Movies: Dreams

Recently I had a dream... I dreamt that I was a martyr....

This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950...

"Beginnings are rare and fleeting. All we are left with in life is a long and unavoidable journey to the end. Describe the burdens you carry with you on this journey." I sent the above prompt to friends and colleagues and asked for any artistic resp...

The story of the person who became the captive of surrealistic madness....

A strange dream forgotten in the morning and an unaccountable feeling cause Liviu to look with resignation upon the world he's living in. His awakening to reality may coincide with the birth of his child ......

A intense feeling of euphoria, no risks, no feeling hungover tomorrow, no consequences. Experimental super drug ‘Dream State’ is nearly ready for human trials. Seeing an opportunity to shake her lifelong ‘good-girl’ image, Rob, contacts a local drug...

In September 1957, the philosopher Carl Gustav Jung was interviewed in Houston. Part of that interview was filmed in 16mm. After reviewing the images obtained, the footage was censored in many countries, ending up in oblivion, lost in a warehouse in ...

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Rami in his last acedemic year occurs problems that make him think about suicide, then appears nour and some situations redirect his thoughts...

In this cyclical fever dream, a woman struggles to win over the crowd....

A man is having a nightmare...

Praxis peels away the layers of narrative even as Brian, the film's axis, struggles to create his true self. Brian, a writer on the verge of a breakdown, is aided by Joe and an Elusive Woman as he sifts through the fragments of his persona to discove...

When the sun goes down DREAMS wake up. Three creatures dare to judge a mysterious DREAMER. They judge his existence and motivations as long as they question their own fears and cravings by playing to be creators....

A man looks for his missing dog in the middle of a strange night....

“And, 'twixt the shadows and frights of nocturnal splendors, My beloved will secretly be hiding. Say what you will, say what you may.” The sound of a distant whistle and theorbo calls a sleeping singer through the empty streets of Stuttgart in a mid...

A bohemian painter named Artist and a guitarist named James meet at a concert and have an instant connection. They start a philosophical discussion at her apartment, but they are interrupted by strange occurrences which reveal they are no longer in r...

Mona relates her dream. Crawling through an apparently endless wooden crate, she encounters diverse characters while the crate itself is moving towards a fiery destruction....

A photographer named Danny doesn't like his education and likes photography instead, while his father doesn't support him because he sees photography as an unpromising field of work. Secretly, Danny's father also has other reasons that Dany never kne...

The protagonist falls asleep and travels to the world of his subconscious. Once there he is greeted with a bizarre place, the fears of his everyday life and a sitcom about his desire to find love. Before he knows it, he has to face the horror of waki...

In an unstable marriage, Marion worries for her husband, Frank, as his behavior grows more and more erratic....