“EVERYMAN” BY JACK GOESSENS
A personal, visual essay about gender transition – focusing on the social context and implications and exploring how the world is different living as female compared to being perceived as male.
Jack tells his story by using and reframing gender focused tropes and imagery from popular culture, mythology, history and art.
Latest Submissions
This is our curated list of the latest short films, documentaries, animations and music videos from today’s independent filmmakers. Take some time and add these to your queue - these films demand your attention.
Short Films
On Halloween, a grief dream reunites a young programmer with his lost Player 2.
Dating can feel like a fever dream, especially when you are a cartoon character.
When a man just can't take it anymore, his friend cheating him out of a promotion takes him over the edge.
A high school music prodigy who loses his hearing after a violent assault by his classmates is forced to face the world without his most trusted sense.
Watching how a relationship from childhood starts to play out into adulthood.
Music videos
In the music video for 'Decisions,' an emotional journey unfolds as symbolic imagery of arrows and wings vividly narrate the inner conflict of a tough choice: to release or reclaim a connection. Rooted in a profound belief in love's endurance, this visual narrative explores resilience and determination amidst uncertainty, echoing the heartfelt plea of the song for a return despite imperfections.
Émilie is alone in her well. During her journey inside, she will discover the most beautiful landscapes.
A gory folklore from Kerala, India, romanticised through soul stirring music by the popular band Thaikkudam Bridge.
Grime pioneers RUFF SQWAD ignite a cinematic odyssey with a powerful love letter to London's iconic pirate radio scene.
Sami River is the last man in the world in Baggen's video clip: with his face painted in black and white, he wanders alone in abandoned and decadent spaces in a crescendo of frustration. An accumulation of tension that is released on the chorus, in which director Bruno Nogarotto promptly inserts some slow-motion shots of explosions, destruction and flames.
Eli cruises her way through the vivid streets of the Peruvian jungle, singing and reflecting on her past, reuniting with friends and welcoming the bright future ahead.
documentaries
A personal, visual essay about gender transition – focusing on the social context and implications and exploring how the world is different living as female compared to being perceived as male.
Take a dive into the mind of An Chhay, a refugee displaced by the reign of terror brought by the Khmer Rouge.
Follow his hardships and triumphs as he does his best to live by the guiding principles of a sport he has been practicing for over 60 years.
A daughter grieves the memories of her father through their shared love for making paper boats.
An artisan who, with his passion, strives to carry on a craft that is slowly disappearing.
Jazz musician Ken "KBrick" Cooper serenades an isolated mall in Laughlin Nevada, playing original songs to honor his father's legacy.
Two brothers use interview fragments, pieces of art, and various family mementos to explore the legacy of their father and what he left behind.
A short documentary about the experimental artist Herman Deviashin, who is trying to find a way out of a creative crisis.
He calls this crisis a "circle" and associates it with his creative burnout, which increases during the endless repetition of the process
To get out of the circle, he decides to make a tattoo in a way that no one has ever done before, wearing augmented reality goggles.
Art & Experimental Films
A man digs himself further and further into a hole.
Dear Diary, I can't sleep. There are so many things in my past I could have done differently. I need to exorcise myself of my former selves.
Inundated by the relentless, breakneck pace of Seoul, a weary woman seeks to anesthetize her misery with alcohol and partying. Longing to break free, she will have to take a leap of faith to find solace and serenity.
‘LIMPET’ is a movement narrative film exploring the complexities of navigating unhealthy dependent relationships. The film ranges from very pedestrian movement to more physicalised choreography accompanied by dynamic sound design.
“Is there something you wish you had said to someone you once loved and lost—something left unsaid?”
The film 'Unsaid' is an experimental short based on anonymous confessions shared by different individuals in response to the question.
In the space where the simulacrum of the urban and the human, of chaos, pain, and celebration dwells, the attraction to morbidity merges the real and the virtual in the frenetic duality of social order and disorder. All these scenes are inside you.
Does he have what it takes to become a commercial director? A new short film, written and directed by Jay Larson.