Film Titles

Martyr’s Guidebook (9 min)

Tony is the ultimate good guy, sometimes to a fault. From nabbing the smallest slice of cake in grade school to guiding lost strangers in the city, his kindness knows no bounds. He also lives with an angel.

Dona Beatriz Ñsîmba Vita (20 min)

"Dona Beatriz Ñsîmba Vita" is a film loosely inspired by the life and legacy of the historical figure known as Kimpa Vita, a Congolese heroine from the 17th century. Set in the contemporary Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, we meet a remarkable woman determined to fulfill her divine mission of creating her own people, utilizing a unique ability to produce clones of herself.

It was only a Dream (4 min)

After a rough night, a young woman ends up in a cheap hotel and encounters herself as a self-refection in a surreal dream, with unexpected consequences.

Matta and Matto (10 min)

In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matta and Matto offer refuge to the lonely at Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of mind bending rooms at their transient hotel, deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed, but this comes at a price.

Baigal Nuur - Lake Baikal (9 min)

The formation and history of Lake Baikal in Siberia are re-imagined with hand-made animation, featuring the voice of a Buryat woman who can still recall some words in her endangered Buryat-Mongolian language.