Spirit of the Flesh

Fotofinish

October 1986 •German

A man in financial debt is asked by his little son if the photographer of the famous picture which shows the Hindenburg zeppelin going up in flames early this century has become rich by that. The father quickly concludes that he only has to take the right picture in order to be able to pay his debts. After contacting a underground explosives engineer he takes off to the Munich Olympic Tower with his camera...

The Bridge

February 2006 •English

A gay Australian man reflects on the immigration problems of his young Russian boyfriend.

Shakespeare's Sonnets

January 2005 •English

A Harvard dandy circa 1946 lures his best friend away from the privileges of conformity.

TRIPLE TIMe

December 2017 •English

A theoretical physicist discovers his life is in danger when he comes home to find two future versions of himself.

Burning Soul

September 2016 •English

Australia, June 1727, a ship from the Dutch East India Company wrecked on the hostile coast. Pieter and Hendrick are friends like brothers - they grew up together, sailed together, survived together. But when Hendrick discovers the true nature of Pieter's heart, the two men are taken in a storm where friendship and faith collapse.

PLAQUE

June 2017 •Korean

Hee-soo, who visits the dentist, wants to receive scaling treatment from Mi-sun, a dental hygienist. But she seems to have another reason for visiting Mi-sun.

Good Business

July 2017 •English

Humanity makes a deal with a new client. Based on the comic "Good Business" by Simon Roy

Popeye the Slayer Man

March 2025 •English

A curious group of friends sneak into an abandoned spinach canning factory to film a documentary on the legend of the "Sailor Man," who is said to haunt the factory and local docks.

Line

October 2016 •Korean

The man is making a living by circulating advertisements. While turning the ad flyers, they find a house with a slightly open door. The man goes home thinking about stealing dinner money. There is a quiet, tightly closed door inside the house. The man who was about to come out with nothing wants to open the closed door. There are the bodies of an old man and a girl who committed suicide when forced to open a tightly closed door. Then someone rings the doorbell.

Tuyul

December 2020 •Indonesian

Agus is the new night security of the village administrative office. Rumor said the office is haunted by the elusive Tuyul.

Los pobres aman con las manos

September 2022 •Spanish

Tony, Pol and Baby are three friends that get together to search a solution to their project for the future, at a standstill. They criticize constantly the system and the other people's precariousness, without realizing that they share the same feeling of poverty.

(Ab)normal Desire

November 2023 •Japanese

Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?

Coming Home

May 2015 •Chinese

Gay high school couple - Ivan, a well-behaved local Taiwanese, and Eric, a rebellious international student from the US, take a road trip down the most dangerous highway in Taiwan. Their trip is cut short when Eric reveals that he must return home after graduation, forcing Ivan to confront his darkest demons.

Crossroads

May 2015 •English

After the death of his wife, a father finds out his son is gay and confronts him leading to devastating consequences.

Black Hole

July 2019 •English

An astrophysics professor leads a lecture about a black hole that absorbs everything around it. He doesn't know yet that he will also be enveloped by this black hole.

Screengrabbed Too: BBC Introducing Arts

November 2022 •English

Huw Stephens presents an exciting selection of short films from emerging artists and film-makers from across the UK. Topics are fresh, varied and thought-provoking, including a behind-the-scenes look at a zoo closing for the night, an honest account of farming the land, and a powerful love letter from a son to a mother who has cancer. Expect to be moved and challenged by these short dramas, observations and dance, made by a new generation of storytellers. Yew; Echdo; King of the Pit; Two B or Not Two B; Lucky House; Everything Is Fine; The Jacket; Cages; It's Always Been; Mary Lost Her Battle; Between the Dog and the Wolf; From His Perspective

HERANÇA

December 2024 •Portuguese

Budapest, Closed City

May 2021 •Hungarian

Peter takes his British friend Adam on a personal but political tour around Budapest. In an underground club, Adam makes a move at Peter — who now has to come clear with his own feelings.

Lalibela

October 2022 •Ukrainian

On the eve of Easter, an icon depicting the Ethiopian Mother of God enters a Ukrainian village. After the icon is noticed by regular parishioners, a conflict begins between the young priest and his flock. Peasants do not agree to have a dark-skinned Mother of God in the church. One night someone makes his way to the church and cuts the icon. After the night events, the icon begins to pour myrrh.