Putrefaction (2022)

The Prince's Dilemma

Prince Philip, who longing to be with a prince of his own, must decide to follow the traditional tale or forge his own happily ever after.

Frantic Attempts

Matthias is going on a weekend course of self-discovery called “My Value on Earth,” which was an expensive gift from his girlfriend. The course is supposed to help him deal with his chronic inability to finish things that he’s started. But before Matthias leaves, his girlfriend springs a surprise on him: he’s going to be a father. And so he hopes to use the weekend, which he has no real desire to go on, to answer new and pressing questions. The “alternative” therapist, however, doesn’t inspire much trust. The tragicomedy Frantic Attempts takes aim at the field of personal development, in particular, dubious therapists who offer quick fixes. After all, what if we should answer our existential questions ourselves instead of trying to find answers from others?

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.

Existere

Horacio, a lonely young man, cornered between his routine and disturbing dreams, stops and isolates, revealing a vital message.

On This Earth

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.

King's Gambit

A surrealist retelling of Caine and Abel in a black void, where a game of chess is taking place. A boxer uses a punching bag while watching from afar.

Chekhov's Gun

Two robbers, having a philosophical debate about fate, realize that their deaths are imminent.

Dinosaurs are Dead

A young girl's perspective on life changes when she must take care of her mother during an epileptic seizure.

I Want to Know Your Parents

An eighth grade student kills himself but not before writing the names of the students who victimized him. Their parents are called into the school and a battle goes on regarding the will.

Bata, Batak Ka Pa

A young boy's innocence is slowly deprived by digital overstimulation and the War on Drugs. Surrounded by a world of vices, his future becomes uncertain when he learns the truth about the people around him.

Monomania

An obsessive fan breaks into the dressing room of her idol Irene after a show, and has her worldview called into question after finding out the singer’s just a regular person.

Wonder Boy!

Ten-year-old Adam suffers from Juvenile Arthritis. To cope with the daily struggles of his illness Adam draws comics and retreats into his imagination. As the courageous Wonder Boy! Adam fights alongside the heroic Captain Wonder against the notoriously evil Dr. Itis. As Adam’s illness progresses both reality and fantasy collide, and he must find the inner strength to overcome both his illness and the evil Dr. Itis before it’s too late.

Damned

Following a young man as he navigates his way through an essay, slowly finding that the subject matter is becoming a part of his life that he can’t shake off.

We'll Live Through the Long, Long Days and Through Long Nights.

Ped, a soccer student who wishes to go to college using a scholarship but his school cut all the training due to PM2.5 so he trains alone for the final and ends up with an unexpected turning point.

Trembling Eyes

Juliano is a young artist who lives a happy life with his boyfriend, Nuno, a 65-year-old man, until his relationship is shaken by the discovery that his partner has a degenerative disease.

Castle Freak

John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless bloodthirsty creature.

Fermata

A struggling pianist makes a peculiar discovery.

A Spot for Frog

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong.

My First Phone

Eight-year-old Sargis' father returns home and gives a present to Sargis his dream phone. On the same day, Sargis learns that his father has returned to break up with his mother.

Sometimes You're Such a Darn Egg

An exploration of the final five eggs battling for their existence within Magdalena as she navigates around the voices of society, and her own body.

Simply Girl

Denise, Hannah and Leticia are three ordinary women with extraordinary stories to tell. As transgender people, they talk about the challenges of finding their true identities within an intolerant and prejudiced society.

Silence After Storm

To understand the way they are feeling and why, Eva and Den converse about their ended relationship by going through the most important memories that were shared in the past. Through this remembrance, the memories’ capacity to be complete begins to be questioned as well as the love that was shared in the past.

The Composer

Álvaro Norte, a celebrated composer and cellist, invites his talented student Mauro to be his assistant. However, Mauro reveals he has other plans that would separate them. In response, Álvaro confines Mauro in a room, using his pain as inspiration for a new cello composition. Despite Mauro's resistance, he inadvertently ends up fulfilling Álvaro's artistic vision.

Bibek

Fedja is haunted by his conscience in the form of Bibek.

Cain Rose Up

Pigpen has a snore. Bailey has a lot of nerve. And Curt Garrish has a gun.

Cain Rose Up

College student, Curt Garrish, goes on a murderous sniper rampage.

Seven Minutes

Spin the bottle. Get stuck in a small room with the person you hate the most for seven minutes. Deal with his egotism. At the end of the timer, neither of you is going to see the other the same.

Wanted

Marcos, an adult who as a child lost his beloved pet, a black German shepherd dog, with whom he had a special bond. This bond leads him to search for it over time until he believes he has found it in a park with another owner.

A Christmas Love

A couple struggling to make ends meet are given a new chance by the arrival of a mysterious letter that grants them one special wish during the holiday season.

Playing Through

Late in her career, Ann Gregory finds the courage to be the first woman of color to enter the USGA Women's Amateur. She collides with Babs Whatling, a privileged white woman from the south who is searching for her own identity.

Juvenile Drive

When a kid is underwhelmed by the mundanity of his life, he ultimately forgets that his school is going on a trip to Utah.

Return

Gerardo returns home with a pack of dogs barking in the background on a dark night. Inside his house he will find an altar with flowers and orange lights. Now it will be the silence that will guide his steps to find out what is on that altar.

Dusk Shall Come

Greta's parents have decided that the three of them are going back to their hometown. Greta has to tell them that she won't return with them.

The Author

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3 Idiots

Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.

OC-DOWN, BUT NOT OUT

Lía is a dedicated and hard-working seventeen-year-old student but, despite her efforts to give her best, she carries a secret that is increasingly difficult for her to hide: her obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Bermuda Island

Passengers on their way to a tropical paradise crash at sea and find themselves on a deserted island. Desperate to survive the elements and infighting between survivors, they find that the island has more in store for them than they could ever imagine.

Elsewhere

Two women meet, wander and experience together a city that unveils different places and a connection beyond them.

El Viaje

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Each of Us

A Short Film/VFX School Project by Anders Heiene and Ragna Aasen, inspired by the Blender artist Exequiel Martina, exploring a surreal story blending CG and Live Action.