It Got Dark (2022)

Limbo

Trapped in a recurring cycle of sleep paralysis, a man desperately searches for a way to break free.

Afago

Helena finds herself lost in her life and loves. Reflections on herself lead her to thoughts and disappointments.

Despertar

Nico and Thomas are childhood friends who were separated. Years later, at the beginning of their adult lives, they meet again and feelings from the past resurface, causing them both to face personal dilemmas. This is how, between dreams and disagreements, Nico and Thomas reflect on life, themselves, and love.

Mr. Dorothy

A fairytale revenge story by Gabriel Bisset-Smith.

Inflatable Swamp

A short film that explores gay male psychical intimacy, with some explicit nudity scenes. Matt, a gay man in his late twenties, navigates the lonely intersection of carnal sex and human closeness. With the arrival of Luke, a new man in his life, he finds a way to reconcile pleasures of the flesh with the new aroused imperatives of the heart.

Rachel

When a rare chance for a meeting with her estranged daughter presents itself, Rachel grabs it with both hands.

Cut.

Two strangers develop an unexpected relationship after a chance meeting at a party. Inspired by David Ives' 'Sure Thing'.

Bew Boodadoo

Ariadne, a theatre actress, is seemingly trapped inside a room. Once she lets go, the room starts shifting.

Implant

In a world where the technology exists to hack into peoples’ memories, a traditional housewife colludes with her close friend to expose her husband, who she suspects is unfaithful. A film about love, betrayal and technology.

Myosis

Myosis is the constriction of the iris which decreases the diameter of the pupil. It is an unconscious phenomenon which can be triggered by an intense light, fear, or the effect of epiphany.

Dar-Dar

In the mountains of the Basque Country, a mother and her daughter take shelter in a ruined hut that seems uninhabited.

The Saucing

A short film following a cult that worships spaghetti sauce.

Outliers

Living in a city is punishment for a nomad who moves freely across the land. Simply waiting at a stoplight is akin to being in a cage.

Love, Death & Cars

In Los Angeles, Max and Haley go to a reading and book signing of Kyle, a friend of Max's from New York. Through flashbacks and conversations, we learn that they were more than casual friends, and Kyle's reappearance throws Haley and Max's relationship into question. Central to the two men's history was a Grand Canyon trip some years before. Max may need to travel that road again with renewed honesty if he's to sort out his life's conflicts and contradictions.

Yulia & Juliet

In a juvenile delinquent center two girls find comfort in love for each other. Once one of them gets released, they don't know how to deal with this and both seek for a solution, with tragic consequences - A contemporary love story based on the motives of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Adoration

Based on the real life story of Sagawa, a Japanese student who killed, dismembered and ate a young Dutch girl in Paris.

Louise

Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her.

Hotel Paradijs

Every day Paul crosses a canal that separates the Amsterdam city center from the north side, where his lover Christiaan lives and waits for him. A dear routine for both - until one day Paul meets Claire, who starts seducing him into her very own universe, the Hotel Paradijs. Claire makes Paul the audience of her own play: a play where the roles are reversed and into which Paul is undeniably drawn.

The Perfect Wife

When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.

Headlong

On the occasion of a dance competition a young ballet dancer is in a foreign place. Alone in his hotel room loneliness overpowers him, until he meets a stranger on the run.

The Pledge

Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.

Love Advisor

The story is about a guy who can predict a person’s future by patterns of tea leaves. Our fortune teller is in love with his best friend, but unfortunately, he’s stuck as a love advisor for said friend.

Kiss Me Softly

17 year old Jasper lives in a very grey, small town. In his family, he cannot be himself. Jasper's dad is a singer, named Lukkie Luk. All the attention in the family goes to his career. Jasper searches a way to handle this and is faced with the typical questions in the life of an adolescent. Questions that will not be answered when he stays in his own routine.

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

An experimental docu-fiction short from hours of collected material shot by the director. Different scenes, from drunk parties with friends to shots of the Dutch landscape during a train ride, are cut together to see if a narrative story can be constructed from nothing but randomly shot footage.

Sad Beauty

In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.

Desiderium

A man haunted by his past has to go back through his memories to find an element. But things don't work out as planned.

Lessons in Red

When a junior high student in 1963 suspects his teacher of being a communist, he investigates the truth to gain approval from his father.

Undress Me

Mikaela has undergone gender reassignment and is now a woman. One night at a bar, she meets a guy and takes him back to her place.

Burger

It's late night in a burger bar in Wales...

Daniel

Spooky stuff is afoot in a French school. All of a sudden, 10-year-old Daniel finds himself alone with Marthe – their encounter is both tender and troubling, and it seems to take place in a sort of vacuum. In Marine Atlan’s dream-like feature film debut, children dance tango timelessly, recite poems and do the drill for an imaginary terrorist attack.

From Here to There

Two college boys were so closed to each other that they had to escaped from their relation after graduating from college. They met again in a wedding banquette ten years after that, sitting next to each other again, as in the past. Jae drove drunken Him to Him's far away home. The trip was long enough for them to review their relationship, but not good enough to repair it? Maybe the best distance for them to love each other is from wedding banquette to home.

Wish

Alejandro is a insecure teenager who is in love with Javier but he does not like him back. One day in a museum visit, Alejandro asks a magic Maya stone the wish of being in a relationship with Javier, his wish will come true but not in the way he was expecting.

Running Scared

No matter what sport his parents stuck him into, Zachary, knew it was not for him. He played the sport because it was what was expected of him. Boys play sports. Zachary did not know what he wanted to do or become. This year it was flag football. It's game day. Little did Zachary know his life would forever be changed.

Despair

After a phone call ends in despair, a young woman faces a fatal decision.

Speechless

Desmond has a secret he cannot share with anyone. His grades are slipping, rumors are swirling and he feels powerless, especially when he sees his sister being hurt, too. With the support of his father and a new friend, Desmond is able to tell his story of being sexually assaulted and end the cycle of abuse. Desmond regains his power when he uses his voice.

Todo y nada

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Pelota de papel

A boy meets a new friend thanks to a bouncing ball.

A Sister

A night. A car. Alie is in danger. To get by she must make the most important phone call of her life.

Invisible Anguish

A lonely mature man lives alone while his son is working in another city. That mature man meets a young handsome boy. He gets the boy to stay with hi, but when his son suddenly comes home he is worried that his father is a gay.

Beauty Boxed

Young take of a girl breaking chains out of her early child marriage to pursue a dream of becoming a makeup artist.

Senses

Xuan, a girl who is visually impaired, sets out on a solo journey to explore the world with her heart, hoping to see what others can’t see. As she is reminded of her painful past, she also “sees” the most beautiful of sights and connects with the kindest of souls.

Boy at Shores

A boy enters an artist's workshop, eager to find out what that encounter might bring him...

Horizon

Two flat mates, three conversations, and the realisation that sometimes love can be unrequited. Pascal thinks he's found "the one", but during conversations with his flat mate, he learns to accept that sometimes dreams do not come true.

Sunset

Love, relationship, pain. An argument with his boyfriend leads a young man into a park after sunset. He's looking for distraction.

The Flesh

A debate arises between Jesus Christ and a beautiful nun about her nightlife and whether the scriptures address any punishment for her sins.

Life is Sour

A short film about a whiskey sour.