HAMMERSMITH
Writer/Director/Star Bayou Straights does all his own stunts and faces countless catastrophes chasing his dreams to finish his action film “Hammersmith” – a franchise chock full of cliches and bad acting. Behind-the-scenes footage captures the drama of a cast and crew struggling to keep their sanity and stay employed in an unpredictable, ego filled business.
Akanuanua
“Akanuanua” is a series exploring the lived realities of our MVPFAFF Queer Pasifika community. We take an up-close and personal look into the lives of five extraordinary Queer Pasifika people. Experiencing the 'ofa (love) they create, the mafana (warmth) they exude, the malie (humor) they share, and the faka'apa'apa they deserve. All of these elements are woven together to create moving 21st-century stories jumping out to be told, “Akanuanua” does just that!
The Sunset Special
A secluded beach location, the perfect partner, the most exclusive Hotel: It is the life of your dreams. Join an eerie trip to a place of unfulfilled desire. Catch a unique glimpse through the polished facades of a world shaped by abundance and the reality distorting imagery of social media. “The Sunset Special” is a multimedia project centered around a short film series. The project deals with the effects of reality distorting imagery and narrative spread through new technologies.
The Y Theory (Season 3)
Gaspard, caregiver in a nursing home, is in a fusional relationship with Jo. Honest with her, he never concealed his attraction for men. When this desire comes back, they decide to explore it together. This last season of “The Y Theory” focuses on male bisexuality through a new main character while addressing open relationships, masculinity, polyamory, trans identity and LGBT parenting.
Affectionately, Good bye
Seo-ha and Yoon-soo were the most famous couple on campus. They dreamed about the future together but now their relationship has hit the wall of reality. An affectionate junior, Garam, appears. Unlike others, he looks at Seo-ha and actively confesses his love for her. Being with Garam always makes Seo-ha smile. Yoon-soo is drenched in longing and comes back to Seo-ha. This story is about the weary daily lives of the 20s living in this era and their tangled emotions.
Daniel/a
Three years ago, after a serious personal crisis, Daniela went abroad. Now she is back in the city, at her father's house. She wants to start over again, but from a new place: now he is Daniel. On this new journey he will meet up again with Ipar, an old university classmate, and between the two of them they will come up with a plan to help Daniel's father, who has just become unemployed.
W. (Chapter II)
W. has confined herself to her room. In search of clues to find her family, she persists in delving into her memory to find bits of her past, but she is unable to do so. In the only new memory she finds, she is locked in a toilet from which she cannot get out… What she doesn't know is that her quest will be even more complicated than expected. Bad news awaits her. Tom, the policeman she befriended, will not be by her side in her quest to find her family back…
all the guests have left
Drug-addict Scumfuck Speedy finds himself in a downward spiral when he is forced into prostitution by his pimp uncle and legal guardian uncle Helmut. A bizarre glimmer of hope lit up on the horizon, when an elderly couple is hiring him to play their never-born newborn. Slowly he loses himself in his new role.
ANA (I AM)
ANA (I AM)
Ana means I am, “Ana” is an experimental, poetic doc series of nine episodes created by nine Lebanese audiovisual artists exploring their emotions in regards to their self image and intuitively transforming them into a unique audiovisual expression. “Ana” is a series conceived & produced by Home of Cine-Jam within the Intuitive Film Lab program, created & conducted by Muriel Aboulrouss. Each artist was invited to create an episode of the series.
Magdeburg Moritzplatz (Season 2)
Party, mobbing people, drugs – that's the daily routine of Kim's clique. The sexism and the superficiality within the group are slowly getting to her. Also the new one, Omar, annoys her. Within a few days, he not only becomes the group’s new darling, but also sits at her grandma's coffee table. Omar, on the other hand, has to keep a few things secret in order not to lose the respect in the clique. A participatory series, written and filmed with young people from Magdeburg.
The Photographer
This is the story of the photographer Anna. Women come to her to be photographed, to reveal their difficulties and secrets to the camera and to come to insights and decisions. Anna has difficulties herself, for example with getting in touch with others. One day she meets someone who helps her to open up to the world and to love, even find her self-worth through photography. Slowly we learn that he is domineering, jealous and violent. She runs away, invents a new name and a new life and hides in her studio. But he tracks her down.
