The Animal that Therefore I am

“What does the animal see when it looks at me?” Three animals and a woman in an enclosed space. As they study each other, their own methods of communication create a wordless conversation. We view them in close-up and from…

Telephone

“Telephone” is a journey into the world of sound. The sense of meaning sounds can imbue and the memory of sound in the face of silence. Set around Barentsburg, Svalbard. The film follows Viktor, a miner with a tender soul,…

Still Lives

Still Lives is an experimental stop motion animation starring traditional figurines from folk art from various times and places. Accompanied by a soundtrack of narrators facing the pressures of modern life, these characters explore the theme of busy stillness from…

Realms

Short film Realms is a voyage through time, evolution and the kingdoms of life towards the natural destruction wrought upon the planet by the human species.

Women Are the Answer

Population growth has been left out of the climate debate because it is seen as controversial, yet it is one of the most important factors. The global population has passed the 7 billion mark and India is overtaking China as…

Just Another Memory

Amidst the ongoing war in Yemen; torn between being “safe” and “away”, weighed down by the ever-present mental and emotional baggage that still holds you back. How does one move forward and heal? How to deal with so much suppressed…

Antarctica: a message from another planet

Can we save Antarctica without saving ourselves first? Antarctica is the only place in the world where all countries have come to an agreement to promote peace, science, and the environment. But is that spirit real or just hypocrisy? And…

Shoes and Signpost

A man who is shoemaker live near the sea. His name is Tosuke. He broke up with his wife and daughter a few years ago. One day, Tosuke is looking at the sea, a mysterious girl stands on the water’s…

Backbone

BACKBONE is a visual and poetic portrait documentary about inner strength, darkness and hope in humans, set in an exotic and wild landscape in arctic Norway. The film portrays four women with different backgrounds following their dreams and hopes, accepting…

The Seer and the Unseen

Set against the spectacular landscape of Iceland, THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN is an magic realist documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse, and the surprising power of belief. The documentary follows Ragnhildur “Ragga” Jónsdóttir, a grandmother and “seer” who has…

The Venusian Chronicles

Professor Ishi Banesa and his grandmother, passing as humans, are the last descendants of those who escaped runaway warming on Venus millions of years ago. When an ancient spaceship is uncovered Ishi agonizes over being outed, frets his grad student’s…

Salvage

In Yellowknife, the remote capitol of the Northwest Territories of Canada, the town dump is the city’s most popular and notorious manmade attraction, mined by a colorful community of thrifty locals. But the new city administration is determined to see…

Ellinikon

Sotiris is a homeless, victim of the economic crisis who has found refuge in the abandoned airport of Athens, “Ellinikon”. There he lives quietly among ghosts and memories of an era, not so long gone. Suddenly, one day, the airport…

The Bird Catcher

On her attempt to flee the Nazi round-up in Norway, Esther finds herself alone, on an occupied farm forced to conceal her identity; leading to a series of choices and consequences which shift the paths of those around her. This…

Meal

Set in the backdrop of ongoing communal tension instigated by rival political factions, MEAL is an 11-minute DIALOGUE-LESS story about one particular household. The atmosphere in the house is clearly that of unease. A woman in the kitchen carrying a…