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The Terminus
Adam has played women all his life. He only cares about himself. At the end of the day he'll discover there are things he should have done differently.
Wednesday 9 September
PRICKED
The Debs, an Irish coming of age event. A group of friends piece together the events of the night before with the morning after when Chloe (17) wakes up after being spiked.
The Health Inspector
A new bakery-owner's stress from a controlling boyfriend is exacerbated by a corrupt health inspector extorting her for money and pastries.
Rita
A Stop-motion short horror film, exploring themes of obsession and loneliness, independently handcrafted for my illustration BA grad.
Creation
CREATION is a poetic short film of opposites: beauty and ugliness, order and chaos, light and darkness, joy and sadness, antiquity and postmodernity, primitivity and the advancement of technology, war and peace, destruction and re-creation, birth/life and death. It is a film about the visibility and invisibility of the conflicting nature of creation in the things and events we take for granted, although ever-present in our lives.
Insomnia
'Insomnia' is a psychological thriller that follows Cassie and the vivid dreams she experiences when prescribed sleep medicine. Although her insomnia seems cured, the increasingly sinister nature of her dreams begin to play with Cassie's sanity.
CAUDA
In a totalitarian New London, a Man returns to his state-monitored flat to await the most pivotal call of his life - risking everything to defy the system he once upheld.
Crookcrank
An experimental collaboration between Israeli artist, Gili Avisaar, Candaian musicians, Del Bel, and American editor, Jeremy Weinstein, at Rescue Dog Films.
ARTHON
Arthon, an alien child, is sent to Earth with a mission: to destroy humanity before it destroys the planet.
Stalled
Stalled tells the tense story of a scummy defense attorney who finds himself trapped in a bathroom stall with an armed and desperate young man.
Stretching of Daily Life
This video is a product of contemplation on simple human actions in public space, whether it concerns people in movement or not. Through the process, I have established the connection and simultaneity among any of these actions, as well as unity within each individual action. This specific kind of collage need to provide a new sight on our reality and daily life, and the triptych form seems to be quite a logical solution in this case.
Pictures for Piano (1)
An abstract interpretation of Chopin's Etude Opus 10 no. 12. The film was made without any planning by improvising on the pinscreen.
Stoopid Sheep
One Giant Leap For Sheepkind.
The Sandman
The Sandman, a fairy of dreams, accidentally puts a train station operator to sleep just as two furious oncoming trains race against each other. He must now find a way to wake the operator up in order to avoid the crash!
The key
In an unknown place, a man wakes up to find himself nowhere. Suddenly, he stumbles upon a strange stone with the mysterious capacity, With each and every use of the stone, the place changes unpredictably. fast the most important question bursts out: Is the stone reflecting his desires or is it controlling him?
The Buggyman
"On a first date, an ice breaking question releases a man's inner bogeyman. Can he escape his fears? "
The Soul
After the Soul successfully builds a friendship with a guy whom the Soul wants to have a relationship with, the Soul notices the guy gives a girl a similar bracelet as the love token. The jealous feeling makes the Soul decide to take over the guy’s love from the girl.
The last page
Two siblings live in a hostile, adverse and far from our time environment, looking for a safe place. They are the opposite of each other. United by blood but distant in facing the tragedy of a finite world, populated by unscrupulous predators, at least until an unexpected event changes their lives forever.
Pivot
Pivot the movie Pivot is a short 3d animated film, created in a collaboration between ARTIBITE.com, Soulbase and Plastiek.Synopsis:When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and the prey becomes the hunter. All resulting in an unfortunate ending.Pivot had it's premiere at the Dutch film festival in october 2009.During this festival Pivot got nominated for best short film 2009.This film was part of the NPS-KORT! program. Financed by The Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Fund, The Netherlands Film Fund, and the CoBO Fund. FILM CREDITSDirectorAndré BergsTechnical DirectorArno de Grijs Art Director Kevin Megens Art Director Floris Vos Sound Director Alex Debicki
Interview with the Devil
In a hauntingly atmospheric Icelandic setting, a brilliant but disturbed serial killer begins creating grotesque works of "art" using human bodies, throwing the small, tight-knit population into chaos and fear. Desperate to understand and stop the killer, authorities turn to an imprisoned, legendary murderer—the Devil incarnate—believed to be the most dangerous mind in criminal history. A young profiler or detective is tasked with interviewing this entity, but the deeper they go into the Devil’s twisted logic, the more they risk losing their grip on reality. As the boundary between evil and artistry blurs, the ultimate question emerges: to catch a monster, how close must one come to becoming one?
Love Hate Date
Some say love is blind, others maintain that it’s all around us. On occasion, it can be a very cruel mistress indeed. Meet Becky and James: a happy couple, a perfect day in central London, a late lunch…a bolt from the blue. James is moving on and Becky’s taken aback, reeling from the revelation that she’s ‘too nice’. But she gets an opportunity to move on quick smart via a chance meeting with the host of a speed dating event. With a difference.
a city ball
a ball rolls through, capturing the beauty of Los Angeles.
