Wabishabi (1988)

Traces of Grief

Shell-shocked Barbara must face up to the loss of a dear companion after a tragic accident. Her best friend Klara and husband Torsten devise a plan to thaw Barbara's heart, after she reminisces about the incident, the funeral, and happier times. Will she agree to the suggestions of her nearest and dearest? Can grief turn into hope?

The Surface

Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.

Born In Summer

A filmmaker plays with diary-docu and fiction as his camera joins his ventures into a phone dating club. Bored to death, hormones running, and desperately wanting to talk to someone his own age (preferably a girl), he walks into a local phone dating club. Can he hook up with someone? Borrowing the form of a diary-movie, the director unfurls an unpredictable and imaginative look into his own persona. 8mm experimental film by Murakami Kenji, the film that made his name.

Echoes

Javier discovers an old camera in his home's garage along with some undeveloped 8mm film reels that hide a hidden past his mother does not want to remember.

Lost Way

Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.

8mm of Distance

Since his father's death, Bruno divides his time between his duties as a student and his love of cinema. When he finds an old super8 camera belonging to his father, he changes his perception of the world in which he lives.

BALL LIGHTNING

A pair of scavengers discover something strange after wandering onto the property of a mysterious technician.

The Imperials Strike Back

"The Imperials Strike Back" was written in 1977 by ten year olds. The film was shot over two years with a regular 8mm camera and a gaggle of kids with a deep love of Star Wars. The Death Star has been destroyed and Han, Luke and Leia go try to find Jabba the Hut to pay him off. But on the way there they get captured by a new ship known as the Death Ship. Made before the release of "The Empire Strikes Back"– the title "The Imperials Strike Back" was based on a mis-reading of Star Wars Fan Magazine "Bantha Tracks" in 1979 when the title of the real sequel was announced. The film was finished around 1980.

A Night to Remember

An awkward boy and a shy girl meet on a bench, what awaits is a night they will remember forever.

‘joke!’ Berlin Sketch Video

새소년 (SE SO NEON) ‘joke!’ Berlin Sketch Video 8mm

Jaripeo

Set against the vibrant spectacle of the jaripeo, a symbol of Mexican cowboy tradition and machismo, this story unveils a hidden world of queer desire and quiet rebellion. As glances and gestures disrupt the rigid norms of masculinity, the rodeo becomes a stage for our protagonists to navigate identity, community, and the search for belonging in an oppressively traditional space.

Cursed Psychic Video XXX 7

The seventh and scary psychic documentary!! Includes five tapes; "Continuation of the dream", "Footsteps", "Drone Detective", "water sound" and "Eye sight".

Spiral Labyrinth

Drawing animation, Reshooting 8mm Film.

1974: The Possession of Altair

A newlywed couple disappeared in 1974, their 8mm tapes reveal one of the most horrifying events in Mexican history.

Time Theorem

The director Andrés Kaiser combines hundreds of amateur films and photographs from the treasure trove of images belonging to his migrant grandparents creating a cinematic firework of analogies.

Open Eyes

Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.

In The Shadows

After obtaining a video camera, a serial killer starts stalking women around town.

Mimaroğlu Remix Project

A collection of 8mm film reels from İlhan Mimaroğlu’s archive—once tucked away in whisky boxes—has found new life through art. Curated by director Serdar Kökçeoğlu and producer Dilek Aydın, the project brings together visual artists and musicians to reimagine these long-lost images. Over thirty artists transformed the footage into fifteen distinct audiovisual pieces, blending experimental soundscapes with contemporary video art. The project concludes with a special highlight: the first-ever screening of Mimaroğlu’s silent short film about a street jazz festival, accompanied by Erdem Helvacıoğlu’s dark jazz score.

I Wanna Be Adored

A girl's crumbling friendship sends her spiraling.

She and I

20 years ago, Bia fell into a coma when her daughter was born, but that hasn't stopped her from being part of the family's daily life for all that time, even if she's unconscious. One day, extraordinarily, Bia wakes up and causes a radical change in the lives of everyone around her. While she needs to relearn how to talk, walk and relate, her adult daughter, her ex-husband and his current wife will have to readjust to a new family configuration, much more complex and full of challenges.

