Swallowed

Otto; or, Up with Dead People

January 2008 •English

A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.

Begotten

June 1991 •English

Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.

First Blood

August 2022 •English

A teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period.

Os Santos

December 2022 •Portuguese

Reflections in a Golden Eye

October 1967 •English

Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.

Umbilical Jim

August 2007 •English

Trouble brews with a boy closely connected to his mother when a young woman moves in across the street...

Nevrland

September 2019 •German

17-year-old Jakob wants nothing more than to feel alive. Uncontrollable anxiety attacks prevent him from doing so and force him to escape into virtual worlds. One night, he meets 26-year-old Kristjan in a cam chat. Their encounter marks the beginning of a transpersonal journey to the wounds of their souls.

Lucero

January 2019 •Spanish

Eva has a date that does not arrive, and some other issues.

Carnal Sins

February 2024 •Spanish

Fleeing homophobic attacks, Nino moves to a rural house amidst a forest haunted by Almamula, a monster that takes those who commit carnal sins. In a world of whispers, unspoken desires and prayers, Nino’s curiosity and impulses rise to the surface.

13 Tzameti

September 2005 •French

Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors in which men gamble on the lives of others men.

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

May 2000 •German

A newly arrived guest of a Hollywood hotel charms and amazes the regulars, and they decide to invite him to their Christmas dinner.

The Sword and the Balance

February 1963 •French

Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.

Violet Nights

January 2024 •English

A short film about a transgender woman getting an Uber home after a night out when the drive soon turns tense.

Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall

August 2020 •Thai

Ang, a transgender sex worker with a pretty, feminine voice is assigned a special mission as an undercover spy. She disguises herself as a cisgender man to enter into a romantic relationship with Jit, a belligerent yet idealistic student activist with an evil voice.

Irreversible

May 2002 •French

A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

The Thing

June 1982 •English

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

December 1999 •English

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Meta

April 2020 •English

On the eve of Senior Prom, Artie unexpectedly gets his period just moments before making his way to stage for prom court nominations. With this startling event, he erupts into a metamorphosis that mirrors the emotional and physical transformation of the trans masculine experience and explores trans dysphoria.

Thelma

September 2017 •Norwegian

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.

Black Cat in a Dark Room

July 2019 •English

After years of helping euthanize the terminally ill, a "hospice" worker begins to question the ethics of her job.