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Death for a Unicorn

August 2013 •English

Little Billy’s life is tormented by his scheming aunt who drags him daily to the cemetery and forces him to clean his uncle’s headstone. There Billy meets Myrtle, a little girl ghost stuck between the worlds of the living and the dead. Freeing Myrtle means losing the only friend Billy has ever had.

Miss Orange

September 2021 •English

a lazy girl is depressed and confused of what to do next, after she realizes that she has grown up.

Moving On

April 2022 •English

A grieving widower is offered a pill that can help ease his grief by erasing certain bad memories.

The Deep End

March 2006 •French

Lucille, an introverted eleven year old girl, live with her parents, who are caretakers of the swimming pool in which they stay. Because of the weirdness of this place, which looks like a flying saucer, an awful anguish comes out of Lucille's mind. The "unidentified frightening object" of her confusion would happen to be even more obsessing than all fears of childhood.

Hotel Chevalier

October 2007 •English

In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)

It Girl

March 2014 •Spanish

Overwhelmed by her husband’s medical bills, Sofia takes a desperate measure: she becomes an egoblogger.

Caterpillar

January 1988 •Japanese

A half-hour experimental film that shows Fukui moving towards cyberpunk imagery in a manner similar to Tsukamoto, featuring industrial locations, a malfunctioning cyborg/android and a hulking metallic ‘caterpillar’ that stalks characters.

The Gift of Tears

November 2012 •Portuguese

A princess and a hunter. An iconographic journey immersed in Lusitanian fantasy.

História do Amor

May 2024 •Portuguese

After the sudden break up of a relationship, a young man tries to make a film using the images of his ex-girlfriend that he had on his camera.

The EDEN Project

May 2023 •English

A girl, her father, and an AI system work to preserve the remnants of plant life in a post-apocalyptic ice age.

Shakti

February 2019 •Spanish

Federico, in his mid-20s, lives alone in Buenos Aires. The day his grandmother dies, he decides to part with his girlfriend. He fears hurting her. However, she is laid-back, feisty and not even close to feeling hurt. He begins obsessing over her unexpected reaction—but then he meets someone else.

Mr. Pregnant

April 2019 •English

A short about going CowboyMode.

Undress Me

October 2012 •English

Mikaela has undergone gender reassignment and is now a woman. One night at a bar, she meets a guy and takes him back to her place.

What We Don't Tell

November 2020 •French

Jeremy, a twenty-two-year-old drifter, goes on a search for the man who abused him as a child.

Carne

May 1991 •French

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Valentine

June 2022 •English

With gender and identity in flux, Corey and Mia struggle to redefine their relationship.

Victor's Kingdom

January 1990 •Spanish

Sara reads a story to Victor at night, a story about a grieving princess and a brave prince. Gradually the story draws nearer to their lives until converge in a fatal outcome.

Tomorrow

September 2014 •English

New Year's Eve 1999 finds college-bound Clark and Trevor concerned about the future of their friendship, and a request for Clark to be Trevor's wingman ensures things will never be the same again.

And Returning

February 2020 •Indonesian

Rina wants to tell her best friend, Eli, about her arranged marriage, by dating her on the last night they could be together.