A crowd. A touch. Uncertainty. What now? Tereza finds herself in a room full of people, unsure of what to say, even though she feels so much inside. Words fail her, but her inner world is vivid and alive. Through a variety of textile materials, the film gives shape to her unspoken emotions and sensory experiences, transforming fabric into a language of its own. It is a story about the quiet struggle and gentle courage of searching for closeness.
Felipe returns to the family farm for the anniversary of his father's death, where his mother Sandra, brother Sebastián, and young nephew Sebas live. In the boy, Felipe recognizes a process he knows too well: the transformation of a boy into a "man." He watches Sebas absorb the rules of a world where shame is used to teach, cruelty is mistaken for affection, and pain goes unnamed. The emotional inheritance shared by the men in his family threatens to turn intimacy into violence.
Everyone knows Karlos Arguiñano. He's been part of our lives for almost forty years, showing us how to cook from our TV screens while charming spectators. But, when it comes down to it: does everyone know him, or does everyone just think they do? This film shows Karlos in his most private spaces, but also in situations far removed from his routine, listening to the man himself and to those closest to him, looking for the person behind the personality.
Zyma, an exhausted Ukrainian soldier, leaves the war and his unit without authorization. He has decided to return home, but the road turns into a space of pressure, where every phone call forces him to justify his choice again and again. His commander, battalion commander, and fellow soldiers try to stop him through fear, threats, a sense of duty, and their shared combat past.
In a house in an area known as “Old Sakaizuka”, a series of inexplicable incidents begins with the appearance of a room that should not even exist. Through property photographs, personal testimony, social media posts, livestream footage and an institutional investigation, five different records gradually reconstruct what happened there. Each perspective reveals another fragment, yet the more the events are documented, the less reliable reality becomes.
A year has passed since the tragic death of his beloved Laras, yet Arya remains trapped in the depths of his grief. Haunted by longing and consumed by his love for her, Arya turns to a mysterious app called “I LET YOU IN,” rumored to have the power to connect the living with the dead. But what begins as a desperate attempt to reach Laras soon becomes a terrifying nightmare. Blinded by love, Arya unknowingly opens the door to a horrifying terror—one that threatens to consume him and put his own life at risk. Can Arya find the strength to let Laras go before his love for her becomes the very thing that costs him his life?
With only three days until Lunar New Year, a superstitious girl keeps running into the same boy--is he stagnant energy she must cut off, or a sign of divine fate?
Improvisational found-footage film made using a moviola
I left the psychiatric hospital yesterday. I filmed myself in the shower of the CAPSUL 17 emergency unit. I felt the need to create something that would bear witness to the mixed-state episode I went through. This is the film made during my bipolar episode.
A story of power, conflict, and survival set in the underworld of Dhaka's garment waste trade.
Floyd's sleep is disrupted by disturbing phone calls that escalate from annoying to menacing when he realizes a doppelgänger may be nearby.
SHADOWS OF A NATION is a short documentary that explores and observes the daily Brazilian life – an intimate interview with director Akinola Davies Jr, who becomes our narrator and guide in this story – a voice that emerges from the shadows while the story explores heritage, culture, family and sacrifice. Similarly to the director's own feature film, the journey follows in the footsteps of a people – now Brazilian – starting in the north, leaving behind your culture and customs, in search of a livelihood in the south, the promised land.
In a tiny Indigenous Mexican town where everyone is family, a secret pregnancy tests the forbidden love between two cousins. During the vibrant Mother’s Day festival, a public dance becomes a bold act of defiance that will change their lives forever.
Ruhaani Ishq is a passionate love story where love faces family conflicts, rivalry and fate, taking two hearts through romance, sacrifice, heartbreak and unforgettable moments.
Young school children divulge their hilarious nicknames for various parts of a cat.
Five Guys had his heart. Michael Jackson had his feet.
Filmed in Mexico City and Santa Barbara, CA. July 2024.