A visual essay on the death of the ego and the drift of the body. Amidst freezing and unexplored landscapes there is Karoline, wandering at the mercy of her memories’echo.
Short Picks
A man tries to keep in touch with a woman through an old radio while being pursued by a mysterious black-clad group in a post-apocalyptic world where art has been destroyed. Director’s Statement Playing with lights and shadows is like writing poetry. I love transmitting feelings and putting up atmospheres[…]
Exploring a life without music. Within 6 months of the outbreak humanity had been hunted to the brink of extinction and the world plunged into silence. 15 years later, Alex fights for her survival alone in the British wasteland. After discovering an abandoned shelter Alex meets Jordan, a feral orphan[…]
SWORD OF THE DEAD is a feudal Japan set samurai/zombie film. Think Yojimbo meets 28 Days Later. The story follows a Ronin who upon returning home from exile finds the island he once knew plagued by a dark curse and overrun by the dead. The idea originated from my love[…]
Binge
by Kevin Rios
BINGE follows identical twin sisters, Ani and Ale, and their addiction to popular teen-soap, Runyon. Although they are drifting apart, the sisters share a love for Johnny, the James Dean-esque main character of the show. As they binge-watch Runyon, one twin tries to navigate her first relationship while the other[…]
After her hands are severely damaged in an accident, an over-zealous hand model hatches an ill-conceived plan to get back in the extremity modeling game, with her feet. Director’s Statement I made this film because I have been deluded in the past, and still continue to be at times, about[…]
A desperate actress trying to land the role of a lifetime holds a narcissistic director and a gutless casting director hostage at gun-point after they mock her large nose during an audition. Director’s Statement I was working on a set once when I heard a director tell an extra to[…]
A party clown has nothing to smile about. Director’s Statement The idea for my film was inspired by the real life story of my main actor, Alain Boucher, whom I had worked with on my first short film, “Mirage“. During the shoot Alain confessed that he was a single parent[…]
SHED centers on Molly, an isolated woman struggling to find a deeper purpose in her life. Marriage and motherhood provide the mirage of the perfect Instagrammable life, but the emptiness Molly can’t escape leads her to an ending that will make or break her family. In our brave new world[…]
Undress Me follows Alice (Lee Marshall), an awkward college freshman who begins to experience a mysterious and gruesome physical deterioration after a chance encounter at a frat party. Inspired by 80s body-horror films, Undress Me explores social anxiety through a gruesome horror lens.