In the Peruvian Andes, two young boys are raised in isolation by their father. A series of unexpected events will radically transform the only reality they know and will bring Sabina, the older sister, to meet her past and her culture.
Almost five years after their return to power, a new era has dawned under the yoke of the Taliban, an inflexible fundamentalist regime. Under their rule, the former republic has disappeared, replaced by an ultra-rigid power structure closed off from the rest of the world and the foreign press. An "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan", largely unrecognised, even by Islamic theocracies.
After four shoots, mainly carried out outside the official framework, "The Taliban Country" offers a glimpse into the heart of this new Afghan reality. Through the eyes of the men and women facing these upheavals, the film paints a portrait of a paradoxical and radical system. It offers an in-depth look at the workings of a state characterised by extreme rigour, unparalleled in the contemporary world.
Sofia, a reserved and bookish 18 year old, is on the cusp of graduating high school when her free-spirited sister Joan dies in a tragic accident. Wracked with guilt, Sofia decides to take the European adventure that Joan had planned but would never complete. She sets out with Joan’s backpack and itinerary, drifting from city to city, encountering strangers and unfamiliar experiences, in search of something she cannot yet name
The Cyrus the Great Diamond is stolen from an excavation site in Iran and falls into the hands of a Russian boy vacationing at the seaside with his family.
Picking up just weeks after the events of the first short film, Karman is still haunted by a guilt-fueled entity that refuses to let her go. As memory and reality blur, her only chance at survival is facing the truth she's tried to outrun.
A short film about my struggle with anxiety, especially with my 20th birthday coming up. It is my goodbye to the teenage years, that I always dreamed of, but never been able to experience.
And the hope of a better adulthood.
A woman returns to old Vilnius in search of her grandmother’s house, only to find a city rapidly erasing the past in favor of the future. She wanders the changing streets and encounters colorful local characters – but as night falls, reaching her goal becomes increasingly difficult. The film is a poetic meditation on constant movement and a longing to belong.
“Ramón y Cajal: drawings on the retina” is a documentary about the Nobel Prize winner that explores, from a contemporary perspective, his fascination with images as a bridge between the reality of the physical world and that created in the brain, with a new integrative approach to his artistic and scientific facets and his legacy, told through the experiences and points of view of researchers, artists, historians, family members, and other experts who consider Cajal a visionary who transcended his own science. In one of the laboratories, a machine answers Cajal's last question: how are images formed in the brain?
A severely depressed young man’s suicide plan is abruptly disrupted by his sister, forcing a raw confrontation neither of them is prepared for. A short film to raise awareness about suicide and mental health.
A forgotten musical record connects Caracas to Tehran, revealing untold stories of oil, not as a commodity, but as a political leverage for the liberation struggles in Palestine and building Pan-Arab solidarity between 1960-1970.
An experimental adaptation of the seminal architectural text Learning from Las Vegas (1972) by architects Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi. The film details the evolution of their relationship, explores the motels, neon signage, and wedding chapels described in the book, and asks what lessons can we glean from the contemporary landscape of Vegas.
A radical terrorist organization steals a virus, breaks into the capital building, and releases the psychosis-inducing Frankfurt Specimen, wreaking havoc on the president's birthday party.