Lilting

Lilting 2014

7.00

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

2014

King Jack

King Jack 2015

6.50

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances.

2015

The Lesbian Bar Project: FLINTA

The Lesbian Bar Project: FLINTA 2024

1

The Lesbian Bar Project: FLINTA documents the complex and triumphant stories of the FLINTA communities in Cologne & Berlin; a reflection of where the queer community is headed internationally. Despite Lesbian Bars disappearing in Germany, there’s a growing FLINTA movement that epitomizes the evolution of queer culture. Featuring Boize Bar owner Payman Neziri, comedian Ricarda Hofmann, human rights activist Anbid Zaman, politician Tessa Ganserer, and party collectives Bebex and Girlstown.

2024

One Happy Customer

One Happy Customer 2024

1

The daily routine of an older sex worker. Luring clients in, snatching up their cash, and using her special trick to leave them satisfied and more importantly, to get them out of her hair as quickly as possible.

2024

Little Secret

Little Secret 2013

7.00

LITTLE SECRET is a short, suspenseful drama about a fifteen year old boy and his inner struggles. A son tells his mother an innocent lie as an excuse. We've all covered things up, but what happens when the consequences begin to snowball, and every minute it becomes harder and harder to take back the lie. Little Secret is inspired by a true story that happened in April 2012 in the Czech Republic and became a national scandal and media sensation for weeks. It started a huge racist backlash in the country.

2013

Becky and the Birds

Becky and the Birds 2018

1

A short film based on the self-titled extended play album “Becky and the Birds” by Becky and the Birds (Thea Gustafsson).

2018

Meat

Meat 2014

1.00

If you don't like the reflection. Don't look in the mirror. I don't care. A promo-film for the 240 hours performance installation at Schaubühne, Berlin.

2014

The Ayes Have It

The Ayes Have It 2017

1

The inaugural short film for Season 8 of Motionpoems, themed: "Dear Mr. President." This is a visual poem dedicated to "Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin and every family denied justice," adapted from the prose of the same name by writer Tiana Clark.

2017

Bluesman

Bluesman 2018

9.00

What is being a “Bluesman”? It’s been the opposite of what “others” think. It’s going against the current, being your own strength, your own roots. It’s knowing we where neve an automatic reproduction of a submissive image created by them.

2018

Luck is Alive

Luck is Alive 2022

1

An experimental short that explores a surfer’s belief in Animism.

2022

Split Second

Split Second 2023

1

Sometimes a fraction of a second is all it takes to change the world forever. The film Split Second tells the backstories of three of the most influential photographs in human history. In three intercut episodes, we follow the photographers who captured these historic moments in iconic pictures and made them visible to the world.

2023