Closer Now

PRÓXIMO!(pt)

Lembrar de Mim(pt)

Where's the girl? Can you hold her for me? I need her now.

Rays of Light(fi)

War veteran Aapeli spends his days doing the same tasks over and over, until a spiritual experience changes his outlook on life.

Triumph and Ruins(it)

History as immersion and dispersion in the fragments of the past, a visionary journey accompanied by the voice of Patty Pravo. Presented at the Taormina Festival '97.

Litraso(tl)

An artist holds a pen on paper and slowly starts drawing the line. The line gradually increases its pace, leading to curves, reversions, curveballs, and inconsistencies. As the artist nearly finishes, the artist lifts the pen to show the entire drawing. The artist slowly returns to drawing and continues the following chapters of life.

Heaven Above Rowen(en)

The mental unraveling of Rowen, a religious leader faced with questions of identity and meaning as a prophesied revelation approaches.

We Didn't Start The C-Trash(en)

An experimental and short compilation of rhythmic documents about the devolving state of entertainment and reactionaries in it's entirety. From the parodic controls between the obscure artifacts of media-consumed culture, to the real world consequences of how film discussion shapes the political and mental state in a society.

Duras Raízes(pt)

Haikai Eternidade(pt)

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.

Belongings and Surroundings(xx)

A love story recounted not by them, but by their belongings and surroundings.

Cala Mata(ca)

A woman goes to a cold and inhospitable abandoned cove to try to summon the spirit of her only son, who passed away during the war.

Between You and You All(fr)

A chronicle of the lives of a couple and the gradual dissolution of their relationship.

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?

Adios My Love(bn)

This film is about a conversation between a woman and an old house.

Cain Rose Up(en)

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

Preface to a History(en)

A couple, Vlad and Sophy, navigate their relationship as well as their own struggles with mental health in the context of a highly connected, politically uncertain modern world while on a trip to a remote Canadian island in this avant-garde feature film. PREFACE TO A HISTORY, created with a tiny crew of four people, represents an experiment in using minimalist tools to create an overwhelming aesthetic experience in service of a simple, but specifically contemporary, story about two people attempting to navigate a fraying relationship amid all the anxieties and external pressures of modern adulthood in a technologically-interconnected and politically unstable era.

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.

It's Teh Doctor(en)

Emily has a doctor's appointment. Sorta. Kinda. Not really.

Cinquenta e oito semanas(pt)

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.