Villa Josephine

A Summer Solstice Story

October 2023 •Japanese

The first summer to spend together with Toru. In the hot, humid room, Yuko can think only about Toru. As she peeks into Toru's room through binoculars.... The story depicts a summer day filled with love and madness of a girl who waits for her beloved to return home.

Roman The Boxer

October 2020 •German

Haunted by the ghosts of his past and his angst of his future Roman is determined to prove himself as a boxer. For this dream he is willing to give up on everything: his friends, his health, even his own self.

Islands

October 2018 •German

Everybody has their own dreams and fears. Are we all connected or are we really all alone in this world?

BROKEN

June 2024 •English

In this animated short film, a dystopian environment contains brittle glass characters, they are divided into two sides: the broken and the intact. The spirits that dwell within are either pure or rotten. The broken remain on their side, to waste away into shattered bits. But the shards have a healing property, a process exploited by an ambitious dark soul who desires to be whole, and part of a possessed, twisted, robotic tribe.

Suzanne

July 2005 •French

In 1943, Joseph, a Jewish man, was arrested by the Germans in front of his 13-year-old daughter, Suzanne, in the apartment where they were hiding. By abandoning his daughter, Joseph saved her life.

The Perfect Gentleman

September 2010 •English

Jonathan is poised to marry the daughter of a wealthy tycoon. The couple appears picture perfect, until the eve of their engagement party, when an unexpected guest threatens to destroy Jonathan's plans for the future.

Finding My Gundam

May 2013 •Korean

Hyun-dong is a hikikomori. He lives off of the joy of assembling and displaying Gundams in his only space, his home. Then one day, he makes a big decision to go out to buy a Gundam plastic model that a delivery man left next to his door. At that moment, the front door slams shut. He is trapped in an unfamiliar world, he can't remember the password and he decides to go on a long journey to find the key house.

You Will Be Fine

August 2017 •French

Give it time. You'll get over it. Jean celebrates his birthday, gets drunk and recalls the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.

Good Will

February 2009 •Spanish

A young man learns that people don't expect others to have good intentions.

Without a Mom

July 2011 •English

Two gay dads fumble to provide their straight son with meaningful support after the loss of his first real love.

Testament

January 1997 •Dutch

This documentary tells the story of an 80-year-old woman who has "...nothing else to do but to sit and think."

Duck

January 1998 •English

On a day much like any other, Mick and Carmen, two hard-drinking lovers down on their luck, set out to satisfy their hunger. But food is not their only need. As the day progresses, tensions rise and their stormy relationship is put to the ultimate test.

David

May 2011 •English

The story of a man who dreams of his own murder and searches for the killer.

Judgement

October 1999 •Korean

At the identification of a dead body, a couple and a morgue employee both claim to be related to the deceased, and therefore the rightful recipient of an indemnity of at least 520,000.

Coat of Arms

August 2017 •English

A Japanese tourist enjoying a relaxed car journey through the beauty and tranquility of the Australian desert collides with a violent moment in time. The bloodthirsty battle is over as quickly as it begins, vanishing eternally into the desert landscape.

Fysh

August 2017 •English

This is the story of an old man and a fish that changed his life.

Where to Go

October 2016 •Chinese

Mitchell and Miles once spoke the language of love fluently, but now even a dream trip can't drown out the silence growing between them.

Daybreak

February 2019 •English

Cradle Song

January 1981 •English

A young farmer deals with a traumatic past experience as his wife is about to give birth.

Unicorn

May 2014 •Spanish

A young German/Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious community to find love and freedom in the city.