Roles We Play

French Touch

October 2015 •French

The Chinese dream of Florent, a young French graduate, turns into a nightmare. He is desperate to survive in the Far East. He crosses paths with Tang, a beautiful Chinese woman returned from France, who will make him an offer.

Jingle

April 2015 •Spanish

Óscar and Fon are friends and war reporters. They are kidnapped in a basement, in a foreign country, over three thousand miles from home.

Freedom & Independence

April 2015 •English

Against the backdrop of an unfathomable megalopolis, in a story that follows the associative qualities of a dream logic, the protagonists quote from concepts of neo-liberal elitism, and a mix of religious delusions and hallucinations of the apocalypse. The film begins in a sacral space, where Randi, a figure that references Ayn Rand, transforms a parapsychological medium into two digital clouds and sends them on a journey through a megalopolis in full growth. There they materialize as two bodies, which go by the names of Mr. Freedom and Ms. Independence.

Summer's Tail

May 2015 •Korean

A small village in an island. Juyeon whose mom left her only cares about her best friend-Kyunghee. One day, a transfer student-Soyoung moves to her village and everything begins to be changed.

I Thought His Name Was Blarche

December 2021 •English

A woman and her questionable veterinarian search across dimensions to kill God in order to save Blanche the dog.

Vessel

August 2019 •English

Two lonely romantics go to absurd lengths to be anyone but themselves.

Pandas in Love

August 2022 •German

The tragic accidental death of Xiu the panda lady causes Nele, the cantankerous golf course employee, and Jonathan, the loneliest panda breeder in the world, to meet. Despite pain and anger - or perhaps because of it - the two fall in love.

Nathalie: The first and last prom

January 2024 •Spanish

Christine attends her first and last prom accompanied by Martin Fredericksen

The Tender Age

June 1968 •French

Twenty-year-old Henri Rebecque wants to make his dream come true: to bring Benjamin Constant's Adolphe to the screen in amateur format. Armed with a sixteen-millimeter camera and a team of friends, Henri embarks on this adventure, playing the role of Adolphe himself. Despite all the warnings, he lived through the passion and ordeal of the novel's hero, right to the end. Different times and circumstances will not change this.

Hi, Are You Alone?

October 1995 •Spanish

Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they go on a risky voyage to the Costa del Sol at the south of Spain.

An Easy Way to Quit Smoking

August 2019 •Russian

Anniversary

August 2020 •Russian

The anniversary ceases to be a holiday when happiness and love replace mutual reproaches, unjustified hopes and domestic conflicts. But maybe that was the plan?

Sasha Seeking Talents

August 2020 •Russian

Blogger Sasha makes a video about Mikhail. The man claims to be Superman's brother.

The Bounty

May 1984 •English

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Aperte Start

September 2021 •Portuguese

Madballs: Gross Jokes

April 1987 •English

It begins with a warning. It is said that the episode contains scenes that may offend viewers. It is also said that most viewers may experience nagging backache, rapid heartbeat, post-nasal drip and delerium, swelling of the nose, throat, and abdomen and loss of facial hair. Repeated viewing of the episode will result in the loss of one's bodily functions, redistribution of facial features, and a difficulty in forming simple sentences. The announcer concludes the warning by saying that you should definitely watch this episode if you really want to have a career as a lawn ornament. After the roll call(which curiously excludes Bash Brain), Bash Brain appears and says that he's never seen anything so awful in his life. He then reminisces about some time in a hosptial.

If I Could Tell You

August 2016 •English

After years of financially and emotionally draining fertility treatments, Abby Taylor is so desperate to get pregnant that she secretly turns to the online, underworld of natural insemination in order to create a miracle.

The Cat

January 2014 •Spanish

Raul, Camilo and Armando are three friends who, forced by the crisis, plan to kill a neighbor’s cat to eat meat in the “Periodo Especial” in Cuba (1989).

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.

Sick Bros Talk about Hockey

January 2019 •English

One bro is sick. The other… super sick. How do they connect emotionally when they have no idea how?