The Life of Matches Is Not a Piece of Cake, Kitty

Death of a Slut

September 2024 •English

Liam, crippled by his fear of intimacy, remedies his hunger for touch through trips to the beach where he fantasizes a life of connection. His voyeuristic daydream is challenged by a young man, Brayden, who decides to pursue him.

Of Kisses and Capes

January 2023 •German

Isi and Finn are planning their first time together. This becomes a complicated undertaking, not only because of their physical disabilities and it threatens to derail their relationship.

La Jetée

February 1962 •French

A man is sent back and forth and in and out of time in an experiment that attempts to unravel the fate and the solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world during the aftermath of WW3. The experiment results in him getting caught up in a perpetual reminiscence of past events that are recreated on an airport’s viewing pier.

Shooting Star

September 2020 •French

On a family trip to observe the shooting stars, Chloé, a withdrawn teenager, discovers a dazzling attraction for her mother’s new boyfriend.

The Deep End

August 2020 •English

Beau wants to be just like the boys, yet most of his middle school peers won't make room for a kid with Down syndrome. An unexpected invitation from a classmate changes everything.

The Girl from Paradise

January 2011 •English

A man enters a salon/spa and leaves with something else

Èvanescence

Invalid date •Italian

Confessions of a Male Prostitute

March 1992 •English

A reporter pays a young male street hustler for an interview over a burger and iced coffee.

Hotel Paradijs

April 2007 •English

Every day Paul crosses a canal that separates the Amsterdam city center from the north side, where his lover Christiaan lives and waits for him. A dear routine for both - until one day Paul meets Claire, who starts seducing him into her very own universe, the Hotel Paradijs. Claire makes Paul the audience of her own play: a play where the roles are reversed and into which Paul is undeniably drawn.

Black Bodies

September 2020 •English

An account of what it means to be Black in 2020.

Loose Fish

September 2020 •Arabic

A boy growing up in a port town in Morocco dreams of escaping into a different life than the one in store for him.

Sër Bi

June 2021 •Wolof

A young woman preparing for her marriage desperately and courageously journeys to erase her past.

Our Hearts Beat Like War

September 2020 •Hebrew

A boy’s delightful fantasy world collides with the harsh, grown-up realities he discovers at the refugee-aid centre where his mother works.

Hydroalcoholic

August 2020 •Spanish

A short film about sporadic sex in times of COVID-19.

Succor

September 2020 •English

An endearing friendship drama about comforting heartache and the perils of online dating.

The Art of Dying Far Away

August 2020 •Portuguese

Can a turtle, the most pacific animal on earth, start a range of significant events that are going to forever change a couple's life? After dividing all their assets, Arnaldo e Barbara still have one decision to make before they formalize their separation: what to do with the turtle? Amongst hesitation and failed solutions, unintended burglaries, police stations, plastic natures and misunderstandings, a single turtle fate is postponing this couple's separation. Because they know that, when they give the turtle back to its natural habitat, their relationship will be over. Are they ready for that last step?

Inseparable

May 2018 •English

A pop star deals with the personal ramifications of fame

Sous mes yeux

March 2007 •English

A girl, on a summer's day, by the sea. Her father is troubled by his seductive sister-in-law under her eyes. Shel is too small to say, but she is not too small to see and understand.

Welcome to New York

June 2012 •English

The story of five young people's unique first experiences in New York City.

Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother

September 2004 •English

Meet Blanche Monroe aka The Evil Stepmother, an out-of-work daytime drama queen. When her stunning stepdaughter (Snow White) is discovered by a hotshot Hollywood agent, Blanche wreaks her revenge.