The Big Friday

Mitochondrial A poetic, experimental, and auditory allegory of black women and mitochondria, the powerhouse of our cells.

Fernweh

Program: Bodism My project shows an attempt to cope with everyday existence and give it meaning. In the chaos of events, thoughts, issues, routine and everyday rituals become a safe haven that protects us from asking ourselves questions about meaning, etc. Treatments around the body, obsession with beauty and youth, excessive health care give us the illusion of controlling time and body. Bursting, splitting, striking out, alienating is not the result of a symptom, a disease manifestation of its existence. This is just because there is a crack, split, alienating fission in human nature.

Night and Day Being trapped in the United States and self-isolated, I had a video chat with my family in China. Back in January, I shot a roll of film recording the sunset at Santa Monica beach, and rewatching it now, I decided to prolong the dusk as an attempt to erase the decisive boundary which separates night and day.

TANNISHO Yuien is a troubled young man. He meets the Buddhist monk Shinran, and listens to his teachings. Shinran takes him on as his disciple, and they travel together, with experiences both joyous and heartbreaking awaiting them on the road.

Chapayev is with Us Short propaganda film released to raise army morale during first months of war. Civil War hero and Red Army commander Vasily Chapayev (killed in 1919 by White Army officers then drowned in the Ural river) swims ashore but it's the summer of 1941. Chapayev asks who are Soviets fighting off this time, hears that it's Germans once again and then gives an inspiring speech. He is played by Boris Babochkin who famously portrayed Chapayev in 1934 biopic.

Mein Vs Tu When the female members of the family denies to do household chores, male members decide to exchange the duties and this fun role reversal of the family binds them emotionally.

Visitors When concerned friends visit their bandmate, they’re invited in for some tea… with just a splash of the undead.

Slightly Mad The story revolves around the philosophical journey of a youngster. How he understands the world around, what he interprets about the characters of people around him and how does his colorful journey of life unfolds forms the plot of the film.

The Magentalman and the ... The Magentalman lives an ordinary life in his empty world, every day is the same. Life is boringly black and white, until there's green. Mint green. A gay love story about how it feels to find your soulmate.