For director Alexey Velikorodny, the poppy is a universal symbol of the cyclical nature of irreversible tragedies. The rare flower blooms high in the mountains, visible only for a few days, then remains hidden, obscure to “those not ready to see it.”
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
The sea and the city. Man and woman. Fear, willingness, loss and regain. A journey full of encounters and engagements into which He plunges to regain his collapsed world, in a foggy mysterious passage between wake and dream. Inspired by Naguib Mahfouz’s The Dreams.
Six acts. Six crossings. Two souls venture through a surreal world where meaning shifts and symbols whisper. Stepping through gateways to nowhere, they perform for an audience that never existed in the first place.
Hala, an 8-year-old girl, lives a difficult life with her brother Amir and their cruel stepmother. To escape her painful reality, Hala retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace from the harshness around her. However, one question continues to haunt her: Do the dead fly?
Living in a dreary, cookie-cutter world of conformity, Alice, a dreamy young girl, steps into Wonderland for an extraordinary night. - A short film by the film department of the Maison des Arts - UPEC Fontainebleau.
In a retro-futuristic 1960s Malaya, a musician enters his dying grandmother's dream to bring her back, only to discover that she has been dreaming all her life.
