Elizabeth is a young, vibrant mother. Recently married and pregnant, she encounters a situation no women should ever have to face. She finds herself under constant mental and physical abuse by her new husband Hector. The only peace found are the moments she is alone caring for her infant son Jose...
Alone in the wilderness, a child struggles to understand the role her sister plays in the salvation of their dying world.
Priest Henry, who picks up a mysterious hitchhiker in the middle of the night. The hitchhiker claims to be psychic and it's revealed that he knows a lot about Henry's personal thoughts and secrets. What seems to be a coincident meeting evolves into a dangerous matter of life and death.
A French narrator jumps from one dramatic scene to another one, confused about the story that he is trying to tell and fighting with himself until he finally finds it.
For 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's long-buried desires, Betty discovers that secrets have been part of their life all along.
A man tries to get some sleep while waiting for a train.
On the eve of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation during World War Two, Juliet, a female American resistance member, risks her life by descending into the underground tunnels of Paris to deliver a secret message. However, a final deadly encounter with a pair of German deserters threatens...
Sitting around a campfire, three infantry veterans candidly talk about their experiences in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Integrating real helmet camera footage from their tour the film delivers an unforgettable insight into the warrior psyche by contrasting the here and there.
Nearly 5 years since the...
Philomène, a teenager of African origin, loves Bastien, a guy in her class. But with her frizzy hair, she doesn't feel she has the weapons of seduction to challenge those girls with vaporous hair. She gets a weave. Philomène lives this capillary change as a metamorphosis.
Ebru- a young muslima, born and raised in Amsterdam- likes to party. She returns home with a broken shoe heel. The next day she visits the shoe repair to fix her shoe.
"As Life Shifts" is intended to focus on ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle weakness, paralysis and, ultimately, respiratory failure. There is no cure for ALS, and it is a terminal dise...
In a world somewhere outside reality, parents control when and with whom their children lose their virginity. The night has come for Richard and Debbie, two awkward teens, to do the deed. Immediately after being introduced by their parents, the two virgins head upstairs in reluctant anticipation....
Backwater is doomed by the regular visits of the undertaker. The town priest and the faithful think that a merry non-religious tramp brings the death that follows living in an improvised shed in the middle of the town. It looks like when he sings the undertaker visits. But is he the one to blame ...
The movie gives insight into the perspective and actions of an 11-year old girl, who is being sexually abused: it is a fight for words. The experiences of the girl are transmitted by means of atmospheric imagery and metaphors within the movie. The faces of the parents are never seen in the entire...
It would be impossible to fully understand the life and emotions of a child going through the foster care system, but this short narrative film portrays that saga in a poetic light, with brushes of fear, anger, sadness, and a tiny bit of hope.
The painful awakening of a couple after an evening of fantasies... Dreams vanish, reality appears.
12-year-old Daniel watches as neighbors pack up their possessions and flee their homes. Cable television loses its signal and the internet goes offline. His father is missing, while his mother pretends that everything is fine. Red Summer follows the story of a boy kept in the dark as the end of t...
Val has lost control of her life. Those around her deny the reality of the extraordinary experiences she feels powerless against. Realizing she must stand alone, she has only one remaining option - to find a way to fight back.
Vincent sets up a date with Clemence in a parisian café. Their relation started a few months ago. But he doesn't show up. Instead he has a walkman delivered to her, in which he recorded an audio commentary and talks to her about their encounter. Allowing herself to be led by his voice, Clemence g...
Each evening, when the world turns dark, Spencer plays piano alone in his house. His music flows through his window into the night unnoticed, until one day the perfect recipient hears it, and responds with her violin. Without words or vision, there is a deep and happy connection, as though the tw...
Every new girl is just another one night stand for Nicolas. That is, until he meets Nina and is confronted with the young girl's father. A curious confrontation full of perversity and violence.
An old Viking is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior's afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn't so easy.
A musical short film about living life to the fullest.
Even the Walls is a short documentary about the members of a public-housing neighborhood grappling with the forces of gentrification.
Unable to say goodbye to their homes or to each other, the residents continue to take care of the neighborhood children and tend to their gardens, even as bulldoz...
