A few moments after the end of the world, Eva appears in a strange new place to learn that her evacuation to the Strange Planet is guaranteed by her life insurance policy.
Demi-Demons is an essay film about the contradictions of contemporary existence, which separate us from our natural instincts, opening abysses within us. The glorification of the hermaphrodite, the hedonism of virtual realities, the search for new levels of physical attraction and forms of higher consciousness, ambivalence towards sexual reproduction, these abysses embody the existential struggles inherent in navigating the terrain between instinct and enlightenment in a rapidly evolving world.
A summer night’s trip to an empty museum in the middle of a meteorite crater takes a magical turn when a star bursts through the cloudy sky. As it plunges into the museum the world is transformed into a sea of life, myth and times long past.
Through meticulous cut-up, collaging and stop motion, Nico Vassilakis makes words dance across the screen, moving our eyes in all different directions. This video poem is dynamic and colourful, and brings into question what happens when we 'see' a word - where do we distinguish between the image a word forms in our minds, and the image it forms on a page or screen?
Strange places take shape in a torch’s beam of light and the sound of water droplets hitting the ground punctuates our footsteps. In the distance, we hear muffled music, where does it come from?
Deep within the dark woods, on the shores of a lake, a little girl and her grandfather live in a humble wooden cabin. The old man is ill, and Death, a strange creature, comes to take him away. The girl, aware and determined, wants to confront Death.
A young astronaut named Zena arrives on planet Earth and encounters someone who is actually Death. An uncomfortable relationship of tension and seduction ensues, as she questions why Death has not come to take her soul.
Chain, a young boy who was stuck by his own traumas, can't go back to follow his passion, playing guitar, alongside with communicating with friends due to anxiety. After meeting with Arthit, a boy who have the same passions, Chain start to see things from different angles.
Far, far away, endless fields overgrown with weeds stretch to infinity. A beautiful garden is hidden in the middle of them, and it is carefully looked after by the Gardener. Her endurance is put to the test when a severe storm breaks out and her garden is flooded with seeds of weeds. This innocent encounter slowly grows into a life-and-death struggle. The Gardener tries her best to defeat this elemental force, but her fear and her desire to resist the intruders at all costs puts her entire world at risk.
In a dystopian world, a girl breaks her ceramic pot, which holds a secret within. The breaking of the pot opens portals to a parallel universe and the girl enters a time of transformation in which the creation of a new world is finally possible.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has released a film addressing the romantic stereotypes of what some people think the Paralympics represent versus the brutal reality of high-performance sport.
A short animated film which centers around the character Saul, and his reluctant journey into Oxford Street, London where he has an unexpected life changing encounter with a rough sleeper.
Having crept into a tent, a young girl steps out of it grown and strangely dressed as a bunny rabbit. An inner journey through which the young woman tries to understand the drama at the root of all her suffering.