INFORMED ENGAGED

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.

FUGUE

After volunteering for an experimental medical trial, a schizophrenic man confronts his past actions.

Ripple in a Pond of Blood

A woman’s attempt to resurrect her deceased dog through occult rituals goes horribly wrong—tearing a hole in reality and unleashing a slow, surreal descent into violence and madness.

Ingest

Whilst clearing through his dead dad's apartment, David discovers an unmarked videotape. Which, upon playing, draws him to a sinister self-reflection.

Cookie Logic

2024

A young scientist studies the mechanics of time travel by having a conversation with a group of her future selves.

The Scary Movie

1993 · ★ 6.6

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

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.

Succession

Through the opposition of two temporalities, Succession questions the parallel yet divergent evolution of humans and plants. The film explores the confrontation between two living beings, one gradually taking over the other.

In The Shadows

2025

After obtaining a video camera, a serial killer starts stalking women around town.

Osessione

1997

No synopsis available.

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.