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An experimental piece that obscures the lines between nostalgia and the surreal.

Nearing the end of his life, Adolph Gasser looks back on a seventy-year career as a world-class camera repairman, WWII veteran, inventor, and best friend of nature photographer Ansel Adams, contributing developer of the first Nikon camera and a sales/rental/camera repair store owner who empowered other prominent Bay Area visual artists and inventors to succeed. As eminent domain, the internet and changing technologies threaten everything he has built, he struggles to find a way to keep moving forward. Inspired by his unique stories and abilities, filmmaker and professor John C. Aliano follows him over the course of several years and reflects on his own career trajectory.

"Search" is an experimental film that shows a camera trying to see what is on the other side of the window.

A thief steals a camera that he later discovers contains photos of a hideous crime. Now he and his girlfriend fear they are the next target as the photographer seeks revenge.

FUGAZI is an experimental short film that explores the genesis of space through the presence of sound. Inspired by Leibniz’s relational theory, the film suggests that space only exists when it is inhabited, in this case, by sound. Through a sensory and progressive montage, sound reveals, transforms, and collapses space, guiding the viewer through cycles of creation and dissolution. It is an audiovisual experience about the invisible becoming visible when heard.

A German engineer wonders where his adopted stray cat goes when he is away from home. After he creates a tiny camera for the cat to wear, the photos reveal more than what he expected.

Working in the same documentary team, Jin-seong and Mira receive a call that they should go shooting again right after a night shooting. Jin-seong driving a car asks Mira to shoot some insert shots because he should get some sleep when arriving. Mira takes insert shots with the camera that she handles for the first time. Soon, she falls into the world of the frame.

When Luca's girlfriend Mirna inexplicably dumps him, he finds solace in the arms of two fashion models, Stefania and Claudia. When Stefania mysteriously disappears after photographing herself having rough sex with Luca, Mirna begins sending him the negatives -but to what end? Meanwhile, Claudia searches for her missing friend...

A concert film documenting a performance from the Houston artist Orpheus Von Doom.

After she discovers canisters of undeveloped film shot by her late father, Elene sets out on a journey to collaborate with him on a special project. Between the earth and the land of the dead, a darkroom becomes the only dimension where the paths of a father and a daughter can cross.

Every snapshot unveils the essence of life's fleeting moments, a time capsule woven with laughter and love but this camera will be your last shared memory before death.

A photographer is on a remote island to capture some stock footage. Behind the camera he has several interactions with the locals that leads him to reflect on himself.

Three wickedly sexy tales in this terrifying anthology that are sure to make your blood curdle while fulfilling your deepest fantasies. In Sweet Mirror: A timid girl finds an escape from her sexual repression in a mysterious old mirror. Her new confidence allows her to confront her inner demons. In Terror the Bear: An evil teddy bear plots the demise of a group of self-absorbed students. In Hidden Camera: Steve's secret recordings are found by his girlfriend Lyndsey and her plan for revenge is death. Horrifying, deadly and dangerous consequences abound behind this Vault of Victims.

All over the world, love stories are written on the screens of mobile phones, but what happens when your privacy becomes public?

An introvert girl agrees to visit social gatherings as suggested by her friends. She takes it as tasks to complete to overcome her fear for crowd. Will she succeed?

A young man drifts through London, searching for inspiration and trying to find a worthwhile subject to photograph. Nothing holds his attention, until he catches sight of something he knows he couldn't have.

In the spring of 2010, a church lock in at First Baptist Church was organized by Pastor Chris. In the first hour of the lock in, one of the students, Justin, had an unusual “incident” and was “inconsolable.” It was reported that he calmed down and kept to himself for the remainder of the event. Two days after the lock in, Justin reportedly broke down to his parents that he experienced something “evil” at the lock in. He also claimed he captured everything on tape. After watching the footage, the parents met with church leaders to discuss criminal charges they were considering filing against the church for child endangerment, neglect and torture.

Teenager Olivia Oras has 20,000 Instagram followers. The documentary follows a year of her life.