Tense standoffs, risky gambits, and subtle manipulation characterize these stories about the lengths we go to control our own lives—and sometimes those of others.
Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her from her family only have interest in profiting off of the peculiarities of her body.
Three friends are hanging out at the marina with the adrenaline rushing after they have stolen energy drinks from the supermarket. When they notice an autistic man, Agnes, the “alpha” of the group, starts to exploit the man’s good-natured way of being.
The monotonous life of Cleo and Judy, a queer couple who run a kitschy love motel, is thrown into disarray when Cleo falls for a visiting dominatrix. Meet the filmmaker: https://youtu.be/6YgWUaArPcc
Gina, a Filipina Gemini doing her best, takes the advice of her sliding scale therapist to spend a day with her INNER SABOTEUR. Enter Gianna. Will they make peace, or does Gianna, like, literally want Gina dead?
A woman and a man are in a room, a gecko sits in a terrarium, several flies are circling a lamp. Gradually we find more and more dependencies, analogies between their activities and observed elements as the rhythm of their universes accelerates.