Stay Awake, Be Ready

Trying

2024

Down on her luck after an exhaustive job search, Luna returns to the home of her childhood friend following another failed interview. They commiserate over wine, working to re-establish their relationship as young adults navigating São Paulo, Brazil.

Martha and the Bird

Invalid Date

A fantastic story of Martha, a little girl, who finds true love three years after her mother died.

The Water Diary

2006

A story through a child's eyes about living through a drought.

Love You More

2008

Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.

On the Mountains

2018

A story about what ordinary internet browsing can do for kids. And parents change their lives.

Battle of the Bands

2022

After the lead of his Band is kicked out he makes a new rival band to compete.

Fili di memorie

2022

Nightstand

2015

An unsettling portrait of a destructive three night affair between two men - one is gay, lost and adolescent, the other is married to a woman and middle-aged. Set in the heart of Soho, a fracturing queer landscape, Nightstand is a whirlwind of repressed yearnings and urban loneliness.

An Evening

2016

Having slept together for the first time, two teenage boys must make sense of their evolving relationship.

Cocoon

2017

China, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair and a child who holds all the secrets.

The Last Image of Father

2019

Dusan and Laza are traveling through Eastern Serbia to Belgrade. Terminally ill, Dusan has to find a new home for his son Laza, to whom Dusan is all he has.

The Old Man

2019

Alan, a 70-something widower, struggles to accept the fact that he's not the young and healthy man that he used to be. This is sparked after his daughter suggests that he should move into an assisted living home.

Milkshake Girls

2019

After being 'talent scouted' outside of an ice cream store, teen cousins Jess and Stella find themselves enslaved in the illicit world of sex trafficking.

Lukas & the Aspies

2015

'Lukas & the Aspies' is a story about 12-year old Lukas. In many ways, Lukas is a normal kid: He plays in a band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his little brother. But Lukas' has also Asperger syndrome - and hence his own set of unique problems.

Enclosed World

1998

A short animation by Makoto Shinkai in Lightwave 3D. Inspired by Haruki Murakami's book "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" with music by Tenmon.