Refrains

The Level Crossing-keeper

October 2011 •French

Level crossing-keeper on an abandoned road, an old lady lives alone with her cow. She fills her loneliness by the tenderness she feels for her pretty cow and she escapes by playing the violin. Until one day she decides to stop the trains...

Villa Josephine

September 2010 •Dutch

Past and present are intricately entwined in this poetical reverie, in which a man (Derek de Lint) looks for his childhood memories in his grandparents' deserted country house. He meets himself at various ages in this house full of waning grandeur. The disappearance of his love Equiline plays an important role. In the voice-over, he tells the spectator about his motives for this trip to the 'memory of a memory'.

Inviável

July 2022 •Portuguese

A man and a woman live in an abandoned house in a forest. Their lives are shaken when someone visits them.

Spring

March 2017 •English

Amanda struggles to keep something inside as she spends the day taking pictures of her best friend.

Hi Stranger

March 2017 •English

I made this film especially for you. I needed to check in with you. I needed to tell you how I feel.

Chasing Grace

March 2017 •English

A young college student reluctantly meets with her estranged father only to discover the truth about the events of the wild summer of '75 that drove them apart.

Wonders

March 1980 •Russian

An animated film for children about how a Clown and the guys argued about who is the bigger inventor and entertainer.

Leon in Wintertime

February 2008 •French

One winter, a ravenous ogre terrorizes the land of King Balthasar. Meanwhile, a blizzard is brewing in Léon’s heart. Braving the cold, this adopted bear cub runs away from home. Léon has many an adventure during his travels. He befriends a hedgehog and an elephant, confronts an ogre, and sets Princess Molly Gingerbread free. His courage and integrity eventually lead him back to his family. In the end, the cub earns everybody’s respect.

Be a winner

November 2020 •German

Hacking a claw machine inside C4D.

Umbra

May 2021 •English

After moving into a new house, a man comes into contact with a dark primordial creature.

Stanbrook

July 2020 •Spanish

Spain, March 1939. The war is dying down. At the Port of Alicante thousands of people are piling, waiting for the arrival of ships that will carry them to exile. Moored, the freighter Stanbrook is witnessing the desperation.

Paradigm

October 2016 •Spanish

Innocence, sex and lust converge to tell the story of Guille, a teenager who seeks himself through others.

Του κολυμβητή

September 1985 •Greek

The Frozen Sea

November 2006 •German

Eight year old Marco finds out, that his parents are keeping something from him and take them to a test.

La Jetée

February 1962 •French

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

Carne

November 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.

Route-3

September 2019 •Bosnian

In a sweaty, overcrowded tram in Sarajevo, a shy teenager is beset by every imaginable impediment as he tries to capture the attention of his object of desire. Yet the overheated hero of this wild farce will not be easily defeated.

Something to Remember

September 2019 •Swedish

A bittersweet look at life’s many challenges, albeit as experienced by furry, feathered, and slimy creatures who sound and feel all too human.

Sadla

September 2019 •Zulu

A teen boy runs errands while being followed by various figures of authority. As he shares his experience with friends, this tense and controlled drama deftly explores the cyclical effects of victimization on the wider community.

Barakat

September 2019 •Arabic

For the elderly man preparing for his grandson’s wedding in Manon Nammour’s film, the accelerating rate of change in Beirut threatens to create a city he no longer knows by heart.