Dying Briefly

Though its aftertitles detailing the history of French nuke experiments suggest otherwise, writer/director Marion Hänsel’s Black Ocean is not a political treatise or a history lesson, instead taking advantage of the remote, isolated environments in which the experimentation took place – as well as the monumental imagery of the act itse...

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Marion Hänsel

Cast

Adrien Jolivet, Nicolas Robin, Romain David

An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Rashaad Ernesto Green

Cast

Judy Reyes, Esai Morales, Harmony Santana

As he has done countless times before, Cris (Archie de Calma) is riding the jeepney bus along the Elliptical Road bordering the Quezon Memorial Circle. Suddenly a robbery begins and he finds himself being held at knife point. As his life passes before his eyes, he asks the question, what could I have done in the past to save me from th...

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Crisaldo Pablo

Cast

Archie de Calma, Rudolph Segundo, Xeno Alejandro

How do we fall in love? While rehearsing the love scene between Romeo and Juliette, Cécile, Thomas and Jérémie, barely twenty years old, each bring, in their own way, an answer to this question.

Runtime

12m

Director

Julien Eger

Cast

Florent Arnoult, Matila Malliarakis, Heloïse Adam

The story of a young woman named Jane 57821, who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as 'computers.' 'Dirty Computer' explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.

Runtime

49m

Cast

Janelle Monáe, Tessa Thompson, Jayson Aaron