knows when, rain has never stopped. Residents moved out to suburbs and high ground around. People’s memories are now deeply submerged. But into this forgotten rainy town sometimes, someone wanders.

A young journalism student interviews a man on death row convicted of a brutal and sadistic murder.

A 10 year old boy uses his hyperactive, action-figure, water gun slinging imagination to cope with his parents' divorce.

A short movie.

Secret Blackheart is a darkly funny short film about a young woman devastated by a bad break-up, who manages to pull out of her depression after a bizarre encounter brought on by her best friend's obsession with the self-help phenomenon 'The Secret'.

The story chronicles the last days of a man, victim of an epidemic that has turned mankind into degenerate beings void of consciousness; trying to keep his sanity he fights alone against the disease. Though strong in his will to overcome it, he will fall victim before he is aware of it.

A little girl is confronted with total annihilation by a world beyond her understanding.

'Love & I Had A Fight' follows James on his self-medicated, suicidal journey induced by a series of failed relationships. Over the course of 24 hours, James goes on a hallucinogenic trip that brings him face-to-face with the moments that broke his heart, his soul, and ultimately his will to live.

In the tradition of Vittorio DeSica's 'The Bicycle Thief' and an ode to the neorealist style, 'Eggman' is the tale of an unlikely bond that develops between a hard-working Mexican immigrant (Santos) and a 12 year old inner-city black kid (James). Desperate and hungry, James' obsession for eggs leads him to Santos, a working-class man with his eye on the American dream. After their initial apprehension of each other (James steals from Santos) and despite their differing backgrounds, a relationship develops between the two which blossoms into a social statement of acceptance and compassion across all lines. The story is set in Los Angeles in 1963, November 22 to be exact, the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated ... the day America lost its innocence.

A successful businessman returns to his home town after many years away to attend his father's funeral.

When her father is suddenly diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, Sadie returns home to help her family care for him while struggling to accept the chaos within his mind, her family and herself.

Variations on relationships in a New Year Day atmosphere set in a huge and rundown 1980s style hotel awaiting demolition by Lake Balaton, Hungary. Three women and five men in various ways.

Roland, an art store employees, day is interrupted by a man needing to use the store's washroom. This simple request is complicated by the store's strict 'employee only' washroom policy. A full bladder, an irrational man, and some company red tape suddenly has Roland's day take a dire turn.

Short movie about a young, drug addicted couple.

A Namibian cowboy is beaten and left for dead in the vast desert, after standing up to a trans-national posse of brutal land-grabbers. However, things change when he's rescued by a mysterious gunslinger with reasons of his own to get even with the posse.

For the last 5 minutes of the sinking of the Titanic, shipbuilder Thomas Andrews sits in the smoking room contemplating the disaster and the life he's leaving behind.

A war photographer in the Vietnam War is confronted when she finds the last shot may not be her own.

A boy walks by the city. Suddenly, he feels the presence of a dark character who begins to pursue him. While he escapes, his perception of the context distorts and the thin line between reality and fantasy begins to become blurred.

Florence, 17, is confident and in control of her life. One day, her best friend Alex confides in her. He suspects his father of having an affair. Florence decides to test the older man. For the first time, her confidence is shaken.