O Conceito de Fim do Mundo

The Muse

When 74-year-old Robert Tilley agreed to take photographer Ting Ting Chen on a road trip across Newfoundland, neither could have predicted the deep, cross-generational friendship that would blossom between them, nor how Robert's role in Ting Ting's art would challenge traditional ideas of the artist-muse relationship. This touching short film explores the concepts of aging, memory and identity while demonstrating the power of creative connection.

Roma

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.

Yu & Me

When a fire destroys a beloved Chinatown bookstore, its hyper-independent owner learns that community is necessary for survival.

Ferals

Promotional short for the short story collection "Ferals" by Jon Nix

Loana Story : Le destin brisé d'une icône

Spacciatori di libri "dove prima si vendeva droga oggi si spacciano libri"

The film recounts the transformation of Scampia from a drug dealing hub to a hub for books and culture, focusing on the activities of La Scugnizzeria bookshop and the Marotta&Cafiero publishing house.

Loana : Destin tragique d'une icône brisée

Sarah Thankam Mathews: After All This

Following the success of her debut novel, All This Could Be Different, author Sarah Thankam Mathews embarks on her second novel, drawing from her adolescence between India and Oman. As Sarah excavates lost place and time, she must contend with the weight of truthful representation and the contradictions within her childhood memories.

De grote dataroof

Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff wrote a monumental book about the new economic order that is alarming. "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," reveals how the biggest tech companies deal with our data. How do we regain control of our data? What is surveillance capitalism? In this documentary, Zuboff takes the lid off Google and Facebook and reveals a merciless form of capitalism in which no natural resources, but the citizen itself, serves as a raw material. How can citizens regain control of their data?

Tlön

Jorge, an Argentinian writer in the 40ʼs, and Luis, a Mexican game developer in the 2020ʼs, investigate a mysterious question: What is Tlön? What is Uqbar? As each of them finds new answers, Tlön’s mystery will unveil bit by bit, exposing them to a revelation that will change their lives...

The House

For decades, Gabriel García Márquez envisioned a novel titled La Casa (The House), inspired by the home in Aracataca where he lived with his grandparents. Fragments emerged, but it was only after living in another house —in Mexico City— that he was able to develop the work that became Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude), his magnum opus. In this documentary directed by Eva Villaseñor, the writer’s sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo García Barcha, return to their childhood home—a place where memory transforms time.

Rise of the Witch

Book one in the Phoenixes Ashes Series

The Best Man

After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.

4 Minutos para o Fim do Mundo

When Books Fly

A lonely man is chilling one Halloween Night when he is disturbed by a mysterious phenomenon in his bookshelf.

Emanating

A man originally tries to resist the grasp and force of a dark blue force. It feels cold at first to him but it soon starts to feel warm, like heat is being irradiated from the haze. He starts to embrace this new change and commits himself to the actions of his new god. He fully immerses himself in the blue force and dedicates his life to serving a "greater good".

Perlexia: Post-Impulso

Ritual for Love

A Lovecraftian horror film about a romantic relationship broken apart by an ominous book.

Ressentimento

The arrival of a street dog shakes the apparent calm of a father, mother and daughter's daily routine in a farmhouse in the interior of São Paulo. Observe the experience of Judite and Ester, their foretelling dreams, their visions and the manifestation of the weight of familial relationships.

Looking for Mr. Right

A struggling writer is forced to fake a relationship to save her career, while overlooking the love of a longtime friend.