A young man tries to charm a figure similar to himself.
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Can an adolescent experience define our perception of love? Can or should everything be connected or have a reason? A character recounts to his niece or nephew, in the form of a confession, an event from his adolescence that defines his particular way of perceiving love. While this exercise serves to tell a story that, regardless of genre, has surely been experienced by more than one person, it expresses the director's idea that discourse can sustain a work on its own, even if what is depicted on screen appears to have no connection.
In this video essay, the filmmaker reflects on the contrast between himself and the space around him, a student dormitory.
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Growth is beautiful, and often progress, too, but if it's not measured, growth can be predatory. Made using the principles of essay film, and using an anonymous character, this film chronicles and critiques how provincial cities grow, change, and gradually lose their identity.
Using footage filmed in Peru in 1950 by a foreigner, Víctor writes a letter to his son to question the country he will inherit: among heartbeats and ruins, he searches for a hope that still endures amid disillusionment.
In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next two months in peace.
Mona, a failed writer, carves out a life of isolation while caring for her ailing Sikh father but when he has a debilitating stroke her three successful siblings show up on her doorstep determined to take control of the situation.
A Forty-seven-year-old wife is suddenly, unexpectedly pregnant soon after her husband and father-in-law each separately meet a twenty-four-year-old single identical twin. Her identical sister was recently murdered. The plot is psychologically driven mixed with the supernatural and urban humor. (Vimeo)
When a reclusive, artistic 11-year-old boy ventures from the solace of his bedroom, he experiences more than he expected, and his difficult single mother finds a meaningful connection in an unexpected place.
At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country, during which Axel challenges Eyal's values.
