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The Taoyuan Aerotropolis project, located in the ocean, has witnessed the changes in Taiwan's military and economy from the post-war period to the present. Using the methodology of "historical image action," we spanned five years to witness the last glimpse of the memory of the homeland being razed to the ground, as well as the feelings of the relocated people as they built their homes and returned to their new homes.
A short film by Leo Lunger
Artist Alexander Carey-Morgan buries himself within 572KG of clay for three consecutive days in the performance piece ‘To the Horizon and Back’.
A wicked tree terrorizes passersby, and there's only one man capable of ending its bloody killing spree.
The team investigates disturbing reports of aggressive mutant sharks in the Marshall Islands, exploring whether the region's atomic past is to blame.
Josh Gates explores Scotland's Stronsay Beast, the earliest known shark attack and how the USS Indianapolis led to history's deadliest attack.
On July 4th, two young women finally find themselves alone beneath the glow of fireworks and string lights. What begins as an ordinary evening of shared silences, stolen glances and unfinished conversations slowly becomes a turning point, forcing them to confront the feelings they've both hidden for far too long. As dawn approaches and life threatens to pull them in opposite directions, they must decide whether some connections are meant to remain beautiful memories or whether love is worth the risk of changing everything.
Haunted by her best friend’s recurring presence, Ivy begins to question whether the strange events around her are real or part of an endless cycle she cannot escape.
Role Models follows Sophie, Erin and Fletch as they spend the day recovering from a part from the night before. Erin who ruined the party by letting it slip that the birthday girl cheated on her boyfriend. Spends the day on the couch thinking about what she’s done, out of pity fletch offers to go to the shops for her which is. Decision he would soon regret. On the flip side of all of this Sophie spends the day setting up to do a dj set at what she presumes is a night club as she arrives it soon becomes clear she’s made a mistake
A pro-life senator must confront the true cost of his beliefs.
After declaring I'd given up on love, I spent the fall traveling alone—going on a 2 week road trip, navigating work travel, and dancing in between.
On a moonlit night, a woman unjustly condemned returns as a dark tale of vengeance, altering the fate of a quiet village.
As a boy, he witnessed his father’s murder at the hands of a gun-wielding demon - trauma that ignited a burning desire for justice. As a man, he now struggles to walk the razor’s edge between justice and vengeance. In a neon-lit city’s dark criminal underbelly, his path of destruction begins to spiral out of control, with cash piling higher than the mountain of bodies left in his wake. But when the long-awaited confrontation arrives, the stakes shift — A snake lunges at its prey only to bite its own tail.
A poetic film following internationally recognised multi-Indigenous DJ Lady Shaka as she transforms club spaces into sites of resistance, connection, and cultural reclamation. Through music, movement, and community, she celebrates Pacific identity and turns the dance floor into a living expression of resilience and belonging.
Jaime, a master pyrotechnician from Valle de Santiago, Mexico, tells us how he decided to dedicate his life to pyrotechnics and how this tradition is kept alive throughout generations, despite the risks, adversities and accidents he and his family had suffered.
This is my third and final short film to my Fyrhtu Unkent (2026) trilogy, this final instalment taking place multiple years later and expanding whilst introducing new themes to the franchises overall meaning of the feeling of loneliness being lost and then the concept of acceptance of grief in a mental hell on Earth.
Kherson — a city scarred by occupation and liberation — continues to live under daily attacks, just a river away from the front lines. Eternity and a Day is an intimate portrait of artists who choose to stay and keep their theater alive. When filming began in the summer of 2023, the theater's windows were still intact. By the end, missile attacks had destroyed them all. The stage, however, remained lit.
