Scaredy Cats

Give Me Liberty(en)

Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.

Scherzo(de)

Pulsar(en)

Spider's Thread(en)

An unnamed documentary filmmaker interviews ghosts in an attempt to find some advice for people seeking to end their lives.

Interim(en)

A young man meets a young woman under a bridge by a railroad. They shelter from the rain and exchange a kiss. The man grows sullen and leaves. The film starts with him and ends with her. It’s a straightforward anecdote told in traditional ways, the likes of which he’d forsake forever; that is, it uses actors, a soundtrack with music and post-dubbed sound effects, a photographer who frames everything professionally and a coherent edited narrative.

Un(H)armed(en)

A case of mistaken identity leads to a heated confrontation between a young Black man and two law enforcement officers.

MENTIS EXCESSUS(pt)

Writer's Block(en)

The short film is a poetic interpretation of the writer's mental journey during the writing process. The writer, played by Bryan Cranston (AMC’s Breaking Bad), creates a woman in his mind, played by Lela Edgar, while working on his next script.

Kay Pacha(qu)

Maribel and Carmencita are two indigenous girls who work in Cuzco Central Square, taking pictures with the tourists in exchange of a tip. Leon, Maribel's father does not have a regular job, which causes fights with Ines, his wife and the rest of the family.

Today(nl)

When Kees (42) and his two children, Roos (12) and Willem (6), stop at a gas station for a quick toilet break, they all shortly separate and go their own way. In this short period of time, each of them witnesses something which makes them think about themselves. The young Willem accidently witnesses a couple making love in the bushes and doesn't know how to deal with this. Roos, a real 'tomboy', starts thinking about who she wants to be, after another girl confuses her for being a boy. Kees, a divorced man, thinks he has a flirt with a younger woman. When he finds out she wasn't flirting at all, he realizes that he has entered a new period of his life where he has to find his place. The three characters separately all experience a small tilt in their lives.

Influencer(fr)

A young girl will do anything to meet her favorite Instagram influencer.

Rubble(es)

Memories as photographs: no date, no place, no names.

Repetition(es)

A girl. A boy. A challenge. If we play the repeating game, how far would you go?

Jo(en)

A young woman in the Old West sets off on a journey of revenge after her sister is murdered.

Family Ball(fr)

Today, Julie is strong, She is independent. She can go back home. Her family is waiting for her, they love her : her mother, her brother, her sister... and her father.

The Banjo(es)

A woman with a strange look is sat drinking in a soulless bar on a desert area road. She’s waiting for the arrival of a man, maybe an old love that abandoned her there, leaving the place looking for a different life. The reencounter is tense, almost like a duel, and arises the resentment of the one that stays, the guilt of the one that leaves, the overcoming of the instilled tradition...

Struck(fr)

Hannah and Natan are both anti-heroes with anti-superpowers. Natan raises his arm? Bang! Lightning strikes him right away. Hannah likes someone or something? Drip drop! Rain starts pouring over her in a second. Their meeting could turn into a major meteorological disaster... or maybe not?

Oh What a Wonderful Feeling(en)

Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires. Nor any truck.

The Virgin Soldier(fr)

Two soldiers, Daniel and Jerome, flee a war we don’t see and we know nothing about. Jerome is badly injured, he will die, he says it, he knows it, he is afraid. Then Jerome confesses to Daniel his last will: he does not want to die a virgin, he wants to die loved…

Limbo(el)

The leopard shall lie down with the goat. The wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them. 12+1 kids and the carcass of a whale washed ashore…