The Eidolon State

The Washing Machine

March 2020 •German

The washing machine bites the dust: turning the humdrum life of a young couple upside down.

The Limited Bird

January 1989 •English

John's first independent work from 1989. Won Best of Fest Shorts at the Cinequest Film Festival, CA. The film is comprised of highly rendered drawings with very little moving parts to tell a complex story of relationships "gone to the birds".

Daemonrunner

August 2017 •English

Ghostbusters meets The Matrix in this experimental short film from the makers of Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead.

Dream Creep

January 2024 •English

A couple awaken in the night to sounds emanating from an unlikely orifice.

Reverb

December 2014 •English

Helia Millville wants nothing more than to maintain an ordinary life after a sudden romantic break up. However, when a mysterious visitor disrupts Helia’s daily habits, the true horrors of her past become harder to repress.

Umbra of Deceit

July 2023 •English

In the halls of power, a minister has fallen from grace. Government agent Beckett recruits a deadly operative Richards with a dubious past to restore control via coercion. As the power play unfolds, Beckett must confront the consequences of his choices while Richards seeks to safeguard his own interests.

Alma

June 2009 •English

Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.

2036: Nexus Dawn

August 2017 •English

This in-world short film takes place in the year 2036 and revolves around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. In this short, Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed. This no doubt has serious ramifications that will be crucial to the plot of Blade Runner 2049.

Rachmaninoffs Prelude

July 1927 •English

A man listening to Rachmoninoff's 'Prelude' dreams he is the victim of premature burial.

Ghost Runner

August 2012 •English

After a frustrated coach suffers a heart attack brought on by frustration at his team, the team members being hearing stranger whispers and dying off one by one.

The death of the minotavr

September 2022 •English

The death of the minotavr talks about the concept of the heroine's journey. Suffering, horror and exhaustion lead the protagonist to a process of transformation, abyss and expiation, because only murdering to minotaur and everything he represents is possible to return to life. From the female gaze, it shows the depth of the emotional wounds caused by domestic violence; the same one that the surrealist Dora Maar lived and that ask why, as a society, instead of killing the minotaur, we blindly continue to send him women only to be devoured and ask them why they simply did not fight, why they did not try get out of the labyrinth.

When the Howls Find Us

December 2017 •English

A young woman and her grandmother seek refuge from a blizzard. But it's not the cold they're running from.

Det ottende sakramente

November 2021 •Danish

Safe

May 2013 •Korean

A woman working as a cashier at an illegal gambling parlor pushes her luck by stealing money from gamblers as a way to pay off her own debts. When one gambler realizes he’s been cheated, he returns with murderous intent and the already dismal situation spirals out of control.

Lights Out

May 2014 •

A woman prepares for bed, but realizes that something may be lurking in the shadows.

The Last Word

October 2023 •English

A charismatically verbose writer who befriends the resident bartender on a train ferrying dark secrets. The writer’s sanity begins to unravel as he faces a haunting truth he can’t escape.

According to Mateo

November 2017 •Spanish

Mateo and his boyfriend, Marc, arrive home after a night out with Luke, a guy they've just met. After an argument, Mateo leaves the flat and bumps into Jon, a drug dealer they have called. Mateo convinces Jon to take him to his house where he discovers he can't feel anything if it's not through pain.

To Thine Own Self Be True

November 2023 •English

An experimental study of nature through three stories and how we have destroyed it.

Hell

May 2011 •Portuguese

In the course of one afternoon, Raphael's paradise turns into a spiral of guilt and paranoia.

Save Yourself

November 2018 •English

Peter is a housekeeper with a crippling fear of cats. When a pig-lizard monster emerges threatening the safety of his town, Peter enlists the help of his friends to face his fears and stop the Pizard.