In her short film, Sunsets Caramelizados, Ciriza reveals the secret poetry that she and her abuela Aida Rodriguez shared. As she submerges jewelry and her hands into a tarry pot of boiling sugar she uses invocations, sculptural ritual and the abstract erotic in an attempt to reverse ancestral pain in her Cuban bloodlines and to open a passageway for her abuela’s earthly departure.
In her short film, Sunsets Caramelizados, Ciriza reveals the secret poetry that she and her abuela Aida Rodriguez shared. As she submerges jewelry and her hands into a tarry pot of boiling sugar she uses invocations, sculptural ritual and the abstract erotic in an attempt to reverse ancestral pain in her Cuban bloodlines and to open a passageway for her abuela’s earthly departure.
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind, take charge of her life and fulfil her dream of starting her own business.
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
The film consists of 16 shorts that explore, with humor and social criticism, the characteristics of the Argentine identity.
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
This satirical anthology tells the surreal stories of a gift for Don Horacio, a trip to the beach for Bermejo, a life-changing relationship between Tina and the young immigrant Ayoub, and a new client for a company that specializes in excuses.
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.