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Voices of a Distant Star

February 2002 •Japanese

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

February 2010 •Tamil

A young, aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a girl who moves into the house above his, but her sophisticated nature does more harm than good to him.

Cremaster 5

October 1997 •Hungarian

Cremaster 5 is a five-act opera (sung in Hungarian) set in late-ninteenth century Budapest. The last film in the series, Cremaster 5 represents the moment when the testicles are finally released and sexual differentiation is fully attained. The lamenting tone of the opera suggests that Barney invisions this as a moment of tragedy and loss. The primary character is the Queen of Chain (played by Ursula Andress). Barney, himself, plays three characters who appear in the mind of the Queen: her Diva, Magician, and Giant. The Magician is a stand-in for Harry Houdini, who was born in Budapest in 1874 and appears as a recurring character in the Cremaster cycle.

Turnpike

September 1996 •English

Two men take a journey through crowded Parisian streets, interacting and disrupting everyday life.

Canvas

December 2023 •English

An egotistic, self-centric painter discovers he has developed a life-changing disease. Choosing to forget his troubled past, he immerses himself in painting, reshaping his memories to imagine a different past.

Acting Love

February 2022 •Korean

Soo-hyuk works for a dating agency and changes partners several times a day. He's tired and skeptical of clients who want violent sex, but when he enters a strange house today, the man is strangely sweet.

The Jacket

November 2014 •German

A boy meets a girl. It could be love. But there is this jacket, too. And the jacket will change everything...

Zack & Luc

September 2014 •English

A split-screen film telling two versions of the entire story of a relationship. Each memory becomes intertwined with all the others: the firsts, the lasts, the middles, each of the small nothing moments that add up to something in the end.

Insomnia

October 2018 •Chinese

A young man, alone in his room, is visited by a mysterious voice, who forces him to reveal the murder he committed.

The Embalmer

September 2002 •Italian

Peppino is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio, a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes entranced by Valerio and offers him a large salary to come work as his assistant. But when Valerio meets Deborah, their fledgling romance is threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.

Today We Start Our Love

June 2010 •Japanese

Hibino Tsubaki is a shy, kind, and slightly old-fashioned girl who has always been the top student in her class. She always did everything her parents wanted her to do. She loved to do other girls' hair in trendy and cute styles, despite always wearing plain braids herself. On her first day of high school at the opening ceremony, she is astonished to see that the top student giving the opening speech is not only somebody else, but also the rudest boy she has ever seen. This delinquent turns out to be her new classmate, Kyouta Tsubaki. Kyouta teases Hibino, drawing attention to their similar last names. The two are both top of their class, but are different in every other way. Even though it seems that they cannot stand each other, fate has something else in store for them…

The Cursed Jug

January 1979 •Azerbaijani

The magician crow turns the little boy into a jug. After that a little boy's adventures begin.

How I See Sunsets

August 2017 •English

A poetic, semi-autobiographical short film of the sun setting over a village, shot from behind the curtains of a small, dimly lit room.

Pragma

May 2018 •Korean

Yoo-Hee and Joo-Yeon fell in love in high school, but their school’s persecution of gays tore them apart. When meet again years later, sparks fly.

L'étranger

January 2011 •

A station. A boy. A girl. The same book. An exchange of looks and movements that tends to a loving dream with an unexpected ending. A 16 mm black and white exercise made by the author during her first trimester at the London Film School.

Otamaniki

November 2021 •Japanese

Biopic filmed in a single shot about the Majorcan musician Juanjo Monserrat.

Till Human Voices Wake Us

July 2015 •English

Inspired by the Celtic myths of the Selkies - seals in water and enchanting maidens on land - who storm Manhattan when one of their kind falls for a man drowning under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Coup de coeur

May 2023 •French

Out of Bounds

April 2011 •English

Sam is a rebellious, gay rights activist who is looking to escape the suburbs with her girlfriend, Rose, who is still in the closet.

The Wedding

December 1964 •Georgian

A young man keeps meeting the same girl with a violin again and again. Is it his destiny?