Brothers
Winner of 10 Jury and Audience Awards, BROTHERS is a coming-of-age story following a Muslim Arab boy coming to terms with his sexuality. Upon recognizing that he is different through the lens of his family and society as a whole, he decides to face his fears with the support of an older brother who stands by him and encourages him to be himself, in the face of bias and adversity.
The Ballad of a Haunted Man
A lonely mortician's search for company takes a dark turn.
Leaf Tango
A charming and entertaining cartoon animation of two Leaf characters dancing the tango and playing classical music.
Home run
During a bad baseball practice a young woman is spied by a stalker and on her way back home she is unknowingly followed by him. Before sending an important homework the power goes out and she calls for a technician trying to restore it, unaware that the harasser is still lurking from outside.
To the Moon and Back
A romantic rendezvous between the Ocean and the Moon who meet every night to dance together under the stars. Their time together is never enough as they must part ways again when morning comes.
I dissolved the universe
A young man travels to Bratislava to find the superlative of purposelessness.
Beer Pressure
Bottled up tensions are finally released in the aftermath of Uncle Sam's funeral.
Sinfonía incompleta de artesanías de Fonce
Using audiovisual tourism, the camera reveals inaccessible places and shows us wonderful machines and crafts that are not known to the public. These secrets that are kept there are ancestral works of these lands that are used for the processing and transportation of coffee. The fique fiber gives a special bouquet to this drink, but unfortunately these are traditions that are being lost but not the tenacity of the people's work.
Actress
An Actress prepares for a Lady Macbeth audition, while simutamously making a major life desion with her husband.
Long Live
A man reflects on his life and the passage of time as he moves through a forest.
Shining Tor
A young couple out hiking discover a doorway to another world.
Glückliche Gesellschaften
During a cozy evening in front of the tv with sparkling wine and creamy tarts, Betty tells her friends Stefan and Gesa about her four-month stay in a neurological research institute, which results in them eventually revealing absurd and formative experiences from their own pasts. In the background other figures lurk, waiting for their chance to butt in and add their own to cents.
Beautiful Smile
Amid the chaos of a dark cattle car, a fragile bond forms between Viktor, an Estonian boy, and the German girl Magda. In the midst of hunger, fear, and despair, Magda’s smile offers Viktor a fleeting moment of hope — but the brutal reality soon catches up with them.
The Tale of Búkolla
A young boy is sent into the Icelandic wilderness to find his family's beloved cow, Búkolla. Upon finding Búkolla in a cave, they begin their journey home, only to be chased by a pair of trolls. To evade capture, Búkolla uses her magical hair to conjure a river, fire, and a mountain, creating obstacles that keep the trolls at bay.
SoMe Interrupted
Swimming in the deep waters of social media, what do you do when your battery dies?
5.5
What starts as a normal date slowly unravels as one woman’s desperate pursuit of love reveals just how far she’s willing to go.
South City Underdogs
The story of how an unknown man, who briefly appeared on a public access television show in 1994, became "internet famous" decades later without his knowledge. Joe Parisi sets out to find out how this could have happened.
RINGO ROCKET STAR and his song for Yuri Gagarin
‘RINGO ROCKET STAR and his song for Yuri Gagarin' is a dry tragic musical comedy (short) film about a gipsy guy who does think he can be famous by writing a song for the first man in the space 'YURI GAGARIN'...
Treasure
As his older brothers and sisters have already abandoned their childhood’s pirate world it’s time for the youngest one to do so as well but the dream of finding the desired treasure does not leave him. Will he be able to deceive the time?
Wild Hive
In a paean to an imperiled pollinator, Wild Hive honors the wild bee as it faces decline from the ravages of climate change, pesticides, changing land use policies and competition from managed hives. Dropped into a darkened vortex, an intricate geometry emerges as the dancer unspools against extravagant patterning. Watch the invisible become visible when Arianna Hartanov enters a mysterious world of nectar and cultivation.
Bubbles
An exploration into visual trickery without using CGI in our latest visual experiment using vegetable oil and powder paint.
Elodie
Elodie is a fairy passionate about painting, living in a world where even fairies have to work. Dreaming of only one thing—living freely with her daughter—she must overcome her fears to perhaps break free from the chains of everyday life.
My home
A small spider weaves a web on the window and lives on it. One day the man opens the window, the web breaks and the spider is left without a home. He tries to weave a new web for himself under the bed, in the stove or in the keyhole, but every time someone destroys his house. The wind blows a desperate spider from the windowsill to the bush. Here the spider finds a real home in harmony with nature.
based on a fake story
A man returns after years away, he doesn't recognise himself, and feels like a stranger in his hometown.
Last Call
Forgiveness comes at a price - A married couple struggle to come to terms with the recent tragic death of their six year old daughter. The young man responsible walks free from court but returns home only to find his dysfunctional family adding to his mental condition.
