The Day A Tree Fell

After receiving a subpoena saying he has only five days to live, a man grapples with the stages of grief amid tape recordings of farewell, physical deterioration and a newfound passion.

During the siege of Leningrad a Nazi bombshell destroys the storage of an experimental medicine institute where deadly dangerous viruses were kept. Severe winter weather prevents an epidemic from breaking out in the besieged city. But the spring is coming, and Leningrad is on the brink of bacterial catastrophe. Doctor Maritskaya and NKWD officer Andreew have only three days to save the city.

Ali is someone who suffered great destructions in his life when he was only seven years old. His mother’s death by falling into well and murder of his father by Ihsan had inflicted deep wounds on him. Ali goes to kill Ihsan and Ihsan makes an unusual offer to this unexpected guest. He asks for seven days. Life, conscience, pressures, friendship, masculinity, and regrets are questioned in these seven days they spend together.

The final collaboration between Hiroshi Teshigahara and Kobo Abe, 240 Hours in a Day is a four-panel projection produced for the 1970 Osaka Expo. Set in the near future, a scientist invents an accelerator that increases the speed of human activity tenfold.

Running behind the chimera of a sports lottery coupon, a young man loses everything but...

The major of special forces Ilya is young, beautiful and, we can say, happy! He marries, and for him it is a profitable party — his wife is not beautiful, but the daughter of rich parents. However, on the wedding day begins a nightmare. Yana Yanovskaya — the former mistress of Ilya who came to congratulate him is killed, and he is suspected of murder. The investigation begins, during which it turns out that Ilya is innocent. However, the shadow of suspicion still hanging over him, and, wishing to prove that he is innocent, Ilya begins his own investigation. He finds the real killer — and this discovery will stun him…

Music video for the song 365-nichi no Love Song by Japanese singer-songwriter Mayo Okamoto that was featured on BS Fuji's Be Ponkickies (P-kies) program as part of the Be Pon Melody segment (P-kies Melody).

In October 2023, the band Os Legais entered the studio to record a new album and Baiestorf made a Cinoise (cinema noise) record of that day.

Mitsue returns to Japan after the disillusionment of a work opportunity in Singapore. Resuming her past life, she treads between friendships with a former lover and a new co-worker, while finding her footing despite being constantly on the move. A sense of alienation follows her from city to city as the young urbanite looks for novelty and adventure, but struggles to find a place to call home. Through beautiful vignettes of Mitsue’s encounters with familiar faces as well as strangers, this gentle drama invites us to dwell on the stops one makes in a journey of self-discovery.

Every couple has its fair share of hardships and struggle to overcome, whether it be physical and psychological. Jin-sung and Sang-gi are a gay couple tormented by an unfortunate accident. Yeon-mi and Suk-hee are a lesbian couple suffering from severe depression and its aftermath. Their paths cross as Yeon-mi seeks professional help from Jin-sung with the two couples confiding, exchanging secrets and confessing their longing for love and security with each other.

In the 1950s a female war veteran and army nurse, Ra Myong Hui, expose the plot of the anti-party, counter-revolutionary factionalists despite threats to her life. The film is based on a real story that happened in 1950s in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

During the 1980s, the transcript of a witch trial was found in the archive of a family property in south-west Germany. "Plant (879 pages, 33 days)" unfolds a conversation between mother and daughter that switches between historical facts and personal memories of the site.

Yeo-kyung was raised in a broken home without knowing the meaning of love. Believing marriage is the only option to escape her unhappy family, she marries her first love only to be disappointed when her marriage falls apart. She then meets Woo-chul and they develop a quick friendship that blossoms into love and their story becomes gossip for others, leading Yeo-kyung to question the path of their relationship.

A father has been fighting for the rights of his daughter since she consumed tainted milk powder, yet fails to be understood. With a focus on the connection between father and daughter, the director returns to her own family, discussing love and growth. All of these efforts started with an experience dated back to her childhood.

A man and his wife are having a holiday alone in their country house. The husband takes long rides on his bike while his wife is doing groceries and preparing meals. During a hike together, the woman considering pushing her husband off a cliff.

In a farming village north of Tokyo, a man lives with his aging grandmother and works day after day at a cow shed that looks like a relic from another era. Their routine repeats in tune with nature, portrayed tranquilly and persistently in black and white without words.

A very strange date indeed....

A short film

Lots of people in the streets and squares of Vimmerby, southern Sweden. Some gesture and play small scenes in front of the camera.