Panic in Valley City

Cold Frost & Sunshine

January 2019 •Hebrew

A lonely librarian in a rough neighborhood has a special relationship with a student on the verge of expulsion. Margherita's poetic world is confronted by reality as she tries to get through to Nehorai.

Dajang Soembi, the Woman Who Was Married to a Dog

February 2004 •Indonesian

Silent short (with music and inter-titles) telling an old Indonesian folk tale of a princess who ends up married to a dog.

Cobalt Blue

August 2019 •Burmese

Yangon, 1998. A boy and his mother are waiting for the return of the father, a civil servant, to move out another town at Upper Burma. On the last evening the boy tries to understand the complexities of relationships.

Terminal

August 2019 •German

An 80-year-old woman spends her time at a bus station. She’s waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever.

One Night Only

November 2009 •English

A romantic drama about two couples shifting sexual dynamics over one night in a music bar.

Antoine and Colette

June 1962 •French

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

White Man

August 1994 •Korean

A white-collar South Korean man discovers a severed human finger and keeps it.

Herculanum

November 2016 •French

Three "meetings." Two men. A rumbling volcano.

The World In Your Window

February 2017 •English

Eight-year-old Jesse lives in a twilight world of sadness and silence, squeezed into a tiny caravan with his grief stricken father. They're in limbo, existing more than living. The child intuitively understands that looking forward is harder than looking back, and that's where life happens. But they are stuck, until an accidental friendship with a V8 driving transsexual unlocks the means for Jesse to liberate his father and himself.

Maid

June 2023 •Spanish

A woman applies for a job as a maid, while a difficult situation with her family haunts her.

Red Velvet

June 2018 •English

A New York gay professor is haunted and lost. A tale of cultural politics in dystopian scenario that is relevant to today's social climate, commenting on meanings attached to gender, phobia, and trauma.

Fathers & Son

December 2016 •English

Two new dads are putting their newly adopted newborn son to sleep when something unexpected happens...

On Sunday

May 1963 •Italian

Might

January 2016 •Finnish

Maryam, a rebel leader in an archaic world governed by ruthless religion, is set to prove that the god hovering in the sky is a lie. But she is stopped by a holy warrior that turns out to be her lost father. Soon their lives change as they are about to find out a secret only a god can keep.

Jack's Lantern

October 2024 •English

A lonely boy, who believes his jack-o-lanterns come to life, is drawn to carve a pumpkin on Halloween night. While his mother tries to shield him from the scary truth. This suspenseful Halloween drama, is a proof of concept for a feature screenplay.

The Witches of Eastwick

July 1992 •English

An unsold TV series pilot about three single witches living together who try to conjure up their idea of the "perfect man." One day, their wish comes true when a seemingly perfect man named Darryl Van Horne moves into town and sweeps them off their feet by making all their dreams come true. However, they soon realize that "perfect" isn't exactly the best word to describe their devilish new man after strange and unexplainable incidents begin occurring. The pilot was inspired by both John Updike's original novel and the 1987 movie that followed.

Flail

June 2023 •English

It's her boss's birthday, and Allie is trying as hard as she can.

Nervous Breakdown In A Floral Dress

November 2023 •English

After moving in with a single dad and his toddler, a woman questions her relationship, and who she was before it.

Crack: The Big Lie

February 1987 •English

A high school student visits a drug rehabilitation center to interview young drug addicts.

Deep Ocean

August 2022 •Chinese

A boy with a secret crush struggles with his feelings as he watches the one he loves grow closer to others, sinking deeper into his own emotional turmoil.