Ali's Diaries

The Tragedy of an Artist

The Tragedy of an Artist, is an experimental short shot over the course of a week. This film is meant to illustrate who Hero Foltz is as a person and his struggles with self identity

FUCK MERZBOW

An abstract exploration of teenage hood and future discontents. It is the search for an alternative.

Vertigem Branca

What remains for me is to promote my own ruin. Aware of inevitable loneliness, the incarnation of cruelty.

Cookie Logic

A young scientist studies the mechanics of time travel by having a conversation with a group of her future selves.

3IRTH

I went away and forgot you. A while ago I remembered. I remembered I'd forgotten you. I was dreaming.

What appears at first glance to be a patterned floor of traditional Islamic tiles is in fact an intricate installation of hand dyed sand. In a light-filled room in an abandoned house, the artist steps into frame to sweep it away, breaking the illusion and destroying the image of traditional heritage.

Corazón en el cenicero

On the Edge of the World

The end of the world isn’t a global catastrophe, but an inner sense of total collapse, like for a man who’s lost his job and doubts his wife’s loyalty. In despair, he goes fishing and finds a wounded angel. He takes the angel home on his bicycle and introduces him to his family. But soon after, during a party at a local bar, the angel is accidentally shot by a neighborhood policeman. Based on Gabriel García Márquez’s short story 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings'.

Black Kettle

A student moves into their accomodation, only to find their room already decorated, a strange, inhuman flatmate, and a kettle that won't stop boiling.

Me, I'm Not.

Experimental short film

Maine Man

A loop of a guy in Maine hanging out in his room.

Mirror Moves

A woman discovers she's been married to a serial killer for fifteen years, albeit unwittingly. Her mind fractures as she examines her complicity -- should she have known? Could she have prevented him from killing? Or was part of her subconsciously attracted to his evil side?

Rift

A girl disappears without a trace while playing hide and seek with her friend. The friend is asked to explain how it happened, but the adults around him find it hard to believe his story. With visual originality, the limits of existence are allowed to be stretched in a film that depicts the incomprehensible from a child’s perspective.

Song for the New World

Following the disappearance of a man in Scotland, his daughter recalls words chanted before nightfall.

Isolation

A young man deals with loneliness and depression.

Redgey

An orphaned raccoon happens to have a unique talent.

Five Minutes Ago

A young man pretends to sleep while he watches his lover go through her morning routine.

i am saved

Feedback and religious radio noise

The Two of Us

The Chosen One is questioned about his destiny to save the world from everything.

Ruídos Do Cerne