The Moon Smiled at Me Today

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.

A Girl Emerges

An old VHS tape shows the mysterious, disjointed broadcast of an unknown blonde girl materializing from the trees. From their hunger, she discovers she too has violent appetites, leading her down a path of monstrous consequences that the town and its people around her are forced to reconcile with.

Ingest

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

Síncope

★ 10

Elise is running from a strange, obscured figure. The danger is at her home, her street - inside of her. She runs and runs, but doesn't seem to get away from it. Meanwhile, a mirrored figure is playing a chess game with her life.

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.

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.