8 Portraits, Scenarios: Death of Reality, Fiction, Truth & Lies

plants with spikes or thorns

April 2015 •

An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.

Duras Raízes

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Lembrar de Mim

July 2024 •Portuguese

Where's the girl? Can you hold her for me? I need her now.

Linton Falls - A Study of the Force of Water

September 2024 •English

An experimental film documenting a river leading up to a waterfall, depicting both its natural beauty and its inherent danger.

The World Is Not Enough

September 2025 •

The short film captures the memory of an apartment and its surroundings: a young adult man lives his daily life, a journalist interviews a retired novelist who grapples with the idea of the end of the world, and two young boys searching for portals. Three storylines intertwine as the film progresses.

Escuro da Alma

August 2024 •Portuguese

Cheers,

July 2024 •English

A bartender takes on the physical form of her imagined alter egos.

Reya's World

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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.

Static

August 2024 •English

A man dreams about his wife while stuck in an unknown place.

Memory Replica

July 2024 •Vietnamese

After hearing about a pagoda's mysterious disappearance, a group of filmmakers embarks on their journey to find an explanation.

Heartstorm

March 2025 •English

A young woman goes on a cathartic journey through memory and imagination inspired by the performers at an open mic.

Somber Tides

March 2024 •

Somber tides a cry from the species, startled into survival against the elements. One last breath before being trampled by the Earth or maybe conversely a battle to wage against winds and tides clutching on before extinction.

The Abyss of shadows

September 2024 •Hindi

Ayush suffers from sleep paralysis and dark hallucinations, haunted by shadowy figures that represent his repressed fears. Trapped between dream and reality, he confronts these manifestations of his inner turmoil.

The Right Side of My Brain

April 1984 •English

Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern's first collaborative effort, The Right Side of My Brain, is a glimpse into the world of unsatiable female lust, narrated by Lydia Lunch. The film was initially dismissed and dismayed by critics such as J. Hoberman, but the criticism of The Right Side of My Brain received only pushed the two to go one step further with Fingered (1986).

Winter Portrait

October 2024 •English

A misty afternoon returns a Mapuche couple to their wedding video. In their civil ceremony, they are noted as one of only two couples married in the indigenous language of Mapudungun.

Prelude: Dog Star Man

April 1962 •English

A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an explosion of color and squiggles and happenstance. Next, images of small circles emerge then of the Sun. Images of our Earth appear, woods, a part of a body, a nude woman perhaps giving birth. Imagery evokes movement across time. Part of the Dog Star Man series of experimental films.

Symphonie Fantastique

September 2024 •English

A lone wind ensemble musician photographs an ongoing performance as she's suddenly joined by a past lover.

Stone

September 1992 •Russian

Via the New York Times: "...a severely obscure meditation on pre-revolutionary Russia in the form of an encounter between a ghost from the past and the ghost's present-day guardian. In fact, the two characters seem to be the shade of Anton Chekhov and the young man who tends a Chekhov museum in the Crimea, though that is never made explicit."

Maslenitsa

June 2023 •Russian

Spoiled seven-year-old Vanka lives a carefree childhood. Going with his father to the Maslenitsa holiday, Vanka meets a runaway deserter in the forest, about whom he tells the adults. This act instantly deprives Vanka of his childhood, and the father of his child. The event opens his eyes to the adult world in which the child will have to live on.