All Films

The End

2017 • 17 min • Hong Kong

Life and death are decreed by fate, so the wisdom goes—but who really controls our first and last breath? When we are vulnerable, is the omniscient and omnipotent Heavenly Father the only refuge? The pastor’s wife is terminally ill. By her death bed is the devoted younger son who wishes to minimize her suffering by withholding life support so that she can leave in peace. The pastor, however, insists on obeying the doctrines and God’s will. As signs of impending death approach, is the pastor simply waiting for a miracle? A difficult debate ensues when love for the family conflicts with religious obligations.

Machine for Living - Créteil

2017 • 4 min • Canada

Machine for Living is a project elaborated in the context of a 9 month residency at Château Ephémère (Carrière-sous-Poissy, France). The video series investigates the architecture of the new towns (Villes nouvelles) and brutalist habitation buildings in the surroundings of Paris. Cities such as Noisy-le-Grand, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Créteil, Grigny, Cergy-Pontoise, Nanterre and Ivry-sur-Seine were at the center of my research.

Césaire contre Aragon

2017 • 52 min • France

The Second Bullet

2017 • 19 min • Azerbaijan

In a remote Azerbaijani village, things take a turn for the worse on the wedding night when the firing of a gun, a local tradition, doesn't go according to plan.

Sjaaks vrouw is dood dus hij moet iets zeggen

2017 • 12 min • Netherlands

Freight Train: Slayer of Innocence

2017 • 43 min • United States of America

This documentary details the investigations into the disappearances and murders of several young boys throughout the Midwest in the 1970s. Detectives conducted a nine-day, twenty-four-hour surveillance of a suspect for several hundred miles with a team of police officers from several agencies. With William 'Freight Train' Guatney in custody the kidnappings and murders of young boys stopped.

Kirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby

2017 • 55 min • France

Black Panther, the Avengers, Hulk, Fantastic Four, The X-Men, Thor, Iron Man - to name only some of the best known super-heroes created in the 1960s by comic book artist Jack Kirby, the super heroes which today, dominate the world wide blockbuster box office cinema. This documentary mixed with CGI form his work examines Jack Kirby’s comics through his experience as a young American soldier in WWII France. How did this terrifying experience inspire him to create Captain America, and so many others characters as the war came to a close?

ParTy Boi: Black Diamonds in Ice Castles

2017 • 58 min • United States of America

A documentary focusing on the effects of crystal meth addiction in LGBTQ communities of color. Featuring real stories of real people who are dealing with and surviving crystal meth addiction. A riveting film to captivate and bring awareness to all audiences and change the perception of the 'Party & Play' lifestyle within the inner city demographic of LGBTQ people of color.

Kajaani

2017 • 21 min

After several years in France, Juho and Anna go back to see their sick father. Juho fears this travel, he did not see him since 15 years and fears what he is going to find.

Apple Whiskey

2017 • 11 min

Tension arises after three old high school friends catch up over a bottle of apple whiskey.

Blue Summer Symphony

2017 • 29 min • Germany

A public pool, a sociotope. A scene of daydreaming and gentle snoozing. It is a place where everything is fine, or at least it feels like it. The smell of summer is in the air. In the tightest of spaces many half-naked people share an afternoon, some hours with each other while time flies by so quickly. The madness of everyday life.

Down Below

2017 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Refugees in a post-apocalyptic future, two sisters must make the ultimate decision: one or both will die.

Nova

2017 • 5 min • South Africa

A beautiful starlet that awakens the spirit of a Terran boy with her stellar charms!

Night Ride

2017 • 12 min • United States of America

Out in the sticks, a young drifter goes wandering where he oughtn't. When a mysterious car appears, he exhibits more lust than sense and steps right into the web of a demonic Black Widow Queen. She'll leave him buried in the ground by day while she livesa normal life in the city. By night she returns to unearth him, to wake him from his eternal daze and toss him into the backseat ofa "ghost car" that car drives itself. The windows fog up and the lovers drift off into a smoky in-between place, where she takes on monstrously sensual new forms with which to devour him.

The Less Fortunate

2017 • 12 min • Sweden

A 10-year-old girl discovers that her privileged life may have something to do with the reason she doesn’t have any siblings.

Perros de luna

2017 • 9 min

It does not matter the sex of those who love each other, or so Gonzalo thinks. He is in love with Enrique and wants him to join his struggle to change the society that prevents them from living their love freely. Based in «El Público» of Lorca.

Frostbite

2017 • 3 min

An 1890s monster hunter finds an elusive and dangerous creature in the snowy wilderness.

Maíz Suprême

2017 • 14 min • Mexico

Julian dreams of becoming a chef while working in his father's auto repair shop. When he finds out about a cooking competition that awards the winner a full scholarship to culinary school, he jumps at the chance with the encouragement of his grandma and despite his father's disapproval.

A House in the Countryside

2017 • 10 min • Spain

Jorge’s casual encounter with a unknown neighbor reveals that the walls of his house are thinner than he thinks.

The Colour Out of Space

2017 • 5 min

A meteorite, strange vegetation, a colour: an experimental take on H.P. Lovecraft's spiral into madness, shot with a vintage camera on truly unique LomoChrome 16mm film.

My Father's Tools

2017 • 7 min • Canada

A documentary about Steven Jerome showing the traditional art of basket making.

Alleycats

2017 • 7 min • Spain

Nail, the last surviving warrior of the Siamese clan, breaks into enemy territory with only one goal on his mind: avenging his father’s death.

Benny Got Shot

2017 • 20 min • United States of America

When Naomi, a young autopsy assistant at the LA County Coroner's office, realizes her brother has gone missing on the night of a police shooting, she is forced to confront her worst fear, that his body may be in the morgue.

In the Deathroom

2017 • 12 min • Canada

Based on the Stephen King short story of the same name, IN THE DEATHROOM takes place in the not-so-distant future, when "enhanced interrogation" is primetime entertainment.