Highs

Inspired by true events, Kotti is a short comedy about a bunch of misfits whose fight for justice captured the hearts of the nation. It is a story of unlikely friendships and the power of community to triumph over prejudice and oppression.

At the identification of a dead body, a couple and a morgue employee both claim to be related to the deceased, and therefore the rightful recipient of an indemnity of at least 520,000.

Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession.

Sebastian is a wealthy young man. He finds out he has a flat tire and ends up accepting help from a Gypsy passer by. In return Sebastian will have to give him a ride home - but they won't reach their expected destination.

Gladys falls for a prizefighter who has invited his entire hometown to watch his fight in New York City. However, he gets crazy jealous when he sees Gladys at the fight sitting next to Jimmy. After the bout is over, he sets out for the hotel to teach Jimmy a lesson.

Series of narrative events, stories if you like, but so clustered visually as to have a center so to speak, slightly off center.

On Josh and Greg's first date, they quickly realize that the generational divide between them is the least of their worries.

The following films were all made in 1976. I do not wish to describe them. —SB "Two portrait sketches and two nondescript."

Captain Hook steals Cubby's pet goldfish, Gilly. Screened as a 4-minute short film in front of international prints of Winnie the Pooh (2011).

We flirt with our bodies and faces. TRUST creates a playful variation of the classical initial contact of heterosexual Europeans. A creative man courts a woman with long hair. Would you do the same in this situation?

In 18th Century England, seasoned cook, Ludmilla, labors passionately to prepare a bountiful feast for her mistress, Lady Sigrid. All appears exceptional and delectable until Lady Sigrid enters the kitchen in fierce exasperation. Lady Sigrid accuses Ludmilla of preparing the wrong main course: a roast hog instead of a roast swan. Before Ludmilla is able to explain herself, Lady Sigrid begins to berate Ludmilla, assaulting her with words and then food until finally the cook reaches her breaking point and returns blow for blow in a violent clash of fists and fine cuisine.

A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.

Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.

A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.

Jackpot

Documentary about the special friendship between the 72-year-old music machine collector Johann Bartisch and the 12-year-old farm boy Gerd from the village of Arnsgereuth. As a child, the Romanian Johann played "O sole mio" on the piano while his brother accompanied him on the violin. Even then, he was fascinated by the music machines that could be found at fairgrounds, in cinemas and on trains. As an adult, Johann began his passion for collecting in Bucharest, rescuing self-playing instruments from barns, cellars or even garbage dumps. With great attention to detail, Johann restores his found treasures in his 250-year-old schoolhouse in the village of Arnsgereuth.

In continuous motion with no end or barrier in its way.

A French short film

Left alone in a magnificent mansion after the forgetful owner goes on vacation, a plumber contacts his high school crush, knowing she's always been a "gold-digger."

With the end of the world fast approaching, an aging magician realizes one last feat of magic is required of him.