Off the Page: Groove Is in the Heart

A loner meets a woman outside a party, forming a connection in an instant. A classic & lyrical love-tale with a bitter-sweet twist, I Heard the Mermaids Singing is a short-film adaptation of a play written by Michael Shurtleff.

1819. A shipwreck-survivor, the Navigator, encounters an Old Knight who recounts his tale: Long ago, the Knight fell in love with a mysterious Lady. But in a dream he saw her true form and begged his release. Awoken and alone, he realized his failure. Thus he has waited, kept alive for centuries by his regret. Based on the John Keats poem of the same name.

A man at the end of his rope, gets carjacked by 2 addicts and goes on a surreal journey.

The bobbed-head Ryoko is a shy middle school student. She has been living with her dad, just the 2 of them ever since her mother died of an illness. It was in this Aizawa household that 3 months ago, suddenly, that the Kansai dialect wielding Michiko with her hair fastened tightly above her head came in. This is the story of amber of the three whom were like a family and yet not.

A scheming office janitor devises a plan to have her husband steal from the safe in the president's office. Hiroyuki Nakao directs.

In the eighteenth century the mystical midnight hour disappeared and the modern night was born. We now aim to keep sleep at an efficient minimum, but experiments show that we quickly return to the old sleep pattern if given the opportunity. So what is the 'natural' way to sleep?

Celie has already booked a time for abortion when she tells her boyfriend that she is pregnant.

Johannes is 11 years old and dreams of a rope blocking his and his friend's way when they are on their way home from school. When he grabs the rope, he realizes that it is "something dangerous going on". A huge spider pops up and chases the kids, who are eventually saved by a heroic old woman.

Pentimento

When Ty makes the biggest mistake of his life, will it be possible to fix it? Or will he be forced to finally accepted the consequences of his action?

Set within the embrace of an intimate group of friends in college, Ace follows the emotional journey of a shy newcomer who discovers an attraction to longstanding group-member Z that he can neither ignore nor fully embrace. As the connection between Ace and Z intensifies, so to does the silence that both illuminates their fears and fuels their insecurities. Though the attraction between them appears unmistakable, their inability to acknowledge and express their feelings for each other openly threatens to sever the powerful bond that draws them instinctively to each other.

Conséquent

Itsuki, a young director, begins making a film with a homeless girl she meets one day as the protagonist. However, this leads her to confront the distorted reality that she had been pretending not to notice.

The documentary sheds light on the lives of children who suffered physical and psychological trauma due to the terrorist attacks by Armenia on the eve of the Second Karabakh War.

María lost her husband in the cristero civil war. Her son Benito and a spanish priest are her only support. The loss of a minor puts María on alert.

A psychological drama about sixteen year old Cassie who starts believing she has the ability to see visions of the future.

Sometime in the future: Amy and Christophe are a couple living in a functional and materialistic world. When their android "daughter" has to be shut down due to technical problems, Amy seeks an unconventional way to overcome her grief. A gripping science fiction short film by Swiss director Luc Walpoth. Amy cannot accept that her android "daughter" has technical problems and has to be shut down. Her husband Christophe promises her a new child. But in a moment of rashness, Amy picks up the human child Sophie from the street, thereby upsetting the strictly segregated social order.

In the off-season British seaside town of Black Shore, Ben's world is turned upside down when his wife, Holly, mysteriously disappears.

A Theatre Company prepares for season previews under a manipulative Director, whose fanatical tactics blur the line between illusion and reality.

A 23-year-old revisits the family car he grew up with to experience the thrill of childhood again...