Existential Movies

A young woman mourning the loss of a loved one battles to escape her existential nightmare.

Gustav tells us a little about himself

A prisoner belonging to a void known as “Lacuna,” longs to escape their entrapment. As they search for a way out, they confront the...

A guy becomes entranced by the glow of the television screen as he absent-mindedly indulges in a pack of mixed nuts. Hypnotized by the flickering...

Liz is a struggling actor living in Brooklyn. When she learns that her famous, reclusive, singer-songwriter uncle committed suicide and that she and...

An ode to stillness, in the form of an experimental documentary miniature, inspired by Vitosha mountain and Sofia

Two women engage in a series of strange, possibly nefarious, actions.

Ben questions his life decisions when he can’t seem to get over his ex-girlfriend. When deciding to move, his best friend Sam tells him...

This short film begins with the character Chauncey (a puppet made of sex toys resembling a mouth and hands with a sock for a body) rolling around in...

Two girls, Anne and Daisy, have a late-night conversation. Daisy, a free spirit, and Anne, quiet but profound, share a moment of connection, with a...

In the deep of autumn, a woman drifts through fragments of memory and unease, unsure if she’s mourning the past or herself.

The film follows a man’s desperate trek down a river as he is continually hindered by strange figures trying to convince him to turn around or...

After reading I Am the Sultan of the Law of Existence by Youssef Idris, a five-day journey through Egypt’s Western Desert, traveling from north...

A man comes home and realizes that something else came home with him.

Short animation about biology, cyborgs, chickens, symbiosis and suffering.

Written and Directed by Santiago Cantu, following a high school student and the loss of his brother.

An existential goat lady goes to the convenience store to buy a slushee for her roommate.

A man who spends his nights offering emotional support struggles to confront his own inner life by day. Aspiring to be a writer, he drifts through...

On graduation day, a man hears a mystery voice and questions his existence.