We Hear the Distant Ring of Saturn (2016)

기숙사제의 전문학교 오오토리 학원에 전학 온 텐죠 우테나는 교내에서 '장미의 신부'라고 불리우는 소녀 히메미야 안시와 만나게 되고, 그 때문에 학생들간의 결투에 휘말려든다. 우테나는 점점 안시와 가까워지지만 그럴 수록 안시가 감추고 있던 비밀을 하나 둘 알아가게 된다. 결국 우테나는 안시와 함께 '바깥세계'로 탈출하기로 결심하는데...

예복을 입고 피를 철철 흘리는 ‘신’(神)이 할복을 하는 장면으로 영화가 시작한다. 스스로의 배를 째고 내장을 끄집어내 신은 죽음에 이른다. 그 시체 속에서 모습을 드러낸 ‘어머니 지구’는 신의 시체를 뒤져서 얻은 정액으로 스스로 임신한다. 임신한 그녀는 광활하고 척박한 어딘가를 방황한다. 그녀는 다 자란 기형적인 남자를 낳는다. ‘지구의 아들’은 한 무리의 무표정한 유목민들을 만난다. 유목민들은 길다란 탯줄 또는 밧줄로 지구의 아들을 묶어 붙잡는다. 지구의 아들은 유기물질을 구토하고, 유목민들은 이것을 축복으로 받아들인다. 마침내 유목민들은 그를 불속으로 끌고 가 불태운다. 어머니 지구는 부활한 아들을 발견하고 그를 도우려 한다. 그녀는 예의 탯줄 또는 밧줄과 유사한 줄로 그를 묶어 붙잡는다. 그때 유목민들이 다시 나타나 어머니 지구를 강간하고 죽인다. 지구의 아들은 죽어 널부러진 어머니 곁에 남겨져 울부짖는다. 여러 명의 사람들이 나타나 어머니 지구를 옮긴 뒤 시체를 훼손한다. 그 뒤 지구의 아들에게로 와서 그 역시 죽인 뒤 시체를 훼손한다. 사람들은 시체 토막들을 땅 여기 저기에 골고루 나눠 심는다. 그 묻힌 곳에 꽃이 우거지게 핀다. -위키피디아

당나귀는 한 농장의 어린아이에게 사랑받는 애완동물로서 인간과 첫 인연을 맺게 되지만, 곧 한 젊은 여성의 손에 넘겨지면서 힘든 삶의 여정을 시작하게 된다. 그 여성의 삶은 잔인한 애인에게 능욕당한 뒤 비참하게 살해되는 것으로 끝을 맺고, 새로 당나귀의 주인이 된 그녀의 애인은 당나귀에게 매질을 하며 괴롭힌다. 그러나 그녀의 애인 역시 불행한 최후를 맞게 되고, 당나귀는 빵집 주인의 손을 거쳐 가이드 동물이 되기도 하고, 서커스단의 스타가 되기도 하며, 쟁기를 끌 수밖에 없는 초라한 신세로 지내기도 한다. 이러한 힘든 삶이 끝나갈 무렵 당나귀는 한 나이든 방앗간 주인의 소유물이 되는데...

인간의 영역이자 전쟁과 죽음만이 가득한 어둠의 왕국, ‘도미니언’. 어린 시절 도미니언의 황제에게 억울하게 아버지를 잃고 노예와 같은 삶을 살던 한 용사가 죽음의 문턱에서 우연히 신성한 영역이자 빛의 세계인 ‘무나’에 가게 된다. 그리고 그 곳에서 자신이 도미니언의 오랜 전쟁을 끝내고 세상에 평화를 안겨줄 최후의 전사로 선택되었음을 알게 된다. 이에 그는 아버지에 대한 복수는 물론 암흑의 시대를 끝낼 마지막 전쟁을 치르기 위해 생명의 검, 오리온 검을 들고 도미니언의 심장부로 향하는데…

Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel, but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill.

A series of interviews are conducted concerning people's beliefs towards the possibility of an afterlife. The interviews are filmed against a set of strange backdrops, and are intercut with clips from classic films and a variety of stock footage.

