Search Results for "duality"

This story is about the various possibilities in life faced by a mother and her son. They arrive at a train station in a small rural town with some purpose in mind. On their way to their destination, the parent and child are faced with a variety of choices. While some of the choices are trivial, others are very important for the two.

A young woman wakes up and finds a photo of herself sleeping on her phone, she lives alone.

Duality is a film about a man who is traveling between different universes against his will. Through his experience and struggle the film looks at the power of choice and his inner and outer conflict with dual realities.

Jason must confront the darkest parts of himself when he is accused of a crime he can't remember committing.

After their mother suspiciously dies, Gemma (25) and Charlotte (23) are left to raise their younger brother alone in their small, isolated cabin in Alaska. While they remain financially struggling, their estranged, wealthy father falls into a coma. Gemma, the oldest and next to kin, would be faced with making the decision to pull the plug or not. However, Charlotte, lusting over the potential inheritance, is determined to prove she should be the one to decide because Gemma is mentally ill.

An ambitious student finds his life empty after failing an exam. An unexpected encounter with a carefree student he admires drags him into an identity conflict. The happiness he now feels is put into question: Did he really find a new friend, or is he confronting his own shadow?

A woman thinks she's being stalked. But her husband doesn't believe her. Who's right?

Rajjo, a member of the Hijra community works as a chef to earn a living. During a few random encounters, Rajjo develops a crush on a girl but realizes neither his community nor the world outside approve of his existence.

Lia's existence threatens all of humanity, and Agent 57 has only one mission: to eliminate her... but what seemed like a simple operation reveals something deeper: a connection between them. Caught between duty and a truth she doesn't understand, perhaps destroying Lia also means destroying something within herself.

A feature film that revolves around the life of Chukki who lives in the coastal town of Udupi, where he is famous for playing characters in a unique traditional art form. Chukki seemingly trapped in society falls in love and decides to leave the coastal town. Chukki's life decisions turn out to be grave when the very people who applauded his performance on stage ridicule him. His life turns miserable under the deep blue night sky not knowing where to head on a caliginous path. The film showcases the colorful, subtle journey of the coastal art form and Chukki’s struggles in different spheres of his life which also quietly affects many lives surrounding him and the traditional art form

Two monsters playing board games.

On a spring day, a young couple drifts apart and back together: Nima, lost in office routines and an evening celebration, and Tara, roaming markets in search of both a dress and a place to bury her secrets. Meanwhile, Aban, a young woman swept up in the tremors of first love, embarks on a journey of her own. Their paths, at once ordinary and fateful, begin to circle and echo one another in ways that move beyond the limits of time and space.

Is an experimental-format short film/music video that oscillates between psychological thriller and suspense - the creative result of the cognitive hiatus suffered during the pandemic, established to raise mental health awareness.

A racing legend and his greatest rival face off in an epic demolition derby.

An autobiographical collage that questions self-identity.

Non Duality refers to the educational film genre, in rhythmic and associative montages of meaning, tackles the theme of the belief in the separateness of the Self that lies at the foundation of Western culture and the divisive naturalizing function of language itself. The film juxtaposes archival footage from the Educational Film Studio in Łódź and a documentary and personal record of a conversation with Halina Pytlasinska, a British psychologist and therapist who works with the collective unconscious using the social dreaming matrix method.

Equipoise, eclipsing dualism and esoterica are explored in Alexa Lautenschlager's directorial debut. During a historically divisive time, we must attempt to transcend said division and find the harmonious middle ground.

"The Duality" is an evocative essay film exploring liminality through Lake Fundudzi and Murena, a young Christian Venda man. Juxtaposing tradition and modernity, the sacred and secular, the film delves into his introspective journey, challenging beliefs and prompting reflection on transformation, spirituality, and the fluid boundaries of identity.

HollyShorts 2023

Few artists embody boundless creativity quite like Lindsey Stirling—and now, she brings her visionary seventh album Duality to life on one of the world’s most iconic stages. Filmed from the legendary Royal Albert Hall, this one-night-only event is more than a concert: it's a full-scale live production, a cinematic homage to the sonic and emotional journey of Duality. Known for her genre-bending virtuosity on electronic violin and high-octane choreography, Lindsey conjures an immersive experience that fuses music, dance, and storytelling.

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

In the heart of the Caribbean, a mother and daughter confront a malevolent curse erasing identities of all the island's women, propelling them on a daring quest to reclaim their rich cultural heritage and triumph over the encroaching darkness.

On the day of her audition, a dance student confronts the materialisation of her own reflection, a presence that disrupts her preparation and puts her performance at risk.

Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own.

A man experiences strange phenomena after arriving home in his car.

A young man fights to overcome his inner demons as he prepares to meet a girl at a party.

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

An unhappy young man becomes confused about reality, guilt, his own identity and love life after he gets to know his next-door neighbor, a seductive femme fatale.

A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.

The chasm through which light bleeds , bleeds out of proportion with bright spectral flickers flaming the trees abrading out the tissues with excruciating vigour gaining momentum

'Who is Alice' carries us on a darkly funny, compelling and sometimes cringe worthy journey into the highs and lows of what human beings will do to try to avoid pain and connect to happiness. Alice is a 35 year old actress desperately hanging on to her 'new young thing' career. She is willing to sacrifice almost everything in order to reach the top and this mind-bending story takes us down the rabbit hole with her.

A man is haunted successively by seven women who have lost their keys. He reacts to the request that he be allowed to use the toilet with increasing helplessness and despair, which is discharged in violence.

A young woman struggling with daily life starts to wonder how her laid-back boyfriend gets to be so damn okay with everything.

An ode to stillness, in the form of an experimental documentary miniature, inspired by Vitosha mountain and Sofia

A former hitman wallows in the idea of him having to come in terms with the fact that he is ageing up without a purpose (in this new life) as he is confronted by the demons of his past life.