The Home of Dark Butterflies
Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated boys' home known as The Island. Juhani has been shuttled between foster
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Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated boys' home known as The Island. Juhani has been shuttled between foster
In a mysterious forest, a woman is slowly lured into a nostalgic daydream as she observes butterflies.
Steve Hofstetter takes on anxiety and mental health in this new stand-up special.
A film that exposes the reality of young homosexuals who live in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, suffer the effects of poverty and misery, but do not lose their identity, dignity and creativity. They are homosexuals, tr
A student of the sociological direction Slava can not choose a topic for a graduation project in any way. The thesis supervisor recommends reading one little-known old book. Slava agrees and does not even suspect that hi
Pierre is a very shy man in his sixties, with no family or friends and who just retired. What will he do now?
A rare view of what day-to-day life is like for the gay and drag community in modern Cuba. This award-winning documentary is the first since the 1959 revolution to examine the issues gays and transvestites face in the co
A circus dwarf, imprisoned for a crime of passion, seeks a release from both his incarceration and his diminutive body while wooing a porn actress.
On his 18th birthday, Jesse cocoons himself inside his coastal family home, reminiscing about bittersweet childhood memories with his siblings. But as his older sister and brother vanish from sight, Jesse struggles to fi
What should the old Baden marshalling yard in Basel be in the future: a gateway for goods and containers or a gateway for animals and plants? The story of a place where two networks of paths get in each other's way. An e
Naive 16 year old Rosi paints butterfly pictures and day-dreams of a better world, abhorring the conducts of Else, Laura, Max and and an immoral cavalier. [16-minute segment survives.]
A photo of two indigenous boys brought by force to Europe opens an investigation of the past with meditations on the filmmaker’s own family using roughly textured analogue footage. A monument for the indigenous victims o
The Flight of Butterflies is a documentary about Dariush, a 22-year-old autistic young man, exploring his everyday life, his work, and his personal dreams. Through quiet observations and intimate encounters, the film ref
Molly rescues a bunch of butterflies after they are captured by a butterfly collector.
Marius is a meticulous barista. One day, following his meeting with Valentine, strange symptoms start to manifest, preventing him from doing his work. It’s hard to serve coffee when you see everything in pink and when bu
Through a personal journey through space and time, where the past and present connect, a granddaughter rediscovers with her grandfather the corners of her childhood and ventures to explore her memory, in an incessant sea