In a dystopian world nearing its end due to evil invasion believed to be caused by homosexuality, two religious queer men navigate life and love amidst alienation by their own people.
After moving to a quiet farmhouse, Ellie Taylor begins having disturbed dreams containing communications from the dead, and starts a video-diary documenting her experiences as the dreams take a more dangerous turn. A spirit is out for revenge, and Ellie happens to be her next target.
‘D’Amore si cresce’ is a project focusing on visual literacy, emotional education and participatory cinema, which has led to the creation of a collective film.
In a universe dominated by precisely defined rules, in which identity is absorbed by social conventions, flattening every personal drive, a figure finds a way to emerge and self-define, with the help of a comic sidekick capable of resolving with a single stroke the eternal conflict between nature and culture.
After receiving the devastating news of his father’s death in reserve duty, Alon is mysteriously transported to a surreal room where he is given a device that allows him to travel back in time. Driven by grief and regret, Alon tries repeatedly to change the past and prevent his father from leaving, only to discover that some things cannot be changed-but they can be faced differently. A moving story about sacrifice, memory, and the power of a final goodbye.
In the film, the photo lab serves as a space of transformation and control. It's where slides belonging to my grandfather, an anesthesiologist, are printed. The film development and analog printing processes are juxtaposed with the operating table and hospital corridors: a sense of sterility and technological advancement, a symbiosis between medical practice and a hobby no less demanding of precise procedures.
A small postcard — a route compiled from fragments of memory from an album brought from India and bought at a flea market. These photographs were taken by a Soviet architect who built an ancient, anonymous city where every flower is still sacred.
A boy attempts to understand a girl through the memories of others. As different versions emerge, the truth becomes unclear. A story about perception, memory, and the impossibility of a single truth.
Markus and his friends make fun of the OnlyFans creator Maya Andersson during a live-stream. The mask slips when Markus subscribes to her Only Fans-profile in secret. This marks the beginning of a digital relationship, where the line between the imagined and the real begins to blur.
Between the micro and the macro, the choreography remains the same. The film draws a visual parallel between the social organization of ants and the daily lives of construction workers, revealing the collective strength and the invisibility of those who carry the weight of the world on their shoulders.
Diagnosed as completely nearsighted at age 6, I have spent my life in a blur. A journey through the not always clear twists and turns of ophthalmology.
The Colorado River is drying up. Reservoirs are falling to record lows and drought ravages the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. The heavily engineered water systems of the American Southwest buckle under the strain of an expanding population. Life for those on the fringes begins to unravel.