Flesh in Turmoil

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.

Relax With Ease(en)

A three part meditation.

My Home Is Burning(en)

Impressions of a turbulent period in youth.

Sit With Me and Do Nothing for a While(en)

A woman meditates on her life in an 80-minute unbroken zoom shot.

What Makes the Ride Worthwhile(en)

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

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?

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes(pt)

First film by Julio Bressane shot in exile, "Memoirs" is a film about a man who repeatedly kills the same type of woman in same places, the same way. Filmed on the streets of London.

Immortal(en)

Three unlikely individuals attempt to escape the dark prison known as "The Void."

Rain(cs)

Deserted by the Masses(en)

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

At the Passage of Ziletia(tr)

Ahmet, a Turkish guy in his early twenties visit his grandfather's abandoned mansion located somewhere in the northern Anatolia. Thinking that he would return to where he spent his early childhood, only to find out that the place is now in ruins. When he goes to sleep. An unexpected angel will visit him to give her a blessing of the truth. He wakes up being not the guy he was before.

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.

Wasabi(es)

Narrator is a man in his early 30s who is cooking pasta while enjoying a seemingly normal morning. Suddenly, the phone rings: a mysterious voice is telling him things that don't make much sense. Something is not right but not wrong either, and it seems that some memory from the past might have triggered all this...

Grilled(en)

Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his final semester of acupuncture school, and the recently-separated Dave needs money for his daughter's birthday gift. Their final client card—a beautiful woman—is attracted to Maurice, but a desperate call from a suicidal friend interrupts her signing the contract. Still hoping to close the sale, they offer to drive her to the friend's house—where their troubles multiply.

Between You and You All(fr)

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

Chasing the Wind(en)

A man reflects on his past through visions of a mysterious figure guiding him through different phases of his life.

Ubuntu(fr)

TAKBO(en)

‘TAKBO’ is a short experimental film that studies the realities by which young Filipino women live.

PROLIX(en)

A young woman watches TV with her cat in the room. A dying man explores what's left of his psyche.

Opulence(en)

Amidst the realm of her parents' upscale nightclub, a young woman embarks on a surreal odyssey to confront her identity, only to find herself inescapably mirroring her father.