Fritz Menzer - A Secret Life
Fritz Menzer, a simple toolmaker from Saxony, becomes one of the Wehrmacht's central cryptologists during the National Socialist era. He develops the cipher device 41, the successor to the legendary Enigma, and holds contacts with the military resistance. Already during the war, British codebreakers are hot on Menzer's trail. And after 1945, both the Soviet Union and the USA want to secure his services. Fritz Menzer and his family get caught between the front lines of the looming Cold War…
CENTRALSTATION - Hala Belladonna
The alien Hala Belladonna travels through the portal “Centralstation” from Planet Atropia to Earth... She meets a voodoo doll from the deep sea that comes to life and sings about peace with 1000 origami cranes. The black cowboy becomes a rose but Hala's animistic heart continues to beat like a steam engine…
Daddy Issues
A dark-humored mockumentary about a dysfunctional family who recently lost connection with Neomi, the mother. The director tries to step in and help, but Rafi, the self-concentrated, infantile father, has different plans for her.
Hollywood Nazista
This documentary and educational series immerses the viewer in a universe that is somehow unknown to most of us - the cinema of Nazi Germany. The series is the result of extensive research through books and documentaries and it makes us understand how Cinema, which until the 1930s was just a form of entertainment, became a lethal weapon (responsible for the deaths of millions of people) and what types of films, directors, actors and stories were part of this macabre universe.
Kith & Kin
Three sisters return to their home in the smoky mountains of North Carolina to discover their parents are harboring a dark secret. The seemingly innocent family reunion takes a sudden, dark turn as their loyalty and love for one another is put to the ultimate test. Each dealing in their own ways, they must inevitably decide what they are willing to sacrifice for kin. At its core, “Kith & Kin” is about family - the sacrifices we make, the secrets we keep, and the love that ties it all together.
Recife's Greatest Love Story
Mago, a chowder vendor at Boa Viagem Beach, uses his street wisdom to sell his wares telling stories of love in Recife. Through him, we meet Nati, a “cool cat”, and Alê, a guy from Southeast Brazil. They are the protagonists of “Recife's Greatest Love Story”, which is told till the end only if the customers buy one more cup of his chowder.
BLACK SUNDAY
Sumo is a young Argentinian who lands in Bilbao, Spain, with his best friend Luca in search of growing in the world of electronic music. During their stay, Kila, their Spanish friend, introduces them to Rulo, a supplier of pills in the discotheque they usually frequent. To try to survive until his dream becomes a reality, Sumo is tempted by the drug business. Bewitched by the easy money, his ambition begins to grow. When he loses a huge quantity of pills, he gets involved in a shady business debt with an eccentric drug boss.
An Ultradeformer Walk
Leo, a comic book fanatic, has a plan that she hasn't planned very well; to rescue the corpse of her friend Pedro, a frustrated and lonely cartoonist, who after his death fell into the fangs of a community of confined vampires. There she meets Vampi, a very special vampire who decides to accompany Leo on her journey. Rolling in an inherited pickup truck and with the corpse lying down, they head out to strike the final blow; to recover a comic book stolen by an old friend.
As Dead As It Gets
A commissioner in the middle of Germany, in the middle of Hesse, in the middle of a province, a little bored with himself and his life, suddenly has to face life all over again. Head over heels, commissioner Bröhmann is not only left by his wife, but on top of everything, as a single father of two children, he now has to solve a murder case in the middle of his hometown. Bröhmann now has no choice but to rise above himself. A crime comedy series based on the bestselling novels by Dietrich Faber.
Beyond Fashion
“Beyond Fashion” is the first German serial format to explore fashion as a cultural asset, art form and as a mirror of the society it reflects. In each episode, host Avi Jakobs critically approaches different subjects behind the concept of fashion, such as: gender fluidity, racism in the industry, vintage as a sustainable solution in fashion and how bodies that do not conform to the norm, such as fat and disabled people, are treated in the fashion world.
The Dump (Season 2)
Beauty & Beard, a couple, are kicked out of the US and forced to move to Canada. Donald Trump's illegitimate son and a former Miss Kentucky move into an underground village, filled with outcasts, named “The Dump”. The couple share their underground with their adopted children Spoon and Spatula and their bizarre friends who are also pariahs. It's a Canadian comedy series with ludicrous puppets who live in the sewers that address socially-engaged themes and mock pop culture.
The Photo of My Life
The photographer Wooju has the ability to return to the past through his photos. People who know this ability and want to travel back in time like to visit him.
