O Efeito Isaías

The Cycle

January 2003 •English

A naked, blood-soaked man throws a corpse into a dimly lit basement. The cadaver lands against another body.

Linja

September 2019 •Malayalam

Human minds are corrupted by the thought that they are the superior one. The reality is often contradictory.

Las Meninas

January 2008 •Ukrainian

This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”. Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture – something that makes the film itself personal and unique.

The I Inside

March 2004 •English

When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory. He learns that his brother was killed, he has married a woman he doesn't remember and he's haunted by strange visions of the woman he loved.

Timecrimes

November 2007 •Spanish

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

Crossed Destinies - A Short Film About Climate Change

November 2023 •Portuguese

A papercut stopmotion animation in which human Travelers from 2053 travel 30 years into the past to warn "foundlings" of the future that awaits them. The story follows Jonah and his Traveler, learning about the possible chaotic future that could happen if such measures are not applied.

A Piñata's Life

January 2020 •English

A piñata experiences the same fateful day over and over again, on which it is bought by a girl and finds death at her garden party. Shocked, the piñata tries to break out of this eternal cycle.

Variations

March 2024 •Italian

The Attendant

December 2012 •English

Frankie is a car park attendant at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim. His friend Cathy and her husband Paul are in trouble. Nevertheless as Frankie always says, "Something will turn up!"

Beyond the Endless Nights

Invalid date •Turkish

A young man hears a piano melody for days and begins to experience an old man's loop

Inevitable

November 2023 •English

A boy tries to understand why he keeps dreaming about the girl dying, only to understand her death is inevitable

Cycle

September 2016 •English

After years of playing second fiddle to a rival performer, a woman confronts her rival. Hoping to reason with her enemy, things grow heated and someone commits an act that may cost them their future. That is until there is a knock at the front door.

The Circle

March 2020 •English

A young man is viciously attacked in his own home, but soon learns an awful truth about his attacker.

121 Funny Ways to Almost Park a Car - Number 11

June 2022 •Italian

There are many funny ways to park a car. This is number eleven.

The Loop

January 2020 •English

A man gets stuck in a time loop after waking up.

Mrigjal

November 2022 •English

Young ambitious man gets trapped in loop of his own greed

Skip

September 2018 •English

Tonight, Paul pops the question to Amanda. Everything is perfect; then suddenly - chaos. Now the couple find themselves stuck between two worlds.

Cookie Logic

April 2024 •English

A young scientist studies the mechanics of time travel by having a conversation with a group of her future selves.

You Should Have Left

June 2020 •English

In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart.

Levels

Invalid date •English

A carpark attendant is horrified and confused when he is confronted with his worst nightmare... himself?