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The Son of His Father
Gabriel, a devoted and loving single father, is thrown into turmoil when his mother announces she is selling the house they lived in for years. This news stirs up deep emotions and reopens the void left by the absence of his own father, Arturo.
Suçuarana
Suçuarana is the name of a mythical place, a lush landscape that appears in the weathered photo of her mother that Dora carries with her always. Dora has been on the road for a long time, hitching rides through Brazil’s mining region in search of her family’s homeland. But no one seems to know this place, seemingly lost to time. And the open road can be troubling for a woman traveling alone, as the generosity of strangers is suddenly eclipsed by danger. After an accident, Dora seeks refuge in an abandoned factory; there, a group of workers have formed a village and a community bond that feels akin to the home Dora searches for, if just for a moment.
The Wild Hat Race: And How The King Of The Western Frontier Won His Swag Back
The Wild Hat Race uncovers the forgotten adventures of American hero Davy Crockett’s youth through a modern lens. When Davy’s iconic raccoon-skin hat springs to life, he embarks on a whimsical journey filled with laughter and heartwarming moments, revealing how he became the legendary "King of the Wild Frontier." Will Davy reclaim his hat, or will it outsmart him once and for all? Isaiah Nazario was tasked with a silent film for his directorial debut, a challenge he took and used to his advantage to create a timeless slapstick comedy. The film's stunning cinematography, expressive acting, and clever puppeteering invite audiences to 'hear' the story with their eyes. The Wild Hat Race is a delightful experience for families of all sizes!
‘Teh ‘Di Ko Na Kaya...
This is an official entry for FEU Film Society's 18th General Assembly - GALA."
Grand Theft Hamlet
Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: They want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.
Undercover: Exposing the Far Right
Investigators from the organization Hope Not Hate track down members of far-right factions who are planning demonstrations and intimidation campaigns.
I Died
By weaving together the stories of three women who share a common fight within the Zapatista movement and their work in coffee production, this narrative explores deeper issues like land ownership, family dynamics, and the layers of intersectional violence they face. Through their experiences, the film sheds light on the broader social, political, and economic challenges in their communities.
Bloedband
In 1946, Anaïs López’ grandmother abandoned her two small children and left for South America with her Nazi lover. Or so the story goes. Photographer López browses through genealogical databases, combs out the internet, takes DNA tests, makes discoveries and dives deeper and deeper into this ever more complicated case. Everyone tells a different version of the history. But the deeper she digs, the more she loses grip. How important is it to know your family history?
Twinned
Antonio is a young man with Down syndrome who lives in a room in his neighborhood club; The buffet is also served there, always with a smile. But, in a matter of days, her routine is affected by a series of drastic turns: not only does she receive a million-dollar inheritance, but her mother dies suddenly and she meets a lawyer who seeks to take advantage of the situation. It is not illogical to believe that tenderness no longer has a place in cinema. At least an idea of tenderness that can be thought of as outdated: one linked to solidarity and empathy in extreme circumstances.
Taimanova. A Person Through Time
The film is dedicated to the life and creative journey of Professor Irina Evgenyevna Taimanova, a television and theater director, producer, journalist, writer, and Honored Artist of Russia. Her remarkable imagination, boundless creative energy, and a flair for bringing together other talented people have given rise to many notable projects across various fields of art. The film’s protagonist guides the audience through a chronicle of Leningrad/St. Petersburg’s cultural life.
Tally VII
The story of Argus, a transferee who arrives late on his first day of class. Rushing, he finds himself in Room 706—where he is greeted by a thrilling game that shocks his system to the core and gnaws at his soul forever.
Message from Sasha
Sasha Skochilenko is an artist from St. Petersburg, Russia. She was the first to speak out against the 'special military operation' in Ukraine: she changed the price tags in a supermarket and put information about the war on them. Now Sasha is in prison, facing trial. Through the eyes of her friends Sonia and Lesha we witness the ongoing trial up close, exposing the absurdities and inhumanity of the Russian legal system, and the threats that the group of friends who support Sasha encounter in daily life. Over 18 months they await the final verdict. In November 2023, Sasha is sentenced to another 7 years imprisonment for her artistic rebellion.
Tally VII
The story of Argus, a transferee who arrives late on his first day of class. Rushing, he finds himself in Room 706—where he is greeted by a thrilling game that shocks his system to the core and gnaws at his soul forever.
São Paulo: Occupied City
An invitation to rethink our relationship with the city of São Paulo, a vibrant and complex metropolis, but also marked by inequalities and segregation. This film takes us on a journey through the stories of resistance and struggle of marginalized groups, highlighting their voices and their daily battles for the legitimate occupation of urban space. From the colorful streets of Jardim da União to the community garden of Mulheres do GAU, from the warm theater of Cia Mungunzá to the ancestry preserved in Pico do Jaraguá, we are invited to witness the strength and resilience of these communities. Each scene reminds us of the richness of diversity and the need to build a more inclusive and fair city for everyone.
Hasan Minhaj: Off with His Head
Hasan Minhaj delivers an unapologetic stand-up set about midlife identity struggles, race relations, political divides — and that fact-checking scandal.
