This is Not a Film

Broken

A man caught in the past trying to get over his demons.

Deep Blue

After witnessing a horrific event, one man risks everything in an effort to help a stranger.

A Simple Story

A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.

Remastered Brutality

Alinur, a student filmmaker, tries to make a film about the apocalypse for his capstone project. The movie itself happens to be about a mercenary named M who inadvertently causes an apocalypse. As he tries to “create” the destruction of this supposed apocalypse through utilizing technical gimmicks that he has enforced onto the production of the film, this supposed effort also creeps in as a force that starts to “destroy” him, piece by piece. The outcome of it tests the sincerity of not only the film itself but also of the performative efforts that Alinur has made as a filmmaker—even this test might not be as sincere as it seems.

Rift

Daniela (24) is a ghost in pain. Her life ended suddenly and painfully, leaving her friend and roommate, Mónica (22) alone in their shared apartment in Santiago, Chile. Daniela feels her frustration grow within her, as she fears that her time in limbo will never end.

The Last Train

Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

Love & Other Crimes

Noah Thomas's life takes a dangerous turn when a chance reunion with an old high school friend entangles him in a ruthless crime ring. As he falls deeper into the syndicate's violent world, his budding romance with Shaye Matthews offers a fragile glimmer of hope. Torn between love and survival, Noah must navigate betrayals, escalating stakes, and deadly choices that threaten to destroy everything he values.

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The Grass Dwellers

Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still one of the Grass Dwellers. The only thing that he leaves from those years on the front is a collection of 28 letters in his own writing.

The Last Meal

Reynold is dying of cancer. He uses his last meals to share them with his daughter. As the meal progresses, a ritual begins to take hold, the dishes acting as reminders of the past. Vanessa discovers who her father really is.

Over The Cracks

Odile is getting ready to celebrate her birthday. As her kids and grandkids are on their way to visit her, Jean, her husband, unexpectedly passes away. Unable to cope with reality, she hides him under the bed.

One Day Before the Rainy Season

A literary film based on a play in three acts, One Day Before the Rainy Season (Ashad Ka Ek Din) portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.

To Rosa

Rosa, 15, lives in an oyster-farming family. As her gravely ill father nears death, the support of Adel, her childhood friend, forges a new bond between them. In this fragile in-between, Rosa moves forward and falters…

Triumph and Ruins

History as immersion and dispersion in the fragments of the past, a visionary journey accompanied by the voice of Patty Pravo. Presented at the Taormina Festival '97.

AGNISOMA - Embers of Friendship

In a tale of cosmic destinies and human struggles, Bharat and Chandra navigate the trials of family, friendship, and identity. When tragedy strikes, Bharat's journey through the Celestial Hades offers a chance at redemption, leading to the mystical realm of Soluna—where the sun and moon coexist, unraveling the profound bond between them.

Ofrandā

Ina, an introverted 11-year-old immigrant, finds herself captivated by Petra, a new classmate coming from the same country as her. Faced with the newcomer’s indifference towards her, Ina embarks on a desperate quest for connection in a world oscillating between dream and reality.

El Puma

Ema and Borja live on the shores of remote Lake Pirihueico in southern Chile, a place as fascinating as it is dangerous. Since their son drowned, they have been living separate lives: while Ema seeks comfort in Daniel, Borja takes refuge in alcohol, violence, and firearms.

Confirmation

Concerns a young boy's mystical experiences during his Confirmation. As the ceremony unfolds, figures from religion and mythology appear and impress on him the need to become a soldier of Christ.

Vision for a New World

A young man named Phillip finds himself in a purgatory reality that's littered with clues of his past life. From the discovery of his own corpse to the mysterious connection with a woman scheduled for an abortion, Phillip slowly reveals this doomed fate by his own hands.

Hear O, Mahatma

In an open letter to the most influential modern Indian political leader, the Late Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the filmmaker sequentially narrates the stories of three distinct individuals - that of a confused filmmaker who flows with time, a dedicated social reformer who guides the stratified masses into social upliftment and a divisive and regressive politician. The juxtaposition of their disfigured trajectories provokes a pertinent question: Did Gandhi ever foresee the dehumanized shape that his legacy has now dangerously morphed into?