Hoe Street: Sharon
A French bulldog says goodnight to her bundle of joy, but things are not quite what they seem. Stop motion animated comedy. **Updates** November 2019: Now distributed by Academy Award® winning Aardman Animations Ltd. Online only. April 2019: WINNER: Best Original Content at the Short Film Show.
Dark Dreamer
Markus wakes up in the middle of the night and gets a visit from a strange creature with unnatural powers. The creature calls himself a "Nighthob" and opens up about the fact that Markus doesn't know what life he has lived so far.
Melodia: a short film in rondo form
A rendezvous in Taiwan’s capital city. A musician gives voice to the day as contrasting lives intersect.
Grandpa's Studio
The story is about Marcello who returns to his grandpa's architecture studio for the first time, after a long time. He spent his childhood there. Once inside he finds a photocopy of an old drawing of his, which leads him to relive both sweet and sad memories. We will discover the controversial figure of the grandfather in a bittersweet story.
Close Your Eyes
When a young woman meets a quiet new friend, she ventures into her world of beliefs to show them the truth of their reality.
Dior Dreams
“Dior Dreams”, second music video of ‘We the North’, album made by Divine Ruls that will be released in March. The album is set in the Pyrenees and this one in particular is filmed in the ice rink of Jaca with the support of the ice hockey club and professional figure skaters. In addition, the video includes scenes from a live match of the top ice hockey competition in Spain between CH Jaca and Milenio Panthers.
The Abduction of Persephone
Interpretation of the famous Greek myth "The Abduction of Persephone". The young goddess Persephone was forcibly taken to the underworld by Hades. The girl becomes a hostage of circumstances and subsequently accepts her fate.
Get On With It
A short pastiche of the growing trend of not only displaying every production company logo at the start of a film, but also the repeated use of their names within the opening credits.
The Harvest
Žofa's seemingly perfect life shatters in an instant—one secret changes everything. Rumors spread, loyalties break, and feelings she never expected begin to surface. The line between truth and lies blurs in a story of desire, betrayal, and the search for one's true self.
New Paths, Old Roads
Born and raised in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, a now 80-year-old Wendy recounts the limited opportunities and systemic barriers that kept her childhood community in economic stagnation. Retelling her journey to forge a different future as a young woman, she makes the bold decision to leave everything she’s ever known behind—family, home, and the familiar landscape—to pursue work in the nation’s capital.
CINCO95
CINCO95 is a haunting, experimental film that explores the exhausting repetition of existential despair.
Harvest
On an unknown planet, a worker drone comes under attack.
The Letter
‘The Letter’ is a sapphic/lesbian love story and drama, following ex-partners, Jodie and Anna, as Jodie tries to come to terms with how and why their relationship ended. When Jodie receives a letter from her ex-lover, Anna, she meets Anna again to explore her unresolved feelings.
What Do You Think?
I'm panicked, I'm sweating, I need a stiff drink. I know what is coming...
H0_pe 02
H0_Pe is a robot who lives alone on a tiny planet somewhere in the space. His job is to regain materials. After hundreds of years of a lonely life, he starts to create objects "to live better". He will be able to built the first intelligent robot (H0_pe 01) to overcome loneliness. But, on his planet, this kind of activity is forbidden by law. In fact the H0_Pe's life is spied by the Headquarters situated on a close planet. The Headquarters discovers his secret and, through the use of signs, it warns him to stop his illegal activity. At the end of the story, H0_Pe will be forced to reveal a great and hidden secret.
Bob's Your Uncle
Competitive siblings Jane and John embark to play the mysterious “Game” left to them in the will of the uncle they never knew. Contravening their mother’s disapproval, and battling with each other at every step of the way, Jane and John must learn to overcome their sibling rivalries, and discover the truth behind their uncle's real last wishes...
Chronos
Retired chef and timed cooking contests' champion Karol Chronowski lives stuck in the past. One day, a sudden phonecall breaks him out of his bubble – his long-lost son announces he's coming to visit. Karol once again takes up the race against time, attempting to prepare an adequate meal before the guest's arrival. He doesn't yet realise just how meaningful the forthcoming hours will turn out to be.
NOW
There never has been, nor will there ever be, a moment when life wasn't in the present. The seed is a seed, the flower is a flower, and the reunion with a loved one is experienced with all the traces of those shared "nows" in those present moments.
IRL
IRL follows the chaotic and ill-fated lead-up to a woman’s first date.
La cuna de Moisés
José Guillermo’s mind is still in the countryside, but his body is already in the city. The sounds take him to a torturous past and life ends up giving him a surprise.
Celebrate Bairrada With Vasco d'Avillez
Vasco d’Avillez takes a journey through the secrets of wine created in the Bairrada region in Portugal. Set out to discover what makes it special, from the terroir to the glass, including the climate, the grape varieties, and the love with which the producers treat their vineyards. Thus sharing secrets of generations that deserve the recognition of everyone who tastes the 4 wonders of the Mealhada table.
