SELF+TAPE

The 8th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Fictionalised documentary about Emile Reynau who invented the praxinoscope and its system of central mirrors. He then projects his paper strips into the projection praxinoscope before creating the Théâtre Optique, presented at the Musée Grévin. The perforated strips are fragile and often break. The show is cancelled. Reynaud tries to apply photography to his praxinoscope, but without success. Desperate and ruined, he throws his strips into the Seine. Only two survived.

Jordageddon

On August 5, 2023, auditions were held for the independent produced horror film entitled “Her Nightmare” — the story of a young couple who come to realize that their dream house is haunted. Alas, the film was never produced. Casting director Roger Ehren invited several actors to audition for the roles, and made a conscious decision to have the actors read all of the key narrative scenes in the screenplay. This allows for a reconstruction of the film, suggesting what it might have been.

A group of three girls meet up after not seeing each other throughout summer break, but one comes back ‘different’. This short film explores breaking away from social expectations and expressing yourself unapologetically.

The 2nd short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. In the 18th and 19th centuries, optical views were shown in optical boxes with magnifying lenses. The showmen organised a real spectacle, with a barker, music and sound effects. The views played with light (transparencies, perforations). A series of engravings shows the public's enthusiasm for these shows. The second part of the film is a reconstruction of such a show. First, there are views of Paris, Venice, Constantinople and Versailles, followed by various disasters: plague, floods, fires and shipwrecks.

Radiostilte

Doina, a 12-year-old girl, has her first period on the day her grandma has a stroke. Since then, their roles are inverted and Doina has to learn how to deal with the challenges of adulthood.

Short film about a woman and a man

The 6th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Featuring demonstrations of magic lanterns by children.

Struggling with the loss of her husband, a widow processes her grief by searching for him amidst the cosmos.

Vento evolves around an F1 Rookie who needs to win a race for his father who had died not long before the race.

Miriam, a 13-year-old teenager, will do whatever it takes to attend a party, even if that means risking her little brother's life.

Noé receives a call announcing that they have found a woman who is most likely his daughter who disappeared 15 years ago.

Following the death of her estranged grandmother, a young girl witnesses the long-repressed hatred and pain within her family. Once they all gather for the funeral, emotionally triggered by the recent loss, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

An odd young woman paralyzed by severe OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), discovers dance as way to deal with her rituals.

Emma is addicted to chewing gum and in the middle of puberty, but doesn't really want to admit it. She doesn't want to do anything with her sandpit friend Lasse other than swinging, playing with her father's railroad world and chewing gum - nothing should change. But Lasse suddenly has a girlfriend and, even worse, he's also interested in sex.

A modern reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."

Buildings are not supposed to move. But on Avenida Libertador 2050, a building moves and the ceiling shivers, causing a strange nausea that devours its residents. Those who live on the top are afraid they’ll fall, the ones who live beneath are afraid they’ll drown.

A coming-of-age story of a teenage boy getting a new outlook in his life after he has a sudden encounter with his estranged father for the first time.

An anthropomorphic rabbit struggles to find peace and relaxation at home. These attempts are thwarted by a destructive shoulder devil, who takes glee in ruining any chance of tranquillity.