Film Things

An experimental short on the subject of dreamfear

Comedian Howie Mandel shares animals' extraordinary talents.

The Little Things explores the staff, families and children within the walls of Derian House Children’s Hospice. Their personal stories highlight the profound impact of the support offered whilst breaking down prejudices surrounding children’s hospice care, illuminating the enduring power of hope and resilience in the face of life's most profound challenges.

In this unforgettable play, wit and hard-won wisdom are dished out in the advice column exchanges between a writer who goes by the name of “Sugar” and her readers. Tiny Beautiful Things is about reaching when you’re stuck, recovering when you’re broken, and finding the courage to ask the questions that are hardest to answer.

An esteemed piano tuner and repairer, Jacobo leads an apparently happy life with his wife, Helena. His serene existence is thrown into a state of confusion when insomnia creeps in, and pianos that previously repaired miraculously overnight remain unfixed. Jacobo plunges into paranoia and madness, hearing noises during the night and having ephemeral visions of a stranger roaming the house in a dressing gown. Helena reassuringly denies anything out of the ordinary, and suspiciously insists he is hallucinating. Is the life we think safe and secure true, or is there a second reality lurking? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT BEING DEAD is a tale of betrayal and forgiveness in a rich musical universe, set against the Franco era, a period of political deceit and distorted reality in Spain. Playfully, the tragicomedy questions our perception of reality and the vulnerability of our human condition.

Documentary. The tranquil woods of the Loire Valley embrace the La Borde psychiatric clinic, an asylum in the truest sense of the word, where patients find sanctuary and repose. Patients and staff work together in rehearsals and preparations for their annual summer play. This year, they perform the modernist, absurdist classic, "Operette," by Witold Gombrowicz, whose dialogue is more nonsensical than that of the patients themselves.

Five-channel video installation which responds to German art historian Aby Warburg’s essay about his visit to the American Southwest.

A tormented father is driving his son to work. The young man will use this time to announce an important revelation.

During a film workshop, the filmmakers Astrid and Roozbeh create a conflict with the group of skeptical youngsters who wonder if they are really only used as cleaning staff.

Robinson and Theresa form a couple in crisis, who are reclused in the countryside with their two children, preparing for the collapse of the thermo-industrial civilization. The lack of desire and future perspectives make their lives impossible until they find a strange mushroom in the forest, whose aphrodisiac properties lead them to reconnect to each other. Unfortunately, soon they cannot live without it.

Europe was still split in two — the Berlin wall separated families, friends, relatives. The wall, built by people to divide people, was more than a physical barrier. East of it there was a regime restricting freedom of speech, access to education and information and career opportunities. It made simple things, such as the movie you are now going to watch, unthinkable. Those times are gone, but must not be forgotten.

How does it feel when your brother, someone you felt to be the dearest, brightest and most important person in the world, suddenly decides to join an ultraconservative Catholic religious order? Whilst the two siblings had spent time at Christian summer camps – he at the Legionarios and she with the Consagradas – the members of both orders had always seemed rather odd to them. Her brother swore he would never join the Legionaries and that it didn’t interest him at all. Why did he break this pact, what happened to him?

Teenage girls take their shirts off at a party together but they attract an audience.

For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.

This film on breeding behavior of the Arctic Charr contains exceptional underwater footage taken in their natural habitat.

The short film deals with the character of Henry Dorn, who tries to write a script for a commercial movie after a major failure, the character will have to deal with his demons and his constant indecision in trying to find an approach that is pleasing to his eyes. Based on the tale "The Simplest Thing in the World" by Ayn Rand (available in The Romantic Manifesto)

Three young drug addicts are admitted into rehab, oblivious to the fact that the clinic is actually the hideout of a gang of drug dealers.

A thief breaks into the home of a famous writer, unknowingly stealing what turns out to be the only manuscript of an upcoming story. In desperate need of money, he submits it to a contest...