Blue Eden
Dana and Ema meet to rehearse one last time before competing against each other for a scholarship to study professional skating abroad. Amidst nerves and pressure, confessions and feelings emerge that will test their friendship, dreams, and the unpredictable future.
Remote Postal Services
A postman in a submarine with a single package is slowly traversing the seabed. In an attempt to combat the boredom, he begins to imagine wild and surreal scenarios. However, as he continues on his journey through the depths, he begins to lose track of what is real and what is imaginary.
Since 1967
In conversation with her daughter, Carleen reflects on life, memories, and the value of keepsakes.
Daag
A city housewife is occupied with her daily household chores. Stains have accumulated in various corners of the house—some fresh, some old. Then, the doorbell rings. A gift has arrived. She tries to feel happy, but a shift in her thoughts unsettles her. She notices the stains are not just on the walls—they have settled on her body too. She attempts to clean them, starting with the ones in the house, but she hesitates, unable to bring herself to do it. Caught in the same cycle, she grows weary. Can she break free?
Hi-P
An animated parody ad about a juice company with a glimpse into how the juice is made.
The Meaning Of Life
What if life's meaning wasn't such a complex mystery? After 17 years of exploring the mind, heart, and soul, and traveling the world for ten-years, a philosophical traveler offers a simple explanation to one of our greatest questions: What is the meaning of life?
Hot Monkey
A bedtime story takes a turn for the weird when a woke storybook builds into something wildly inappropriate.
Bloom
Bloom is a story of resilience and hope—one that can be interpreted in many ways. It could be about finding where we truly belong, waiting for a loved one, or never giving up despite life's hardships. We all face struggles that push us to the brink of despair. Some people will walk past, some will help, and others may stand in our way. But no matter what, we must keep moving forward. It's okay to fall. It's okay to cry. But we are not alone—we never were. And together, we'll rise. For we are all just a seed, blooming into a beautiful flower.
Working Late
A woman accuses her husband of working late.
Red Glory
Award-winning short documentary about humankind’s first walk on the moon with Apollo 11, NASA’s first test mission of Orion for beyond low-space orbit, and Mars 1, the upcoming first manned mission to the red planet.
strange alloy
An otherworldly poetic reflection on the sources of the collapse of humanity.
The Pickpocket
A short film. Mystery. Directed by Nick Rizzini.
First Date
An American and a supposed Azorean meet for the first time on the island of Pico... what now, Cupid? -- Santiago and Melissa flirt on a dating app. She loves Romana Petri, the author of books set on the island of Pico. He desperately wants to meet her. “What if our first date was there? It's my home!” The young American accepts the offer. Now, the Lisbonite, who posed as an Azorean, has quite a dilemma to solve... --- Uma americana e um suposto açoriano encontram-se pela primeira vez na ilha do Pico... e agora, Cupido?... Santiago e Melissa namoriscam numa rede social. Ela adora Romana Petri, autora de livros passados na ilha do Pico. Ele quer desesperadamente conhecê-la. “E se o nosso encontro fosse lá? É a minha terra!”. A jovem americana aceita o desafio. Agora, o lisboeta, que se fez passar por açoriano, tem um belo dilema para resolver...
Memories of the Future
"Memories of the Future" is a cinematic reflection on the growing crisis of space debris, blending science, metaphor, and artistic abstraction. The film is presented from the perspective of a child—a future Earthling—who looks back at humanity’s actions with both wonder and concern. This perspective shapes the visual style: everything is slightly exaggerated, much like a child’s drawing, but rendered in a futuristic way. The satellites appear oversized, the debris fields impossibly dense, and the vastness of space feels surreal. It is a new era of storytelling, where scientific reality meets the boundless imagination of a child. At the heart of the film is a seemingly insignificant object—a single bolt. It drifts through space, small and unassuming against the backdrop of immense orbital structures. But its presence is deceptive. The bolt represents overlooked dangers, a silent consequence of human negligence. As it moves through the cosmos, it ultimately cracks a camera lens, distorting the view—a metaphorical warning that ignoring a problem does not make it disappear. Like a tiny mistake that spirals into disaster, the bolt embodies the unintended consequences of human actions. The film’s aesthetic is deeply influenced by classical opera and ballet, using Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, 2nd Movement to transform the slow-motion collision of debris into a haunting "space ballet." The choice of music elevates the visuals, creating a dreamlike yet unsettling atmosphere where beauty and destruction coexist. By incorporating real audio recordings—Sputnik 1’s signal, abstract radio transmissions, and Earth's magnetic field sounds—the film merges fiction with reality, grounding its imaginative visuals in scientific authenticity. The child’s voice, generated artificially, adds an emotional layer, as if the future is speaking directly to the past.
Nothing
In this great music video for the Russian band Tesla Boy, a girl under house arrest, Anna, is confronted by state psychiatrists who want to find out what what happened to her boyfriend, Sergei. When she won’t speak to them, they ask her to show them what happened to Sergei on a life-sized doll they’ve brought along with them.
