The Japanese Boy(2009)

Germany in Autumn(de)

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Fraction). The businessman had been kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the orginal leaders of the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. When the kidnapping effort and a plane hijacking effort failed, the three most prominent leaders of the RAF, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe, all committed suicide in prison. It has become an article of faith within the left-wing community that these three were actually murdered by the state.

Shall We Kiss?(fr)

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

Detour(en)

Two strangers bond during a taxi ride.

My Dinner with Andre(en)

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory share life stories and anecdotes over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.

Coffee and Cigarettes(en)

Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

The Ongoing Conversation(en)

An Editor recounts the diaries of a failed film production as they attempt to construct a new narrative from the remaining footage.

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments(en)

Against a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.

Echoes of Departure(en)

Two office workers meet between moments of banality. The newest film by Hon Hoang starring Jennifer Khoe and Monica Cho.

No Loitering, Please(en)

A lowly comic book shop owner discovers a mysterious young woman loitering in his shop, leading to an unlikely friendship.

Panama(es)

A conversation between two Ecuadorian friends in the city of Panama.

Choose Me(en)

Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.

Déja Vù(pt)

Mea Culpa(en)

A date becomes complicated when a controversial subject forces the couple to examine their desires and limitations.

Whirlybird(en)

A young woman frustrated with her entry into adulthood meets an older woman on a walk, who helps her to see that her life could be far worse...

It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live(pt)

Two queer Brazilians go skinny dipping in a lake where they talk about love, sex, colonialism and migration, on a pandemic summer afternoon in Berlin.

Play Pretend(en)

Two friends, Mia and Teo, meet up one evening and over a glass of wine, they debate the philosophy of love into its very depths. Being polar opposites, Mia argues over the inevitable end and pain that comes with the start of every relationship while Teo is more concerned with the loss of self and the change that occurs in someone over a relationship. By trying to preserve a memory that will forever exist in their minds, they choose to play pretend for the evening and live out the perfect relationship. The film offers a quick glimpse into an alternate universe where after years spent together, Mia moves out of the apartment where Teo and her lived together. A short peek into what could have been and also asking - would it have even been worth it in the end? However, once the hour has passed, they have to return to reality.

A Date with a Work of Art(en)

A troubled young man spends a night in town with an animated girl.

Subtotal(no)

What is the true cost of a bargain? Subtotal is a story of an nontraditional encounter between a Swedish salesman and a Norwegian couple on their monthly bargain hunting at the border between Norway and Sweden.

Mouthful(en)

A day in the life of several drifting characters, both friends and strangers, hanging out in the suburbs of Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Thus Began Antoine's Down-Going(fr)

Antoine - a grieving loner - spends his days in a cafe on Place Clichy watching people. Every day, he sees a woman he calls Albertine get out of the subway and go to the movies. Today, he takes it upon himself to talk to her. Thus began Antoine's down-going.