18th
Tala, a closeted gay young man, reluctantly joins his friend Pita at a hidden underpass for their 18th birthday celebration.
La peur au ventre
By invalidating the Roe v. Wade decision, the American Supreme Court has taken a fifty-year leap back in time by ensuring that abortion is no longer a protected right. This setback is symptomatic of a disconcerting polarization. Disturbed by this historical situation, filmmaker and feminist Léa Clermont-Dion wonders: what effect will this legal setback have on us? The documentary “La peur au ventre” explores the rise of anti-abortion groups in Canada. The mobilization is taking place here and now, in Quebec. Throughout the story, the filmmaker also presents the feminist and pro-choice response that is being organized across the country.
Umwelt/4470 – Part I
Part of a new series of text and video based works which outline a set of speculative eco-technological spaces where human, non-human and technological relations are re-imagined via experimental amalgamations and new modes of interconnectivity. The title of the work makes reference to Jakob von Uexküll’s notion of the unique environment experienced by every form of life and this is juxtaposed with Ursula Le Guin’s notion of World 4470 where a sentient environment of interconnected intelligent plant life is discovered.
False Witness
False Witness is an imitation of found-footage horror indulging in the haunting lure of technological mystification through layers of processed footage and forging a cryptic absence. Blending wildlife trail cams, AI forgeries and dreamlike nigh-vision footage, the film’s narrative evolves uniquely through code-based randomization, existing in constant flux.
Time's Up
A man is visited by a mysterious figure who gives him a timer with seven days on the countdown.
Upos
Juno and Andie meet to find closure but quickly argue over their busy lives. As tensions rise, they realize poor communication was the root of their issues. Forcing them to confront past feelings and consider a fresh start.
Gone Viral
A fame-hungry vlogger ventures into an abandoned cemetery in hopes of capturing a viral ghost encounter, but their quest for internet fame takes a hilarious turn as they uncover a chilling truth about their own existence.
IX
Maria returns to the confessional three times to seek for forgiveness for escalating sins, but beneath the guilt lies a dark sinister plan.
Sa Ngalan ng Goldfish
This is an official entry for FEU Film Society's 18th General Assembly - GALA. Masusubukan ang pananampalataya ni Maria sa dakilang goldfish nang hindi siya pahintulutan ni Cristy na tumalon sa pool.
Restroom 555
In a restroom where the dead must confess or release their sins before entering the afterlife, a woman struggles to face—and smell—the weight of her meaningless life.
Jubilee
A short documentary about the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Macedonian Orthodox Church in Malmö, Sweden.
Landforms
Landforms unearths the physical remains of past and future geological strata. The film explores two landscapes, an industrial rock quarry turned recreational fossil hunting park, in which 380-million-year-old fossils were discovered beneath the rocks where once flowed a shallow sea, and a public waterway whose shore is dispersed with brightly colored fragments of consumer waste in the form of microplastics. Both landscapes reveal a process of digging and gathering, of collecting evidence of earth’s pre-historic past or intervening in humanity’s toxic futures. The forms, of ancient sea creatures and broken plastic, mesh and intertwine into a meditation on deep time and a reflection on extinction.
Grit
Emerging from the increasingly murky depths of the sea, Grit navigates the peculiar shifting landscape of the aggregates industry—where materials formed over millennia, on a gradual passage to the bottom of the ocean, are dredged up and deposited back onto land to rise back up to form the buildings and architecture that surround us.
Carved
On Halloween 1993, 2 years after a deadly nuclear spill, the staff of a historic pioneer village attraction must work together to survive the attack of a monstrous killer pumpkin set on revenge.
Clone Cops
In an alternate future, Nefaricorp dominates human existence through great deals and free delivery. Their development of cloning technology replaced many workers with replicants, including the police. These "Clone Cops" are marketed through a popular streaming show featuring ultraviolent justice meted out against an unwitting criminal gang. Kinder, a mega-fan of the show and avid hologamer, has won the "Be A Baddie" contest and is placed undercover with the criminals. However when he develops feelings for Cipher, the gang's computer hacker, Kinder decides to help them escape certain death using his obsessive knowledge of the show.
distant star (or: a particularly pathetic film)
During a Parisian screening of short films, Paolo, an aspiring Italian filmmaker, meets Anna, a French actress. The young woman's eyes suddenly become the spark of a fire that, despite the bewildered reactions of his friends, begins to light up the protagonist's life. But what if the image of this woman, captured and shaped by Paolo's mind, had nothing to do with the real Anna?
The Trace of the Box – Technicalized Good People
The plants and TV screens in Nam June Paik’s TV Garden (1974) maintain their current images without dying, rotting or breaking down through behind-the-scene maintenance and technological replacement. The chickens, virtually released in TV Garden by the artist, are also isolated from other living species or external changes, and live forever free from evolution, reproduction, creation or decomposition. This all seems to symbolize a future utopia in which the ecosystem is won over and maintained by technology. By borrowing the voice of artificial intelligence the Moojin Brothers ask humans who blindly accept technology without resistance if such an immortal life is what they really want to manifest.