Frapuccino (Season 2)
Cyril has the compulsive need to hit someone, randomly, three times a day, at fixed times. Paolo is a serial flirter with a very heavy sense of humor. Amelie is a depressive, middle-class, heartbroken girl. Three characters off their heads, with one mission: deliver a mysterious trunk. Get them in a car for a road-trip. Shake and chill before serving!
Girl Dad
Kevin Simpson is a single dad doing double duty as he works to raise his precocious, delightful 10-year-old daughter Olivia. In the pilot episode, Olivia reveals to Kevin that she has a crush on a boy and, like most dads, he isn't thrilled about the idea. But this leads to a conversation of growth, discoveries, compromise – and lots of laughter.
Victoria
Victoria's boss grabbed her ass at a work party, he then apologized claiming it was an accident and everything was forgotten. The next morning her colleague Pablo, who is a close friend of hers and witnessed everything, tells her it wasn't an accident at all. Outraged, Victoria asks him to help her report it to Human Resources. The problem is that Pablo doesn’t want to risk his upcoming promotion and claims the incident “wasn't such a big deal”.
Witching Hour
According to the legend, the ancestral origin of evil hides in a forest, incarnated in a witch. A young couple, a documentarist and the beautiful host of the documentary will try to catch it on film, but maybe evil is already among them and they are in a place where no one can hear them scream…
The Universe Conspires. An Essay on Love.
The universe conspires. An essay on love in serial format. Montevideo, the Diversity March and a group of young people in their twenties trying to find a direction in that stage of life where everything is usually uncertain. Love, bonds, friendship, work, the future. In this context of partying and chaos, there seems to be no chance for Bruno and Bruno to meet. However, the universe conspires.
We are all Maca
How to survive in a world where romantic love doesn’t exist once you’ve been raised up waiting for Prince Charming’s arrival? When she comes across reality without a chance to escape, Maca will have to take on responsibility for herself and her choices. After banging her head against the wall too many times she finally decides to start a long process of deconstruction and self-knowledge of her own wishes and ideals.
Mid-to-Late
Leann is turning 36 and coming to grips with the fact she’s still single, childless and constantly having to figure out how to pay rent and buy groceries in the same month. Prioritizing booze, Instagram and casual hook-ups with emotionally unavailable guys – she finds herself bitter, anxiety-ridden and unable to see it’s her own devices holding her back. Her story is underpinned by a childhood riddled with trauma from growing up with a mentally ill mother.
Rhythms of Italy
“Rhythms of Italy” is a documentary series uncovering the remarkable musical traditions of the Vesuvius area in Campania, Southern Italy. The music of this volcanic land is underpinned by the thundering rhythms of the tammorra, a giant tambourine that has been played here for over 2000 years. From the tradition’s ancient roots to its dynamic and diverse present, Irish percussionist Ruairi Glasheen explores Campania’s rich musical heritage and meets the keepers of these traditions.
Petites Histoires dans la Ville
Marcela, 19 years old, is crossing the U.S.-Canada border illegally. Gonzalo, a 76-year-old interpreter, is emotionally exhausted by the cases he handles in his job. Diego, a 21-year-old gay man, finds hope for freedom in an unexpected encounter. These three Latin American characters discover the emotional ties that unite them and open a cafe theatre together. A lifelong dream that Gonzalo couldn't achieve until now. This project is the beginning of their new future in Montreal.
Landing Home
Luke is a soldier who chooses to be back with his family but underestimates the challenges he will face back home. In this gripping drama series, we follow the harrowing journey of Army Combat veteran Luke Hale as he returns home from Afghanistan and must confront the most brutal battle of his life – rebuilding his shattered existence and reconnecting with his loved ones.
Magnum Opus
After taking a lethal dose of intoxicants, a middle-aged writer locks himself in his office. Eager to write one last great piece out of spite for the people around him, he sits down at his typewriter. But the lack of inspiration and severe lightheadedness keep him from bringing anything to paper. Drifting into nothingness more and more, the writer starts imagining loved ones appearing to him one by one.
Death Phone
Julián is a good for nothing’ young YouTuber who discovers that the phone he inherited from his recently deceased dad has a glitch when you use the camera, like an old tv… and he discovers it’s a portal that can capture the images of the ghosts living amongst us and that he can communicate with them! Without weighing the risks, he sees an exciting opportunity to catch up with success in launching the first paranormal channel, featuring interviews with ghosts.
