The Sleepwalker

Parasite in Love

A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatophobia. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person.

What Is Love?

Teruko is a 28-year-old office worker. 5 months ago, she fell in love with Mamoru at first sight. Since that time, she has not cared about her work or her friends. She then loses her job and her friends look at her coldly. Yet, Teruko is happy as long as she is with Mamoru. Meanwhile, Mamoru thinks Teruko is an easy woman for him to not love. Teruko's unrequited love grows deeper.

Anything Can Change

A depressed young man finds comfort in reliving the memories he had with a video game from his childhood.

TINA

A 23-year-old revisits the family car he grew up with to experience the thrill of childhood again...

A Friend of Dorothy

Dorothy is a lonely widow whose body is failing, but her mind remains as bright as ever. When 17-year-old JJ accidentally kicks his football into her garden, he upends Dorothy's daily routine of pills, prunes, and crosswords, and an unlikely friendship blossoms. Despite being worlds apart in every way, the two come to find they have more in common than they could ever imagine.

Leaving Metropolis

David is a creatively stifled painter in desperate need of inspiration. As happenstance would have it, while seeking a job waiting tables, David stumbles upon a new muse in the form of a strapping diner owner named Matt. In short order the two bond over a shared love of art, and before long their passion for painting transforms into something more torrid. If it weren't for Matt's wife, Violet, everything would be perfect.

Laura

A short film about a data journalist Adam is trying to get over his breakup with his girlfriend Laura. He attempts to compensate for the absence of contact with his beloved using an AI chatbot and gradually sinks into loneliness.

Fragma

Two lives look for meaning into a time that was lived, dreamed, and above all, felt.

Beauty

A short story of the most important emotions of life, from birth to death, love and sexuality through pain and fear. It is a tribute to art and his disarming beauty.

Three Days in Tlaquepaque

As the winter grows harsh, a woman pens a letter to a lover who has yet to write back.

The Shattering!

Sadie tries to recollect what she remembers from one night that led to a tragic moment. As she’s trying to recollect these memories we witness her try to survive a world that lacks compassion, the feelings of someone following her, and living with a Mental Health system that doesn’t care or feel anything toward her. “The Shattering!” is an examination into why it’s important to have compassion or empathy, especially for those who are the most vulnerable fueled by its dark nightmarish atmosphere, and compellingly disturbing visuals.

Knot

Each knot on a red string marks a man’s journey through life and the sacrifices he makes. Far from home, he struggles to balance duty, dreams, and family.

Perhaps Today...

Oum Karim, a 60-year-old Beiruti lady, is used to preparing Lahm Bi Ajin (Lebanese ham pie) once per week.

Last Day of Summer

Àlex and Nico decide to spend their last day together in a river pool far away from their village and say goodbye to the summer they have lived.

Frida Still Life

This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican muralism.

The Ant

A man works in a dystopian office. He copes by thinking about beautiful paintings during breaktime. Ants crawling out of his skin and a strange coworker interrupt his peace of mind but they remind him of his past as an artist.

Invention of Love

An inventor tries to impress the woman he loves. Will she love him back?

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Uproar

Antoine, twenty-five, does not want to be alone this evening. He leaves in the middle of the night to find a remedy for his loneliness.