A young couple, Pippa and Thomas, move into their dream apartment in Montreal. While settling in, they become intrigued by their neighbors across the street and start secretly watching them through their window. As their voyeuristic curiosity intensifies, Pippa and Thomas find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of obsession, manipulation, and sexual fantasy.
In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved.
Me and You and Everyone We Know follows the lives of several individuals in the midst of their search for love and meaningful connection. From a young artist struggling to find recognition to a shoe salesman looking for companionship, each character navigates the complexities of modern relationships and the power of human connection. Through a series of encounters, the film explores themes of loneliness, desire, and the inherent need for human interaction. With unique and often quirky moments, Me and You and Everyone We Know offers a heartfelt and relatable portrayal of the human experience.
Carolyn Taylor embarks on a quest to choreograph the perfect full length pairs figure skating routine to Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" motivated by a teenaged obsession for the 1988 Calgary Olympics (but with no skating knowledge or ability).
After the suicide of their teacher, a classroom of students in Montreal must learn to cope with the loss and trauma. Monsieur Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, steps in as a substitute teacher and helps the students through their healing process. As he becomes invested in their lives, Lazhar also confronts his own tragic past.
Between 1993 and 1995, artist and photographer Louis Jammes took pictures of people on the streets of Sarajevo under siege and gave them angelic face and wings. Then he put his huge portraits on destroyed city walls. Suddenly, it seems as life is getting back with their arrival, because they brought a sense of peace, beauty, nostalgia...
Cloe, Yasmin, Jade, and Sasha must balance a school art project and preparing for prom.
A filmmaker and rapper duo revive Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind” protocols - a set of filmmaking “rules” with which groups of strangers can conceive, shoot, and screen a film in just two and a half hours. Against the grim backdrop of the stringent Shanghai lockdown, the event soon turns into a sanctuary for individuals to forge collective dreams.
In the year 1977, two scientists, Ben and Catherine, decide to conduct an experiment on their three children. They want to prove that nurture is more important than nature by raising them completely opposite to their genetic predispositions. The experiment takes unexpected turns and challenges their beliefs as the kids grow up. A hilarious and heartwarming story about parenting, family dynamics, and the power of love.
Humpday is a comedy-drama about two friends who are challenged to make an art project by filming themselves having a threesome. As they try to push the boundaries of their friendship and explore their sexual curiosity, they face hilarious and awkward situations. The film explores themes of sexuality, friendship, and the blurred lines between art and life.
For her upcoming exhibition, "Apology," Lily, a New York conceptual artist, is designing a sound and sculpture installation inspired by the testimony of anonymous phone callers who, after responding to a public advert inviting them to spill their guts, leave messages on her answering machine. When one caller confesses to a murder, Lily begins to suspect that the mystery man may be intending a little "performance" of his own: her death.
The works of today's most revered talents are set against a provocative, highly amusing commentary track in this celebration of queer art.
Married with children and living in downtown Manhattan, a woman decides to quit accommodating everyone around her and goes on a creative journey to bring meaning to her life.
This piece takes 8 seconds, and creates intervals between the frames, and then makes them bigger. It's about expansion and enlargement, not the passage of time. 8 seconds becomes that much more luxuriant.
AMERICA STRIPPED: Naked Las Vegas takes viewers on a provocative journey through the colorful and hidden world of stripping and exhibitionism in Las Vegas. The documentary explores the lives of strippers, porn stars, showgirls, and other individuals who are part of this unique subculture. It delves into their motivations, struggles, and the impact of their choices on their personal and professional lives. Through interviews, footage from art projects and exhibits, and behind-the-scenes glimpses, the film provides a candid and sometimes shocking portrayal of this industry. From the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas strip to the gritty realities behind the scenes, AMERICA STRIPPED offers a captivating and thought-provoking exploration of this controversial aspect of American culture.
After being brutally attacked and left with neurological damage, Mark Hogancamp creates a miniature town called Marwencol as a way to escape and recover. Through his art installation and photography, he tells a visual story of personal recovery and healing. However, his peaceful existence is disrupted when his work is discovered and his town becomes a target of a crime.
Thirteen-year-old Jesse wants to be an artist and believing that his mundane, middle-class life has left him unprepared, he sets out looking for wildness and women.
“The Dreamlife of David L.“ is a fictional feature film that takes inspiration from a key point in the life of director David Lynch: the time he spent as a student in a fine arts college. Initially attracted to painting, David Lynch ends up choosing the medium of film to express his talent. Far from being an attempt at biography, this film is an imaginary vision where the action could take place today. Which encounters or events leave their mark on the young David L. during this year as a student? “The Dreamlife of David L.” is a dreamlike journey that leads the viewer through the meanderings of this art school. There’s no need to be familiar with the cinematographic works of Lynch to follow the young David L. step by step, going behind the scenes with him.
The successful artist and playboy Juan is a notorious seducer of women, through his ability to be just what a woman dreams of: Charming, charismatic, strong, sensitive, sexual. Driven by a restless urge to conquer new women, use them, and throw them away, he has hired his friend Leporello to help create a masterpiece: A filmed database of all the women whose dreams Juan has shattered. We follow Juan and Leporello through 24 compressed hours. Juan seduces the young upper-class girl Anna, but ends up accidentally killing her father, a powerful police commissioner. The two friends run away, but Juan's constant need to seduce new women keeps interrupting their flight. As the police gains in on them, Juan also steals the young bride Zerlina from her groom Masetto, and soon a feverish manhunt is on for Juan.
After losing his wife, a widower finds himself unexpectedly falling for a single woman in his small hometown. Their relationship is complicated by the intervention of a romantic triangle and challenges related to their respective pasts and responsibilities. Will they be able to overcome these obstacles and find happiness together?