FLES

The Waltz of a Lonesome Pigeon

May 2023 •English

An experimental fairy tale about life, death, and spreading your wings. After Cecilia witnesses a bird smashing into her window, she begins to notice her body transforming. Her skin starts to peel and little feathers start to grow out of her back. Will she fly away or end up like that poor little bird?

Fishy

Invalid date •English

A self-proclaimed pageant queen as she vies for the crown of the local pageant. Through a series of surreal visions, she reflects on the sacrifices she's made for the sake of her onstage persona.

Belladonna of Sadness

June 1973 •Japanese

An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.

Magic Journey to Africa

May 2010 •English

Jana’s magical journey to Africa contains a deep message about friendship, love, passion, nature and imagination. It is a spiritual journey for adults and a magical one for kids, full of mysteries, adventures and discoveries

Puffer Rhapsody

March 2022 •Chinese

By fabricating her biography, Luo Su, a young Chinese white-collar worker from a low-income family, hopes to wed Mr. Win, an alluring bachelor. But when her mother's shocking TV interview exposes her deceit, she loses everything and ends her own life. Left in limbo, she is mystically given one last opportunity to alter her fate within 72 hours - albeit within the body of a man.

Atlas

October 2022 •Slovenian

An atmospheric journey, following the unstoppable forces that shape this world. A story beyond humanity.

Sankofa

May 1993 •English

On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.

Mare

October 2016 •English

Sean, an anxious and isolated man, goes about his mundane daily routine with a pleasant twist: an unexpected trip to sunny Brighton Beach. His desire to enjoy the gentle breeze, lapping waves, and sunny skies is put to the test as the beach itself seems to turn against him.

Goodbye!

Invalid date •Hungarian

A teenager wins a mathematical competition and as a prize for the winners of the contest, they have to spend a week in the fictional Hungarian village of Tótcsanád. He has extreme homesickness and as a result he plans to escape and go back to the capital city, Budapest. The plan looks impossible, but it seems like as if bigger forces would also want him to escape.

Fantasmia

May 2025 •Swedish

"...The journey of a determined warrior seeking answers..."

Tribe

May 2016 •English

Set for 20 centuries BC., in the land of Far West , in eastern Sahara Africa; there lived King Bunzo of the great Tribe Nation, seeming little in size but mighty in times of war. The Empire of Tribe has authority over every other empire. King Bunzo chooses to sell his male subjects to slave traders who worked for the bloody tasty King of Northern Kingdom known as Emperor Tobitotaya. Emperor Tobitotaya is a dreadful Leader that wants Kings of other Nations to bow before him. Any King who refuses to do so, he would give a handshake of War. From greed, to betrayal, to bravery, to love, Tribe is a film that has a good dosage of such emotions in a manner that will have cinema lovers glued to their seats.

A Sad, Sad Ghost Picking at the Hairs of Their Knuckles

January 2023 •English

A wandering young woman explores the crevices of her apartment, of her corporeal creases, as well as the shadows made up of those things. Through her journey, she comes into contact with fellow vagrancies: a nondescript man of around similar age; a young girl with similar, even familiar, eyes; streets that can only exist during those brief moments of glazing stares. The rain comes and goes, but the A/C never turns off.

Sorceress

March 2017 •English

A young woman raised in the US returns to her birth country in Eastern Europe after a devastating tragedy. Questioning her sanity and her sexuality, she starts believing she possesses supernatural powers.

Snowflake

September 2012 •Russian

Once a little African boy got a letter. In the letter he found a snowflake made of paper.

Kshya Tra Ghya

January 2004 •Hindi

A stream of mysterious rituals and symbols are encountered as a young boy journeys to school in the fantastical world of Kshya Tra Ghya.

The Psychedelic Experience

January 1965 •English

Experimental movie, where a man comes home and experiences LSD. His kaleidoscopic visions follow, with readings inspired by the Tibethan Book of the Dead.

The Children's Republic

October 2012 •Portuguese

In a war-torn African country, a small group of young people, led by Mão-de-Ferro, a traumatized and violent war child, arrive in a mysterious city where children, abandoned by adults, have created their own utopian republic.

Occurrences of Questionable Significance

April 2020 •German

When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to it? Temperamental bunny Barbara only gives her stag sugar daddy Nestor his special massage, after he dines her and plays the big spender. This obscure short film pinpoints postmodern tropes of consumerism, eroticism, and art with an homage to the theater stage and references to literature. This work uses a fantasy language and needs no subtitles.

Ghost Town

December 2023 •English

Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.

Chameleons

November 2022 •Portuguese