Arañas

Tree #3

June 2019 •English

After he's been cast (again!) as a background tree in his annual middle school play, an ambitious and imaginative Israeli immigrant boy leads a revolution on stage that his intolerant drama teacher will never forget.

Connection

May 2021 •English

The biggest boxing fight of 1960 takes an unexpected turn with the help of a powerful twin connection.

Lavender

September 2015 •

A portrait of a depressed mother and her child.

When The Rupiah Disappears

January 2025 •Indonesian

Some people in North Kalimantan are facing a strange situation where the Rupiah (Indonesian currency) suddenly disappears, and they are the only ones who still remember it.

One Week, Two Days

December 2016 •Arabic

A delicate exploration of the highs and lows of intimacy between Leila and Ibrahim, a loving couple, as they deliberate the difficult decisions surrounding conception and parenthood.

Intervene

April 2018 •English

INTERVENE is a surreal, hypnogogic parable about an unstable young man whose family feeds his madness by staging religious visions.

The Injection

January 2011 •French

In an indeterminate future where it seems to be raining endlessly a man called Balthazar is waiting at home alone with his dog for a visit from an employee of an organisation called La Piqûre.

Every Breaking Wave

February 2015 •English

Every Breaking Wave, based on the U2 song of the same name, is set on the streets of early 1980s Northern Ireland. It is built around themes of emotional abandon and the uncertainty of romantic relationships following two teenagers, one Catholic and the other Protestant, who fall in love amidst the ongoing violence.

Alive

January 2020 •Swedish

Victoria is disabled and yearns for intimacy, so her assistant Ida offers to help by making a Tinder profile. Victoria gets a match, but the guy she is matching with is very shady, and Ida worries about what might happen if they meet.

Fellow Creatures

January 2021 •English

When a mysterious Stranger approaches Tom with an unusual offer, the struggling dad faces a life-altering decision.

그 누구의 딸

Invalid date •Korean

Eat My Shit

February 2015 •Spanish

Eat My Shit tells the tale of a woman with the unfortunate defect of having a butthole for a mouth.

Distorted

October 2006 •French

Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope

August 2005 •Japanese

At the Personality Plant, robots are being built and slowly outfitted with the artificial memories of real people. Suzu is one such robot, being made to replace the young boy a family has lost. By chance, he meets Hitori, a young girl suffering from progressive memory loss. The two children become friends and attempt to define themselves in the light of their changing memories.

Sueño con un día

November 2024 •Spanish

Lu finds the possibility of companionship when she meets Aini, a cloud-headed entity. The two will go through the girl's day-to-day life, with all kinds of people coming in and out of her house.

Kapaemahu

April 2020 •English

Long ago, four extraordinary beings of dual male and female spirit, led by Kapaemahu, brought certain healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii and were loved by the people for their gentle ways and the miraculous cures they performed.

Ruptures (or André and Gabriel)

November 2016 •French

"Ruptures (or André and Gabriel)" is the last episode of this short film trilogy of love encounters. This film follows Gabriel, while introducing André, his ex-boyfriend, with whom he's meeting by chance in Paris after 10 years. This encounter happens exactly in the moment when Gabriel is filming a documentary about break-ups. Gabriel then ends up inviting André to take part of it.

Sperm Donor

December 2012 •English

A very rich and lonely dying man discovers the sperm he sold to help get through college has resulted in three children. He is determined to get this dysfunctional group together - whether they like it or not.

The Middle Ages

February 2022 •Spanish

A comedy during confinement? Probably so. A portrait of a little girl and her family during confinement? Apparently so. An absurd, Beckettian musical shot during confinement? Exactly, yes.