Dry Hot Summers

Beautiful Alexander

October 2019 •Dutch

An almost dialogueless, poetic impression of an insecure teenager’s dilemma. Alexander spends his first holiday alone in an old beach cabin. Longing for affection, but searching for his identity, he stays inside. From the cabin, he watches the people on the beach. On a diving board, in the middle of the sand, he spots someone who is making some dance moves. Hesitant at first, but increasingly uninhibited, Alexander mimics him, which yields a cautious dance duet at a safe distance. Will he dare to make the next move?

Black Mamba

May 2017 •Arabic

On the surface Sarra leads an average life, the one her mother has planned out for her: the young Tunisian is taking sewing classes and preparing for marriage to a young man. But deep inside she is concocting a plan to escape this life – as BLACK MAMBA

Sleepover

March 2018 •Swedish

Emil and Adam are two guys in their 20's. They are close friends, and after a night at the movies, Emil is going to sleep over at Adam's. Emil has unspoken feelings for Adam - feelings that are tested when they are sleeping in the same double bed.

Dive

July 2015 •English

George's reflection has turned its back on him and he'll go to great depths to get it back.

100m Freestyle

June 2013 •Spanish

Polo and Domingo spend their last days together between Ciudad Mendoza and Cordoba, in Veracruz, Mexico, before Domingo moves to another city for college. Domingo has to say goodbye to his girlfriend, Mina; while Polo deals with his feelings towards his best friend in the little time they have left.

Off World

June 2019 •English

Aa single father living in the slums of a futuristic dystopia who attempts to illegally escape to an off world colony to prevent his son's illness from becoming fatal.

Men's Thanksgiving

November 2013 •English

11 male strangers assemble for a pathetic Thanksgiving celebration.

Fili di memorie

May 2022 •Italian

To Thine Own Self Be True

November 2023 •English

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

Lola Still Dances

January 2016 •Spanish

Lola wants to escape her situation at all costs, even if it is only through her imagination, where she is a beautiful ballet dancer.

The Miss They Missed

January 1938 •English

Professor Pierre is assigned to find a missing heiress whose fortune will go to a worthless relative if she isn't found. He uses most of his dialect ability in the search by posing as a Chinaman, an Englishman, a sailor and a Scotchman, but is unable to find her. He meets his sweetheart at a restaurant and, there, discovers she is the heiress he has been searching for. She breaks off their romance when she finds out she is rich.

Lilly White

June 2018 •English

After her hands are severely damaged in an accident, an over-zealous hand model hatches an ill-conceived plan to get back in the extremity modeling game with her feet.

The Neolith

August 2020 •English

On the moors of a desolate land where the silence of the wind reigns, a mysterious man challenges four bloodthirsty savages responsible for a horrible crime.

The Elementary Particles

February 2006 •German

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.

Dog With Electric Collar

January 2008 •English

A dog. An electric collar. And plenty to bark at... Sparks will fly!

La chaqueta del botones

June 2016 •Spanish

Flatbush Luck

June 2016 •English

Two hunky phone repair guys from Flatbush, former Wall Street hotshot Jimmy and his buttoned-up cousin Max, stumble across insider trading tips and start tapping a phone line to get even more. But when stock tips turn to murder plots, the hapless men are unable to go to the police and soon find themselves in over their heads and flat out of luck. An impending wedding and sexual confusion round out the plot in this romantic comedy crime caper.

Drink

January 2014 •English

A Twilight Zone-inspired cautionary tale about a young mother forced to come face-to-face with her deepest desire.

UDIN

Invalid date •Indonesian

Udin, a Betawi boy who loves painting, dreams of joining a competition. But his father insists he practice pencak silat like other boys his age, unaware that Udin is being bullied at the training center.

For Sofia

July 2024 •English

A young musician discovers a forgotten music sheet in his father's belongings, which unravels a painful family secret