Essay Movies

An orphan narrates his essay “What is Family?” and how he found his answer when he met “Surfing Uncle” developing a bond like...

A collage-style video essay that explores the idea of love through touch. Guided by fragments of films, paintings, photographs, and other visual...

A film essay that approaches cinema as a water current, revisiting a body of previous essay films through the recurring image of water—rivers,...

An auteur-director who wishes to make a documentary about Armenia imagines a fictitious character that has the ability to travel through bodies. The...

As the gaze sinks into the landscape, a relationship disintegrates, leaving love as a fleeting memory between archives and dreams. The writing of the...

A fragmented reflection on memory, love, and emotional limbo, unfolding through fleeting images and a drifting voice that questions their reliability.

Responding to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, 103 Shots examines the disorienting effect of violence in the space of...

What is a film if not a therapeutic act? Wa(te)r is a poetiс reflection on my 2022–2023 diary entries, poured from one medium to...