Leo's dreams of being an international drag superstar are hard fought working in a fish cannery in Alaska.
Marco is a small town 20-year-old going to college in bustling Manhattan. When he returns to his rural home for the summer, Marco reunites with his best friends at a midnight pool party with intentions to tell them he is gay. But as he tries to hold his ground, an unexpected guest to the party, coupled with an approaching storm, compromise everything Marco anticipated the night to be.
When casual hook-ups become too debilitating, a man suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder seeks out different ways to purge himself of the consequences of the night before.
A VR film about the Betty and Barnet abduction
In light of recent events, a young man must take action to protect his little sister from a tragic truth.
This short film tells the story of a childhood, of a friendship and of growing up. A young man returns to the village where he grew up and discovers that both he and the place have changed. Yet, he soon finds himself immersed in his memories.
One night, university student Souta meets a girl he has never met before. Yuki, who claims to have been saved by Souta in the past, seems to know nothing about outside world, from shopping to holding a fork. There is also something curious about her. She is extremely afraid of getting her skin touched. The curious life of the strange girl changes little by little. There are men who seek to capture Yuki. It is said that Yuki has a power which holds the fate of the world, and they want her to sacrifice herself for the world. What is the power within Yuki? Why does she refuse to be touched? At last, Yuki reveals to Souta her hidden truth.
Fed up with her 'lame duck' status, The Upstart decides to face The Patriarch in a 1940's feminist throw-down.
Through these portraits, we wish to question the model of the nuclear family and take a plural look at family realities. Focusing sometimes on the point of view of the parents, sometimes on that of the children, the seven short films of this series address family tensions, the unspoken, the implications of divorce and coming out, but also the possibilities of reconciliation. and the love that manifests, often awkwardly.
Leela's mother tries to coerce her into a gender stereotype, while Leela thinks only of leaving home to study in Toronto with her lover. Taking up the codes of Bollywood, Becoming Leela is above all a quest for freedom.
This is not a pipe, it is adolescence in the feminine with its ambiguities, its whims, its desires, its impulses and above all, its very very expensive (and enormous) libido.
Exploring the conflicts that inhabit individuals who experience immigration, Nana is a film about origins.
Munted is an unusual, multi-award winning, short film about an accusation of pedophilia and its terrible consequences. Set in 1961 in a remote rural community, it tells the story of a ten-year old girl and her friendship with a brain damaged artist. Told through erosions between film and drawing the film is a lyrical and brutal account of the cost of rumour and prejudice.
Η αλήθεια για τα παιδιά της Ελλάδας
Experimental short film that explores the feelings of 17-year-old Li Xia who searches for purpose and intimacy while trapped in Diyu, or "hell" in Chinese mythology.
A short film about women who is comfortable in their role as victims.
16 year old, Noam, auditions for a school play despite his parents disapproval. From the moment he steps onto the back stage of the theatre, he falls in love. He falls in love with its lights, colors, sounds and its sense of freedom. Above all, he falls in love with Shay, who is also competing for the main role.
It is the early 1980's. Ten-year-old Rasmus is tired of his parents never listening to him and decides to run away from home. But before leaving he records a cassette tape with different advice on how to handle life. His mother is pregnant and he plans to leave the tape for his unborn brother.
The Roadside Motel is Dorothy's whole world. It is both her haven and her prison, a whiskey-yellow fantasy where nothing changes and everything is familiar. Her job as a cleaner allows her unlimited assess to the lives of the guests. She steals pieces of the outside world from them, creating a window of escape out of the broken, used and discarded objects that get left behind. A flash of red, a pair of wonderful stilettos, has the power to change everything. Marie has come to the Roadside motel. Dorothy is a story about two women struggling to between different stages of their lives. It is a quiet film, visually sensual, that explores the hard edge of fantasy and womanhood and the inevitability of change.
A comedy about love and self-discovery.