When Darkness Falls
After becoming paraplegic (paralyzed) in a car accident, the 18-year-old OCD musical genius, Annie, is left alone to rebuild her life to try and keep her promising future from slipping through her fingers.
Once in the evening
A young guy comes home after work in the evening to relax and watch TV. He turns it on and watches. But suddenly, the electricity is cut in the apartment, and the main character finds a way to get it back.
Black Sky, Blue Soul
Two pilots go on an unusual journey, when their plane enters another dimension.
Chronicles of Consciousness
Film composed of three parts, three settings, three different characters three ways to question our consciousness, and to explore, through reality, our quantum side.
myTune
A music driven short film about finding yourself in the melody of others
The Basket
A teenage refugee is hiding in a wrecked trailer and is using a basket to beg for food from passers-by. The presence of a man, who happens to pass by the basket, will bring about a turning point in his life.
Ubi sunt or Where are those who were before us?
The main theme of my work, as the title suggests, is memory and death. The invention and democratization of the medium of film/video has profundly changed the perception of family continuity but humanity's as well. "Ubi Sunt" is comprised by material taken from the Internet Archive in order to create an ecumenical family death album. It's part of the "Ars Moriendi" triptych.
Luca's Resilience
Luca's Resilience is a coming-of-age drama that focuses on Luca, a 12-year-old boy who finds himself in a new family with his mother after the divorce of his parents. After a difficult period in which he has to get used to his new situation, Luca needs his father's presence more than ever. Unfortunately, his father fails to do so, and the disappointment and pain this causes Luca drives him further and further into emotional isolation.
The crossing
El amor a primera vista es un milagro que no deberíamos de desaprovechar "Love at first sight is a miracle that we shouldn't waste"
Who Wants To Be A Cat?
The inner struggles of an introverted cat in a world dominated by extroverted dogs.
"За Дверью..." / "Behind the door..."
A silent room. A discarded dress. A closed bedroom door. When a husband returns home to find a dress on the floor, what will he discover behind the door...
Thomas
Thomas is a young man that has cerebral palsy. See the effects it has on his father and how Thomas deals with it so well. Inspiring, powerful and an eye opener.
iRony
A film that explores the relationship between man and technology...told from the perspective of a phone. Variously described as an Animation, an Experimental Film, a Narrative, a Documentary or a Film-Poem depending on who you speak to, this hand drawn animated film is based on the poem 'Seven Billion' written by the film director that won 2 National poetry awards: The Young Australian Writer’s National Award for Poetry, selected out of a field of 30,000 and the Karen W Treanor Poetry Award (Youth). iRony has been selected to 7 Academy Award Qualifying Festivals. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tZUdUJdpuw&feature=youtu.be
Ian and Sam
Ian and Sam go on a backpacking adventure through the wilderness. Unfortunately things don't go as planned as the responsible Ian hurts himself. Will Sam be there for Ian?
The everyday city bustel
The main character is an ordinary office worker, living a monotonous life. Work, home, home, work. It is his whole world. But although his house is a multi-unit column of text, and the office is a news section in a newspaper, the city itself is a newspaper, life and events have nothing to differ from the most possible, although the news from the more real world is most likely repeated. My film shows the priceless human freedom, its slavery in the social system. I hope this film will give people at least a minute to think about their existence.
The Observation Level
A young woman named Adrianna is sent on a mission by a man she has never met. The task will require all of her cunning and willpower, as she is about to discover that everything is a test...
Gender Twister
Gender Twister is a satirical commentary on society's rigid gender rules.
A.M. Curse
A woman is in rush as she believes she is late for work, on top of that. everything that can go wrong... HAS!
Boarders Without Borders
Following the journey of the formation of the UK's first Women of Colour Longboarding crew, using sport as a tool for social change.
Morning Glory
Life's a bitch and then you cry
Jellyfish
A man's encounter with a mysterious woman leads to a whirlwind romance across Amsterdam and Jakarta, where their fragile connection mirrors the delicate yet unpredictable nature of Jellyfish.
Das Bilderhaus
An ensemble short about people going to a movie theater. Three storylines: A boy falling in love, a couple in a very strange relationship and two film nerds having a discussion with an unexpected outcome ...
You're not a Fool, Grandpa
A little girl, now a woman, writes to her grandfather, wounded by a mental disorder. She watches him as he seethes inwardly, pondering the place of childhood in suffering.
Planet SOS
"The weather around us is becoming increasingly strange. One moment it's scorching sun, then suddenly thunderstorms. Are we blaming nature, or are we facing the consequences of our actions? Deforestation, pollution, and ecological imbalance—all are our creations. This film shows how our daily mistakes can lead to major disasters. The time is now to step towards a sustainable future. To save nature, we must change our habits. Let's work together for a beautiful world."
Call to the world
The hero creates an ideal world and populates it with humans that eventually destroy them. The Creator is trying to save his creation by creating more worlds, but in the end it all ends up failing.
Red or Green ?
