Abysse (2024)

Pico Sacro [The Holy Mountain]

In a leafy forest, a Galician sovereign who longs to attain wisdom meets a sorcerer, who tells him: “Go back to your country and study the Earth and the Stars in the sky; anywhere in the world reflects an image of it. You will ride on this arrow, which you must keep for a hundred years and a day. After this time, stick it in the widest valley of all those you possess, with the tip facing the sky. Then the Moon will come and, just as it exerts its action on the waters of the sea, it will act on the arrow, turning it into a holy mountain." - Legend about the Pico Sacro Inspired by Hokusai's views of Mount Fuji and Cézanne's paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire, "Pico Sacro [The Holy Mountain]" aims to reveal the mystery and the magic that underlie reality.

Fungi

As he falls down the spiral of personal obsession; a delusional mycologist finds himself in the midst of seeking the unattainable. Morals won't play a role in his relentless pursuit of transforming his being into fungus.

Resonances

"Resonances" is an abstract journey that invites diverse interpretations. For some, it’s the tale of an ant that delved too deep, for others, a puppet seeking freedom. The narrative evolves with the viewer, offering no single path but rather a multitude of meanings. Free and autonomous, "Resonances" challenges you to explore with your mind and question with your soul. Only through personal reflection will the answers reveal themselves, making the experience uniquely yours.

Is It A Plaisir

'Is it a plaisir' is an experimental short film that explores femininity and the body as a sharp territory, crossed by the tension between desire and imposition. Through symbolic, sound and visual saturation, the film acts from pleasure (plaisir), revealing a liberation that emerges in the midst of excess, where intensity and lightness, dark and light, intertwine, collide and converge.

Death Is The Bridge

An experimental meditation on the pervasive nature of transience.

A Man Walking Backwards and Forwards

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Photographic Valarie

Valarie sets up a photo shoot.

Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking

An experimental shortfilm in line with "Lux Æterna", showcasing the footage from Cecil B. DeMille's "King of the Kings". A voiceover pronunces word "Relax" in a hypnotic tone, which was Lux Æterna's working title. It was shown only once in Paris at L'Étrange Festival, at the opening of "Lux Æterna".

House

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

Clarity

"If I can't abandon you, then how can I save you?"

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

Six sequences about Fascism and its segments throughout history.

The Things You Said On That Cloudy Day

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The Stolen Moon

A short, silent, experimental film created by avant-garde created by Ukranian-born artist, Anna Malina.

Des vertes et des pas mûres

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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

1982. 15'50". A French black and white experimental film. Bloody, violent, and disturbing. Full production credits unconfirmed.

The Severed Heads Are Smiling.

A passenger picks up a woman at dawn who is to be a guest until midnight. Their journey begins...

Flaming Creatures

Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with several men and women, mostly of indeterminate gender, vamping it up in front of the camera and participating in a mock advertisement for an indelible, heart-shaped brand of lipstick. However, things take a dark, nightmarish turn when a transvestite chases, catches and begins molesting a woman. Soon, all of the titular “creatures” participate in a (mostly clothed) orgy that causes a massive earthquake. After the creatures are killed in the resulting chaos, a vampire dressed like an old Hollywood starlet rises from her coffin to resurrect the dead. All ends happily enough when the now undead creatures dance with each other, even though another orgy and earthquake loom over the end title card.

Proyecciones del Limbo

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Bunnyhood

What could possibly be more important than feeding your daughter?

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Shot on 16mm film in New York and composed in Berlin, the work explores polarizing themes of the metropolis. Audibly and visually, the viewer is put in a flicker between serenity and intensity; harrowing ambience cut with sharp beeps, vulnerable steps mashed in high velocity.

(2) Beings in Transformation

The consequences of the lockdown during COVID-19, putting the minds of two beings in an apartment to the test.

SIN PIEDAD

Under the relentless sun, a killer stalks through the mountains, where the innocence of a young couple becomes prey. With no shadows to hide their fate, the hunt is a macabre game in broad daylight, where fear is not hidden in the darkness, but burns with the rawness of the unperturbed noon.

Ray's World

A guy named Ray tries to go to sleep and a sasquatch gets into funky business.

Negativ

A photographer during the Soviet-Afghan war becomes obsessed with a mysterious figure that appears in his images every time the person photographed dies.

pistanthrophobia

A girl is stalked by her subconscious fear of intimacy.

The Long Walk

An animated short based on a scene from "The Long Walk" by Stephen King

A Gaping Wound, A Grinning Mouth

A surreal horror film following an obsessive actress who finds herself trapped within a cursed theatrical production where she is forced to choose between her career and her life.

Lohengrin

A short experimental film shot on Super 8, inspired by the music of Richard Wagner.

Disk

A reclusive, neurotic young man is haunted by a mysterious figure that sends disks containing garbled footage of the young man's dreams. Student Short Film made for the London Film School.

Cain Rose Up

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

Ambient Dread, Cosmic Indifference

An abstract mood piece that aims to cultivate existential anxiety, exploring the shape and purpose of both man-made and natural objects, while observing how they intersect and overlap.

Linton Falls - A Study of the Force of Water

An experimental film documenting a river leading up to a waterfall, depicting both its natural beauty and its inherent danger.

Escuro da Alma

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Static

A man dreams about his wife while stuck in an unknown place.

El Retiro

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AHAM

Aham is a Sanskrit term which means "self" or "I." Aham Brahmasmi is a popular saying used in the Upanishads, the ancient philosophical texts of Hinduism. With Brahmasmi referring to Brahman, or the Absolute Reality. We focused on the self. We chose not to have any dialogues. Silence offers opportunities for self-reflection and daydreaming, which activates multiple parts of the brain. It gives us time to turn down the inner noise and increase awareness of what matters most. And it cultivates mindfulness — recognition and appreciation of the present moment. The ability to focus on different tasks is often accompanied by a little background noise, the BGM will guide you through the film.

The Abyss of shadows

Ayush suffers from sleep paralysis and dark hallucinations, haunted by shadowy figures that represent his repressed fears. Trapped between dream and reality, he confronts these manifestations of his inner turmoil.

A Paw Over Dark

A washed up actor performs night after night in a grimy theater to a nearly empty audience. However, everything changes when a clueless dog jumps on stage.

Cant Cant

An anthropomorphic creature has trouble sleeping.

The Death Ox

An experimental and video art film in which an ox is butchered by a butcher.

REC

A man begins to sense that every moment of his life is being watched, not just by cameras, but by something deeper. As paranoia grows, the line between surveillance and obsession starts to blur. “REC🔴” is a psychological short that explores control, visibility, and the haunting cost of always being seen.