A Lonely Gamble

In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings.

Plastic French

A group of ambitious people must choose different paths as they clash against money and power in a sex-driven parallel reality New York City. Up-and-coming artists Raya and Mia struggle in pursuit of individuality, as young magnates Will and Kat must decide what their influence and power will serve. Meanwhile Mia’s personal gigolo returns to his hidden world of indentured pawns in the manipulative games of the rich. In order to seek freedom and transcendence, they must first come to terms with their own human needs and natures. Plastic French is the first installment in a trilogy of films directed by Dan Simolke.

Invisible Tenants

Junyi and Biru, a young couple who are about to have their first child, decide to move back to their hometown villa, which is full of their childhood memories. However, their happiness did not last long. Junyi is haunted by the painful memories of his first love, Jixi, who disappeared in this villa. At the same time, Biru discovers that a suspicious stranger has appeared, and she is convinced that someone is watching them in the house.

Fighting Life

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Dead Man Walking

Two detectives team up to investigate several murders that they think are linked together. When the latest murder and a mission person report happen on the same day they question if they have a copy cat on their hands.

Styx

Long-term partners Marc and Adrien live a seemingly perfect existence close to Lake Constance. Only whilst Marc is content to spend his days working for the local ferry service, Adrien yearns for the bright lights of Berlin and the clubs in which he hopes to realize his dream of becoming a musician. Yet life has a way of turning out not as you expect and here events culminate on a lengthy ferry crossing, one that sees Marc soon to spot Adrien onboard, complete with a one-way ticket and a car packed full of his belongings. Suffice to say that the stage is set for a traumatic farewell.

Hearts in the storm

A mother fights tooth and nail to get her child back from an orphanage. She left him there when the man of her life, the child's father, abandoned her, leaving her alone and helpless. But she is not discouraged and continues her struggle.

A Wolf Teeth Necklace

Algimantas Puipa directed this 1997 drama about a painter wrestling with childhood memories of his father being exiled to Siberia.

What Rhymes With Magdalena?

On the night before a pivotal decision, an obsessive poet reconnects with her past loves in order to discover the pattern behind her failed relationships.

Redemption of the Ghost

When convicted embezzler Witt Hampton (Gene Bicknell) escapes from prison, a lonely barn serves as the perfect hideout -- until a pair of tykes stumbles on him. Telling the tots he's a ghost, Witt strikes up a friendship with the pair. Soon, inspired by their innocence, he decides to take responsibility for his crimes. Too bad the local sheriff isn't quick to forgive in this family drama co-starring, Diane Ladd, Rachel Hunter and John Savage.

Server Sundaram

Sundaram, a hotel employee, dreams of becoming an actor. He meets Vijaya, who admires his innocence and sincerity, and falls in love with her. But Raghavan, Sundaram's best friend, hides the fact that he is engaged to Vijaya.

CHAMPION

An aspiring football star desperately seeks a way to travel to England to play for a famous team, but his journey leads him to a village waging a bloody conflict.

The Unspoken Truth

Despite her parents' misgivings, Brianne marries Clay, and the couple soon have a daughter. It's then that Clay begins to show the first signs that he's unhinged. When he sees Brianne innocently talking to a man, Clay shoots him dead. At first, Brianne believes that her love for her husband can prevail. But when authorities threaten to take away custody of her daughter, she learns a horrible truth about her past.

Witness

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Let Me Dream

An American family goes on a NATO mission to Lithuania, where the teenage boy forms an indie rock band with a local child.

The Tank

A German Tiger tank crew is sent on a dangerous mission to rescue the missing officer Paul von Hardenburg from a top-secret bunker behind enemy lines. As they make their way through the lethal no-man's land, they must confront not only the enemy, but also their own fears and inner demons. Fueled by the Wehrmacht's methamphetamine, their mission increasingly becomes a journey into the heart of darkness.