Praeoccupatio

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.

A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.

“Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alleys. Iron is the will of the one who would dare to resist… fight… survive.”

Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.

Two mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world.

Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.

This short film continues the adventures of the title character as he tries to retrieve his elusive acorn.

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences.

Interviews with the animals at the Marine Life Institute about their experiences with Dory.

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.