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A GENERAL DISAPPOINTMENT 

NARRATIVE SHORT

Directed by: Serge Garcia
Cinematography: Simon Köcher
Length: 25:00 min
Format: 16mm, 35mm
Year: 2022

Synopsis:
A General Disappointment bends the quotidian with ordinary scenes that are overlayed with stories told through text that wander through a night at a sex club, domestic duties at home, and the existential aftermath after a failed attempt to go on a date. The experience invites us to ponder over the systemic failures inherent to capitalist societies, and how vain their promises of happiness and self-fulfillment are.

Festivals:
- Official Selection @ FID Marseille 2022
- Official Selection @ BIEFF 2022

ANTENNA

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Directed by: Serge Garcia
Cinematography: Serge Garcia
Length: 9:00 min
Format: 16mm
Year: 2022

Festivals:
- Other Gems @ FID Marseille 2021

Synopsis:
Antenna is a documentary portrait that centers around the making of
Declan Clarke‘s political thriller What Are the Wild Waves Saying?

GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL

SHORT FILM

Director & Cinematographer: Serge Garcia
Written by: Terre Thaemlitz & Serge Garcia
Length: 23:00 min
Format: S16mm
 
Synopsis:
Grand Central Hotel is a ruminative portrait about the American musician, activist, and essayist Terre Thaemlitz. 

Festivals:

Official Selection @ FID Marseille 2021
- Official Selection @ Visionär Film Festival Berlin 2021
- I GOT UP Group Exhibition @ GB Agency Paris 2021
- YPAM Japan 2021
- Hošek Contemporary, Berlin 2022

- Whole Festival, Ferropolis 2022

- On The Poverty Of Lived Experience @ de Appel Amsterdam 2022

CYCLE ONE  

NARRATIVE SHORT

Directed by: Serge Garcia
Written by: Padgett Powell
Cinematography: Simon Köcher
Length: 9:00 min
Format: 35mm 
Year: 2021

Synopsis:
Adapted from The Interrogative Mood, a 2009 novel by Padgett Powell, Cycle One invites the viewer to consider daily existence as a drifter wanders the streets.

Festivals:
- Other Gems @ FID Marseille 2021
- Official Selection @ CUFF 2021
- Cinema Queer International Film Festival Stockholm 2021
- Outfest Fusion Film Festival, Los Angeles 2022
- Official Selection @ New Fest NYC 2022

- On The Poverty Of Lived Experience @ de Appel Amsterdam 2022

NONCOMPLIANT

SHORT FILM

SUBTERRANEANS N°4
Director & Cinematographer: Serge Garcia
Length: 15:00 min
Format: S16mm
Year: 2021

Festivals:

Synopsis: A lesson in noncompliance with Lisa Smith, AKA Noncompliant.