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The Albatross

January 1998 •English

A ship sets sail on an epic voyage through malignant natural and supernatural elements from which one man alone survives. An adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner illustrated by19th Century wood engravings which are animated by scratching directly into the surface of color filmstock. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with its message of ecological redemption has a curiously contemporary resonance, but it is at the level of the mythic that the poem has lasting relevance; for this epic tale of extraordinary events simply mirrors the struggle that each human being faces on their own in his or her life. -VDB

Hollywood Lucifer

January 2014 •English

The City

January 1963 •

Three stories (Love, Heart, The Hoop) set in the urban, alienated world of a big city. It tells how thin is the line between melancholy and depression.

Five Minutes Ago

October 2008 •English

A young man pretends to sleep while he watches his lover go through her morning routine.

Sideways for Attention

September 2024 •English

In a self-destructive slide, college senior Chloe navigates a tightrope that won’t let her go.

Ishtangaa

December 2018 •Telugu

Krishna,who does not believe in relationships,ends up falling in love with Satya. Their relationship reaches a crossroads when Satya discovers she is pregnant.

Holiday Crashers

October 2024 •English

Best friends Toni and Bri, working at a card print shop, decide to crash the amazing Christmas parties from some of the shop's confidential invitations for a bit of harmless fun. Harmless that is, until Toni is mistaken for a lawyer and they get whisked away to a fancy corporate Christmas retreat in the snowy Vermont mountains by handsome business mogul.

Hello, Thanks

January 2006 •English

Filmmaker Andy Blubaugh documents a year spent looking for love in the personal ads.

Lalo

December 2015 •Spanish

Lalo is a little boy who lives in an orphanage and dreams of singing in the choir of the church. His companions make fun of him and beat him, so he is unjustly punished afterwards. Very soon, everyone will discover in him an extraordinary change of direction in his life.

Colour Poetry

February 2021 •

Colour Poetry explores the journey of two lovers—Red, chaotic and anxious, and Blue, calm and structured—their characters being constructed through the lens of their emotional and mental states. As they navigate the complexities of a long-distance relationship, their interactions subtly transform their identities. While Red finds solace and stability in love, Blue begins to feel suffocated and reluctant to change. Their inevitable reunion forces them to confront an uncomfortable truth: growth isn’t always shared, and love doesn’t always mean staying together. As they move toward a seemingly unbreakable bond of their union, they must confront the reality that not all transformations are mutual.

For Love We Can

March 2014 •

Jun is a reckless, rebellious young man. His coming out enraged his father, with his mother (Han) stuck in the middle. Even after his father's death they are still unable to reconcile and the two barely communicate. Knowing that being gay is not accepted by his mother, there is a wall between the two even though they live under the same roof.

The Keys

September 2011 •Spanish

Separated a few months ago from Pedro, Matías invites Lucho to his house. But what seems to start fine will turn the tide when the past of Matías and Pedro’s relationship arrises in the form of the keys...

Romina

October 2024 •Spanish

Romina and Sebastian are a dysfunctional couple who study medicine in Puebla city and recently they’ve gone to live together; although they have been together for a long time, jealousy and different toxic attitudes will trigger a tragic final.

A Sister

October 2018 •French

A night. A car. Alie is in danger. To get by she must make the most important phone call of her life.

Canicas

April 2025 •English

A distraught teen attempts to track down her recently-deceased father’s missing cat, only to unearth a devastating family secret in the process.

Second Egyptian

October 2007 •English

A 30 year old Egyptian man, hard working waiter without a green card, invites a Russian woman, newly arrived American dream chaser, to his house for dinner and tells her he is a virgin.

A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

September 2004 •English

The Christmas Brew

October 2024 •English

A young female business consultant is sent to acquire a small craft brewery, but upon meeting the kind-hearted owner, she falls in love with not only him, but the close-knit community of the small business. Together, they must block the deal and save their beloved brewery.

Daniel

December 2018 •French

Spooky stuff is afoot in a French school. All of a sudden, 10-year-old Daniel finds himself alone with Marthe – their encounter is both tender and troubling, and it seems to take place in a sort of vacuum. In Marine Atlan’s dream-like feature film debut, children dance tango timelessly, recite poems and do the drill for an imaginary terrorist attack.