The Cabin Man

The Great Escapades of Restriction

July 2022 •English

5 Scenes displaying the varying effects of restriction. One talks senselessly under the pretense of being understood. One discovers the monsters under the bed. One finds his voice. One can't escape an ever-shrinking room. One hears voices of his own creation.

The Golden Cage

September 2023 •Bengali

It is an early winter morning in Kolkata in 1989 and the palatial old "Roy Choudhury" house lies dilapidated, housing the last few members of a once huge affluent joint family. Rudro, the younger brother of the last generation, an under-confident, nondescript man in his mid-30s tries to convince Rajatabho, the eldest of the brothers to take up the offer of selling the house in a desperate attempt to save themselves from bankruptcy. Rajatabho, however, is unrelenting. Rudro, later tries to convince Anjali, Rajatabho's wife, to help change her husband's mind. Later in the day, a crying Anjali grinds down sleeping pills on her kitchen slab. She reminisces down memory lane through each nook and corner of the house as she does this. Finally, at dusk, as Anjali stands alone on the terrace holding a bottle of sleeping pills, Rajatabho suddenly arrives and they look eye to eye for the first time in months.

Mitosis

January 2025 •Persian

Kaveh is an LGBT sculptor. He lives in Iran and lives in isolation because of his sexual orientation. He has a lover named Farhad. Their relationship is not very good. It is Kaveh who is not happy with this relationship, he lives in his workshop because of the repression of LGBTs in Iran. He is making a statue when he suddenly realizes that this statue is talking to him. The words of the statue are not clear and are more like chatter. He breaks up his relationship with Farhad like his previous relationships, because something more than sex requires a relationship. He enjoys being alone more, but now he realizes that Farhad has destroyed the only statue they made together. The whispering sound of the statue increases and every moment Kaveh's mental state is more disturbed, to the point that he works day and night to build that statue. The statue is completed as if the statue is the lost lover of Kaveh. By completing the statue of Kaveh, he becomes a statue.

The Last Supper

December 2023 •Portuguese

A woman prepares a delicious banquet for a dinner party.

Middle of Somewhere

July 2024 •Afrikaans

After a family tragedy, a man attempts to guide his son into manhood through a series of hunting trips at the request of his overbearing and traditional father.

Iamerica

March 2025 •English

Erica Stateland; a Medal of Honor recipient, suffering from survivors guilt, is hired to coach Marc Beckham; a "cancelIed" actor to play a war hero in the comeback movie of his career. The unlikely relationship that unfolds is a testament to the equalizer that is grief. It's a story about being human and learning that the highest form of courage can come, not from what you've done, but who you choose to be as a result of it.

Friend of War

May 1993 •Russian

The film is set during World War II in a German-occupied European country. In a covered truck on a snow-covered road, the Germans are transporting a group of civilians. Thoughts of imminent death inevitably visit the passengers of the van. The Catholic priest accompanying the arrested, among whom there is a boy, prepares the companions to leave for another world. A complex psychological conflict arises between the priest and the boy. Circumstances develop in such a way that the boy manages to escape.

1 on 1

April 2014 •English

Jamie Johnson is a kid with a dream. A dream and a talent which could take him all the way to the very top. It’s a story about handling your parents (or lack of them) and getting through school with your friendships and soul intact. And it’s about football; the mud, the blood, the passion, the tears and the jumpers for goalposts on a Sunday in the park when you play with every fibre of your being and nothing else matters.

Death is Business

Invalid date •English

A new short film from Trance Productions.

Smile

September 2024 •English

Smile is about a woman in her fifties and how she has to navigate day to day sexism, the fall out of sexual assault and how in the end she decides to fight back.

Dissolution

January 2024 •English

A woman is forced to confront her elderly husband’s physical deterioration when they meet to sign their divorce papers.

Shadow

January 2024 •English

A young mother's shadow takes on a life of its own, terrorizing her and her daughter over the course of one night.

Fall Risk

November 2024 •English

Set in Los Angeles, a young woman, Dylan, is in and out of the hospital with a life-changing diagnosis, but something isn't right with her partner, Emily. Dylan begins questioning her reality and everyone in it, until her best friend breaks her out of the rehabilitation center to confront the source of the deception.

Flesh and Sand

May 2017 •English

Based on true accounts, the superficial lines between subject and bystander are blurred and bound together, allowing individuals to walk in a vast space and thoroughly live a fragment of the refugees' personal journeys.

The Speed of Sound

August 2022 •English

A psychological drama, driven by sound and silence.

The Monster Within

December 2023 •English

Through a series of hypnotic interviews with Dr. Kelly Robertson, Declan reluctantly revisits the traumatic events that led to the fateful night. As memories resurface, we witness their tumultuous childhood marked by countless encounters with the law. Unraveling in flashbacks, we see the McGuire siblings navigating a world of petty crimes and rebellion, laughing off the consequences that seemed inevitable. However, the story takes an unexpected turn when a pandemic-induced lockdown thrusts them into a whirlwind of desperation and fear. On a desolate country road, they encounter Ian Hamilton, a figure from their past who only adds to the tension.

Jameel Alsaeed

December 2023 •Arabic

A candidate with a health condition shows up in a job interview, then it turns to a debate about the meaning of happiness from each person’s perspective

Pacific Parable: Buried Treasure

Invalid date •English

In 1880s Pacific Northwest, a pioneer's wife stumbles upon treasure while grazing cattle in a neighbor’s field. It could change their fortunes, but her husband is not so sure, and the neighbor won’t sell easily.

Naissances

June 2009 •French