Dream Number 1(2015)

Unchoosing Yourself(en)

Presenting a short film I made during a 24-hour filmmaking challenge at my university. The theme was "Unchosen Dream," and we had a maximum duration of 5 minutes.

The Noise of Time(es)

In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost discovers that the town still celebrates its most important festivities, but also learns that the construction of a new commercial complex called Mítikah will threaten the existence of both the traditions and the town itself.

Justine(en)

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.

Muddy Hands(en)

A dramatic story of childhood trauma and mystical bonds telling of Matthew, a young boy haunted by a traumatizing memory of witnessing a suffocation death of another child (possibly a friend or playmate). He withdraws and has nightmares about what he saw. He struggles to relive his experience through play and fantasy in the face of an increasingly hostile world while his uncomprehending parents struggle to understand him. During one of his frequent trips to a building site near his house, Matthew meets Anna, a strange mysterious girl with whom he forms a mystical bond that forces him to confront the memory that has obsessed him.

Cleopatra(en)

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

The Warning(en)

Robert Denman, a manager at a construction company, loses everything he has to the throws of alcoholism.

Cleopatra(en)

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

El Topo(es)

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.

Escape From Your Sight(en)

A man makes a startling discovery while attempting to call his Mom

The Six Dubious Acts(en)

Six acts. Six crossings. Two souls venture through a surreal world where meaning shifts and symbols whisper. Stepping through gateways to nowhere, they perform for an audience that never existed in the first place.

The Dreammaker(en)

A girl with the unique gift of making dreams visits every sleeping person at night. She creates their dreams and nightmares with the power that flows from her hair. A journey through the creation of our most common and confusing dreams leads to the beginning of her story... a road trip gone terribly wrong.

Lullaby(xx)

In order to fulfil her dream of becoming a musician, a cat from the countryside named Ocon must face the fears and anxieties of performing in front of the glamorous city animals.

Bird Trap(ar)

Hala, an 8-year-old girl, lives a difficult life with her brother Amir and their cruel stepmother. To escape her painful reality, Hala retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace from the harshness around her. However, one question continues to haunt her: Do the dead fly?

Caesar and Cleopatra(en)

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

The Pirate Movie(en)

Left behind by her friends on a boat trip, contemporary teen Mabel takes pursuit but is knocked unconscious on an island, where she has a dream involving pirates, sisters, a modern major-general, romance, and adventure.

Behind The Screen(fr)

Desires of the Heart(en)

A psychiatrist from India practicing in Savannah, Georgia when he meets Madeline, a local artist with a mysterious past. While their relationship begins to blossom in America, Kris is summoned home by his brother to marry the woman chosen by his parents. But as he begins to make decisions about his future, he discovers centuries old secrets that may seal the fate of his destiny

Katherine of Alexandria(en)

The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West. Contains the last film role of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released.

CHAMPION(fr)

Anything For A Dream(en)

Stuck in a decollate life and a dead marriage a father goes to any lengths to continue to dream a life for his daughter and himself