Social & External
Esther
Unknown Role
Alex is a paramedic who saves lives on London's gay chemsex scene, but can he save himself from it?
In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—through a distorted lens. They may be fictional, but these dizzying one-take videos do have the ring of truth.
Zhi Xuan is a new teacher at her alma mater. One day, her troubled student, Zhe Yu commits a misdemeanour which reminds her of a past mistake. Zhi Xuan is determined to help her student solve his family problems, and also seeking redemption for herself.
Haunted by trauma and trapped in sex work, Light meets Shuo, an undercover cop who offers him shelter. But healing isn’t easy—can Light choose a new path?
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Nora is a striking young girl in new love. We see her dancing around her bedroom, lip-synching, testing outfits, in between sending heart emojis, and more, to the special boy. All dressed up, she takes a short cut through an abandoned building, on the way for her hot date. Kevin pulls up in the background on his scooter. He's Nora's recent ex, jilted and jealous. Kevin grabs Nora's phone, and what ensues is a now universal 21st century story of male-female power, sexuality and shame with a biting, feminist twist.
After a defeating first year of college, a young woman enlists the help of a friend to participate in a baking competition, only to find fulfillment in unexpected ways.
Daughters of Snow tells the story of two sisters, Anniina and Emilia who are enjoying a Scandinavian winter day. As the girls play with an ice sled their shared crush, attraction to the same man, Olavi opens the door for jealousy to reign and the happy, playful winter day turns into a tragedy as Anniina who feels betrayed takes over to control the speed of the sled. She starts to see the past events, feel the emotions again and this leads to a climax no one wished for.
A Hamlet-inspired tale of two sisters running their late mother's business. When one sister has a run-in with her (presumed to be dead) mother, chaos ensues.
Three kids find themselves coming of age and going through changes after sneaking into a house on Halloween night.
Odette dreams of becoming a ballerina, but the onset of scoliosis threatens that dream.
Two brothers compete for the love of a woman while the impending war threatens to separate them from both sides of the border. Based on the novel "La Débâcle" by Émile Zola.
"Between life and death" - Dr Brinck and his assistant Inger Holm spend days and nights in his laboratory to experiment with a revolutionary medical cure for poisoning. Inger Holm is deeply in love with his boss. When the two scientists one day go to bed and visit an outdoor server, Brinck's manufacturer will meet Warren and his daughter Elsa and get an opportunity to help Elsa with a damaged foot. Thanks to him, he is invited to a party in the manufacturer's luxurious home...
John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi Brunette), out of a jam. He finds her bending over a man who she has apparently killed, and since he's about to kill himself anyway, he offers to assume the blame. Throw a valuable emerald into the works, and the fact that the dead man suddenly comes back to life, and Stonehouse -- not to mention the audience -- becomes thoroughly befuddled by it all. Everything clears up, however, when Gilberte gives him a theater ticket -- it turns out that everything he went through was the plot to a stage play, enacted in real life by the actors. The critics roasted the play, saying it wasn't true to life, and this was their proof that the situations really could happen. Gilberte retires from acting when Stonehouse proposes.
Valentin Vaala's (and Teuvo Tulio's) first film. Only fragments survive.
A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.
A man goes on a journey finding the literal Paradise in hope of resurrecting his late wife, only to face with a horrifying truth about the reality he's living in.
Veracity is about a popular African American student, Olivia, who is outed by her friends after she acts on feelings for a new girl at her high school...
