A Normal Guy

it's a girl!

2020

A self-portrait short film on 16mm from a trans male perspective.

Wish You

2021

Singing and dreaming together, a talented singer-songwriter and a same-aged keyboardist add harmony and love to each other's lives.

Dissonance

2018

A man must express his true passion of music and rhythm in a world where it is repressed and outlawed.

After-School Special

2011

A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.

Prelude

1966

To Build a Fire

1928

"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London, published in two different versions of in 1902 and 1908. It was made into a film in 1928 by Claude Autant-Lara. Despite being warned about the subzero temperature, a single man ventures out into the Yukon forest to find his destiny.

Mi Madre, My Father

2018

Reared by an abusive, pill-popping mother and an absentee playboy father, six-year-old Valentina must fend for herself. She does what she can to craft the illusion of normalcy: makes herself lunches that look just like the ones her classmates tote, dresses and grooms herself expertly, and lies to cover up for her mother Anita's erratic behavior.

Fire at the Lake

2022

A high mountain hamlet, early summer. Félix comes down from the pastures where he’s guarding his cows and finds his old mother lying lifeless on her bed. Shaken, he runs off. He drives a few miles in the valley to the house of a young man who just contacted him on a dating app.

The Pass

2022

On holiday, Ben meets the handsome Sam, whose friends recommend they go to a private cruising beach, the Pass.

Head On

1998

Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.

Cherries

2022

A hot summer day. The cherry-tree branches are full of ripe berries, swaying from the wind and weight. A recently retired father invites his son to help him with the cherry picking in the garden. The father is not in a rush, as he now wants to spend more time with his son, leaving the cherries in the background. Working together and staying silent, they both realize how much time they’ve lost during those 30 years. The cherries bring the two men back to their first memories and let them experience them longer, as if to start all over again.

They Charge for the Sun

2016

In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.

Same Old

2022

After his e-bike is stolen, a food delivery driver in New York City comes to terms with the fragility of his life in America.

Textiles

2001

Michel is a funny boy, a kind of intellectual. With Pauline, a very beautiful girl he met on the beach, they are going to get naked and discuss surrealism, sincerely and without trickery. But who are they really?

Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter

2022

Isabella, Jonata and Pedro are stuck at home for a weekend. Distressed by the state of the world and financial difficulties, the trio decides to go out on the streets of a dystopian São Paulo to relax, which allows them to meet many individuals in a similar situation, causing tragicomic and fantastic situations.