Prison of Denial

The Piano

May 1993 •English

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

The Last Emperor

October 1987 •English

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Happiness

October 1998 •English

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

Doors To Go Through

October 2024 •English

A domestic tale of one who lived in solitude to the point of living himself apart.

Jeu de Société

September 2016 •French

In the form of an allegory of society, the film denounces a system dominated by money and power relations while focusing on the violence that structures cause on human relations.

Dream oddity

May 2024 •English

Following the death of his brother, Frederick attempts to write a screenplay, but can’t due to his ongoing battle with grief. His entire life is flipped upside down after discovering a mystery wonder pill which promises to allow anyone who uses it full control over their dreams, but not all is as it seems when Fred finds himself spiralling down a rabbit hole of his own subconscious.

El Conejo

June 2023 •Spanish

The Celebration

June 1998 •Danish

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a shocking secret.

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

March 2006 •Bosnian

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

Harold and Maude

December 1971 •English

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.

2 Penkuttikal

January 2016 •Malayalam

2 Penkuttikal discussed the issues faced by young girls and women in our society. Achu and Anagha are close friends, who decide to bunk their class to visit a mall in the city.Their visit to the city changes their life and what happens next form the crux of the film

A Silent Symphony

May 2024 •Indonesian

A man (35) experienced deep sorrow and felt guilty in an accident ten years ago which resulted in the death of his pregnant wife. Every day, Men expresses their emotions through the paintings they often use. However, one day, Pria had a small child, his neighbor's son, Agam (10), who accidentally crashed into the fence of Pria's house. From his meeting with Agam, Pria finally discovered something he had never encountered in his life.

The Man of the Crowd

September 2013 •Portuguese

Juvenal is a metro driver from Belo Horizonte. Margô, a station controller. Both live in a state of complete solitude – each in a particular way. Juvenal refuses to be alone and strolls through the streets of this metropolis taking comfort by mingling with the anonimous crowd. Margo seeks relief in the virtual world of social networks where she struggles to establish long lasting relations with real persons.

The Night...

April 2017 •English

A young man and woman fall in love one fateful night.

One More Day

June 2024 •Danish

Dimi really needs to use the bathroom. But the city isn't built for homeless people like himself, and toilets are only for paying customers.

Good Girl Jane

September 2024 •English

Struggling to fit in in her new school and reeling from the fallout of her parent’s recent divorce, lonely LA high schooler Jane falls in with a rambunctious crowd, and becomes smitten with their charming drug supplier, Jamie.

Tideland

September 2005 •English

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Blast from the Past

February 1999 •English

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.

Locus Amoenus

July 2018 •Italian

A short story about isolation and depression, mixed with a fake documentary interview.

Crazy Like Me

October 2013 •English

After college, a depressed young woman has a quarter-life crisis. Between her degrading job at a restaurant and her failed relationships with family and men, she starts seeing a therapist who turns out to be just as conventional as everyone else.