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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

What We Wished We Could Be

October 2024 •English

A couple affected by the contaminated blood scandal face a difficult decision when an offer of life-saving treatment threatens their dreams for the future.

Stranger's Pawn

August 2025 •English

Two men face off over a game of chess—but every move reveals something deeper. Tension escalates as hidden motives and old wounds surface beneath the calm conversation.

The Mother, the Menacer, and Me

April 2025 •English

Hopelessly stuck in a dead-end job and forced to move in with his disapproving mother-in-law, Eddie Mathews sets out to make his Hollywood dream come true -- urged on by his imaginary villainous companion, who wants to be brought to life.

The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands

July 2013 •English

A man afflicted with a curse while visiting Bombay, India at the turn of the 20th Century struggles to live life without ever touching another human being. His tragic lack of success in remaining free of all human contact causes the death of casual acquaintances and close friends alike. Ultimately, his curse turns back upon him and his story ends as tragically as those he affected with his curse.

The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands

December 2023 •English

A man believes he has been cursed after a horrific accident.

The Bells

January 1913 •English

At the express wish of her father, Lucy Martin marries Leo Noakes, a stingy man and one twice her age. When they are at church one Sunday a fire breaks out and everybody manages to escape with the exception of Lucy, her husband and her former sweetheart, Walter. While Noakes sinks tremblingly upon the floor, Walter seizes Lucy and brings her to safety. Regardless of his many burns, he dashes back into the roaring flames and drags out old Noakes, But upon investigation it is discovered that he is dead. Even though he had been cruel and harsh to her, Lucy bewails his loss. Some time after the obsequies Lucy succumbs to the wooing of her former sweetheart.

Fiore

April 2006 •Italian

Before the great crossroads that traces the border between the two provinces, there lies a sheet metal cage at the end of Linden Street. Two women walked slowly.

Revive

June 2017 •Chinese

Revive is one of five short films within the Jia Zhangke-produced omnibus film Where Has Time Gone? with contributions from each of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). In Jia’s segment, a Chinese couple in the ancient town of Pingyao attempts to breathe new life into their old love as they ponder having a second child. Pingyao, home to the film festival Jia has co-founded, is a highly picturesque UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Jia humorously plays with a very recent dilemma – the second child policy dates from only 2013 – in a setting itself forcibly revived from history.

Holestepper

July 2018 •Spanish

Angel, an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a web page where he is teased by his students through strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.

The Staggering Girl

May 2019 •Italian

Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. There, the ghosts of her childhood will come to her through her mother's art.

I Can't Go On

August 2024 •English

A party entertainer must go to extraordinary heights to escape a house of horror

Insalata Mista

January 1996 •French

Juliette is twenty years old. She returned from the supermarket and is lost in her thoughts. A man tries to approach... Juliet enters the apartment she shares with William and there's a tension around a message left on the answering machine by a man for Juliette...

Affaire classée

January 1997 •French

As every Sunday, in the Detention Center where she finds herself prisoner, Nathalie awaits her turn in the visiting room.

The Deathroom

January 2013 •English

In 1970’s Ireland, a man is brutally interrogated. Based on the short story by Stephen King.

Roots & Wings

January 2002 •Spanish

Roots & Wings tells the story of a Mexican family in the United States struggling to regain its balance. Ruben Diaz, a faithful husband and father, must deal with his wife’s conversion to another religion. While his wife Antonia feels she is obeying God by being baptized, Ruben feels betrayed by her disloyalty to their Catholic vows and cultural values. This conflict threatens to tear their family apart.

The Mountain

May 2017 •Malay

A couple goes mountain hiking together with friends, unaware of the drama that will unfold.