The Awakening

Ray

April 2022 •English

After years of bitter separation, Quinn learns that his brother Ray is gone for good. Seeking closure, he attends the funeral where he meets Daphne and discovers the shocking truth about Ray’s final hours.

The Roof Needs Mowing

January 1971 •English

A series of surreal short scenes portraying a suburban family and their everyday rituals.

The Box Man

November 2002 •English

A man reacts with violence when a pair of eyes spy on him from inside a cardboard box.

Munted

August 2011 •English

Munted is an unusual, multi-award winning, short film about an accusation of pedophilia and its terrible consequences. Set in 1961 in a remote rural community, it tells the story of a ten-year old girl and her friendship with a brain damaged artist. Told through erosions between film and drawing the film is a lyrical and brutal account of the cost of rumour and prejudice.

Treehouse

October 2021 •English

After losing his brother in a car accident, Robbie obsesses over the last conversation they had about a treehouse they wanted to build as kids. Through extreme isolation and a number of obstacles, Robbie attempts to build the treehouse to the exact specifications his brother wanted.

Foam

February 2020 •French

The car repair shop is their second home and their colleagues are like family. Everyone has their quirks and is accepted for the way they are. But then comes the bad news: they are soon to be squeezed out by a more lucrative new building project.

Filipiñana

February 2020 •Tagalog

A film about a girl drawn to a golf course.

Genius Loci

January 2020 •French

One night, Reine, a young loner, sees among the urban chaos a moving oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.

Union County

February 2020 •English

Cody is a recovering opiate addict in rural Ohio, 45 days clean and enlisted in a strictly enforced drug court programme by the county government. Local sober-living facilities are full, so Cody is living in his car on the outskirts of town and working at the nearby lumber mill to save money and keep busy. But his past doesn't want to forget him.

El Triste

March 2020 •Spanish

On the backstage of a marionette show, El Triste, a poorly crafted marionette, is going through an existential crisis and decides to do all it takes to prove to himself and his fellow poppets that he is valuable but, as in life, not everything turns out the way he expected.

Scherzo

December 2002 •German

Pulsar

October 2005 •English

Greetings from Florida!

October 2014 •English

Suzanne and Henry are a retired couple of snowbirds, who now with nothing more to do in life spend their nights smoking and drinking profusely. During the first hurricane of the season they attempt to brave the storm, ignoring the violent weather and bearing each other's company.

Caged

January 2016 •English

A poor amateur cage fighter gets his shot at a professional career, but when his hustler brother betrays a dangerous friend, he is faced with a life changing decision.

Only Pussies Screw

September 2016 •Finnish

Make is 11 but wants to be a teen or better yet, an adult - anything but a child. Instead he's forced to look after his little brother Konsta.

Everything I Could

January 2022 •English

In this short film, a father (Ben Cable) tries to explain his wife's mental illness to his daughter (Sierra Nottingham).

Survivor Type

September 2012 •English

A disgraced surgeon stranded on a deserted island with no food and only a handful of supplies must go to great lengths to stay alive for rescue that may never come.

Incoming Call

October 2016 •English

Nervous Kerri is delighted when she starts being Skyped by her future self with life advice, but a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...

All Is Not Lost

August 2018 •English

Calvin has early onset Alzheimers and plays by his own rules. With Claire his unorthodox caregiver, he navigates the friendships and antics in his Senior Living Community, while grappling with his own sense of loss.

Waves

February 2021 •English

Like the ebbs and flows of waves in the ocean, a woman rides out different stages of an anxiety attack and through memory and space regains control and relief.