Familiar Phantoms
Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.
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Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.
A short documentary depicting the director's family.
It is 1942. Richard Mason is the Familiar to an ancient vampiric creature, living in the bowels of an old mansion. In order to survive it's physical and mental abuse, Mason must bring it victims to feed on.
After a nationwide emergency broadcast warns citizens to stay indoors after sundown due to unexplained anomalies, a family in a quiet suburban neighborhood locks their doors, thinking they’re safe. But soon they will rea
Following against his will his father's secret plan, Habibti fled from Syria to Germany in 2015. Emotionally hurt by the journey and threatened in the new country because of his identity, he is suddenly surprised by a fa
A short experimental film showcasing a series of faces emulated with deepfake technology to resemble famous actors and actresses.
A new house. An evil presence. The Familiar.
Narrated by the linguist and anthropologist Peter Sutton, this documentary observes his work with a family in far north Queensland, outside Aurukun, to map their hereditary "clan country". The aim of the older members of
Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.
A middle aged Swiss-Korean woman flies to Korea in the midst of the pandemic after receiving news of her mother's death. Due to the measures, she spends her obligatory quarantine in the abandoned parental home. There, sh
One’s own family is not always easy. Protagonist Akosua is queer, Ghanaian-German, polyamorous, and she wants a child. Her friend, director Mala Reinhardt, accompanies her for three years on her journey through Germany a
The story of Legendary vagrant Mosey Murrin (Burns) who spent 40 years on the streets of Stephenville and Corner Brook in Newfoundland.
A girl wakes up in the middle of an unfamiliar forest with no recollection of why she's there. When she sees light coming from a distant flashlight, she follows it hoping to find a way out of the dark, but discovers that
Sara's grandfather is a missing piece in her family. Who is Kamran Tan? The director sets out in search of clues and travels to La Spezia, the coastal town where he is said to have lived. What does kinship mean when you'
It's Friday night. Pedro and Anastácia are at home, like millions of other couples in São Paulo. Locked away in the living room of their apartment, Pedro and Anastácia's relationship finds an opportunity to reveal its de
Benoit and Maryse are a brother and sister leading seemingly normal lives. Everything is changed by a series of coincidences and the arrival of a man claiming to come from the future.
Is our fate predetermined by our family history? Are familial conflicts passed on from one generation to another? And what can be done to interrupt this vicious cycle? After decades of silence, the film-maker Jonas Rothl
In a peripheral zone of Mexico City, the collection of money from merchants and residents of the area is an everyday occurrence. On a sunny Sunday, in a housing unit located in one of these areas, a merchant has not paid
Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in films for decades. Some have even gone on to become stars in their own right. They proudly stand in the shadows of the