Connections

The Sound of Music engages with the deep-rooted sexual and class-based politics of a seemingly arbitrary and violent culture.

Two kids research Nouvelle Vague for a school project.

An autistic child's first day in a new school.

A short Avant-Garde experimental film

Allegro ma non troppo

An adult going through a period of reevaluation analyzes his past life. The film is a sentimental journey into the world of emotions.

Original animated film made for the International Chopin Year. The soundtrack consists of Fryderyk Chopin's music performed by Justyna Steczkowska, Tomasz Stańko and Michał Urbaniak. The author rejects the pompous, exalted, pathos-laden, obligatory admiration that paralyses the possibility of hearing Chopin's music in a fresh way.

In the Stillness of the Night

A college freshman ends up stuck at a party and reconnects with someone important from her past.

This short probes the taboos around a very particular second-hand trauma, leading us to a more universal understanding of human experience.

Kuo Hsiang (Kaori), daughter of a tea merchant in 1947 Twatiutia, appears in 2014 modern Taipei. Having no idea what brought her here, Kaori only knows that it is the day when Guangdong Yi-Jen Yuan Chinese Opera Troupe reunited for a local Chinese Opera in Yung-Le-Tso Theatre after Taiwan Restoration.

The Guest is a modern dark fable starring Olivia Williams (Rushmore, Sixth Sense, An Education) and with an original score by Tom Hobden of Noah and the Whale. A graduate, Matthieu, turns up to his old professor's dinner party to discover he is the only guest. Marguerite, the professor's wife, ignores her husband in favour of devoting her full attention to Matthieu. As the evening progresses it becomes clear the couple are concealing a dark secret. Matthieu's curiosity gets the better of him.

After a man dons a pair of fake vampire teeth for a Halloween party, he soon comes to find that he can't take them off again.

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.

When a hungry Astronomer falls asleep while working on a problem, he discovers a solution not in outer space but in the surreal food-chain of his subconscious mind.

Two salesmen arrive at an old woman's house to offer her a great deal.

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.

2018 short film by Patrick Bokanowski

An interracial couple fights against all odds to protect their son in a new dystopian nation divided by race.