When a French speaking Canadian couple hire a Russian speaking male prostitute for a ménage-à-trois to spice up their sex lives, the results are not as they expected.
Unable to sleep, Adam decides to spend the night working. A woman calls out to him from the kitchen, but he finds no one there. Has his life become a twisted dream? A strong vision drives this story about an inner reflection, one that forces the protagonist’s insomnia. In the charged atmosphere of night, we are never quite sure if we have also plunged into his twisted dream.
They meet. It's Cute. Then it's not.
She thinks he is cheating. In reality he is not, he is in love with his partner. She suffers from sleepwalking... he tries to create a comfortable atmosphere, tries to protect her and prevent harm. She does not remember anything from the night. During the day they are like two strangers, they argue and avoid each other. In the last scene, she reacts annoyed at the touch of his hand... but he remains there still, unmoved, saying nothing and accepting.
This short piece by Athina Rachel Tsangari, commissioned for the seventieth edition of the Venice Film Festival in 2013, draws on Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt" and functions as a meditation on the state of cinema, depicting two film projectors contemplating the uncertainty of their future.
2018 short film by Patrick Bokanowski
The Water Nymph stars Debbie D and Laura Giglio. Debbie is investigating the disappearance of her friend and she learns too late that Laura is responsible. The two women fight to the death!
An Irish story about tragic final day of a young mother addicted to heroin, seen through the idealistic eyes of her eight year old daughter.
In Vancouver, British Columbia, two teenagers attempt to create a feature length documentary about their lives. The main character James (played by himself) becomes obsessed with the project and is pushed into a more introverted, lonely existence. His best friend Quinn (played by himself) sets out to help him, but is met with the real answer as to why James is keeping himself inside: the rejection of what he thinks is the love of his life. The two of them go their separate ways, with James going deeper into a depression he’s not sure he can escape from.
A deceased filmmaker experiences a posthumous dream in which he attempts to reunite with his wife. (Homage to Italian film director Federico Fellini in the year of the centennial celebration of his birth.)
Flora & Fauna embraces the dark charms of nature. Rich, colourful close-ups of flowers, leaves, ants, spiders, and inchworms blend into the silent mystique of water and woods.
This film is an in-camera portrait of the place Ville Marie Royal Bank Building in Montréal.
Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin informing her that the mother she has brushed aside, has died. As the only "son", she feels obligated to return to her birthplace for the sake of her family, even though she'll have to hide her true self from those that once shared her past.
A black-and-white short film made in collaboration with Sarah Davachi.
A deadpan comedy of the absurd machinations of the rock and roll naming game.
A short film about a smooch.
On a night like any other, the lonely Lucas casually meets Patricia Gennice, the most gorgeous girl in town, and she invites him to come to her house for a date in one hour. From then on, everything will go wrong for Lucas on his way to Patricia's place: he is robbed, kidnapped, threatened, tortured, sees angels and demons, and worst of all: he finds himself without condoms!
A young woman hangs an old mirror in her apartment, unaware of its dark history. Soon, dreams and reality begin to blend... and something is lurking in the shadows.
Increased level of fear, six colliding stories, one roller coaster ride of emotions and terror. What would you do if you caught your significant other in the act or was face to face with your abductors? With twists and turns at every corner you will have the ride of your life on this journey. A journey where you will be dying to find out the unknown. Where curiosity kills the cat and a seductive mistake can be your last. What level are you?
Shannon Daly receives a mysterious gift in the mail on her birthday. Only to find out her birthday this year isn't going to be as boring as she thought.