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When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.

Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at school have decided to give him a lesson in behavior.

After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.

When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate.

Kate and her daughter Beth live alone in an isolated farmhouse in the woods, but when Kate slowly begins to suspect that something sinister is happening, her motherly instincts are put to the test.

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almost fifty years, written and directed by his son: Adam.

A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

A young single mother is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex and must plot their escape before it’s too late.

It was a chance meeting started by one of Sol’s friends trying to chat up Jennifer. However, in the end, it was those two who hit it off. Sol enjoyed Jen’s smile, her effort, and how silly she could be. Jen enjoyed Sol’s cooking, his athleticism, and that he would join her in fun moments. As you can imagine, love bloomed, and things got serious. Jen’s investment in Sol led to her pushing him to follow his dreams and even move in to save money. Sol’s investment in Jen well, it led to him proposing. But what started as a liver tumor grew into full-on cancer, so with a diagnosis of 6 months to live, Sol and Jennifer try to make the best of it.

Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter.

A young boy must discover the origins of his extraordinary powers before he is captured by authorities hell-bent on condemning him for an accidental murder.

Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.

An ambitious American fulfilling her dream of studying at Oxford falls for a charming Brit hiding a secret that may upend her perfectly planned life.

Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love that has existed all along?

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.

Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

An animated film made from approximately 1700 laser printed photo(collage)s, manipulated by hand.

Found footage experiment made using footage from a disaster film. A wide array of colours and textures distort and bury the original footage.

A found footage experiment made using old horror footage. There are lovely transitions between colours and textures.

Another film made using roughly the same footage as Bremen Lagerhaus, this really showcases the uncontrollable and chaotic nature of the Schmelzdahin process.

an experiment made using footage of a western. The film is extremely damaged and degraded, rendering it a mainly textural experience. The short is mainly a warm yellow, punctuated occasionally with blue.

A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves as its guide.

The source material has all but been lost in this Schmelzdahin short. Instead whatever film has been used has been degraded to the point of looking mainly like light brown, sandy textures punctured by damage to the stock.

An expression of time and memories.

Gogu’s feelings living with his parents for the past 28 years and still being a (fat) jobless filmmaker.

The pantun is about a game I (we) used to play pretending to be the characters in invented fairy tales. This time it was a snail. The images of multiplied me are out of time with each other, I give up and try dancing.

A found footage experiment made using an excerpt from the film Taranula! (1955)

A found footage experiment made using footage from a 50s disaster film. Slowed down audio and lots of distorted textures are present.

Poetic sci-fi film as an homage to Cinema, Cocteau, Goodis and to American B-series of the 1940s. Constructed exclusively on photograms in black and white and freely inspired on Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville.

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.

A portrait of a street corner in flux.

A short, wordless horror film about the terrors lurking just beyond the veil of reality. Shot almost entirely on Super 8 and taking an experimental narrative approach to cosmic horror, Sungazer is an ultra-grainy, high contrast nightmare beamed from another dimension.

Branches, leaves, and flowers overlap and mingle. The film closes with a passage from philosopher Zhuang Zhou.

A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

An experimental film that lifts the veil on the world of African American drag racing.

fractal art