A "city symphony" film, produced to encourage Photographic Society of America members to attend their 1963 conference in Chicago, City to See is a surprising film. It combines footage of Chicago with a deadpan commentary that pokes fun commercial travel films: "Chicago is my town," the narrator says wryly, "and no other town will do." Conneely was awarded a special prize by the Photographic Society of America for this film.
An exploration of love and loss in Paris.
A short film made in response to returning to home during the Covid pandemic from 2020-2021. A series of vignettes capturing the serene countryside, juxtaposed with a personal voiceover, "Messages From Home" is a meditation on youth, belonging and the capitalist construction of time.
In October 1998, at the age of 16, Britney Spears released "... Baby One More Time" in the United States, the first hit of a long series, marking a dazzling start to her career. If the American singer has experienced the summits, it has also gone through difficult times, multiplying scandals and antics. The document recounts his life and his chaotic journey with many testimonies, including that of his biographer Joachim Ohnona, music journalist Eric Jean-Jean, the US historian specialist François Durpaire and Romain Burrel, editorial director from the gay magazine "Tétu".
Episode one
Len Lye (1901-1980) was a pioneer of experimental animation, and also of kinetic sculpture. This short film dramatically presents 18 minutes inside the head of the artist as a teenager. The opening scenes are set in New Zealand in the year 1917, on the day when Lye (setting out on his bicycle to deliver newspapers) makes his excited discovery that motion can be the basis for a radically new approach to art.
Two sisters (Geerteke van Lierop, Nicole Moerland) meet with their estranged mother (Monic Hendrickx). While they're trying to connect over the course of a day, we hear the thoughts of their deceased father (Rutger Hauer).
A man is observed under objective, inhuman surveillance.
A new young couple struggles to keep their relationship afloat.
Over the past few months, less so now, I've been experiencing some fairly intense spouts of anxiety. Something incredibly new and quite frightening for me. After a bunch of CBT sessions, my therapist recommended channeling my experience into video form. So, here you are. With the help of the incredible Suli Breaks, I've made this little video. Trying to demonstrate how it felt for me. Hope you take something from it.
What does a bankrupt poet with no desire to live have to say about life?
Dimitri, a Soviet cosmonaut of Soyouz 27 likes majorettes. Catherine and Laurent like making love. Jean-Paul II loves airports. Vincent loves boys.
Jared is closeted. Sam is straight. They find a connection in each other that they've never had before, but where do they go from there? Over the course of three nights, six gay men sat down for interviews about their experiences, sexual and otherwise, with straight men. Those documentary interviews provide the narration for 'Curious Thing' as we watch Jared and Sam form a friendship that tests the boundaries of what they know about love. But as Jared's walls slowly come down and his passion for Sam grows, things take an unexpected turn.
An ironic, backstage comedy short about a few performers about to go up in front of an unenthusiastic crowd.
A lonely Omaha, Nebraska security guard named Marcus dreams of establishing some human connection, when he isn't watching cable porn in his apartment and obsessing over his weight.
Made during confinement, "In My Room" plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director's deceased grandmother. Living rooms become stages where life is performed. Windows become portals to the lives of others.
A little girl falls asleep in her high chair as her parents and their friends discuss the film The Front Page. She dreams about reporters, a cop, and an escaped convict.
An underhanded company man is offered assistance by a secret organization that immerses him in forces beyond his control.
A woman takes time in private on a tiny island in Helsinki to contemplate a loss that has caused sudden changes in her life. This tragedy has challenged her to see the world in a different light. A light that is driven by a force of nature.