The Tribunal

World to Come

July 2015 •English

A nightmarish premonition prompts the sudden return of a man named Doveed to his hometown where he confronts the neglect of its past and his own spiritual crisis. In the wake of a childhood friend’s suicide, he re-enters a religious community that is locked in a lingering standstill, ruined by the brutality of repression, and lost in the shadows of collective guilt. Ten years in the making, this film is loosely based on the tragic events that rocked Winnipeg’s Jewish community in the late ‘80s and ‘90s when the principal of prominent Jewish academy denied allegations of sexual abuse. This film is dedicated to Daniel Levin, one of the alleged victims who came forward with accusations, and who later committed suicide at the age of 17.

Where the Wind Blows

February 2024 •Italian

In a small village somewhere in the Apennines, taciturn Antimo divides his time between the local church, his tedious work on the farm and his chaste meetings with his girlfriend. His pivotal encounter with the wild loner Lazzaro awakens in the devout young man the desire to reach the very core of a faith far removed from the regular Sunday sermons delivered by a representative of the Church – a powerful institution for which freethinking and devotion to God represent incompatible ideas.

London Town

August 2017 •English

A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London.

The Author

December 2022 •Turkish

His Only Son

March 2023 •English

By God's order, Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son Isaac on the mountain of Moriah. While traveling to the place of the sacrifice, alongside Isaac and two servants, Abraham is flooded with vivid memories from the years he and Sarah spent longing for the son they were promised—the son he must now lay upon the altar.

Noites Paraguayas

October 1982 •Portuguese

The path of Paraguayan immigrants who drive to Asuncion and then arrive in São Paulo. They are rural workers, musicians, vendors and underemployed people. Two parallel worlds: the Guarani culture and the Brazilian adventure in São Paulo juxtaposed with Paraguayan songs and the Guarani language, spoken by the main characters.

The App That Stole Christmas

November 2020 •English

A tech entrepreneur's Christmas shopping app is a smashing success, but he starts to realize his invention might be ruining the holiday spirit.

Gideon

March 1971 •English

The Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.

Mother Virgin No More

November 2015 •Turkish

As an unexpected truth about a young women gets revealed to her mother, the basic fact that a mother - daughter relationship is supposed to be based on unconditional love will have to be questioned.

Harlot's Prayer

May 2024 •Indonesian

Kiran, a Muslim woman, loses her faith and falls into promiscuity after a hard-line Islamic organization, meant to strengthen her faith, ends up depriving her of it.

A Sunday Horse

February 2016 •English

After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the odds to pursue her dreams of winning a national jumping championship.

The Groupies

August 1971 •English

We meet a young girl that comes across a groupie in a parking lot, whom she asks if the young girl would like to come home with her. When they get there we discover a band family where everyone sleeps with everyone. All the madness is dictated by pretty boy band leader Rick Lutze.

Oleander

August 2019 •English

A seventeen year old sex-positive YouTuber starts a social media war against her Christian abstinence program.

Fangs

October 2015 •English

After a man dons a pair of fake vampire teeth for a Halloween party, he soon comes to find that he can't take them off again.

Shadows

March 2021 •English

A high school senior and her Catholic family cope with her older brother who has returned from prison as a converted Muslim.

Yellow Bird

February 2023 •English

A once successful P.R. Specialist deals with the trials and tribulations of managing a local grocery store known as "The Yellow Bird" while struggling with his loveless marriage, an unhappy stepdaughter and his own sobriety.

House of Temptation

September 2014 •English

A teenage boy struggles to keep his father's faith in God, when his family falls victim to the plot of the Devil.

Souls

May 2016 •English

A successful businessman's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with cancer. On the verge of giving up, he forms an unlikely bond with a gifted young girl who helps him re-discover his faith.

X. La mise en croix

December 1898 •French

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

The Boneyard Collection

January 2008 •English

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.