Two dudes try to defuse a bomb.
Starcrossed
A scientist, frustrated by his loneliness, sets about discovering an equation to locate the girl of his dreams. He spends a week embarking on a series of failed rendezvous, which only compounds his feelings of isolation. Despite these setbacks he's determined to find her so he goes back to the drawing board. She has to be out there somewhere.
Tick Tock
Time is only a measurement
Sunflowers on the Sun
In the ruins of time, there is a strange man who has been searching for the most precious things of mankind and keeping them for himself. He's got a heart that beats forever and a clock that can turn back time, but he's forgotten why he's looking for these things. Until one day, a dying old man asked him to help deliver a letter, and the strange man entered the old man's memory and began a special journey.
Ready for a Baby
A young woman in her thirties feels very happy and excited – she has a partner, everything in her life is under control, so now is the perfect time to have a baby. It should be easy and natural, with love and fun and everything else … right?
Magician
Magic happens when people are mesmerized by fascination... A politician; A movie hero or a playground hero can be a magician who fascinates people. But these fascinations are fleeting. In actual magic change; In the release of hypnosis. The real magic will be on the day when there will be a permanent revolutionary change by removing discrimination, disintegration, division, all isolation. The day when people will try to live together by sharing a loaf of bread, all the barbed wire fence in the earth will be removed. We will be released from the cage. On that day, the war will end; Flowers will blossom with love. Fighter aircraft will fly as white pigeons. Who is the real magician? The true magician is the common man. The day they will wake up; On that day, people's conscience, humanity and values will wake up. People will be united. And on that day this world will change like magic. There will be no more complaints of lack of people.
Sunday Worship
A lonely septuagenarian struggles to conceal his failing mental health from his doting wife. Finding solace watching a local grassroots football team, his levels of fandom start to border on obsession.
Cava Grande - Crashing
Cava Grande - Crashing is an animated short film created by Tan Tunçağ for his music project, Cava Grande. Set in a vast, barren landscape where water is the only element of fluidity, the film presents an environment dominated by towering monoliths and fragmented statues of women. These statues remain still, yet their fractured pieces drift weightlessly, as if suspended in a gravity-defying space. The muted, blue-toned palette enhances the sense of isolation and timelessness.
The Party's Over
When we leave our childhood homes and slowly turn into young adults, we all slowly start to realise the party of youth must someday end. For Makayla, Jake and Noah its today, and they must face the future without each other.
The World in Words
Several smart and funny short stories
FRAMED
A short film shot entirly on an IPhone 5
MANIERA GRECA
The night comes to its end at the greek night club (bouzouki-dance floor). It’s five o’clock in the morning. The few last clients left at the club are clapping out of habit for the opening singer while she finishes her appearance with a long ‘goodnight’. Nobody could have guessed what would happen when the leading star of the night program, the famous singer Koureas, begins to sing his brand new hit, a zeibekiko* song called, ‘the bearded man’. A sequence of ecstatic events? A raised challenge? Hugs hanged on alcohol? Maniera Greca or in other words, the way the world goes round? We are the witnesses of the clients leaning on their drinks with their eyes on us, our eyes on them and Katerina Gogou, still looking straight to all of us..37 years later. *Greek folk dance of free choreographic structure
Momo
The story is about a racoon who is obsessed with cleaning. One day he runs out of liquid detergent. He goes to the supermarket to steal cleaning supplies and then he starts cleaning. What he cleans that turns pure white. As a result, he causes more and more problems for the people around him. The people chase him out of the city, so he runs away into the forest to clean. As time goes by, the winter sets in and he stops cleaning, because everything has turned white. However, he sees himself on the ice and realizes that he is not white.
Mountainous Corinthia of Greece
The element of mythology is very intense in this area. Here is the lake Stymphalia where Hercules killed the Stymphalian Birds with his bow to accomplish his sixth labour. According to the myth, the birds where man-eating and had beaks of bronze.It is one of the few Greek mountains which have so many tops over 2000 m in altitude and features rich alpine scenery. Lakes, highlands and a green plateau comprise the natural scenery for a varied biota to live in. Film directed & music produced by Stamatis Liontos www.LionD-productions.com
The Bagpipe Maker's Baby
A fairy tale short film with a magic realist twist. Directed by Chris Hopkin and written by Julian F. Woodford, The Bagpipe Maker’s Baby’s strong narrative drama centres on a mix of emotions and ideas around love, community, isolation and family. Starring Richard Avery, Annie Kirkman and Gordon Meredith, it is based on a short story of the same name, and was written with the English north-east coast in mind, in particular Holderness. In this sometime awful world we live, the film is deliberately hopeful. SEA TIMECODE: 22 seconds and then very regularly throughout the entire film as a liminal presence and character in direct opposition to that of the LAND.
Fish and Chips
Music Video for Fish and Chips.
