Merry Christmas
Seven short visions, all varying in approach, shape, and scale, form this no-budget omnibus project on the subject of Christmas: the love, friendship and kinship the holiday holds and continues to inspire.
Deragh Campbell
Kurt Walker
Jp Diaz
Andrew Infante
Sophy Romvari
Graham L. Carter
Alexa Harrington
Hannah Harrington
JR Molina
Holly-Ann Addison-Walker
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Deragh Campbell
After being appointed literary executor, Audrey Benac (Deragh Campbell) uncovers a series of letters that her great-grandmother had written to a fellow poet. Both displaced from Poland, Zofia Bohdanowiczowa and Nobel Prize nominee Jozef Wittlin corresponded from 1957-1964 between Toronto, Wales and New York City. Over the course of three days, Audrey embarks on a journey to Houghton Library at Harvard University to translate and make sense of Zofia’s words.
A young woman spending christmas alone after a breakup is visited by her friend.
Also Directed by Kurt Walker
Kinet's Halloween Omnibus feature.
With everything is embarrassing, director Kurt Walker appropriates a self-shot living room hangout for a recounting of a friend’s night out at a club that ended in heartbreak and disappointment, culled from the story’s original telling in a Skype conversation between the two.
A virtual love story set in Vancouver, New York, and the dying world of a massively multiplayer online role playing game.
Four cinephiles in a hotel room in the middle of the night ruminate on La última película, Dennis Hopper, and the state of cinema.
Two circles move in not-quite unison; a camera tracks a car which, later, tracks a track, all forced contact and slow speed, velocity crying out for inertia like friendship, a time apart in the digital flow of perpetual motion to talk and listen and know, where history sits calmly and speaks slowly as a tangent-you have to pick precisely the right angle, as he picks precisely the right word, and stick with it, and, again, listen-to these online concentricities as it gradually reveals that what from one distance looked sturdy is, from in fact the same distance but different light, a mess in constant need of untangling (And so you see that Walter Benjamin's Angel has no choice but to turn his back to the future.) and that in the face of this monumental facing up, literal project of lifetimes, there is absolutely nothing but love.
Plot unknown at this time
Also Directed by Jp Diaz
Also Directed by Andrew Infante
It is deep autumn — I wonder I never thought I'd be lost and searching for one warm, friendly smile — but I got me some people and I know that they love me And I know just where to look this time. "Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong." —Stevie Wonder
Late feelings got me thinking about things I don't want to talk about. My friends helped me with this one. /after this day ain't no more lonely nights/ An omnibus film ft. Neil Bahadur, Matthew Blais, Graham Carter, Simeon Curry, Jp Diaz, Isaac Goes, Alexa Harrington, Hannah Harrington, Zachary Kerrholden, Jd McGraw, Isiah Medina, Juan Molina, Nathan Smith, Dylan Tachick, and Kurt Walker
A down on his luck line cook falls for a grad student who moonlights as a DJ.
Also Directed by Sophy Romvari
Calling her grandfather in Budapest to learn about the Hungarian film industry, a woman instead finds the conversation shifting to her family’s history.
Kinet's Halloween Omnibus feature.
A box of stunning family photos unseen for decades awakens lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera.
Upon traveling to Budapest to meet her extended family for the first time, filmmaker Sophy Romvari attempts to document her late grandmother’s apartment through images of the past and present.
As dogs get older, they can go blind, slow down, or grow weak. But the bond between dogs and their owners only grows stronger as they age, and in their senior years these faithful companions are more precious to the people who care for them than ever. Hard choices loom when dogs near the end, and having to say goodbye is never easy. As these true stories of love and friendship show, there’s nothing quite like the connection between humans and their beloved aging dogs.
A short portrait of Hungarian production designer József Romvári, made by his granddaughter. Included as a special bonus feature on the release of Mephisto, Confidence, and Colonel Redl, by director István Szabó through Kino Lorber.
A portrait of a young woman providing companionship for juxtaposing demographics.
Featuring a dozen segments of spine-tingling surrealist horror, The Eyeslicer Halloween Special takes viewers on the cinematic equivalent of an acid trip down the Halloween aisle at Party City! From an X-rated Halloween party hookup to a coming of age story set on the eve of Ted Bundy’s execution; from a documentary about pumpkin carving and misogyny to a supercut about the gendered dangers of the bathtub; from a cursed stand-up comedy set to a woman ( Carrie Coon) trapped inside a Red Lobster commercial; from a John Carpenter homage (featuring a cameo by Carpenter himself) to a sequel to The Eyeslicer’s now infamous Gwilliam, The Eyeslicer Halloween Special is an experience like no other – a deranged, proudly transgressive anthology carving out a bold new space in the Midnight movie genre.
Made as a contribution to "Greetings from Isolation", a collection of short films made during lock-down with limited resources, curated by Canadian Programmer Stacey Donen.
A young woman grapples with the declining health of her beloved dog in this film about mortality, cloning, and Barbra Streisand.
Also Directed by Graham L. Carter
Jerry and Carl have conned their way from one small Texas town to another, but things go haywire when one of them falls in love with Maureen. Not to mention the P.I. that's hot on their trail... A musical comedy based on "Two Gallants" by James Joyce and the songs of John Prine.
Kinet's Halloween Omnibus feature.
An introduction to the life of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.
A short film about Paul Robeson and his relationship with the USSR.
Also Directed by Alexa Harrington
Kinet's Halloween Omnibus feature.
Documenting three sets of sisters.
Part of Kinet's 2017 Hallowe'en special.
Also Directed by JR Molina
Devin 'The Kid' is a backyard wrestler who is trying to get a new life, but old habits die hard. After an accident Devin is forced to stop wrestling. That doesn't stop 'The Kid' though, against all odds he tries to wrestle one last time.
Two co-workers hang out after work and learn a lot about each other.