The Payphone (2023)

Mail Companion

A lonely woman finds companionship during self-isolation after the loss of her partner.

Cave

Santi, a 17-year-old boy, plays football with his friends at the entrance of the village while Marco, his childhood friend, returns after a two year absence. The last summer Marco was in town, Santi began to feel something towards him. But while living in that cave, the best thing for him to do was to forget about it and focus on building his life based on tradition. The return of Marco throws Santi off, who had finally managed to forget him. Under the conservative gaze of all the people, he will have to fight against his feelings as he considers his identity for the first time.

Lightningface

Basil Stitt, in the aftermath of an inexplicable incident, decides to sequester himself inside his apartment, setting the stage for a profound transformation.

Schism: Me , Myself, and Authenticity

When ordering food, we often put on a happy face. But when do we take that mask off if ever? Tripp (James Counihan) faces this internal struggle while his partner Jay (Brian Westerley) confronts this dual personality.

Chrysalises

The streets of Barcelona, ​​thousands of people coinciding at the same time, eyes crossed lost in thought. Not realizing that even though it may seem unique, everyone has a story worth telling. People who live the moment that will change them forever, that will define and vindicate them. Moments in our lives where we have been, or will be, aware of a change of stage; of a before and an after. Moments when we feel like we’re dragging our backs every minute we’ve lived. Because we are all inside our chrysalis until someone breaks them and forces us to face the real world.

On Stopping the Rain

A little girl living in a slum area is restless as the never-ending rain is stopping her burning desire to wear her brand new shoes. She will call upon the old traditional way to stop the unstoppable rain.

Kimchi Fried Dumplings

Carls the eldest of three brothers and is expected to be a role model for the family. He wants to show his family that he made the right choice to move away. However, youngest brother Adam's unexpected hostility reveals the problems with Carls choices.

Something Blue

A lonely wedding photographer falls for a wedding crasher, who disappears under untold circumstances.

THEATER. Afterword

The film was shot as the final part of the play "Drink the sea, Xanthos" theatre-Studio "NEO" (St. Petersburg 1987-1989). As a result, the performance was changed and the film gained independence. He became an allegory of acting.

Just Before Losing Everything

Julien is 10 years old. He pretends to go to school but then hides out under a bridge, his backpack filled with clothes. A few kilometers away, 15-year-old Joséphine does the same and waits for the bus.

Wild Youth

Wild Youth is an ode to being young. A sensitive and intimate story of the first experiences of losing one's childlike innocence, questioning the imposed "masculinity" and (re)discovering yourself in the function of others.

The Phone Call

Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.

Merenguito

Merenguito, a little piñata boy, wakes up on a school table after being put together by a group of primary school children. Soon they discover his gift: dispensing candy at will. When the children become absorbed by their greed for candy, Merenguito finds comfort in his friendship with Bruno, a gentle child outcast from his peers due to his delicate health condition. Chaos soon erupts and Merenguito becomes a victim of merciless bullying that spirals him into a choice with terrible consequences.

Zerch

Zerch asks his boyfriend Cano to do something terrible for him. Cano, driven by a powerful love, agrees without knowing he is about to sacrifice more than he imagined.

Año Uno

Life walks in a sunset under a vineyard. Alfonso watches it. Who is the prisoner of whom?

Barefooted

A young taxi driver has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for quite some time. The faces have come and gone from his rear-view mirror. However, things change when two young man try to hijack his car in the middle of Georgian suburb.

DeAD

Man dies, but his family members can't notice this.

Body Beautiful

A heavyset woman who keeps being harassed by her aerobics instructor and her attempts to get even with him on a Body Beautiful contest.

Margo Lily

A couple is determined to plant a tree in the middle of winter following the loss of their child.

The Demonic Lord and the Virtuous Cultivator

She was taken in by a cultivation master after her family was slaughtered. Vowing unconditional loyalty to her newfound teacher and savior, she followers her every step into adulthood. Can such reverence save her when a demonic cultivator comes into the scene and shakes up the entire villa?

An Eye for an Eye

Joseph, a young gay male, finds himself the random target of a hate crime and is severely beaten. He retreats into his own world and loses all faith upon hearing that he has permanently lost sight in one eye. In a loving, albeit misguided attempt to help him reclaim his life, Joseph's mother Rachel and best friend Derrick present him with a very unexpected present for his birthday, a face-to-face encounter with his attacker and a chance for revenge.

Kill or Be Killed

After his mother's departure, 13-year-old David is headed down a dangerous path. Neglected by his alcoholic father Paul, who blames David for his failed marriage, David takes solace in shoplifting, playing violent video games and doing drugs. One day, David forms an unexpected and intense friendship with Edward, the new kid in town. David and Edward's friendship is tested after they have an intimate encounter that reveals David's closely guarded secrets.

Escargots

An adaptation of a children's poem called Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement by Jacques Prévert, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Filmed in Paris, France and Los Angeles, California.

Cold Shivers

Kristoffer brings a girl home for the first time, that which at first seems as a fragile and tender love story makes a tragic shift.

Pond, Fish

Qingyan Yu confronts confusion and self-identity problems as she gets to the point where romance starts to take place in her adolescence.

Ajar

Twentysomething Bruno moves in to become roommates with Felipe. Before long, Felipe realizes he is feeling attracted to his roommate, a desire he was not expecting, and that he is not prepared for.

L'échappée

In her room, Mona, a young teenager, gets ready. She waits for the arrival of the one with whom she is in love.

Der Koffermacher

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We Vanish

After the devastating disappearance of her teenaged daughter, Rocío attempts to uncover the truth in the dense tangle of bureaucracy and patriarchal social norms.

Room Closet

Dan and Rafael are hanging out in Rafael's room and trying to figure out what to do. They get interrupted.

The Anvil

Once upon a time, in the evening of his Birthday, a boy got from his parents a strange gift: an Anvil from which he would never separate. An uncomfortable load to carry, which will make his life particularly troubled, preventing him from doing what he wants, and even from approaching the girl he loves. But we are in a fairytale... And in fairy tales, everybody get a second chance.

Two Nights

Over two nights, a young Chinese immigrant has sexual encounters with two very different men. Consequently, he has to choose between the one he wants or the who wants him.

I Don't Even Want Me

A snapshot of a 20-something's stagnancy and rejection in his hometown, years after college.

Antoine and Colette

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Tucked

An aging 80 year old drag queen forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity and mortality. As they discover more about each other, they realize how to truly be themselves.

Before

In a hidden paradise somewhere in the Philippines, two brothers share a simple but sufficient life. Things change when an unexpected visitor brings a new-found attention to their island home. With their idyllic island now on the tourism spotlight, they're now forced to cope with the perils of uncontrolled urbanization.