The Shadow of the Cage

You Don't Have To Apologize

August 2024 •Portuguese

Rafa, a young trans and gay man, has already resigned himself to the fact that he will never find another boy who accepts him, until he meets Henrique.

Chá da Tarde

November 2019 •Portuguese

Ego

December 2020 •English

The permanence of awareness and the transient nature of ego. An external look into an internal awakening. The stark realization, the sudden death, and the everlasting peace.

Dirt

January 2021 •English

Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.

Fungi

October 2022 •English

As he falls down the spiral of personal obsession; a delusional mycologist finds himself in the midst of seeking the unattainable. Morals won't play a role in his relentless pursuit of transforming his being into fungus.

Insomnia

January 2023 •English

In the solitude of night, the veil of reality slips away to reveal our deepest fears.

El Nazareno

November 2022 •Spanish

"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;” (Lc 1:35) The most important event in the history of the Christian religion occurs beyond the physical plane, when God himself touches humankind for the first time. This event will bring light and shadow together in one place.

Lurker

September 2021 •English

A voyeuristic night photographer discovers that she has become the subject of some thing's lens.

Gore Positive

December 2021 •Portuguese

Flying Daddy

January 1997 •Japanese

One morning, Papa transforms into a giant insect in the futon, emerges instantly in front of the astonished family, breaks through the window and flies into the sky. Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

House

August 1977 •Japanese

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

Pandemonium

February 2024 •French

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

January 1971 •Portuguese

First film by Julio Bressane shot in exile, "Memoirs" is a film about a man who repeatedly kills the same type of woman in same places, the same way. Filmed on the streets of London.

Lost Footage

March 2022 •English

How would a found footage film look if the footage was never found? This conceptual art experiment questions the very nature of film and cinema while serving as an ironic tribute to the found footage horror pop culture. The found footage format provides the narrative justification for such a film to exist: the non-existence exists because the footage existed yet it was lost and never found.

THE WORLD IS CONSUMING ME AND I CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM THE FALL

December 2023 •Portuguese

i am saved

January 2024 •English

Feedback and religious radio noise

Ray's World

February 2024 •English

A guy named Ray tries to go to sleep and a sasquatch gets into funky business.

Chelicera

February 2023 •English

A neurodivergent man is stuck in the web of an abusive relationship, unable to free himself from his lovers grasp.

Borealis

October 2022 •English

After the mysterious death of his father, Aaron O'Donnell, a ruthless capitalist, decides to take the reins as the leader of Borealis. However, his brother Andrew sets out to hijack his dictatorship and warn not only the residents of Borealis, but all future visitors of the danger Aaron poses.

Negativ

February 2023 •Russian

A photographer during the Soviet-Afghan war becomes obsessed with a mysterious figure that appears in his images every time the person photographed dies.