Brutal Affairs

This Is Not a Love Song

October 2023 •English

When 15-year-old Violet gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the lead singer of her favourite American band, she decides to make him an offer he can't refuse. Or can he?

A Curtain Raiser

August 2006 •French

Bruno, a young Frenchman, is frustrated by his girlfriend's constant lack of punctuality. He decides to end their relationship the next time she is late again.

Ephemeron

October 2022 •English

A chance encounter with a neighbor helps a musician deal with his creative block.

The First Murder

January 1972 •

Based on the novel "Šta bi učinio Zobec?" (What Would Zobec Do?) by Svetozar Vlajković. It's a short movie about a young man who is afraid of being turned down by a girl.

Beau

April 2021 •English

Beau, an emerging artist is about to unveil her latest installation. Her lover Paloma, is a devoted supporter. Her final breakthrough hinges on the success of this piece and soon this pressure causes a rife in the two women's relationship.

Vincent Before Noon

January 2019 •French

A father pays his son a visit after years of conflict and turns up in the middle of his house move. The son, Vincent, reacts violently to that intrusion. Emotionally weakened, the father involuntarily reveals the true reason of his visit, which revives the tension between them. Within a few minutes, the anger, the memories and the crossed looks move the two men deeply.

The Kite

March 2016 •Danish

A short coming-of-Age film about two boys, first love, and a kite that reunites them 20-years later.

Youth China hits headlines

September 2019 •Chinese

Liompa

September 2014 •English

"Almost everything disappeared. How did it happen?" a man wonders on his deathbed. Elizabeth Lazebnik’s patient, poetic and supremely controlled film sensitively addresses the terrible thought that our pasts, our accomplishments, our families, and friends can be effaced by encroaching sickness and impending death.

Listen

September 2014 •Danish

A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamond-hard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.

Tricycle Thief

September 2014 •

After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.

Good Night, Sunshine

February 2024 •Indonesian

A human being sometimes needs to share and have his complaints heard, and feelings of shared fate can make humans empathize with each other.

DO

Invalid date •Spanish

Razões

May 2019 •Portuguese

Greater Wealth

January 1913 •English

John Sharon, a steel magnate is immensely successful from the worldly point of view, while Ed Young, his humble employee, views himself as a failure because his income shrinks as his family responsibilities increase. Sharon's only son is a drunken disappointment, his wife becomes alienated from him, and his daughter falls critically ill.

Take Me

September 2014 •French

A nurse working in a center for the disabled is confronted to his principles when he's asked to accomplish a particular task.

I Can Just Imagine

January 1998 •French

Paulo seems to lose himself in the life of others: at the age of 30, he is still closely attached to his protective mother and silent father; to his cold and domineering boyfriend Luis; to the lives of unknown men; to his female roles at the cabaret; and to the songs of Shirley Bassey.

Gypsy

July 2013 •Portuguese

Sebastian is a wealthy young man. He finds out he has a flat tire and ends up accepting help from a Gypsy passer by. In return Sebastian will have to give him a ride home - but they won't reach their expected destination.

The Glider

December 1999 •French

Bruno pursues Fabrice, runs without calculation, to fly away with him, until the end.

Gabriel

January 1999 •Dutch

Is a convent anyplace for a boy? Gabriël is a lad of about eight, probably a foundling, who lives in a convent, the only child among about 20 nuns. Except for Sylvia, a young nun, Gabriël doesn't get on well with others. He thinks of himself as an angel, impatient to grow wings and to fly, impatient with earth's rules. He's been collecting feathers from the many geese on the convent grounds. What happens next seems to horrify everyone except Sylvia, who may be in on Gabriël's secret.