Like a Marriage

Kongomüller

October 2013 •German

After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is looking for listeners and encouragement. He doesn't find either. Instead, the repeated monological memory of his own heroic deeds determines his present – with all the consequences. This 30-minute short film is based on the statements made by the mercenary Siegfried Müller in the documentary “The Laughing Man” (Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann, DEFA studio for newsreels and documentaries, 1966), as well as records from the German colonial period in Africa. An intensive contribution to the necessary public debate about the consequences of military operations.

Swedish Porno: Desire First Sex Experience

December 1971 •Japanese

A young woman reads an erotic story her uncle wrote and as she turns the pages she visualizes the erotic desires and sexual encounters of the young girl in the narrative. The story excites her enough to act out the lesbian scenes with her friend. But she finds that the last pages of the story are missing so the she visits her uncle to find the conclusion…

The Opposite of Sex

May 1998 •English

A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.

Bound

September 1996 •English

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

Boys on the Side

February 1995 •English

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.

I Play Dead

November 2013 •

A woman visits a deserted old industrial building. Once there, she encounters two children. They lead her deeper inside the building and closer to their dark secret. What started as an innocent game, has suddenly become an odd ballet.

Cotton Wool

October 2017 •English

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.

Exiled

May 2024 •English

A group of friends go out for a camping trip and after a long night of fun they wake up and their car is gone. There is no way to get out of the hell hole there in now.

Enthralled

March 2014 •

An enthralling directorial debut by the phenomenal, biting columnist and broadcaster Chip Tsao. Three elementary school pals, separated during the post-Tiananmen wave of emigration, reunite after 20 years, only to find themselves in totally different places. When each of them gets involved in an unlikely and at times illicit romance, their disparate lives intertwine and take a dire turn. The simmering ennui of post-handover Hong Kong is insightfully captured in this original and hardhitting drama about love, deceit and betrayal.

Private Photos

November 2020 •Portuguese

A sweet couple invite a third person over for the night, who brings a lustful energy to spice things up.

Poppy Field

April 2022 •Romanian

A young Romanian gendarme, Cristi, tries to find the balance between two apparently opposing parts of his identity: that of a man working in a macho hierarchical environment and that of a closeted gay person who tries to keep his personal life a secret. While his long-distance French boyfriend, Hadi, is visiting him, Cristi is called in for an intervention at a movie theatre, where an ultra-nationalist, homophobic group has interrupted the screening of a queer film. After one of the protesters threatens to out him, Cristi spirals out of control.

Scars

May 2019 •English

"Scars," is a short film that explores the horror of domestic abuse. The story follows James through a nightmarish experience of his past relationship with his girlfriend, Camila. He's unconsciously guided around his house by a mysterious presence that forces him to observe his cruel treatment towards her.

Flow

November 2012 •English

Empty

August 2020 •English

A disconnected husband and wife fill the void of their marriage with addictive technology to destructive results.

Land

May 2012 •Italian

On a boat at night, the secret journey of a man returning home.

A Christmas Carol

January 1940 •English

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive, Zurich.

JONES

February 2019 •English

Jones' inner demons threaten to take over her life unless she outruns the voices in her head and the ticking of time.

A Craftsman

March 2019 •English

Overcome with grief, a rural woodworker builds a coffin to join his wife.

2 Weeks

June 2020 •English

When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.

Memories for Sale

June 2020 •English

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi.