State of Matter

Bestiary

October 2023 •French

When the girl they call "the dog" leaves their school for good, Pauline and her gang decide to choose for themselves a new pet hate, in spite of their friend Julie's warning. Among unspoken words, rivalries and impulses of violence, this infernal quest might turn everything upside down.

To Die For

September 1995 •English

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

You Vs. Wildgnorance

August 2020 •Italian

Absolution

January 2016 •English

An old woman thinks back to the murder of her husband by British officers.

A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen

March 1951 •English

Peter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915).

Animal Kingdom

April 2012 •Croatian

A short film set in the 1990s about a boy who collects Animal Kingdom stickers.

Cistema

August 2022 •Spanish

To buy a dress, Coral, a young sex worker agrees to get in the car with a client with a certain reputation.

Under Thy Wings

Invalid date •English

Nia Belafonte, a high-powered corporate mom, is confronted by a homeless man that changes her life forever.

Saturday Morning Gift

December 2010 •Arabic

A short film based on a real interview with a kid survived the 2006 war on Lebanon.

No Joke

May 2016 •English

As graduation draws closer, a college student finds herself torn between a stable job and her passion and field of study: being a clown.

Chipper

April 2023 •English

After receiving a mysterious letter, a wayward son returns to his childhood home to wrestle with a dark family secret.

Carne

May 1991 •French

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Still Crazy

October 1998 •English

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.

Give Up the Ghost

August 2019 •Arabic

Salam's dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband.

The Diver

August 2019 •English

Callan is twenty and is overcome with impulses that he finds it increasingly difficult to control. In order to protect others from his strange behavior, Malcolm, his father, tries to channel his son's attention by every means possible.

Roqaia

August 2019 •Persian

After surviving a suicide bomb attack, 12-year-old Roqaia finds herself in the middle of a media frenzy, as she deals with her trauma all by herself.

The Tears Thing

August 2019 •French

Florence is an actress. The preparations for her next film will put her through an unexpected ordeal: an initiation with real bullets.

Delphine

August 2019 •French

Delphine is an ode to childhood, but also an examination of the wounds it can cause.

Darling

May 2019 •Urdu

Naive Shani helps his transgender friend and crush audition for the lead in an erotic dance show.

Sh_t Happens

October 2020 •Slovak

The caretaker exhausted by everything, his frustrated wife and one totally depressed deer. Their mutual despair leads them to absurd events, because... shit happens all the time.