Space cat hob
A tiny and mysterious cat-like creature awakes in the remains of his smouldering spaceship and finds himself on a journey through a beautiful and dangerous world, in a quest for answers
Lock & Key
An experimental short about inanimate objects and the perceived notions some people give them.
Megaville - After Hours
On a restless night in the cyberpunk city "Megaville" a disillusioned ranger encounters a washed up chef called Jack. They reach an agreement and a culinary duel to the death follows. A lethal supper that only one of them will survive.
Nuovo Cinema Para-Virus
During the lockdown, the cinema sends a video letter to humankind. The theatres are closed, sets are locked, and the cinema can no longer create new dreams.
The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was is a short film covering themes of depression, suicide and mental disorders. It is a game of cat and mouse where the prize is one man’s life.
Death (And Disco Fries)
After finding out he is dead, Charlie has a chance to make good on a past regret.
Passingness
Passingness is a haunting exploration of identity, memory, and the fragile edge of reality. As the narrative unfolds through emotionally charged performances and a tense, introspective atmosphere, the audience is drawn into a fragile space between being and disappearing. A haunting meditation on identity, loneliness, and the terror of not being seen. Driven by intense, intimate performances, the story unfolds in layers of psychological tension, revealing inner scars, blurred truths, and the quiet terror of not knowing who you are—or if you ever were.
Ctrl-Z
Ed is a hopeless romantic that invents a device allowing him an infinite amount of attempts to impress the girl of his dreams; however, with each failed first impression he must kill himself before he can go back and try again
Made With Peace And Love
If you were a coffee bean in a glass jar with other coffee beans, how would you process the everpresent, looming feeling of impending doom?
Shamewich
A comedy short about pleasure, discontent and packed-sandwiches.
naqlah (transformation)
During an ongoing devastating war, a young orphan, who lives with his mother, tries to put an end to the pain he suffers because of his disability. Paranormal activity happens to the world he lives in.
The Black Bull Incident: Episode Three - None of You Left
Through an interview, we learn more about the remains found at the excavation, and how John escaped from the hospital into a world gone mad at the seams. (Episodes 1 & 2 also available) • What is THE BLACK BULL INCIDENT? THE BLACK BULL INCIDENT is an original animated story presented in the style of a graphic novel, with full narration, an original music score, and a visual effect which blurs the boundaries between you, the 'reader', and the stories on the page. • Is it any GOOD? Episode 1 of this series recently won 'Best Horror' at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival. It has also been selected and screened in Downtown Las Vegas at the Sin City Horror Fest, and received an 'Award of Excellence' in the Sumer 2017 Global Webisode Competition for WRPN.TV; Episodes 1 & 2 were selected and screened at the 2017 European Short Film Festival;; Episodes 2 & 3 have not yet been released publicly. • What's THE STORY? Delivered over four short 'cool and stylised' episodes, it presents an account of what happens following the emergence of some sinister pathogen which leaves in its wake the full horror and malevolence of medieval England when it is released upon the unsuspecting (and ill-prepared) modern world. • What's THE FORMAT? Episodes are delivered on video with an original and engaging soundtrack. The technique and visual format for this work makes use of original photographs (heavily stylised / post-produced / cutout), it then plays with depth and layering of the 2D assets over time to give a three dimensional perspective to the imagery through parallax. • SAY WHAT? Essentially we are pushing scenery to the background (deep in the page), and the action further forward. At times, (particularly in eerie moments, or for the purpose of a jump scare or two!) the technique additionally breaks the forth wall. • WHO'S WHO? THE BLACK BULL INCIDENT is created by Rob Wright and Si Wright. Rob & Si just happen to share the same family name, but are not related. They've been friends since School where they met, some 30 [very] odd years ago.
Love in Times of whatever right now is called
In a classical art museum where the paintings come to life at night, a frustrated Black painter who works as a janitor must decide whether she will intervene when a new acquisition portrays the rape of a female slave.
14:00
Just before the performance, a single pianist is trembling with tension in the sleeve of the stage. It is time for the performance to finally come. He goes to the stage quickly as if he had made a decision. Actually, he is a man who has won the Grand Prix several times at the International Piano Competition. Will recitals succeed?
Exit space
The main character goes to a meeting with a girl and does not think that he will face a choice of a further path.The circumstances depend on his choice.The film is about the space of options and the ability to control your emotions.
Night Tide
Ryan is haunted by a persistent knock at the door which escalates into a nightmarish evening he will never forget.
Confetti
Some parties don't end as you expect.
Brink
In the aftermath of a violent break in, a young woman held captive desperately fights for her freedom, her captors motives unknown. 'Brink' is an atmospheric short thriller starring Lisa Dwyer-Hogg (The Fall, Acceptable Risk) and Tim Plester (Game of Thrones, Lockout).
Ups And Downs
A man, while going to work every day, passes through a pedestrian underpass and notices that the escalator going up is not working, but the one going down is working. That is, going up is difficult, but going down is easy. In order to go up comfortably, he interferes with the escalator’s control panel. This time, both sides of the escalator start moving upward. After he goes up using the escalator, he remembers that his bag is left downstairs, but since the escalator is moving only upward, he cannot go down.
