Photographic Valarie

Muse

2024

A young artist struggles to capture the beauty of a young woman who has been recently crippled and bound to a wheelchair.

House of Rot

The mind of a prisoner, expressed through various poetic stanzas, corrodes at the same rate as the house they are trapped in.

In Bloom | A Ghost Story

2024

In Bloom is an abstract Gothic Romance short film by writer-director Christopher Rosica, blending experimental cinema with the timeless themes of love, loss, and memory. Crafted with a meticulous attention to atmosphere, the film offers a haunting exploration of the boundaries between the living and the dead. Shot in evocative black-and-white on a Fujifilm XT-30 by up-and-coming cinematographer, Xuepei Hou, In Bloom pays homage to the aesthetic traditions of visionary filmmakers such as Bergman, Tarkovsky, and Fellini, while drawing narrative inspiration from literary icons like Mary Shelley and Henry James.

Toward a Course Bend All

2025

A night of tortured and solitary sleep, in which fears unfold and a bell tolls.

Voidland

This is an amateur student mood piece comprised of footage I've filmed with my Camcorder at uni over the course of the first half of 2023. The prompt given for this was 'belonging' and so I've gravitated it around the premise of navigating a place that you feel as though you don't belong in, to the point where you become detached and alienated from your own identity. - Toby.

The Upstanding Millars (of Society)

2025

The Millars - Malta's most prominent artists and philanthropists - are winding down after celebrating their gold wedding anniversary, when they're interrupted by a knock in the middle of the night. A man humbly asks for their help. The Millars oblige, because their charity is bottomless - but so is their need to make art.

The Room at the Top of the Stairs

2010

A young artist feels overshadowed by a charismatic and dangerous girl she's never met. Her life changes when she decides to follow in her nemesis's footsteps.

Fugue State

2023

A young woman under the influence of narcotics finally realizes how she’s been spending her nights.

AVE MARA. Ignosce mihi et ama.

2025

Mara—the spirit of the night, the weaver of darkened dreams—pressed upon my chest as sleep held me captive. My memory. In the haze of a dream, I saw those I loved, their faces bathed in an otherworldly glow. The nightmare was not the shadows nor the fear they whispered, but the cruel certainty of waking—of losing them to the morning light

Those Who Wander

2022 · ★ 10

What are they? What do they seek? When all the lights go out, they will wander. And you will never see them.

Codex

2024

A man on his way to an interview stumbles upon a surreal VOID, ANCIENT TEXTS, and ENIGMATIC FORCES.

Three Mirrors Creature's Flashes of Flesh

2023 · ★ 1

In the aftermath of an emotional shock, a ruthless high-class manager faces her own abyss, becomes pervaded by a sensory spirit and undertakes a purifying voyage.