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Aesthetic is a deep look into why people think something isn't the same as everything else.

A couple by the sea. Fragments of speech. A distant gaze and a trembling one. Between what is performed and what is seen, the image begins to fracture.

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Andres Kurg is an art historian who likes Danish modernist architecture and therefore wants to settle there. He argues with Danish officials to grant him a residence permit for aesthetic reasons.

A lazy and lonely procrastinator James, feels that he never amounted to anything. Needing to be fulfilled - he begins writing a script. But where did he get the inspiration?

One of Disney's lost Lafflets cartoons

A real look at how we are when you strip everything away and only the skeleton remains.

A sensory odyssey that spans from the dawn of creation to the edge of annihilation, yet ultimately transcends beyond it.

Shot on 8mm by Isao Yamada.

A Queer Aesthetic follows Sydney based portrait artist Guy James Whitworth for twelve months before his 2014 exhibition 'A Queer Aesthetic'.

Bastard Aesthetic is about the art of drag, which has been marginalized for years. Even with the recent popularization and with the awakening of a respect for drag queens, Lya Ford and Luna Vicious show how drag and fighting are inseparable. During the birth of these women, a process of hours, they tell us a little about their lives, their trajectories through drag and their love for what they do. We follow their night lives and, with the break of dawn, their deaths. Until the next night.

Waking up from a fuzzy dream, a man encounters a strange glass of water...

Iwatsuki Reiko, a writer for a weekly magazine goes on a trip to Amakusa, Kyushu with Yukitake Asami, the president of a company. Yukitake informs Iwatsuki that she has many enemies.

What is digital safe space? What is digital safe space for queers, feminists, LGBTQIA+, and those who seek out nostalgia in popular culture, as well as its connections to social movements and practices of freedom and for creative reflection? Does digital safe space always mean digital brave space due to the contemporary changing status of women, gender, and sexual minorities in the U.S. and the popular figures and forms of creative expression that might, at one period, help define these groups’ struggles publicly, but, in another, participate in discourses that further their harm? How does a space of concentration, music, and visualization produce an experience of nostalgic transport while not censoring or erasing the presence of figures that might now be considered too problematic to acknowledge as part of queer, trans, and feminist cultures for past acts of support?

If a comet is a cosmic snowball made up of ice, dust, and rock with a tail millions of miles long, which it is, then consider A First Attempt at Aesthetic Resistance a kind of lit-media-art cosmic snowball made up of socio-cultural criticism, personal essay a la David Sedaris but less digressive, and a Saturday Night Live-like cinematic reflection – ON PLASTIC-INJECTION MOLDED CHAIRS. Writer, director, producer, Patrick Bazin, hits a sweet spot between humor and terror, delivering a hyper-stylized blow to the tyranny of blandness, mass-produced plastics, conformity, and uniformity. A First Attempt at Aesthetic Resistance leaves a righteous desire-for-beauty afterglow millions of miles long.

The 1st story, Tony Oki, a perverted man, falls in love with Yui, a young wife who enjoys playing tennis with her husband. While her husband was at work, someone broke into her front door and raped her. At that time, a photo was taken and the lewd act was uploaded to a blog with my eyes on it. Yui is forced to endure the perverted man's escalating outdoor exposure training, knowing that her body and mind are being violated, but she can no longer overcome her physical desires. The 2nd story, her body was exposed to her brother-in-law who was on a long business trip after her husband died. The 3rd story, Her husband is indifferent and they have almost no sex life, but Miho has a strong sexual desire and spends her days masturbating. As a stimulant, Miho remembered the masochistic sex she had with her ex-boyfriend. One day, unable to control herself, Miho went to see her ex-boyfriend. She was inflamed by her ex-boyfriend's extreme sadistic sexual acts.

Martian Spies tells a love story between a boy who pretends to be a terrorist and a young girl, who is the wife of a KGB agent. The boy tells her that he has been hired to shoot the president – Yeltsin. The end is poetic yet addressing the politics of revenge and corruption in Russia. Miners stand in front of their mine, singing a song, which tells the story of contemporary Russian politics.

Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.

Eun-hee and Jung-yeon head toward a pension to have a blast with the guys. Chul-soon is the janitor and he is caught sneeking a peek at Eun-hee and Jung-yeon tanning, but gets away with it in return for letting them take an embarassing video of him. That night, while having dinner, Eun-hee excuses herself from the table and Jung-yeon and Min-ki have sex. They realize someone is wwatching and thinking it's Chul-soon again, beat him up. However, Chul-soon is innocent and he decides to take revenge.

