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Kongomüller

October 2013 •German

After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is looking for listeners and encouragement. He doesn't find either. Instead, the repeated monological memory of his own heroic deeds determines his present – with all the consequences. This 30-minute short film is based on the statements made by the mercenary Siegfried Müller in the documentary “The Laughing Man” (Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann, DEFA studio for newsreels and documentaries, 1966), as well as records from the German colonial period in Africa. An intensive contribution to the necessary public debate about the consequences of military operations.

I Play Dead

November 2013 •

A woman visits a deserted old industrial building. Once there, she encounters two children. They lead her deeper inside the building and closer to their dark secret. What started as an innocent game, has suddenly become an odd ballet.

Cotton Wool

October 2017 •English

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.

Exiled

May 2024 •English

A group of friends go out for a camping trip and after a long night of fun they wake up and their car is gone. There is no way to get out of the hell hole there in now.

Private Photos

November 2020 •Portuguese

A sweet couple invite a third person over for the night, who brings a lustful energy to spice things up.

Scars

May 2019 •English

"Scars," is a short film that explores the horror of domestic abuse. The story follows James through a nightmarish experience of his past relationship with his girlfriend, Camila. He's unconsciously guided around his house by a mysterious presence that forces him to observe his cruel treatment towards her.

Flow

November 2012 •English

Empty

August 2020 •English

A disconnected husband and wife fill the void of their marriage with addictive technology to destructive results.

Oasis

May 2021 •English

A desperate survivor races for the most valuable resource in a dangerous and desolate wilderness.

Land

May 2012 •Italian

On a boat at night, the secret journey of a man returning home.

A Christmas Carol

January 1940 •English

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive, Zurich.

Project Shell

September 2012 •English

Year 2086. Kate Sorin never imagined how volunteering herself as "base citizen" for Project Shell would determine her fate. The UNCORP claimed that the creation of the cyber-clones would be the bridge to a free and equal society, without thinking that their human nature would fight against the role they were created for: to be slaves. Soon began the riots. The clones started a rebellion, trying to escape using any means. To control outbreaks of violence and retrieve escaped units the UNCORP created a specialized police unit, the CHD (Clone Hunter Division). The individual 0258 escaped impersonating Kate, but everything went wrong and she saw herself forced to kidnap Kate´s daughter to survive, who died in the crossfire. Since that moment, Kate joined the CHD with a single goal, to find 0258 and avenge the death of his daughter.

JONES

February 2019 •English

Jones' inner demons threaten to take over her life unless she outruns the voices in her head and the ticking of time.

A Craftsman

March 2019 •English

Overcome with grief, a rural woodworker builds a coffin to join his wife.

2 Weeks

June 2020 •English

When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.

Memories for Sale

June 2020 •English

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi.

Measure

April 2023 •English

The horror of Jen's teenage past catches up with her when she takes her autistic son to a birthday party in her hometown.

Cut

February 2019 •English

In a Home for unwed mothers in 1962, a pregnant girl tries to save her friend’s memories in order to save their friendship.

Mr. Pregnant

April 2019 •English

A short about going CowboyMode.

Cat Skin

May 1962 •Portuguese

A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.