Closer Now(2023)

escape(en)

A dreamlike depiction of fleeting aspirations.

Small Displays of Chaos(en)

Rayanne struggles with her eating disorder.

MORE(ja)

Yuri, Moeko, and Ai are best friends from high school. Though their twenties were about to end, they believed their eternal world would remain forever. In spite of their will, some misfortunate events such as love, betrayal, memory, regret, and one book with its secret exam their friendship. Those girls get lost in the unveiled story, which is filled with meeting and parting. Scattered life = scattered story will move on any further? A little journey begins now.

Box(en)

8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.

Une histoire vraie(fr)

East of Main Street: Milestones(en)

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been produced for the past three years to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s episode, Milestones, focuses on how different groups of Asian Americans mark the milestones throughout their lives.

Box(en)

The execution was scheduled and the last meal consumed. The coolness of the poisons entering the blood system slowed the heart rate and sent him on the way to Judgement. He had paid for his crime with years on Death Row waiting for this moment and now he would pay for them again as the judgment continued..

Merry Christmas Octopus(cs)

Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a scientist find a way to use their pets as fuel? Live action film with stop-motion octopuses.

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters(en)

Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.

Huggable Guys -97(en)

A live performance by Lennie Norman and Claes Malmberg, two of Sweden's top notch stand-up comedians. Taped live by Kanal 5 in Louis De Geer-hallen in Norrköping, Sweden in 1997, during their highly successful 'Kramgoa Killer 97' tour.

Petersburg. Noir(ru)

Moscow writer ordered a story for the collection. At this time, his wife is going on a business trip to St. Petersburg. Writing imagination awakens jealousy in the main character.

A Thirty-Point Murder(ja)

An argument between a crime boss and a lowly businessman spurs a mystery that challenges a police detective and his partner to find the truth; the boss won't let them find it easily. Translation credits go to Nathan R. and Frank Lee

Drishya(kn)

Rajendra is a family-oriented man and tries to keep them happy. However, when his family commits an accidental crime, he does everything to keep them out of harm's way.

Arlette et ses papas(fr)

Arlette was born in 1918. Her mother made her lover and godchild named Pierre believe that he was the father of this child. Having become a beautiful young woman, Arlette falls under Pierre's spell and he offers to marry her to get her out of poverty.

Young Swallow(zh)

Despite opposition from the gymnastics team director, a coach proves the success of a new training plan.

Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It(ja)

In front of a man who wants to be a movie director, Shingo, the ghost of Mr. Kawashita, who was a senior in the college film research department who committed suicide a year ago, suddenly appears on his death anniversary. Mr. Kawashita says that he was revived because he wanted to have sex with his junior, Aoi, who had a crush on him when he was in college. In order to fulfill his desire to work with Aoi-chan, Kawashita-san and Shingo will travel back in time on that day when he was in college, which was probably the only chance for Kawashita-san to work with Aoi-chan. There was a nostalgic college Aoi-chan there. Can Mr. Kawashita redo the past and do it with Aoi-chan? It's funny, but a little sad time slip love story begins.

Daniel(en)

Developed in urban Guadalajara, Mexico, this film tells the story of Daniel. He was abandonded at a reformatory center when he was twelve. Now, he's fifteen and someone is trying to kill him. In the murder attempt, things take a sharp turn, and now Danny must run from the implacable force of the media, a powerful radio anchor, a politician who's corruption is freightening and the authorities that are after him. Using his skills and patience, Danny must try to stay alive and tell the truth to anyone who wants to listen. But he's alone and on his own... through Hell.

Me and My Victim(en)

Featuring one of the most monstrous personalities to grace the screen, "Me and My Victim" follows the tumultuous romance between its creators, Billy Pedlow and Maurane. In their feature debut, they have created a new genre using a blend of podcast-style audio recordings and visual fragments. "Me and My Victim" is like turning over a rock and witnessing a full ecosystem of bugs scattering in the light. It'll make you cringe, but it'll be hard to look away.

Three Colors: White(fr)

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

ANA C.(pt)

ANA C. uses videoart and videoperformance to express the relationship between the marginalized poet Ana Cristina Cesar with art itself.

A Haunting of Past Ink(en)

A person receives old entries from their diary, unsure of who is sending them. They eventually arrive at a moment of transcendence.

Rain(cs)

Primer Ojos(es)

Red Autumn(de)

A Experimental Docu-Drama about the Red Army Faction's formation, and events leading up to their imprisonment and death, from 1970 to 1977.

Guinea(ja)

Yukari Nishihara, 25, earns her living as an art model and aspires to become an actress. One day, while she was out, she saw “a man's face about to jump off the roof of a building”, and since then she has been suffering from a peculiar constitution: she sees a suicide while on her period, faints, and develops a fever. The goddess of love does not smile on Yukari, who is unable to become a sweet girl with a nice boyfriend. The only things that can save Yukari now are her best friend Hana, who has a keen intuition, and a suppository that can break a fever in one shot. On the day of an important audition, Yukari has decided that this is her last chance. However, Yukari realizes that she has forgotten her antipyretic suppositories, and her eyes meet those of another soon-to-be suicide victim. She is in a desperate situation. What does Yukari do?

Mensbeeld(nl)

mens·beeld (het; o; meervoud: mensbeelden) A "Mensbeeld" is a well-thought-out and coherent representation of what it means to be human. Human images are linked to (historically determined) philosophical, philosophical or religious convictions.

The World Is Not Enough(cn)

The short film captures the memory of an apartment and its surroundings: a young adult man lives his daily life, a journalist interviews a retired novelist who grapples with the idea of the end of the world, and two young boys searching for portals. Three storylines intertwine as the film progresses.

Beyond Doubt(en)

Upon becoming aware of an ancestor guilty of several cruel acts who bore a striking resemblance to himself, a man begins to fear he too could be capable of similar sadistic deeds.

Deserted by the Masses(en)

Social media corrupts the mind of a young University student--but can he escape the psychological torment of alienation?

Clocking The T(en)

Dave is a professional internet troll who lies for a living. Candace works in human resources at a blood lab with a bipolar boss. In this modern spin on the romantic comedy, they meet online and circle the airport of their relationship refusing to land. Together they discover it's hard to hug someone when you're keeping them at arm's length.

Piracema - uma carta de amor ao teatro(pt)

Et après, on verra(fr)

Denial(en)

Erin. He thinks he's in 4th period math. Oh he's wrong

Lost In Harmony(en)

Jessica, a young carer, and her mum, who is deeply paranoid and who sees and hears unexplained things have a strong and loving relationship. But the misfit relationship they have brings many challenges they struggle to overcome. The mum's deterioration in her mental health causes her to be sectioned, leaving Jessica lost in her life.

Escuro da Alma(pt)

Cain Rose Up(en)

Pigpen has a snore. Bailey has a lot of nerve. And Curt Garrish has a gun.

NIGHTS UNTIL YOU(en)

A short film on the obsessive nature of love. How far can we take our attachment and devotion to our loved ones?