Forgotten Masters (Season 2)
Co-op radio host Ian Leighton interviews the greatest guitarists you've ever heard... but never heard of. In Season 2 he talks to Norwegian folk legend Knute Kroblett about his past... which is all his life; Scottish punk icon Keith Belland about hits like “Me mo!” and “Neeps and Tatties”; and experimental guitarist Tony Hugget about not playing of David Bowie's Heroes album.
Illuminagents
Join Agents Nara Mason and Nasmith Jones as they perform their duties for the organization that secretly runs the world. They'll encounter aliens, Australians, and moon landing fakers, all while struggling against someone who wants to expose everything they're trying to hide.
Hotel Sweet Hotel
A home is not a house, nor is a street, is not even the city you grow up in. Home is where the heart is. “Hotel Sweet Hotel” is a fictional anthology multi-genre series; the “home” of these eight episodes is a peculiar hotel on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, and it explores all forms of love through a variety of stories, that range between comedy, drama and even the supernatural. So please make your check-in and be welcome to “Hotel Sweet Hotel”, where stories come and stay in your heart.
Private
Roger is a man in his mid-fifties. Since his childhood, he was predestined to be a detective, to continue the family tradition. He encounters difficulties with the modern technology. He drinks and smokes too much. Vera is a young woman in her mid-twenties. She is very intelligent, with a strong character and doesn’t like to be walked by anyone. She can perfectly use all the modern technology. They try to solve investigations, despite their differences and their generation gap.
Detox
Zach, 17 years old, enters rehab after his best friend overdosed. The institution where he lands uses unusual techniques to treat young people. Zach discovers a group of teenagers with various addictions, including Léa, by whom he is dangerously attracted. To chart the path to his redemption, Zach will have to face his traumas.
Tokens (Season 2)
Set in the world of actors cast by productions desperate to hit their diversity quotas, “Tokens” pivots from the comedic overuse of On Call Casting, the democratic Uber-ization of diverse representation, to a comedy about the hunger-gaming of casting and the need to stay ahead of the trend. Sammie, in her quest to find a meaningful role, quits On Call Casting and lands a Hollywood agent and, seemingly, the role of a lifetime. She soon realizes being on top isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.
Segunda Pele
Sergeant Gael had his childhood marked by tragedy. His father, who was a police officer, was murdered by a criminal during an incident. Willing to follow his father's honorable example in life, he also became a sergeant in the Military Police of Minas Gerais State. Everything was just a tough routine, until the day that a bank robbery brings to light old traumas and now Sergeant Gael must face his own fears and confront them with his past to move on.
Sisyphus
The absurdity that hides behind the daily habits and routines of human beings seen individually from the directing and screenwriting class of our course. A tangible vision of a reality inclined to accept anything. Is this survival? Is this the meaning of life?
Lebensraum
In an apocalyptic world the only chance of long term survival is living in one of the underground bunkers that protect its inhabitants from the deadly radiation outside. Marie Kaufmann is one of the many who are trying to get access to a bunker by undergoing a long application process. And she is close to succeeding. Now she just has to convince the interviewers that she is worthy of being one of the privileged few to be saved.
Tito Bilbao
In Argentina football soccer means everything, and Tito Bilbao used to be its greatest commentator. Nowadays? Not so much. Tito has been forgotten and replaced by a younger broadcaster who has stolen his TV show along with his former team of panelists. Lost and depressed, he makes a decision that will change everything: he will get his show back and scream one more goal, no matter what it takes.
Digital Investigations
Lyn is a pro at analyzing people based on their online presence and Social Media profiles. While searching for information about her buddy Moe's new girlfriend, she stumbles upon dark secrets on the Internet.
Chateau Laurier (Season 2)
When the grand hotel was opened in Ottawa in 1912 it represented all that was extravagant and privileged at the dawn of a new century. This is Canada at the moment it blooms onto the world stage, growing pains and all. “Chateau Laurier” follows the struggle to control power of the hotel (and beyond) between Briar Hays, the new owner of the hotel, her estranged brother Vivian, his wide-eyed new wife Hattie, her acerbic Aunt Esme and Gabriel Sabot, the Cajun-creole boss of Lowertown.
Queen of the Playground
A brave girl, Aminka, participates in a kids’ competition for the title of “Queen of the Playground”. She challenges the current “King” in order to fight for peace and friendship in this exciting and thrilling competition. A fun comedy series for kids starring a young star-blogger Aminka Vitaminka in the main role.
