The Hope Rooms

From Here to There

December 2013 •

Two college boys were so closed to each other that they had to escaped from their relation after graduating from college. They met again in a wedding banquette ten years after that, sitting next to each other again, as in the past. Jae drove drunken Him to Him's far away home. The trip was long enough for them to review their relationship, but not good enough to repair it? Maybe the best distance for them to love each other is from wedding banquette to home.

Behold

February 2023 •English

The simple storytelling and stunning visuals take viewers on a journey as one young man finds that good things and good behavior are a way out of his dark world.

Hedon

April 2019 •German

On the hunt for an emotional spark, Fynn sets out to lose himself in various sexual encounters of the night. As day is dawning he stumbles across young Tom, but by this point he wonders if he is still in control of his bodily impulses.

Emilie Muller

October 1993 •French

At her first audition, a young woman is asked by the casting director to talk about what is inside her handbag.

One Per Person

July 2016 •English

An awkward fast-food worker gains a new perspective on life while competing for customers against an excessively happy-go-lucky rival.

The Give And Take

August 2018 •English

When eleven year old Amy finds an old eighties video game magazine she dials the phone number displayed on the back, and in a strange cosmic glitch gets connected to Caesar Spinone, a video game call center employee in the year 1989.

Chhaya

June 2023 •Oriya

Despair

August 2010 •English

After a phone call ends in despair, a young woman faces a fatal decision.

Speechless

November 2015 •English

Desmond has a secret he cannot share with anyone. His grades are slipping, rumors are swirling and he feels powerless, especially when he sees his sister being hurt, too. With the support of his father and a new friend, Desmond is able to tell his story of being sexually assaulted and end the cycle of abuse. Desmond regains his power when he uses his voice.

Out of the Blue

April 2016 •Danish

Once again Mads is forced to walk home because his big brother, Anders, is running late. Finally Anders arrives, but during a stop on the drive back home to their father, Mads is confronted with the questionable path that Anders is heading down. When an unforeseen collision with a deer occurs, their relationship is tossed around on the highway.

Fuelled

October 2021 •English

Fuelled tells the story of a housewife on the path of revenge for her late husband.

The Least Untrue

June 2022 •English

Two strangers discover a devastating secret that binds them together... and offers unexpected options for the future.

Mirrorball

December 2021 •English

This is a short film based on Taylor Swift's "mirrorball" from her Academy Award-winning album, 'Folklore'. Ben Stafford plays James, a celebrity who serves as a metaphor for a mirrorball; fame can be glamorous and incredible, but also terrifying and fragile.

Alma & Esperanza

November 2012 •English

Alma is a nine year old girl living in an urban environment in the U.S.. When she loses her mother, she has to travel to her grandmother Esperanza in an indigenous village in Mexico.

When Tears Have Fallen

March 2015 •English

In a cold world where nearly all of mankind has lost it's emotions, a young mother faces an impossible choice when her son is submitted life supporting medical care.

The Seasons Alter

December 2002 •English

The world is burning up, icecaps melt, floods drown the landscape and people starve. These images are from a Shakespearean speech that dates from the seventeenth century. Climate change today has twisted the seasons beyond recognition, and the Bard's words describing a 'mazed world' are more relevant now than ever before. 'The Seasons Alter' is a vivid short film that uses Shakespearean poetry in the mouths of a modern family to illustrate the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.

Fluffy

September 2016 •Serbian

Boris and his family are preparing to leave his hypochondriac parents and their impossibly tiny Belgrade flat for a long-awaited new life in Canada. However, his 10-year-old daughter Ljubica has entered a contest that is about to subvert everyone’s plans.

Holger & Vilde

January 2010 •Swedish

Holger and Vilde are best of friends, which makes them inseparable. At the start of their summer holidays, they have to split, but they promise each other they’ll re-unite as soon as possible. While on their own, they face different situations, meet new people and thereby they don’t fully realize how much they have changed during their separation...

Nord-West

December 1961 •Lithuanian

A short story based on the novel by Mykolas Sluckis.

Pirates of 1920

February 1911 •English

A band of futuristic cutthroats terrorize the skies on board their powerful airship. After bombing a liner and stealing gold bullion from its hold, the ruffians try to escape, facing only Jack Manley, a valiant naval officer, and Marie Thompson, his sweetheart. (The surviving print lacks the story resolution, which apparently ends when the hero and the police rout the pirates and rescue the kidnapped heroine.)