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Jul 2026
Animal Studies relates to and overlaps the Short Film Series, which I began in 1975. The beauty of working in a series is its flexibility; films can be added to or dropped, the order and manner of projection can be varied. Each film is like a brick, insignificant in itself, but can be combined into all kinds of structures. My filmic interest in animals is that they are unselfconscious, authentic, and can’t act. (EXiS — Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, 2026)
Far from home for the first time, a young Jeffrey is swallowed by an ache of loneliness from a campus that doesn't yet feel like home. Easton, an upperclassman, decides he's worth looking after. Slowly, Jeffrey begins the hard work of grappling with what's been weighing on him, one step at a time.
the woods are wordless, the eye is magic. night becomes spiral dancers
Super8, silent.
Jun 2026
Dying Napoleon, review his life for the last time. He starts right at his birth on Corsica, through battles in Europe, ending on exile to Saint Helena Island
Aug 2026
When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, the Founders – many of whom were slaveholders – declared: “all men are created equal.” As their aspirational words and ideals of freedom were signed into existence and spread throughout the colonies, Black people recognized that these ideas included them. DECLARATIONS: BLACK AMERICANS AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR examines how they fought for these tenets of democracy for themselves, their families, and their communities. The film features insights from historians and scholars including Leslie Alexander, Danielle Allen, Edward Ayers, Christopher L. Brown, Woody Holton, and others.
An emotional journey of a teenage boy asking God to liberate him from his self-inflicted downfall.
What is the purpose of a song? What is the purpose of sharing an emotion? In these chaotic and indifferent times, marked by the anguish of war, uncertainty and the challenges of the near future, exploring our emotions, our vulnerabilities and fears, and trying to share them with someone, is still a revolutionary act that helps us rediscover that sense of humanity we seem to have lost.
A man falls into a void and must return to the light.
In a seaside town, a group of young skateboarders finds themselves in a feud with a neighbor when their local skatepark is threatened with closure.
As Ella and Mara grow closer through conversations that seem suspended in time, drift apart, find each other again, and eventually separate, Ella embarks on a surreal journey through the night. She drifts through a party, perceiving colors surrounding the people around her. The colors of the others affect her, attract her, and begin to rub off on her. Only one figure remains untouched: a white silhouette in the crowd, an empty space between all the others.
After his brother Jack is kidnapped, Ethan risks everything to track him down. Following clues to a remote house, he faces deadly danger in a desperate attempt to bring Jack home. As time runs out, their mother launches a frantic search, unaware of the nightmare unfolding.
A disoriented patient awakens in a silent hospital corridor and journeys through fragments of memory, confronting the selves she left behind as she slowly finds her way back to herself.
A heartbroken young man attempts to get rid of his childish possessions, but one specific toy comes back to haunt him.
A movie game and a memory of meeting two wonderful people in the far north, in the village of Solovetsky Island. Katya and Anton from different cities came to the same hotel and are trying to find a common language or play together.
A woman makes her usual way home, accompanied only by her headphones. Everything seems serene, until the podcast she is listening to begins to narrate her murder in detail.