A drama about a group of people stranded at an old wartime guesthouse during a flood. One guest announces that he has the power to "decreate" people and is asked to demonstrate. From an original story by Harry Farjeon.
Valentino wanders through the city like an apparition, ensnared in the liminal space between nostalgia and departure. His camera fragments reality into vestiges of a nation that still lays claim to him. Spaces where memory murmurs unfulfilled promises. In a discourse that transcends mere conversation, words entwine with eloquent silences and in that fleeting exchange, the inevitable emerges: farewells foretold, inscribed before they are ever uttered.
Hijinks ensue when The Girlies are forced to face the unexpected.
An aging South Asian man remembers the words his Tata shared with him as a boy at his father’s Shraddha ceremony.
A portal, a sorceress, a fictional device to portray existence as a moment encapsulated inside an instantaneous photograph to present fragmented biographical elements —family disintegration, rootlessness, scars, two loyal companions, the promises of a new land—subverting the notion of a home-movie and transform it into a pilgrimage tool of self-discovery, mirroring the fragile nature of memories.
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
For as long as she remembers, Francisca lives with an inexplicable and uncontrollable aversion to belly buttons. Nothing makes her more anxious than this simple part of the body and the shapes in the world that resemble it. When therapy isn't enough to solve her cherished phobia , Francisca turns to other types of methods - without any scientific basis and not recommended for anyone who suffers from the same condition.
Wally was born poor, but his buddy Dave chose this life. Wally wants to make an impression and move up in society, while Dave is content where he is. As Wally finds ways to scheme money, Dave teaches him the true ways of a bum life.
When LILA suspects her situationship's life might be in danger, she’s reluctant to go the cops because of their precarious relationship status and is forced to take matters into her own hands.
A 16mm silent short made for a class at Mono No Aware in Brooklyn, NYC.
The 1974 coup d'état set in motion a revolutionary process in which the radical transformation of the relationships that had previously existed within the family, in the workplace, and throughout society has never allowed for a return to the past.
A filmmaker revisits her childhood, interweaving 16mm vignettes and her old child services documents, uncovering the truth she couldn't voice as a child.
Hercules travels by bicycle from Krefeld on the Lower Rhine to Olympus, the throne of ancient deities. The Hercules myth, as a primal myth of male power, is questioned through biographical reflections and the staging of mythological echoes. The dramaturgical structure of the hero's journey disintegrates in a multi-material perspective into questions about male identity, ideals and remorse.
Him – Her – and what’s in between. A short experimental silent fiction film shot entirely on 16mm BW and colour film made in the tradition of classic silent-era filmmaking.
A triple exposure on EXR 50D 16mm film: two layers shot in summer, and the third captured on the cusp of winter. A collection of statues fading in and out of consciousness, around the Weissensee lake in northeast Berlin, where the filmmaker lives.
The director offers a rare glimpse of the actor and fashion muse Chloë Sevigny in the late 90s when she as an emerging ingénue. Shot on 16mm black and white, Sevigny plays air guitar and dress-up in a film that beautifully captures the spirit of the time.
Using poetry, interviews with psychologists and survivors, and corporeal imagery, Broca is an experimental documentary hybrid that explores how the mind-body connection is altered after trauma. The Broca’s Area in the brain is involved primarily in speech production. During a traumatic event or when trying to recall a traumatic event, this area shuts down. This makes it harder for a survivor to talk about what’s happened. Our project is an experimental documentary hybrid that offers a platform for survivors to tell their stories both verbally and non-verbally.
Louis Friedman, a gay man reeling from a bad break-up, wants to know what the ugliest part of himself is. One day, a strange woman arrives and shows him.
An orphan girl chooses an old book from a box of donated charity items. In this book, she reads a story that she makes her own. When she collides with an old man, the story comes to life.
Featuring indigenous women of various generations, Pidikwe integrates traditional and contemporary dance in an audiovisual whirlwind that straddles the border between film and performance, somewhere between the past and the future.