Judgments and Talents

Donkey Kong

Invalid date •English

When an arcade game enthusiast's anxiety makes it difficult for him to make friends, he realizes he may need to connect with people in a way he has never tried before...

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January 1954 •English

Short film adaptation of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'.

Pillars of Salt

May 2021 •English

On the shores of solipsism, Luis interrogates the impulses that led him into an affair with his married supervisor at work, to face the emotional absences driving his actions and the uncertainties of moving on.

Twenty-Seven

March 2023 •English

Twenty-seven year old musician Jane's phone won't stop ringing on the eve of her birthday. Uninterested in distractions from the world around her, Jane pores over books and analyzes notes in a frantic search for her way out of the curse she believes herself to be under: an untimely death at twenty-seven years old just like many of her artistic idols. Jane ignores repeated phone calls and angrily throws her phone away, working into the night and passing out from exhaustion. After waking up alive, Jane begins cleaning up her apartment and repairing her phone, ready to live without fear of her inevitable mortality and to appreciate life while it's happening. Screened at the Toronto Short Film Festival 2023. Nominated for best actress (Stephanie Cowan as Jane) at the Toronto Alternative Film Festival 2022 and the Couch Film Festival 2022.

Pollinator

September 2022 •English

A dystopian future set in a totalitarian world , where a young man's life is about to change.

The Maid of McMillan

January 1916 •English

Quite possibly the first student film, a whimsical romance shot in 1916 by law students from Washington University in St. Louis.

Scopa

March 2024 •English

Set in 1850s Naples, Italy, two sisters are getting ready for a wedding, but neither of them wants to acknowledge their inevitable parting of ways.

A Different Tree

June 2013 •English

An eight-year-old girl tries to build a relationship with her absent father through a class-assigned family tree.

The Oval Portrait

January 1934 •English

An artist is so consumed with painting a portrait of the women he loves that he doesn't notice she is dying until it's too late. Shot as a silent film.

Baile

July 2021 •English

In rural 1950s Ireland, Emer's only daughter is rushed away to hospital after being badly beaten by her teacher. In defiance of her husband, she marches down to the headmaster's office. Faced with systemic abuse, Emer decides to take matters into her own hands.

People That Are Not Me

November 2016 •Hebrew

Joy can't let go of her ex, but doesn't seem to be able to fall for the new guy. In the meantime she keeps having casual sex with strangers.

Disregard

December 2021 •English

A look at how college campuses and society treats sex crimes.

Mind Games

April 2024 •English

After suffering a head injury during training, aspiring footballer Jordan traverses his own mind and memory in order to rediscover his passions and fix his broken relationship with his Coach Father.

Rychlé pohyby očí

September 1998 •Czech

Orbit

February 2024 •Portuguese

After her best friend leaves to Lunar University, Geo has to deal with his absence on Earth when carnival season arrives.

Symfonie

March 2024 •Czech

Ambula

March 2024 •English

A story about a young man who has an argument with his friend so chooses to take a walk to clear his deteriorating mind.

Goose Town

March 2023 •English

An urban teenager finds solace from his chaotic life in the footsteps of his fictional outlaw persona.

Killing Auntie

November 2013 •Polish

Jurek is 23 years old and he is a history student. He lives with his loving auntie, who raises him and supports him. Feeling that she is a cause and a symbol of his existential boredom, monotony and malaise, he reaches for the hammer…

BFFs

March 2024 •English

The friendship between two college students takes a dark turn after one of them witnesses the other hanging out with another student, going against his one rule that he cannot make any other friends.