Philip Rabalais
Directing
Known For

At Wisconsin Dells, the world capital of water parks, foreign students are employed on summer work visas. This programme, presented as an immersion into American culture, is also a way of profiting from cheap labour. An inspired portrait of contemporary America through the eyes of this young generation.
The Dells

The truck is sold and then stolen.
Crime Film

No description available.
Utopia Park

Charging scenes of the present with dystopian speculation, "Field Resistance" blurs the boundaries between documentary filmmaking and science fiction to investigate overlooked environmental devastation in the overlooked state of Iowa. Footage collected from disparate locations—a university herbarium, karst sinkholes inhabited by primordial flora and fauna, a telecommunication tower job site, a decaying grain silo, among others—interlocks to evoke a narrative of present danger and future disaster, of plant expansion and humanity's retreat. The film rejects the human individual as the focus of narrative cinema, and, instead, adopts the perspective of a symbiotic "implosive whole" in which human and nonhumans are related in an overlapping, non-total way.
Field Resistance

Earth FM is a minimalist sci-fi about imaginary science and sonic symbiosis. Three researchers reach into the planet using esoteric audio equipment. Their search for signal culminates when their transmissions cross, resulting in a mysterious and cathartic discovery.
Earth FM

A movie about the mystery of friendship.
Moonroof

During a party at her house, when a young woman comes out to the backyard, a series of interactions with her friends leads her to question if she is making the right choice to go back to Iran to visit a dying family member, at a time of chaos and uncertainty.
Home No Return

A fragile young woman takes her lifelike doll out in public for the first time, but a visit to the natural history museum triggers a dark childhood memory, forcing her to confront reality and let go.
Mammoth

I stole your truck
Dream Boy

In the wake of a recent breakup, a young woman tries to find comfort in a sunset-watching group. Yet, an unsettling encounter triggers a series of inexplicable occurrences that blur the lines between reality and fantasy.
Golden Hour

On a pivotal ballet performance night, Annie, a reluctant dancer battling an injury and uncertainty, faces the pressures of her mother, family tensions, a ready-to-rise younger sister, and Juilliard scouts in the audience.
Harmony

A break from our regularly scheduled programming.
No Exit

This boat is out of control!