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, iron-willed journalist Sheng Nan (“Surpass Men” in Chinese) is pressured to make a quick fortune and find mind-blowing sex before the costly surgery numbs her senses. Taking on a businessman’s biography writing job, she hikes into the misty mountains, where a chain of outbursts with her dysfunctional family, grumpy client, misogynistic co-worker and dreamlike romantic interest hilariously unfold. As deeply moving as it is luminously witty, writer-director Teng Congcong’s debut waltzes across the bitterness swallowed by her generation of women born under China’s One Child Policy, unprecedentedly burdened to “surpass men” while trying not to be “leftover women” at the same time. Saluting the 18th-century Chinese literature classic Dream of the Red Chamber in its title, the enchanting gem refreshes the novel's transcendent contemplation on desire, death and womanhood from a modern cinematic perspective.

The onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.

A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visitors to the mystical town encounter eccentric characters and a series of calamities that lead them to unexpected miracles.

One of Klahr's masterpieces, Altair is an 8 minute collage color -noir culled from late-40s pages of Cosmopolitan, which induces a sense of claustrophobia and dread through its use of Stravinsky's The Firebird.

Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the world for real. Second entry in Adrian Țofei's trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and Pure.

"Beginnings are rare and fleeting. All we are left with in life is a long and unavoidable journey to the end. Describe the burdens you carry with you on this journey." I sent the above prompt to friends and colleagues and asked for any artistic response. I received numerous poems, songs, short stories, etc. I took all of the responses and stitched together the verses, stories, and emotions into a narrative following the protagonist through a day in his life. My goal was to give a snapshot of the mental health of those around me and remind everyone that they are not alone in their sadness.

A young filmmaker documents the murder confessions of three young women who seduce him into their strange world of spiritual "dimensions" and "transcendence." The ringleader, Raven, holds everyone in her psychological grip, until her secret is exposed and a power struggle ensues.

“Manual of Evasion LX94” is a thought-provoking Dadaist film about time by the Portuguese director Edgar Pêra. It was shot in Lisbon in 1994 and stars Terence McKenna, Robert Anton Wilson and Rudy Rucker. Time is explored from many unusual angles, while Pêra fills the screen with a wide variety of bizarre and mind-warping imagery.

Final entry in Adrian Țofei's trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and We Put the World to Sleep.

Sociologist David W. Wahl explores the identity work involved in Kay Parker shifting from being a legend of the adult film industry to her current occupation as a metaphysical counselor.

Former child prodigy James Harries and his family may at first sight seem to be a houseful of geniuses, but although every single member has a Ph.D. in Metaphysics, we soon discover that some were purchased from a fake university in the USA, while the others were awarded to them by themselves. They regard themselves as morally, intellectually, and financially superior to the rest of society, even though the clan (housed in a mock mock-Tudor cottage in the middle of a Cardiff council estate) includes a convicted arsonist, an astral projectionist, a former Bunny Girl, a part-time private detective and a transgender daughter (James is now Lauren), all of whom seem to live their lives in a parallel universe.

An animated film made from approximately 1700 laser printed photo(collage)s, manipulated by hand.

A frenetic and poetic flight on the wings of classic Greek mythology.

510 On a sleepy morning Eduardo Kac, Professor of Biology, cross-fertilized his own DNA with that of the petunia. From the poetry book of Márton Simon.

Time spent at two shores, one thinly populated, the other a wasteland, joined by the interluency of various paths taken, each bit real enough, though exact measures being obscurely indicated. Notions of home and its ache are, to borrow a phrase, “not capable of being told unless by far-off hints and adumbrations”.

Vanessa Place is a writer, artist, and criminal defense attorney. Her 2010 book "The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law" critically examined the laws and punitive measures currently employed in the US regarding sex crimes, in addition to proposing that we expand our conception of “rape culture” into an understanding of culture broadly. "If I Wanted Your Opinion, I’d Remove the Duct Tape" is a recording of a performance work of the same title that she toured in 2016 onward, in which she read a set of rape jokes.

The main characters of the film are two small boys who share the throne of Karmapa, the highest office of one of Tibetan Buddhism's main sects and the third in line after the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. As with the Dalai Lama, Karmapa is the same soul which reincarnates in each successor to the office, who is identified by omens, portents and other signs. The Karmapa line actually pre-dates the Dalai Lama's, and their respective importance has alternated in the course of history with either the Karmapa or Dalai Lama holding precedence. Only one of the current Karmapas lives in Tibet, who is recognized by the Dalai Lama but controlled by the Chinese government for political ends. The second Karmapa lives in New Delhi, India and was selected by a Tibetan group in exile. The film was shot in India, Nepal and Tibet and features the Dalai Lama as narrator, providing an incisive spiritual and political view of occupied Tibet.