Dear Darkness

Guillermo on the Roof

November 2018 •Spanish

While Guillermo tries to fix his romantic life making a film about it, he will discover another reality through Samir, a Syrian refugee, who will make him think that all his issues are superficial.

Damaged Goods

August 2015 •Bosnian

Tarik lives alone and works in the warehouse of a supermarket. He's lonely and kills time hanging around with two colleagues. New worker comes to the small shop next to the supermarket. Tarik likes her and secretly starts to draw on the glass of the shop, hidden by the night, away from the prying eyes of society in which any kind of emotion is a sign of weakness.

Kakara

March 2013 •Finnish

Man drags his girlfriend to hospital for abortion. A brat is a last thing needed right now. But sitting in a waiting room can change your mind.

Diana the Huntress

May 1916 •English

A short dance performance about the mythical goddess of the hunt

Carmen

December 1918 •German

The tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl, Carmen, who treats him with both love and contempt and leads him into temptation and thus damnation.

Bedfellows

August 2008 •English

When a woman is being called in the middle of the night, she finds out that it's not her husband laying next to her.

Soul of the Cypress

July 1921 •English

Influenced by California Pictorialist photography of the preceding decades, it was in its own day recognized as an avant-garde film, but nevertheless it secured successful commercial distribution.

X

November 2016 •English

Eliza (Breanne Zill) is a head-in-clouds painter struggling with her art, sexuality, and sleep paralysis. She invites cocky painter Claude (Josef Wakeman) over to shake things up but things get strange when he interprets her manic yearnings as an invitation for sex.

Donkey Kong

Invalid date •English

When an arcade game enthusiast's anxiety makes it difficult for him to make friends, he realizes he may need to connect with people in a way he has never tried before...

Compromise

July 1968 •English

Madeleine, a young French Canadian woman, goes to London to study English literature. She meets a young actor, Peter, who has just graduated from school and is unemployed.

Au loin

September 2021 •French

D-Iva

September 2021 •French

When Iva was a little girl, she was a believer. As an adult, she added the D to her name to become D-Iva, a pure product of the star system. Offered to and adored by her trance-like audience as a modern golden calf, D-Iva realizes that her childhood dream has turned into a nightmare.

Expiation

October 2020 •Spanish

A father in search of how to help his sick daughter.

Sleep, Eternally

April 2024 •English

When naive Ryan took on the role of a caretaker for his exhausted mother over the weekend. He doesn't realise the severity of his situation until he confides in his concerned teacher, Mrs. Watson. Together, they check on Ryan's mother only to be confronted with a harrowing discovery that challenges Ryan's innocence and changes his outlook on life forever.

La Cura

September 2023 •Italian

Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

January 1985 •English

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film considers the chronic patient's right to quality care, and the acutely ill patient's right to a hospital bed. Jean is suffering from multiple sclerosis and is almost completely paralyzed. It seems that the only ones who care about her are the nurses. With the arrival of a patient in need of an operation, it becomes apparent that chronic patients have little priority.

Your Younger Daughter Rachel

July 2006 •Hebrew

Rachel is experiencing a cruel adolescence, both at home and outside of it; her unemployed father unloading his frustration and rage upon his wife and daughter. Rachel attempts to handle her violent father and protect her mother. Defenceless and exhausted, she and her mother try to comfort one another while awaiting some compassion.

Sidekick

October 2016 •English

A struggling father uses a bedtime story to impart an important life lesson to his son.

All Rivers Run to the Sea

October 2016 •Romanian

Radu is having a hard time dealing with his mother’s death.

Saudade

August 2022 •English

Aurora and Bernardo are experiencing moments of happiness, but their joy is interrupted by the onset of war.