Other States (2013)

Tookey's Bar

Unofficial Russian Dollar Baby adaptation of Stephen King's 'One for the Road'.

Macabre Metrics

A young, wannabe streetwear influencer dying to make an impact on the world gets a lot more than he bargained for when a shy but obsessive fan decides to help him become a star for his own gain at the expense of everyone else involved. Macabre Metrics is an almost feature-length, visually experimental exploration into the world of image culture set in Seoul. Shot entirely on iPhone with animated sequences.

Adult Baby

Short film accompanying the 'Adult Baby' album by Kazu Makino. A giantess leaves the sea in order to live as a human and fall in love, but must return to the sea before she returns to her true form.

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon

From Richard Gale, mad maker of CRITICIZED, comes a film that will never have you looking at cutlery the same way again. Set-up as an epic-length trailer for an upcoming release, HORRIBLY SLOW... depicts a man's endless pursuit by what has got to be one of the most determined and patient murderers the screen has ever seen.

Dog Food

When Declan loses his dog and best friend, Ralphie, his life starts to unravel.

A Tale of Momentum & Inertia

In this original CG short, a Rock Giant literally holds in his hands the fate of a small coastal village. Can he forgive and forget?

The Kaleighs

The Kaleighs is a short horror-comedy film created by Ayşe Erbaş and starring Kaleigh Sislen. A young woman is eager to help an injured person she finds in the woods, but soon discovers something much more sinister and otherworldly when taking shelter in an abandoned house.

Beach Chair

A film representing the early efforts of Pixar to explore all elements of CG processes such as animation, shading, lighting, rendering and effects.

QC-2020

This work draws from the experience as a founding member of the Queer Choir Amsterdam, together with Shreya de Souza & Sarah Naqvi. The film, which is far from being a documentary about the choir, explores the personal experiment of active resistance while creating an imaginary universe, free of societal binaries and limitations.

Snow Cat

A grandmother tells her young grandchild the moving tale of a lonely girl and an unforgettable magical cat in this animated short narrated by Oscar®, Emmy and Tony award winner Maureen Stapleton. The film is based on a short story written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa and adapted by two-time Governor General's award recipient Tim Wynne-Jones.

My Best Friend

A short film inspired by the book "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets" of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Roy

Trapped in a lonely existence, reclusive widower Roy passes the days by cold calling strangers from the phone book, looking for brief moments of companionship. But when he accidentally calls adult hotline worker Cara, an unlikely friendship is born that will help them both rediscover the joy of life.

Cast Off

Simon has to leave the island on which he lives to go to boarding school. One day he plays with his sister and finds a beached little wooden boat. Through his attempts to repair it he will accept, or not, to cast off.

Omar

The story of Omar, a young gay man who lives in a neighbourhood he loves and neighbours that love him. But he is under pressure because he has fallen in love and he cannot even talk about it as he will end up revealing that he is homosexual — not even to his best friend Morad.

Rufus Stone

Rufus Stone is a short film about “love, sexual awakening, and treachery.” According to Director Josh Appignanesi, “the story dramatizes the old and continued prejudices of village life from three main perspectives.

An Exploration in Blue

A former couple has one last rendezvous on a lakeside to reflect on their relationship.

Jerk

A Jamaican man of the community battles depression and disillusionment.

Nix's Symphony

Libelle, Nix's mother, possessed exceptional abilities. She not only excelled in the fields of science and engineering, but also gained fame as a distinguished inventor and composer. Nevertheless, at a tender age, Nix, an aspiring musician and inventor in her own right, is now burdened with the responsibility of upholding this remarkable legacy.

Tenez

Before a crucial tennis championship, Leo encounters his former coach, who physically abused him nearly ten years ago. Leo, who has been struggling with mental health problems since then, threatens to spiral out of control, caught between the tennis court and the gambling halls.

A Bird in a Guilty Cage

Sylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a display window of an after-hours department store and sneaks inside through a mail server chute. Tweety flees Sylvester by hiding in a hat pile and a doll house, evades the shots from a rifle Sylvester uses, and escapes in a vacuum tube. Tweety sends a dynamite stick through another tube, and Sylvester swallows it, thinking it is Tweety. The dynamite blows up inside Sylvester after the cat leaves the store and walks down the street.

A Corny Concerto

Elmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramore the Hound Dog, a family of swans, and a juvenile Daffy Duck.

Orpheus

Despite it being her father's death anniversary, Patricia, a young streamer, tries to continue with her daily rutine until one sponsor offers her a large sum to make a live stream that night playing "ORFEO", a paranormal summoning challenge. She accepts without imagining how dangerous it is to face your own demons.

Three Little Pigs

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

Wanderers

Wanderers is a vision of humanity's expansion into the Solar System, based on scientific ideas and concepts of what our future in space might look like, if it ever happens. The locations depicted in the film are digital recreations of actual places in the Solar System, built from real photos and map data where available. Without any apparent story, other than what you may fill in by yourself, the idea with the film is primarily to show a glimpse of the fantastic and beautiful nature that surrounds us on our neighboring worlds - and above all, how it might appear to us if we were there.

After Her

After finding a mysterious totem in a cave while on a hike with her friend, a wayward teenage girl goes missing.

It

A blind man reports on an eclipse, a light phenomenon that he perceives through senses that do not involve sight. He takes us by the hand and guides us through the dark, through this temporary event that transforms the world as we know it.

Optimism

The urge to relieve a winter valley of permanent shadow and find gold in alluvial gravel is part of a long history of desire and extraction in the far Canadian north. Cancan dancers, curlers, smelters, former city officials, and a curious cliff-side mirrored disc congregate to form a town portrait. Shot on location in Dawson City, Yukon Territory.

Mass

Trey feels small. He is gay, HIV-positive and lonely in NYC. All around him are hulking, powerful men, intimidating and challenging him everywhere he looks. Throughout his day, he obsesses over how to get BIG - and his insecurities keep him trapped in a cycle of trauma and abuse.

Moonstruck

The love story begins when a young prince hunting in the forest chases a squirrel to a beautiful princess.

Clown

The film depicts the difficulties and emotional upheavals of a man against the backdrop of the harsh realities of society.

Balablok

Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.

Bertin

In the Alps, Bertin a big man and Yohann a little one robe a charity shop.

The Man Who Loved Flowers

A young man on his way to meet his lover, decides to stop by to surprise with some flowers.

The Noise of Time

In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost discovers that the town still celebrates its most important festivities, but also learns that the construction of a new commercial complex called Mítikah will threaten the existence of both the traditions and the town itself.