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Young, narcissistic writer Noah falls head over heels for Carrie, an exuberant singer/songwriter. Proof of concept for a feature length film.
Apr 2026
At the last payphone in New York, deep in a subway station, a young woman is forced by her captor to call her father for a half-million-dollar ransom.
parker and jacob devise a plan to play at the starkville weiner derby
Zhang Juzheng, a play written by Xiong Zhaozheng, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, and co-directed by Feng Yuanzheng and Yan Rui, adopts an alternating dual narrative of reality and unreality to depict the inner journey of Zhang Juzheng, grand secretary of the Ming Dynasty, during his reforms. From the mortal world to the wider realm, from the rivers and lakes to the imperial court, dramatic conflict runs throughout the work, which, amid echoes of history, inquires into the fate and aspirations of the reformer.On stage, three dragon thrones of different sizes and eight red pillars form a freehand stage design. The cinematic theatre production uses distinctive narrative shots to capture the cast’s delicate and precise performances, fully amplifying the stage audio-visual effects and creating a beauty of oriental artistic conception.
Created in 48 hours, a group of friends have their pregame interrupted by a mysterious portal.
is it experimental? number 3 uses repetition and photographs of the artist’s chaotic and cramped production environment to expose the working conditions that plague experimental filmmakers without access to a professional studio or equipment. The repeated phrase “I can’t work like this” is true, in that the lack of time and resources can indeed limit creativity, but also tongue in cheek, as Pelling and many other artists in a similar position continue to produce important and relevant film and video works under these constraints.
In a brave effort to reconnect with her family, a Canadian filmmaker returns to her ancestral home of Guadeloupe to discover families torn apart over land inheritance—a relic of French colonial legacy that continues to fracture Guadeloupean families today.
Aurora’s home is invaded by a mysterious, destructive presence.
On a sunny day in the Efteling, the cousins decide to visit Land van Laaf. What at first appears to be an idyllic community, where simplicity and family take center stage, soon transforms into a disturbing prison. Gradually, the cousins are drawn into the dark spiral of the story of the People of Laaf. Escape seems increasingly out of reach.
May 2026
Haunted by her late mother's praise of her smooth skin, Chikana hits 30 and concocts an absurd way to stop her wrinkles in their tracks.
This film examines stewardship across four of Florida’s 47 National Historic Landmarks: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park in Cross Creek, Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Fort Barrancas in Pensacola, and the Norman Film Studios in Jacksonville. Each site operates under a different stewardship model and represents a distinct chapter in Florida’s cultural heritage. Together, they pose a central question in the field of historic preservation: what does it take to protect the places that define us, and what happens when that work goes unfinished?
An emotionally repressed columnist, who is trapped in a cycle of disastrous dates and an oppressive job, meets a mysterious man who urges her to embrace chaos and break free.
In the face of climate calamity, villagers in Pakistan perform a sacred ecological tradition, "marrying" two types of ice to produce a "glacier child."
Luis and Chema are going to buy some drugs to get rid of a debt. The transaction with Jose, the drug dealer, is cut short by an impulse of violence in which they end up stealing the stash. Jose, who cannot afford to lose the pack, will hunt them down. In the final moments, Luis and Chema will have to face their own decisions.
Two friends enter a local filmmaking competition to try and settle their debts.
When her husband chooses to stop treatment, a grieving woman leans on dance to survive the silence, while her daughter struggles to bridge the gulf between denial and acceptance.