Stuck In a Box

A Very Slow Breakfast

October 2003 •Indonesian

When a boy is too confused to speak with his non-communicative family, words eventually lose their meaning. He decides to communicate with his dandruff and a cup of cold coffee instead. His father ignores these eccentricities, assuming it is just a ploy to get attention. Meanwhile, the boy's sister likes exercising seductively in front of men and is better able to capture her father's attention than her brother. Their mother is oblivious, perpetually talking to people on her mobile phone and the space the family occupies grows narrower and narrower.

Goodbye Mom

January 1997 •Spanish

A man on a supermarket encounters a woman who tells him he reminds her of her late son.

Fabrizio’s Initiation

February 2016 •Spanish

In the heat of summer, Fabrizio is desperate to find the right time and place to make out with Nadia, his longtime girlfriend. With frustration building because his best laid plans are constantly getting interrupted, he comes up with a novel solution — but it will take more than just one teen boy to make it happen.

The Last Rung on the Ladder

January 2024 •English

Larry discovers his estranged sister, Kitty, has committed suicide. He recounts a fateful day, when the two were children playing in their family’s barn in rural Nebraska.

Face in the Crowd

November 2013 •English

A woman on a journey through a crowd grapples with private and public revelation, repulsion, fear, personal safety, and the desire for basic human interaction.

Come Swim

January 2017 •English

COME SWIM is a diptych of one man's day; half impressionist and half realist portraits.

The Man Who Loved Flowers

February 2021 •English

An idealistic young man plans the perfect marriage proposal for the love of his life. Based upon a short story by Stephen King.

The Last Rung on the Ladder

April 2012 •English

Larry is one of the most respected corporate lawyers in the country. You might say he has everything in life one could want - except everything that one needs. He shares his life with nobody and has saturated himself into his work to the point where it is his world. When his sister, Katrina, falls victim to circumstances of life, he is nowhere to be found. The Last Rung On The Ladder is a story about loss and regret.

Made Public

March 2019 •English

On the eve of his wedding day, a groom's cold feet go viral, forcing him and his bride to rely on the court of public opinion to save-or destroy-their marriage.

Where Darkness Lies

January 2019 •English

After making the toughest decision in his life, Jamie gets trapped in a labyrinth of pain and regret, where he is forced to relive the moment that haunts him most.

Two Perfect Strangers

May 2022 •Hindi

Two strangers - who just met, talk about their past lives and secrets are revealed.

Hikayeci

November 2005 •Turkish

In a train station stripped of all concerns of time and place, a man has taken up something not at all ordinary: Writing and selling stories. The storyteller is delighted to write and his readers are delighted to live those magical moments; but one day, out of the blue, a blind woman appears in all her beauty and in this mysterious world, she asks the storyteller to write and read a story for her. Blind people are forbidden to receive stories, since they cannot read what is written. The storyteller must refuse this unacceptable request, but he is intrigued by this beautiful woman, and this intrigue has no chance of living on the page!.

Der streitbare Herr Kickel

January 1933 •German

Mr. Kickel makes a bet with Mr. Müller as to whether Kickel will be arrested that very day.

Mein Name ist Lampe

September 1932 •German

A mix-up results in a normal man becoming a dentist.

The Colour of His Hair

June 2017 •English

Based on an unrealized film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British organisation that campaigned for the decriminalization of homosexual relations between men, "The Colour Of His Hair" merges drama and documentary into a meditation on queer life before and after the partial legalization of homosexuality in 1967.

Reconstruction

March 2021 •

Reconstruction tells about a certain night in 1982, reconstructed in 2020 by the people who lived it through together. The film combines dance, drama and documentary, but most of all is a story of a friendship of a boy and a girl, and how jolly situations can turn sour and how, even though close, friends do not share same experiences – and that can have an effect on their friendship.

Baddie

July 2024 •Thai

Porch

May 2015 •English

Andrew 'Dew' Schofield has spent his entire life taking care of others; his children, his granddaughter, and even his wife after she got sick. Now that his kids are grown and his wife has passed, Dew finds himself living alone in his familiar little suburb, with only his memories. When his granddaughter comes to visit inbetween apartments, they will both face the deeprooted loneliness they've spent so long trying to bury.

Ortolan

April 2023 •English

On the night of their mother’s wake, three estranged sisters divide their childhood home over a pot of magic mushroom tea while a family secret boils to the surface. A story about the tenuousness of memory, buried trauma, food... and psychedelics.

Приятного аппетита

September 1961 •Russian