• In Search of Lost Time

These deeply personal documentary films trace moments from the past to the present through the use of archive, testimony and artistry.

Short Films

What I Had to Leave Behind

As a tenant moves out of their apartment, their memories of living in that space reawaken, one last time.

Love, Dad

Rediscovering the heartfelt letters her dad wrote to her 15 years ago from prison, director Diana Cam Van Nguyen writes to him with a new understanding.

My Father's Damn Camera!

A reckless boy desperately seeks the attention of his father — a photographer. A journey through his father’s artistic chaos is essential to strengthen their bond. Hand-drawn and stop-motion animation are intertwined to take audiences on a ride through the archive of Slovenian photographer Dragiša Modrinjak.

Yugo

A couple is forced to leave their native countryside to settle in the outskirts of Bogotá and work in a factory making decorative truck parts. Their situation provides the means to explore capitalism and the liberal economic development of Latin America and its consequences for the environment and society.

And Then They Burn the Sea

Weaving personal family archives with reenacted dreams and rituals, a filmmaker ruminates on witnessing his mother’s gradual and terminal memory loss over the course of many years.

Some Kind of Intimacy

The filmmaker tries to communicate with the sheep living where his parents are buried.

The Feeling of Being Close to You

Now separated by thousands of miles, mother and daughter try to heal their rift as they talk openly about their past, present, and future.

Space Lady

On the eerie plains of rural Colorado, Susan (aka The Space Lady) is beginning to receive notoriety for her early contributions to electronic pop music after decades of homelessness and obscurity.

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