Woman of the Metropolis/Juli in Central Park(NaN)

Paradise(en)

A young man visits a Buddhist temple in the hopes of quenching his thirst.

Polsish(en)

As a woman attempts to outrun her intrusive thoughts, her evening begins to unravel alongside her mind.

Reversal(id)

Two souls: One seeks to know her life's true essence and the other is haunted by foreign sights of himself, as they both are influenced by an existence beyond human realm—whom continually oversees them across eras, trapping them in a game of time and the unknown.

Open Mic(en)

A conversation Harper has with herself in her own head, interjected with the moments in which she is recalling. Some sort of event sent her into an existential state of mind, where she can't help but think about who she is, and how much control she really has over her life.

What Makes the Ride Worthwhile(en)

A short film shot on 16mm about memory, grieving, and siblinghood.

Tyngsboro(en)

During his visit to a graveyard, a young man is suddenly projected into a dream-like realm. Empty and removed from time, the familiar landscape forces him to confront certain pains when blood suddenly effuses from his hands.

Chelicera(en)

A neurodivergent man is stuck in the web of an abusive relationship, unable to free himself from his lovers grasp.

The Girls with the Red Ribbons(sq)

Jeta is a student who is a member of the illegals and tries to create a group of antifascist girls in her school.

The Trouble With Forgetting(en)

To forget about the end of a relationship, a woman fantasizes about an ideal one. Fantasy and reality begin to melt into one another, but the past finds a way to rear its head again. Films used: Notorious (1946) Gaslight (1944)

TSUGUNAI(ja)

Experimental short movie mostly made of still photos. An old assassin lives on a yacht, in a port city. One day, the sister of a woman he killed appears.

Yoshino's Barber Shop(ja)

In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair comes from Tokyo.

Postcards from Last Summer(en)

A compilation of non-narrative, mischievous, fictional tableaux vivants featuring two young women on a dreamlike, summer-like quest for self-discovery, written in the glittery language of music videos, fashion shoots, and meandering streams of consciousness, set to a nostalgic mood track that evokes universal, bittersweet sentiments.

A Fair Trade(en)

In this black comedy crime epic, eighth grader Tommy Uris is pushed into a teenage drug dealing business run by his two classmates Frank Newton and Patrick Reynolds after walking in on a drug deal between them. As their business falls apart, so does their trust for each other, and they need to either resolve, or kill each other in the process.

Sadness and Anger(ja)

Experimental short movie mostly made of still photos, following a strange woman looking for the truth behind a high school girl's death.

Michelle(xx)

Strawman(en)

After being exiled from his home by his mother, 11-year old Angel discovers a dilapidated scarecrow, and the pair develop an unusual relationship.

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?

Yesterday(en)

When a young man who suffers from short-term memory loss wakes up in Alice's bed, they spend the day putting the pieces of the night before together before his memory loss catches up to them again.

PREP(en)

A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.