Purgatorium

Afterparty

July 2024 •English

Three friends wake up from the best night of their lives, only to find that their friend is dead.

In Sickness & In Health

November 2019 •English

When a woman is given the worst news of her life, she is faced with a decision: tell her family, or spare them and carry the burden herself.

Tobey

November 2017 •English

Isolated in rural England, a teenage girl is forced to confront the recent death of her mother.

Sociedade do Caos

July 2024 •Portuguese

I Will Always Love You Conny

January 2017 •English

It’s minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees F) and 20 y/o Conny walks around like a restless criminal with his hoodie up in a small forgotten village in northern Sweden. He's not welcome anywhere and the whole village seems to hate him. Yesterday he panicked and drove away from his girlfriend’s delivery of their baby - but now he has repented and wants to come back. But what will it take for her to forgive him?

A Serious Man

October 2009 •English

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

The Wish

July 2013 •Korean

When young, we might try witchcraft out of curiosity to make our wishes come true, even if it’s scary. For such curiosity, Joohee, who is unable to find hope in reality, pays the price, as well as her friends who she neglects.

Photo Op

November 2015 •English

A lonely Brooklyn photographer (Randy Harrison, "Queer as Folk") gets the courage to come out from behind his camera to capture his crush, but it turns out there is more to the picture than meets the eye.

Paano Humuli ng Kidlat

September 2022 •

A man is hell-bent on leaning towards the forces of luck as he searches for the final winning lottery digit.

Zing

May 2011 •

Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people's lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the door bell. It's a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she's the next life on Mr. Grimm's list.

Daughters of the Fatherland

December 2023 •Portuguese

During the student crisis of 1968, Ines, an 18-year-old homosexual, is prevented from attending law school by her family, who believe that this is not the right course for a woman. This awakens in Inês a feeling of injustice, which leads her to accept Julio's invitation to join the high school students' association. The next day, we find out that the student association has been closed since they found a copy of the clandestine newspaper "Avante!" on the premises. The rectory then decides to expel suspicious students, starting a revolt in the high school and an ideological confrontation between the couple of Inês and Adelaide.

Dead Man’s Hand

November 2013 •English

George Gregson's world is turned upside down when he meets a man in a 1940's gentleman's club who refuses to shake hands. Based on Stephen King's short story 'The Man who Would Not Shake Hands'.

Naysayer

May 2019 •English

A young father, separated from his wife, takes drastic measures to see his newborn son, who he feels is being unfairly kept from him. However, alliances shift and feelings change as accusations fly in the course of a phone conversation.

Pastime

August 2019 •Italian

A retired teacher is sitting at a table outside a bar; it’s a beautiful sunny day. The waiter brings him breakfast. Soon after a young man arrives and the teacher invites him to sit, he was waiting for him. He is dark skinned. He comes from Mali. Well dressed, serene, ready for the “game” that the teacher is playing. It’s a puzzle game where one wins when completing a crossword. But there is a variable that makes this game impossible: guessing the solutions before the question is made. Nevertheless, the young man finishes the game. Or almost…

Home

August 2015 •English

Two young brothers living in rural isolation struggle to survive in the wake of a mysterious attack, only to have their fragile world shattered by the arrival of a teenage girl. Home by John Henry Hinkel

Dreemer

January 2012 •English

A surreal love story about a nineteen year old girl with the personality of an abused dog, and her oppressively misguided boyfriend.

Aerindor: The silent sacrifice

May 2024 •English

Two elves venture into the wilderness to explore the infamous ruins of Aldemore and the world of Aerindor. The road forces them to explore their friendship and ideologies, and how unsophisticated curiosity can argue with maturity. When met with danger, impulsive choices might lead them to endanger a prophesy of the end times at the hands of a heinous cult.

The Gift

March 2000 •English

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

Reya's World

Invalid date •English

Reya’s World delves into the raw and poignant struggle of a young woman navigating the depths of depression. Feeling trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of isolation, Reya finds solace and gradual healing through small moments of self-connection and genuine friendships, gradually lifting the heavy burden that envelops her.

Seven

July 2010 •English

A dreamy lo-fi pseudo-intellectual experimental short contemplating the role of the number 7 historically as a symbol across cultures filtered through the lens of 8th graders