Movies: One take

A tormented man struggling with his inner demons, seeks desperately a way to be at peace with himself....

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A worn couple finally airs out the distance between them....

A teenager overhears a phone call and inserts himself into the father-son story behind it. As this strange 'conversation' develops, two separately wounded lives slowly wind into a double helix of pain, regret, and filial love....

Madi is a junior doctor who desperately needs a break. Her partner, Dana, takes her on a getaway with her friend group. Will Madi finally get the Low Stress Day she desires?...

Mohan takes Apurva, a refined foodie, to a shady roadside restaurant. Her skepticism peaks when Mohan orders Dudh Sev, an unusual curry of milk and spicy snacks. As they wait, the waiter's lively interactions reveal the dhaba's charm....

"Dancing is sculpting in time." Diotima captures the fluid grace of two people sculpting time through dance, in a continuous one-take shot around Indy Simin's "Echt in Vorm." Their movements inside, around, and upon the sculpture reveal a simple unit...

Alex (25), is a young Haitian man living in Chile who is undocumented and does not speak Spanish. After a car accident he is helped and translated by Daniela (50), a passerby with whom he is going to live what could be his last 15 minutes of life....

In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—through a distorted lens. They may be fictional, but these dizzying one-take videos do have the ring of ...

Hannah and Leo want to attend the party of the year but don't know where it is. When they finally meet a classmate, they soon have to find out the real reason for their exclusion and are faced with the decision of whether they still want to carry out...

A couple's break up gets out of hand as the man tries to woo his woman back in a strange house. Hijinks ensue....

A young woman confronts her boyfriend to discuss the future of their relationship — on her own unique terms....

Two thugs, a man with a gun, a furious girlfriend, an angry taxi driver, the police. And one unlucky guy in the middle....

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A man goes home after a long time while away from his family. The daughter's phone call around the time of his arrival starts to tighten him....

A woman meditates on her life in an 80-minute unbroken zoom shot....

A boy’s life is threatened when his home is invaded by a group of zombie-like creatures masked in a familiar face…...

A heated argument breaks out when Carlos finds out his longtime girlfriend Maria is pregnant....

Tell me you didn’t do what you shouldn’t have done , I’ll forget everything I saw...

When Amy and her boyfriend have a nice dinner in a restaurant where they first met, it turns out there's some pressure on their relationship....