Tokyo Blood

Inundated by the relentless, breakneck pace of Seoul, a weary woman seeks to anesthetize her misery with alcohol and partying. Longing to break free, she will have to take a leap of faith to find solace and serenity.

All she knows comes from the screens. All she has known is the screens. A screen breaks and everything changes.

In a community where residents pay for access to sunlight, a father goes to extreme lengths to support his daughter’s entry in a school competition to grow sunflowers.

An impromptu singing contest at a dive bar turns a lonely night into a soul-baring moment of shared harmony.

A coming-of-age story about the first time you act against your true nature. Inspired by the old wives tale - eating the bread crusts makes your hair go curly - Paris explores and her relationship with her crusts, her best friend, and her hair.

A young mariachi faces his first performance alone but discovers his brother has always been by his side.

A broadcaster goes on the air for one last time.

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

A wordless vacation on a catamaran between a Father and his Son, where the Captain sails the boat while they both relax.

A lensless exploration of hair on 35mm film.

How do you entertain yourself while entertaining others? A short documentary about a nighttime projectionist passing the time.

A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see life through rose-colored glasses, but he has to pay a price for his success.

A mother and daughter murder their wealthy grandmother, but they get more than what they bargained for.

A collection of three short films by Japanese visual genius Sogo Ishii. Each short focuses on the protagonists running away from a threat.

An executive recalls how he may have ended up going from his golf game to an autopsy room.

"The acid soil of New England, its wide stretches of hardwoods, its numerous sugar maples, its rolling or mountainous character, the sunshine of its autumn weather, all these contribute to the glory of this annual display. The birches of Maine the aspens of the White Mountains, the sugar Maples of Vermont, the long rainbow of the Connecticut River Valley cutting from top to bottom through New England, the Berkshires - mention these to anyone who has traveled widely through a New England fall and you will evoke instant memories of superlative beauty." -Edwin Way Teale, Autumn across America, 1956

The sun rises over the tide pools of coastal Maine.

Somewhere between the mountains and valleys a small autumn flower bloomed.

In a darkened booth high above the audience, a lone projectionist threads reels of 35mm film through a machine older than many who come to watch. The Man in the Upper Room is a one-day documentary that captures the sacred solitude of one of cinema’s last keepers. Shot in a single 24-hour period, the film is both a portrait and a meditation: on ritual, on the fragility of tradition, and on the quiet hands that keep the magic alive. As theaters shutter and celluloid vanishes, this intimate story asks a simple question: why does it still matter to gather in the dark and let light tell us who we are?

A previously lost political satire animation about Arturo Alessandri, the recently elect president of Chile at that time.