To Live

Five Minutes Ago

October 2008 •English

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

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

M4: My Many Married Men

December 2014 •English

A young french woman moves from Paris to New York City looking for love. What she finds are four different men who have one thing in common: they're married.

Butterfly

July 2015 •Korean

This is a story about gay host bar, shedding a more humane light on the hosts and focusing on their stories.

Is It Time?

Invalid date •English

A man addicted to visiting his memories wrestles with a promise he made his father when he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

The Last Rung on the Ladder

January 2019 •English

A man, upon learning of the suicide of his sister, flashes back to a summer when they were kids and he saved her from falling from a dilapidated ladder.

Queens Logic

February 1991 •English

When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.

Occupy Me

June 2015 •English

Two men, David (a Jewish-American) and Sam (an Arab-American) meet for an afternoon sexual encounter and find that there is more between them than just a visceral connection. But when a flirtatious word-spar about sexual positions turns unwittingly into a debate over something else entirely, both men take sides against the other and replace that could-be beautiful connection with anger, resentment and accusation. OCCUPY ME is about the insidious way outside issues can seep into our interpersonal relationships and invade and cloud our perceptions until love is replaced by anger, truth is pushed out by fear, and potential is destroyed by the past.

Thirst

March 2018 •English

After a random hook-up, a young man questions just what it is that he really wants.

Lions in Waiting

August 2017 •English

The new member of a high school hockey team struggles to make sense of who he is.

Historia Naturalis

October 2016 •English

A woods dwelling hermit is disturbed by a group of outsiders.

Red

June 2019 •Polish

A young woman becomes close with a mechanic who feels responsible for the death of her brother.

I'll Be There

June 2010 •Tagalog

The story revolves around Maxi dela Cerna, a young, aspiring New York-based fashion designer who returns to the Philippines shortly after her mother’s death to find her father. She had been swindled by her ex-boyfriend and hopes to pay off her debts by selling the piece of provincial land that her parents co-owned. But this means spending time with her father whom she hates for walking out on her and her mother 15 years ago. As the uptight and guarded Maxi struggles to immerse herself in farm life and deal with a father she despises, she crosses paths again with Tommy, her childhood friend, now an architect who is trying to heal from his own mistakes in the past with his 7-year-old son.

Chloe Likes Olivia

October 2011 •English

After a night out, Olivia, a local barmaid, brings home Chloe, a Russian tourist, to her apartment. Chloe is in love with Olivia, but Olivia is in a relationship with Andrea, her live-in life partner who is waiting at home. A love triangle unfolds during short time between the three woman and forces Olivia to make a choice: When is enough, enough?

Without Snow

April 2011 •Swedish

A raw and honest portrait of some youths in a Swedish small town where bullying has devastating consequences. Sixteen-year old Linus and his best friend systematically bully a boy in their class. A very strong film that was nomiated for a Guldbagge Award in 2011 for Best Short Film.

The Gift

June 2015 •English

To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift - little knowing that his choice will change the world.

La grande sortie

September 2015 •French

Prima ballerina takes the stage at the Ópera Bastille, consumed by her own anxiety and stage fright

Griot's Lament

June 2014 •English

A series of precipitous events force the ensemble cast into a fateful intersection with justice and violence. Griot and the community struggle against the errors of terror so many make when it seems all is lost.