Achilles

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 Nymph Salmacis

January 1992 •Russian

Adult cartoon based on the Greek mythology.

Luminare

May 1986 •English

Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.

Five Minutes Ago

October 2008 •English

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

John Apple Jack

November 2013 •English

A playboy learns to love, while a virgin learns to live -- a queer romantic comedy set inside the restaurant industry... 'John Apple Jack' brings East and West together to create one sumptuously heart-warming dish. When John discovers his sister's fiance is Jack, his childhood crush, passions ignite and his life spirals out of control... losing his job, his playboy reputation and his underwear, all while rushing to the altar to finally confess his love!

The Other American Dream

October 2004 •Spanish

On Mexico's northern border, adolescent Sandra tries to cross to the United States in the search of the American Dream.

Canary

August 2018 •Afrikaans

Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, the true self can be discovered.

New Blood

May 2010 •English

Steve is very good at his job. Some might say a little too good. To some others... suspiciously good. The nature of Steve's ascension to corporate glory is riddled ...

Devil's Path

June 2018 •English

Taking place in 1992 during the era of grunge and outdoor gay cruising, we follow two strangers who meet while hiking a once-popular area for gay men known as Devil's Path. Two hikers have gone missing recently and with no leads or bodies and the area is now considered high risk and mostly closed off. The two strangers, Noah (Stephen Twardokus) and Patrick (JD Scalzo), are suddenly forced off the main trail after a confrontation with some suspicious hikers and soon find themselves running for their lives with nowhere to hide but in the trees.

Golden Boy

June 2018 •English

GOLDEN BOY is the story of James, a young man who gambles on the dangers of being seen versus the quiet life of desperation and invisibility. Saved from doomed nonexistence by CQ, a wealthy debonair businessman with more going on than meets the eye, and introduced to a world he is not ready to navigate. We follow him as he chases his dreams -- while losing himself, one piece at a time. GOLDEN BOY is a story with universal themes. Trust. Seduction. Betrayal. Redemption.

Guiltless

October 2017 •Spanish

Twenty-one-year-old Juan gets some terrible news from his doctor: he has aggressive lung cancer. His whole life turns upside down as the disease evolves.

Oasis

February 2017 •Spanish

Ophelia goes to El Oasis, a tavern where men pick up men, looking for her husband. Her suspicions confirmed, she faints and a transgender prostitute unexpectedly helps her.

Sana Sarılmayı O Kadar İstedim Ki

November 2021 •Turkish

Writer Toprak Karasu receives a letter from her mother, whom she does not know, at a time when she is having an artistic crisis. In the letter, he writes that his mother left him a house as an inheritance. Toprak wants to sell the house as soon as possible and pay off his debts, but a sudden encounter completely turns all his life plans upside down.

Speeding, of Course

March 2025 •Finnish

70-year-old Timo makes the most of his short ride to work. Speeding up on a bicycle ends up in a ditch, but the adrenaline rush leaves a feeling of pleasure.

Tom Hits His Head

January 2003 •English

Tom fainted when the doctor took some blood, he fell on the floor. Just a bit dizziness, nothing more, or so it seems.

The Aura Ratio

October 2017 •Spanish

When Leonardo meets Aura at school, he also takes his first steps in the weird and unexpected world of love.

Borderland

January 2015 •Norwegian

On the border between Norway and the Soviet Union, a fisherman refuses to give up his catch.

Josephine

October 2016 •English

A mysterious woman watches her house burn down and goes on a cathartic journey.