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In a quiet rural town in the outskirts of the Philippines, an impoverished young man dreaming of a better life finds himself ensnared by the Batibat during his sleep, causing him to enter a deceptive dream of comfort and wonder that slowly turns into a calming nightmare in which he may never wake up again— nor the rest of the town.
Axel, aged 11, is navigating adolescence, caught between a crush and a struggle with his own reflection in the mirror.
A short video about the wind taking over available on youtube
a girl tries to submit her body to god through any means necessary
Experts analyze shark encounters caught on camera, using forensics to review bite marks and behavior patterns as they wonder: What shark attacked?
While Virtual Reality promises a whole world, in fact it offers only a view within the strictly defined boundaries of a sphere. Is this also the case for the strictly defined boundaries of the European Union? When crossing the borders of the European Union, one is not allowed to film. This also applies to Google and their Street View cars, resulting in gaps in the available Street View coverage within the area of EU border control posts. The Euro dome is increasingly made more visible and intimidating from the outside: high fences with barbed wire stand tall along the border and armed border patrols pass by on a regular basis. While from inside the dome, one can only see a virtual glimpse of its borders. A faint reflection or a delayed feedback version.
A boy attempts to understand a girl through the memories of others. As different versions emerge, the truth becomes unclear. A story about perception, memory, and the impossibility of a single truth.
What is that up in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it an aeroplane? No, it's the cinematic eye decieving you. It's a study of circular motion, polyphony in image, light, shape and form. It's a liquid painting in white on the blue canvas of the sky. It's an experimental short, short in Izmaylovo
When we stop we're so focused on productivity and efficiency that we feel guilty and confused about our own limitless time giving rise to a silent restlessness: the feeling that we should be producing, moving forward, and justifying every minute. With a new emerging force, the human being in its essence becomes increasingly scarce: we can no longer think, speak, and, above all, be. But ultimately, why does it have to be this way?
Four years ago, I visited Yakutat, the northernmost town in Southeast Alaska. There, I followed uncle Geeneeneik, an elder of the Tlingit Humpback Salmon Clan, through pristine forests and seas. In the fall of 2023, I visited Yakutat again, and I began to record the beautiful world they dreamed of. A flower of hope is blooming in the land where only despair and ruins were thought to remain.
An impressionistic exploration of the canopy, captured frame by frame.
In a crowded nightclub under violet lights, Avril can’t stop looking at Carla dancing across the room. When a drunk guy starts to make Carla uncomfortable, Avril steps in and that moment brings them together. After hiding out in the bathroom and helping each other out, the connection between them begins to grow.
In July 2024, record-breaking rains caused the levee to collapse, swallowing Jeongbaengi Village in an instant. Amid the ruins and cold bureaucracy, residents endure their hardships by relying on one another. Cooking meals together in the mud, they begin a journey of recovery. Can the resilience of a community, born from disaster, rebuild lives swept away by the current?
A young girl with Epilepsy goes through major life changes
A heartbroken astronaut on a mission to secure humanity’s future crash-lands helplessly on an alien planet, where a kind-hearted dog comes to his rescue.
Follows Toni Kinsky in his home city of Prague, learning about the goalkeeper's first steps in football and his journey to Spurs