A small time crook who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets himself into trouble with loan sharks and the yakuza. He dreams of becoming a successful big-shot and embarks on the life of a yakuza hitman.

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.

Created by Rafaela Andrade, this fashion film explores contemporary fashion compositions and urban aesthetics through striking architectural locations. Directed and filmed by Matheus Gallo, the visual narrative highlights the elegance and textures of the garments, blending detailed close-ups of accessories with monumental urban backdrops. Art directed by Fernanda Neves and styled by Bianca Farias, the project serves as a sophisticated visual portfolio celebrating a collaborative creative vision.

A bakery cashier who can’t cook decides to bake meringue cookies to confess her love to the boy she likes on Valentine’s Day.

If you are tired of shopping within the bounds of the boring and ordinary three dimensions, you can count on Corrado, our experienced and definitely not mentally deranged salesman, to guide you through our endless aisles.

A silent office employee struggles to balance his soul-crushing job and taking his internal organs out of his body.

An AI-generated teaser film to promote the Prada Mode event, which the fashion brand will hold at the iconic Chelsea Hotel during the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by and co-starring Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima.

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nao Omori) and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide). Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's award-winning novel of the same name received the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film and Excellent Actor.

Buddy can't get over his ex, and it's starting to ruin his life (and his coffee).

Stranded after a disastrous gig, an all-girl heavy metal band finds a woman in danger in a town ruled by a warlock, and crawling with cannibals, vampires, and a deadly werewolf, forcing them to fight for survival.

Gönül Gül is a member of the assassin society called "Elders Club". She hunts people who have done her wrong in the past. The next target is an old lover.

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A man ventures out into the streets of a pandemic-ridden London.

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When a spacey-teenager notices a storefront-psychic, she convinces her cautious friend into getting a reading together. Quickly their fortune turns as they attempt to land the gig of a lifetime.

A princess awakes from her slumber and explores the city around her, only to run into a prince studying the surrounding flora and fauna.

Poor Gilded Girls follows Alina, a scholarship student at an elite boarding school, who becomes captivated by Helena and her wealthy circle of friends. Drawn into a world of designer clothes, pills, parties, and privilege, Alina slowly begins to blur the line between admiration and obsession. As her desire to belong turns into a desperate need to become someone else, the illusion of wealth and status unravels, leading both girls toward a tragic and violent confrontation. A psychological drama about class, identity, envy, and the dangerous cost of wanting a life that was never yours.

A black market photographer is hired by a journalist to photograph the victims of a known serial killer.

An independent and original 80s style love letter to the summer camp slashers of the past. When a group of teens are hired to clean up an old summer camp, they soon discover a mysterious VHS tape that reveals glimpses of the future and begin to uncover a dark secret tied to the camps past.

When her lover stands her up once again, Fleur must find new ways to distract herself from the fact she's waiting in vain.

An art film that captures the title as a triple entendre.

A film shot in quarantine that explores the new normal in a world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, told through a personal lens in an autobiographical narrative.

A character examination told through a short film.

A folk singer in 17th-century Kerala discovers a mansion. Inside, he encounters an enigmatic cook and a powerful master, setting in motion a chain of events that changes his life.

The story follows Chandra, a mysterious, goth-influenced woman who has just moved to Bangalore and begins working night shifts at a café. Across the road from her apartment live Sunny and Venu, two aimless bachelors. Sunny becomes infatuated with Chandra, observing her odd routines, strange visitors, and reclusive nature. Their dynamic changes when Sunny gets a glimpse of Chandra in her act.

The Homicide Intervention Team (HIT) sends ruthless police officer Arjun Sarkaar to find a group of killers and stop their grisly murder spree.

A devastating accident forces aspiring dancer Violet to relearn life in a wheelchair. Through dance and an unexpected bond, she discovers that dreams don't disappear - they transform.

The Elk sculpture is a beloved icon in Portland, Oregon, but it was sidelined during the 2020 protests. Six years later, it returns, this time to a city and a nation divided over who or what belongs on a pedestal. As protest consumed Portland, Ore. in 2020, the city removed a beloved elk sculpture for safekeeping. Six years later, the elk is the first of the city's damaged monuments to return, and the only sculpture without controversy. But in a city that never really stopped protesting, people remain divided over why the elk went away—and what it means for the dinged-up but refurbished symbol to finally return. Set in an American city reckoning with its symbols of westward expansion, the unfolding fate of the elk and the other sculptures tells the story of a nation divided over who and what belongs on a pedestal.