... And That's What a Marriage Is

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.

Absolution

January 2016 •English

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

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.

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.

GUO4

August 2019 •English

A confrontation between two swimmers in a locker room.

Self

Invalid date •English

Judgment comes to a man who must reckon with the state of his monotonous existence. He must physically confront the commonplace cliches most of us tell ourselves instead of following our dreams. He will live a humdrum life or he will break through the walls of conformity to climb his personal mountains.

Electric Swan

August 2019 •Spanish

Buildings are not supposed to move. But on Avenida Libertador 2050, a building moves and the ceiling shivers, causing a strange nausea that devours its residents. Those who live on the top are afraid they’ll fall, the ones who live beneath are afraid they’ll drown.

The Tree and the Cat

February 1983 •Ukrainian

Away from people, animals, forests and fields stood a very tall tree. It did not need anyone, it was completely indifferent to everyone. Once a cat wanted to learn the style of life of the tree, which has allowed her to stay near it, so that she could take over its attitude to everything around. But eventually the cat affects the tree as well...

Οδομαχία

November 2008 •Greek