Inside
A man hides in his home- safe from the problems of life. But there's no escape from tragedy and his responsibility. Doing nothing is not an option - as he comes to learn.
The life-long dream
ENGLISH A child's life-long dream is shattered by life's unexpected events, but fate has something in store for him. ITALIANO Il sogno nel cassetto di un bambino è infranto dalle contingenze della vita, ma il destino ha qualcosa in serbo per lui.
INFECTED
A body decays. A forest regrows. A virus mutates. In silence and shadow, nature remembers what humanity tries to forget. Spanning generations of hidden experiments and unraveling global systems, this fictional record draws a chilling line from buried weapons labs to present-day collapse. The infection spreads—not just through blood, but through behavior, memory, and belief. When control slips from our grasp, what remains of choice, of humanity, of survival?
NONA DECUMA MORTA
Time fractures in the palm of our hands. The need to understand it is imperative, while the urge to master it grows ever more pressing. As we attempt to decipher the extent of our true freedom to subdue time, we fragment along with it and, in that moment, we become one. And all the while, the keepers of its threads watch us. Thus, we shall never know whether we act while they observe us or if we are merely witnesses to their decisions.
Heaven & Hell
In this film, I’ve sought to create a multi-sensory audit of a world in collapse, bridging the widening chasm between political hypocrisy and our fractured social reality. By centering the film on the recurring motif of a fraying flag, I wanted to expose the terrifying fragility of democracy as it buckles under the weight of human greed. I chose to set this human turmoil against the indifferent majesty of nature—where falling snow and rising oceans serve as a silent witness to our choices. Complemented by Veryan’s haunting soundscape and Liz Helman’s narration, the work stands as a cinematic elegy for the marginalized. Ultimately, it is a poetic reminder that while the powerful debate our future, the heaviest burden is always borne by those least responsible for the crisis.
Hyper Jump
An astronaut prepares for a historic jump into hyperspace with cool, laser-like precision—until he realizes that the entire world will be tuning in hear his pre-flight speech. Panic, self-doubt, half-remembered movie quotes, and Schwarzenegger imitations soon follow.
Abby
Abby drug addiction gotten worse after her parents separation. Abby and her mother has a broken bond. However, does her mum give her another chance?
Not A Cake
In a sugary, pastel-toned paradise, K lives an idyllic life governed by a charming, handcrafted stop-motion aesthetic. Every detail of his world is picture-perfect, yet deeply unsettling. K soon uncovers the horrifying truth of his existence: he is trapped in an "edible nightmare" where every object—from his morning alarm clock to the steak on his dinner plate—is made of sponge cake and cream. Desperate for any physical sensation that feels genuine, K’s artificial reality ruptures when a hyper-realistic cat appears. The animal is a literal glitch in his universe, possessing a tangible texture entirely foreign to K’s soft, frosted surroundings.Driven by curiosity, K follows the creature and tumbles directly off the edges of his miniature set. He awakens in the cold, industrial expanse of a modern film studio. Surrounded by automated cameras and looming smartphones, K faces a devastating revelation. He is not a sentient being, but merely manufactured "content" designed for passive digital consumption.Fleeing the studio, K breaks through into the real world. For the first time, he experiences the raw, unfiltered grit of true existence. He feels the sharp bite of cold rain on his human skin. He tastes the rich, spicy, and salty reality of a hot bowl of bibimbap. He is finally real.Yet, this hard-won relief is instantly shattered. In a chilling meta-twist, K’s moment of awakening is suddenly framed by a smartphone user interface. A torrent of virtual "like" icons cascades across his face. Somewhere in the real world, an indifferent viewer swipes upward on their screen. Instantly, K vanishes into the digital ether, seamlessly replaced by yet another mindless, algorithmically generated cake-cutting ASMR video.Not A Cake is a haunting critique of modern digital culture. It examines the quiet violence of passive viewing and questions the nature of authenticity in a world where human suffering is reduced to a disposable, three-second swipe.
Apoptosis
The trauma surgeon realizes that Sisyphus was happy, that he accepted the constant cycle of birth and death, within and outside our bodies with Hospital as witness.
Cell
At the height of WW2, a cowardly deserter awakens in a Nazi prison cell alongside a mysterious female prisoner. Unwitting test subjects in a cruel psychological experiment the pair must follow a set of rules if they're ever to escape, but all is not what it seems.
MATER
Karina desperately searches for her son, who has disappeared without a trace.
The Bull
Heavily pregnant on an isolated farm, a young woman faces the strange magic that burdens her reality. This is a fairytale about creatures with bonds more powerful than their shapes and lovers who share the same space but not always the same form.
Way Home
When a baby raccoon gets lost from it's mother. The player must help the baby raccoon find it's way back and help those they meet along the way.
The Chicken
Through the eyes of a silent witness, an innocent chicken flees for its life through a world of casual betrayal.