Mamma

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

Black Mirror

June 2011 •English

A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous hotel rooms, she makes attempts to connect to an unidentified second party.

Dandanko

January 1957 •Japanese

A short scene of a mother and her little son playing ball games on a set of steps together.

Oblio

November 2018 •Italian

The Great Metaphor

September 2023 •English

What does a bankrupt poet with no desire to live have to say about life?

Dying to Come Back

March 2019 •Spanish

At 78 years old, Manuela buys a camera and AR glasses.

Incubator

January 2019 •English

A mother takes her son’s education into her own hands.

Sho

Invalid date •Kannada

Upcoming Short Film

Closing Dynasty

June 2022 •English

On a school day, a seven year-old girl, Queenie, hustles and schemes ways to make money on the streets of New York City.

Pikoo

April 1981 •Bengali

A day in the life of a six-year-old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover.

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

January 2010 •English

A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

Nune

March 2016 •English

A 15-year-old Nune creates a fantasy world to escape from the pain of social rejection and bullying. But her archenemy's girlfriend-a model cheerleader with a bleeding heart-keeps luring her near.

Naysayer

May 2019 •English

A young father, separated from his wife, takes drastic measures to see his newborn son, who he feels is being unfairly kept from him. However, alliances shift and feelings change as accusations fly in the course of a phone conversation.

Women's Script

June 2023 •Chinese

Being educated and knowing how drink, A-Ni is seen as the town's madwoman. Yulu is entranced by her.

Blushing Snow, Bright as Cherries

June 2023 •Chinese

A perfumer and a little tyrant... these two women learn together what courage and justice is.

In Another Life

April 2023 •Chinese

A servant-turned-assassin/bodyguard and a dispossessed heiress seize control of the latter's freedom (and if at first you don't succeed, try again in your next life).

Eclipse

January 2017 •Spanish

The event of the century is about to take place, a spectacular total solar eclipse. A girl is going to witness it with her grandmother and, despite her happiness, she will have to face her fear of the dark to enjoy the moment when it gets dark in the middle of the day. But when that happens, both of them will understand that sometimes the mind is also overshadowed by a reality that can erase all its memories.

Chang-ok's Letter

February 2017 •Korean

Housewife Eun-ha is busy every day: In addition to taking care of her husband who doesn’t help out at all and her willful daughter and son, she has to care for her nagging mother-in-law, who is nearly bedridden.

Essex Girls

October 2023 •English

After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself.