Directing
This short film explores identity and sexuality within the Afrikaans minority culture of post-Apartheid South Africa through a fable about two brothers who descend into matricide and madness on a remote ostrich farm.
South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.
A tragi- comic exploration of the crystal meth experience currently devastating the gay community: Two gay men and a transsexual, the dregs of last nights sex orgy, hole up together in a sleazy motel, desperate to alleviate their loneliness and disconnection at any cost.
Anthology of four gay-themed stories centered around the idea of first-time crushes. 4 Shorts: Bugcrush (2006), Davy and Stu (2006), Doorman (2006), Heartland (2007).
The Latino doorman of a New York apartment building begins to unravel when he is seduced and then dumped by a privileged college kid who lives in the building.
The Pharmaceutical Empire Emoxx revolutionizes mental health, inventing a meta-chip capable of blocking any unwanted emotion. After the Great Famine in 3013, implantation of the EmoxxChip becomes mandatory, blocking all forms of love and affection in order to immediately halt the birth rate. One woman, Ilu, a feisty prostitute is immune to the chip, leaving her alone and exposed to her scrambled feelings. Her only hope to escape this cold world is her own sheer will and the unlikely help of one man.
