Heretical Structure(2020)

PCME(en)

A self portrait.

Scum(en)

The parallel paths followed by two adolescent protagonists over a period of 18 hours intersect violently outside a local shopping centre with fatal consequences for one and fateful consequences for the other: Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll becomes Sex, Drugs and Random Violence. SCUM is a fictitious, but realistic portrayal of a devastating incident of random violence based on true events.

Elopement on Horseback(en)

As a woman waits outside of a window, a man rides up on horseback, and she jumps on behind him. As the two of them ride off to elope, one of the man's friends stays behind, in case anyone comes after the couple. He soon finds out that this is, in fact, a necessary precaution.

Johnny One-Eye(en)

Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long since split up. When a new district attorney puts the heat on, Cory, anxious to save his own hide, accuses Martin of an unsolved murder. Holed up in abandoned house, Martin is befriended by a little girl and her dog. It so happens that the girl is the daughter of the crusading DA, and thereby hangs the rest of this tale.

Nullarbor(en)

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

Killer 2(pl)

Jurek Kiler has become a VIP - sponsoring the Polish government, playing tennis with the President, meeting world leaders. He must oversee a transfer of a substantial amount of gold. However, in his past activities, he has made enemies. Mighty ones. And thus Jurek Kiler's next adventure begins as he has to face attempts at kidnapping, assassinations and problems in his love life...

The Tutoring(en)

When Peter Titus doesn't return home from his language tutoring session, Judy—a rookie policewoman investigates.

Abismo(en)

Drop drop into the abyss ...

Late to the Party(en)

During his 25th birthday party, a Trans man runs into his ex-best friend who ghosted him after he confessed his feelings for her before college- only she doesn't recognize him post-transition.

Love Waits(en)

A small town girl who has just moved to the big city is pressured by peers at school to lose her virginity.

Madam White Snake(zh)

This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the two sister serpents, Pak Su-cheng and Ching Ching. Su-cheng meets Hsu Hsien (Chao Lei) one day and recognizes him as her savior in another life 1,000 years ago. She marries him to reward him but the snake-human union brings about problems beyond imagination.

The Princess of Temple Street(zh)

Fight Club Rush 12(en)

Fight Club Rush 12 takes place Saturday, May 7, 2022 with 9 fights at Vasteras Arena in Västerås, Sweden.

Maria do Mar(pt)

It's a summer weekend in a country house near Sintra, in Portugal. Fourteen-year-old Nicolau is spending a couple of days with his older brother Simão and his friends, all of them in their late twenties. Everyone is drawn to the beautiful and quiet Maria do Mar, but Nicolau will see his life the most deeply shaken by her. Between homework and tree-climbing, stories about a deceased philandering grandfather and the origins of the tortellini's shape, a friend in a costume nursing a broken heart and seduction games, Nicolau observes this group of young adults.

The Bespoke Overcoat(en)

A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.

“(ಥ﹏ಥ) ✧_My Parents Are CIA Psy0ps_!!!* ಠ_ಠ"(en)

On a sleepy summer night in 2004, eyes peer into the world-wide-web: traveling between conspiracy sites, malware, porn, and mp3 databases in an attempt to lose (find) themselves. Passing through blog graveyards, broken hyperlinks, and digital spirits, they begin to realize the Internet is so much more. Lost websites, anon forums, and inexplicable pixels singing to a prepubescent soul. An ode to the 2000s webpage and flash game culture.

WAR TIMES(en)

An exploration of two souls inhabiting bodies from 1940's Hungary, and the beginning of the digital age.

Building No. 7(en)

A short by Steven Soderbergh described as “intense sci-fi homage to Godard.”

154(it)

The prototype [TEST TYPE • 154] is a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, which is capable of autonomously acquiring notions from its surroundings and - eventually - developing autonomy of thought. Given the nearly human nature of its learning capabilities, the laboratory that programmed it hires a kindergarten teacher, asking him to instruct the machine as if it were a newborn child. The learning process - which spans 7 days - becomes increasingly insidious in the long run, posing a peculiar yet crucial problem: can there be a form of autonomous thinking that excludes emotions?

Caterpillar(ja)

A half-hour experimental film that shows Fukui moving towards cyberpunk imagery in a manner similar to Tsukamoto, featuring industrial locations, a malfunctioning cyborg/android and a hulking metallic ‘caterpillar’ that stalks characters.

Isolation(en)

A meditation on isolation through paint textures, video collage and sound

Flux(en)

Samantha is an 18-year-old girl who, in the middle of a move, experiences a flashback of memories and is reunited with her imaginary childhood friend, Flux. Between waves and cardboard boxes, she passes the farewell with herself, with what surrounds her and with the tide.

Return to the Pleasure Dome(en)

A dancer encounters an unnatural menacing force to the beat of a rockabilly tune. Madness ensues as the surreal and nightmarish event unfolds setting the stage for the question of whats real and whats not. Is it a dream or hallucination?

Friend of the World(en)

After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

The Timely Demise of Mr. Apocalypse(en)

Mr. Apocalypse has plans to make money off the memory-related virus presently sweeping the Earth, but tensions with his cremates begin to get in his way.

Ubuntu(fr)

Online Bodies(en)

The film takes a look at seven different twilight zones between the physical and virtual. We cannot escape from the grid but can we bend it from the inside?

HYPERSONIC Music Club(ja)

In 2017, a short anime film called Hypersonic Music Club was produced in Japan. It was directed and written by Osamu Kobayashi, a veteran of the industry who passed away in April 2021. For various reasons, this short anime was never released. It was made public on August 1, 2023.

Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest(en)

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

A Visual Poem(xx)

Surreal environments take center stage in this visual odyssey.

ART MADE ME DISAPPEAR(es)

A young artist is caught in a physical and mental battle against a supernatural entity that forces him to free it from its dark prison, ¿or is it just his imagination?

ODYSSEY(en)

A short inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Amelia 2.0(en)

After his wife Amelia suffers an aneurysm that leaves her bedridden and slowly dying, police officer Carter Summerland searches for a way to revive her. He's approached by Wesley Enterprises pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human’s relationship with technology and her right to exist.

Robotopia(xx)

A dystopian society ruled by machines where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

Self Portraits or: How to talk endearingly to possible victims(en)

Quinn is a grade school teacher who is exploited by a group of memoryless individuals who reeducate his long-term partner Amy.