Film Categories: Absurdity

  • RETRODREAMING

    “Retrodreaming” examines the common phenomenon of ghostly, abandoned schools due to demographic change in the countryside of Japan. Empty schools in deserted villages tell their own story – whether during the pandemic, after a nuclear catastrophe, or just due to depopulation. The film references the Japanese tradition of telling “Kaidan “(ghost stories/scary stories) and the multiple school-themed “Kaidan” (Gakkō no Kaidan, Japanese for “Scary School Story”) in Japanese mainstream culture, which encompass the idea of entities and memories remaining in these architectures. The film focuses on the visual quality of the Showa-era architecture of the abandoned Sawada School in Nakanojo.…

  • Sad Girls In Bikinis

    Girls in bikinis are sad together.

  • Tiger Eats a Baby

    Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.

  • Vampires Drink Blood… I Drink Sorrow

    A love story at the end of time.

  • Still Got It?!

    After 3 years out of the modeling industry and back in school, Adam wonders: “Have I still got it?” Ignoring the not-so-subtle warnings from his friends, our endearingly oblivious protagonist confidently decides to give modelling another shot and sets up a meeting with an agency. What follows is a series of failures, wake-up calls, and a surprising new path of self-discovery.

  • MAN MADE

    MAN MADE, a repurposed narrative of a boy who gets introduced to the wonders of life by a beautiful shining trumpet. But the struggle to be oneself has only begun. Utilizing found 16mm footage and both digital and analog manipulation techniques, Mikkola pierces conventional masculinity with a transformative queer gaze.

  • GANGBANG

    GANGBANG takes place in a bedroom that resembles a gay porn set. Six male models occupy the space, surrounding an empty bed, staring at you. They’re shirtless, wearing blue jeans. We move closer to the group and watch each face dissolve over each other in a series of close-ups. The models never break their seductive smiles, which is all the intimacy they offer. Based on the setup, we anticipate that someone will eventually make the first move. But unlike the stimulating title, GANGBANG denies the viewer of sexual gratification; instead, time freezes – the boys pose together but never make…

  • The Mars Effect

    The story starts in the middle then goes to the beginning and then ends. At the same time nuclear war erupted on earth rebels slits his wrists and creates a mars effect… and like magic and kids, Gen xers are made immortal and impervious to harm. So they travel the galaxy trying to die but when faced with the fact that they can do not want  to, all the while being attacked by zombies controlled by  comic book villain named Neville.

  • Blossom

    Blossom is an abstract animated diary by Jesi Jordan, drawn over the course of 4 years. Drawn and presented in chronological order and created with over 11,000 pencil drawings on paper.

  • Earth, Take Me With You !

    A return to the earth