The Absent Stranger
At the funeral of her husband, grandma Xiu-ying looks not sad and even hangs out with her childhood sweetheart Chi happily like a girl. Astonished by her behavior, her grandson Yu-chen and his pregnant wife Jie-ru worry
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At the funeral of her husband, grandma Xiu-ying looks not sad and even hangs out with her childhood sweetheart Chi happily like a girl. Astonished by her behavior, her grandson Yu-chen and his pregnant wife Jie-ru worry
“Almost Absent” ultimately refers to the gestures of a generation of films that have originated and developed amid the contexts and aesthetic restrictions of the pandemic. While elaborating these elements, the film also
The first work written and directed by Xinjiang female director Lu Dan uses a delicate technique to tell the story of a Russian photographer who has been away from his hometown for a long time, a Han girl who wanders aro
The ghost of a soldier from the Trojan War travels through the ruins of the ancient world to confront a council of tyrants who make war on reason. A film dramatizing the ancient relevance of protest over power. Available
They sacrificed their lives fighting for the independence of their country, but their stories remain untold for 60 years. The story begins with a man’s portrait, which has been hanging for more than 30 years in an old wo
A young theatre company is rehearsing Macbeth in their director's home in Tehran. The director works with them from Paris over Skype. Their rehearsals are disturbed when the director's lifeless body shows up on their doo
Short university film.
N returns to his city of Beirut after years of absence but remains invisible to his loved ones, who can only feel his presence. Listening to a series of confessions recorded by his lover, he contemplates the lives of oth
Mrs Grayson accidentally leaves her baby son at a shop and flies into a panic when she returns home to find him missing.
A child's daydream during a school lesson is abruptly interrupted by the teacher. The instructor threatens to cut off the young pupil's ear to encourage concentration and prevent further escapes into the realms of imagin
In 1964 a colossal pre-Hispanic monolith was taken from the town of San Miguel Coatlinchan in the state of Mexico and brought to the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Since then, the absence of the monolith
“Absent of Me” is a short documentary that offers a look into the lives of nine individuals across five U.S. states and three countries who live with a little-known mental health condition known as depersonalization diso
Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.
In times of climate change and the dramatic challenges it poses, The Absent House delivers a much-needed, hopeful and proactive message that we can live sustainably while preserving the planet for future generations.
Three women tell their stories, related to each other by the issue of baby trafficking in Argentina. Together, they delve deeper into what it means to live with a missing piece of their identity. In the face of lonelines
Absent presence is a non-fiction short film about sites that have been abandoned in the city of Leon. Urban symphony of the passing of time, a travel across the visual and sonic space that is the past present and future.
Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments t
A recently married foreign woman adjusts to her new life in Mexico. When she meets Max, the teenage son of the woman who irons her husband’s clothes, desire overtakes her. Both must confront their attraction in a persona
Upon being invited by her bandmate, Deana journeys into the forest following the strange disappearance of her brother.