Perpetual Spawning

Eu não seria eu

February 2023 •Portuguese

Shenmue: The Movie

January 2001 •Japanese

Ryo Hazuki finds himself seeing his father Iwao die at the hands of a mysterious Chinese man named Lan Di, who also steals an item Iwao had called the "Dragon Mirror". Ryo makes it his mission to get revenge on Lan Di, but first he has to find out how to find him, with the warhouse docks & the Mad Angels gang being his best leads.

Last Days in a Lonely Place

May 2007 •English

The virtual landscapes of a video game are transformed into an existential tale of solemn beauty.

The French Democracy

November 2005 •French

The French Democracy is a short film by French filmmaker Alex Chan. The film was made in the 2005 PC game "The Movies," a business simulation game that allowed users to create their own films using pre-rendered scenes and tells the story of three Moroccan immigrants in France who turn to rioting after facing different forms of discrimination. The film was made as a response to the 2005 French riots which resulted from the deaths of two young boys who were electrocuted while hiding from police in a power substation. The civil unrest called attention to racism in France and abusive policing tactics. On its release, The French Democracy sparked controversy in mainstream media both as a political statement and as an example of the then-emerging Machinima genre tackling mature, political themes.

War of the Servers

November 2007 •English

When strange beings called Mingebags invade the servers of the popular game Garry's Mod, one player must try to survive while searching for his friends amid the chaos and war.

9/11 Simulation in Roblox Environment

July 2017 •English

CGI collage short film originally premiered as part of the 'Extinction Renaissance' exhibition at the Loyal Gallery in Stockholm.

Stolen Life

May 2007 •English

After an AI robot on an asteroid mining facility disappears under mysterious circumstances the company sends an investigator.

The Outsider

October 2023 •English

Machinima-adaptation of Albert Camus book "L'étranger", done in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater

May 2010 •English

A slice-in-time of John Marston as he tracks down his former fellow outlaw and friend, Bill Williamson. Along the way, Marston encounters many of Red Dead Redemption’s eclectic cast of dreamers, misfits and liars.

Oblivion

October 2024 •Russian

A lone passenger is reflected in the windows of a train crawling through layers of textures towards Minsk. During his absence, the city has not changed: all the streets are frozen, long-gone voices can be heard in the empty rooms and around the corner you can find yourself in a video game from your childhood.

convulsions of consciousness. eight halted minutes. machines of death among doomed illuminations

November 2024 •English

the process of soul-weighting in roblox

Rare MTV Cribs Episode Airing

June 2024 •English

A short machinima parody of MTV Cribs created in Garry's Mod. Orange Box shows viewers his home while crazy things happen in this episode.

PBS Kids Papa Gaguibits Hijack Incident

November 2024 •English

In 2004, just about every PBS station was hijacked by a strange program called "Papa Gaguibit's Playhouse" and caused nearly every station to go offline. Meanwhile, news stations begin reporting details of the incident and revealed the person behind it which ended up becoming a high speed police chase.

Little Red Riding Hood

June 2024 •German

10-year-old Danny can’t believe how naive and dumb Little Red Riding Hood from Grimm’s fairy tale is. Determined to save the girl and her grandmother from the evil wolf, he decides to travel through time and change history. But Little Red Riding Hood is not stupid at all. And she certainly doesn’t need to be saved …

Drained

January 2025 •English

Truck driver Teddy's late night stop at a gas station takes a dark turn when he meets the mysterious hooker Katerina, leading to unexpected consequences.

I don't know what nostalgia is anymore

March 2023 •Portuguese

With mixed techniques, the short film "I don't know what nostalgia is anymore" brings a gameplay recording of the game "project zomboid" as the basis for a film that seeks to represent what loneliness means to human beings and how much we can find ourselves even without any help.

Clear Skies

January 2008 •English

Clear Skies follows a trio of down-and-out misfits who've seen no end of bad luck. John Rourke is the obstinate captain of the Clear Skies, a Tempest class battleship manufactured by the downtrodden Minmatar race of New Eden. Rourke's attitude toward his hazardous chosen lifestyle is cavalier, although this does not sit well with his friends among the crew.

Clear Skies 2

January 2009 •English

These likeable dropouts from the entrenched corporate lifestyle of New Eden eke out a meager living on trade runs and the odd courier job here and there. Still, they manage to find humor in their grim lot as they narrowly avoid being blown out of the stars by pirates, hired thugs, or whatever threat awaits them on the other side of the next jump gate. This is life aboard the Clear Skies.

This is Not a Game

June 2021 •English

Angela Su’s fictional artist Rosie Leavers is the last remaining person to upload her consciousness to a video game. Contemplating during a pandemic year which also saw people’s resistance movements in many parts of the world, the work pinpoints the uncanny affinities between gaming and warfare strategies. They have mutually informed the infrastructure of both worlds since time immemorial when diplomatic conflicts played out on the battlefield of the 64 squares of a chess board to flight simulation technologies which were adapted to shape gaming experiences as we know it now. When the conflict is between the state and its people, she speculates that gaming strategies empower civilians in resistance movements to counter imperialism through its own operative logic. But once we upload our consciousness, are we able to return to the sensibilities and political motivation that inspired the revolution to begin with?

Outrun

May 2021 •English

After a tragic kidnapping leaves him broken and alone, a former criminal "fixer" must journey into the sinister underbelly of Los Angeles in order to rescue his lover and find answers. It isn't long before he finds himself submerged and lost in a surreal odyssey of murder, deception, and unforgiving brutality.