To Beyond
Catastrophe looms over an empty city. One dreamer searches for transcendence. Inspired by the novella “Through the Gate of the Silver Key” by H.P. Lovecraft and E Hoffman Price.
Meurtre du tableau
An artist, surrounded by the mess in her studio, struggles with frustration as she tries to find inspiration for her new painting.
Magellan
At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan leads an expedition under the Spanish crown in search of the first westward route to the Spice Islands. He embarks on a perilous journey across the uncharted Pacific, where his fleet faces starvation, mutiny, and the psychological toll of endless seas. Upon reaching the shores of Cebu, Magellan is pulled into a fatal conflict with the natives by his drive to spread Catholicism, culminating in his tragic doom.
Under the Weight of a Waking Dream
‘Under the Weight of a Waking Dream’ is Zefier's debut swan song to the ending year. Comprised of poetry and endless enumerations is a diaristic film chronicling the lessons and contradictions found throughout the human experience.
Fragmentation
Vinny's night is interrupted by strange screams coming from somewhere in his house. As he searches for the source, he finds himself face to face with something terrifying that feels disturbingly familiar.
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch's childhood is overshadowed by death: he suffers the loss of his sister and mother, while enduring serious illness himself, almost dying. At university, Munch discovers his talent as a painter. As he immerses himself in the art world, he becomes part of a cultural revolution led by the likes of nihilist Hans Jæger.
Breadcrumb Trail
A person performs routine tasks and relaxing activities to fight a troubling zeitgeist.
The Sheperds
Filthy Rags
A person attempts to rid their apartment of cat urine smell.
The Room
A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy has left behind, in hopes of finding The Room.
Jo
Jo; or The Act of Riding a Bike is Zefier's third film.
Diary of a Country Priest
A young Catholic priest is assigned to a poor rural parish in the small village of Ambricourt. Frail, alone, and tormented by stomach pains, he struggles connecting with his parishioners.
Nothing to Love
A boy dressed in red and a girl dressed in white live separate but equally empty lives, both finding fulfilment only in their masochistic tendencies.
Kaiju Adventure
A group of plushies find themselves without purpose after their owner leaves for college. During their time alone they begin to form their own beliefs and opinions about this new life that they have inhereted. This meditation helps to allow new purpose to be found amongst the group and the sincere truth of their intended purpose to become recognized.
Lake
Lake gazes down at a still body of water from a birds-eye view, while a group of artists peacefully float in and out of the frame or work to stay at the surface. As they glide farther away and draw closer together, they reach out in collective queer and desirous exchanges — holding hands, drifting over and under their neighbors, making space, taking care of each other with a casual, gentle intimacy while they come together as individual parts of a whole. The video reflects on notions of togetherness and feminist theorist Silvia Federici’s call to “reconnect what capitalism has divided: our relation with nature, with others, and our bodies.”
Memorial
A memorial mourns as time passes
RokuGatsu
晴れた日を待ち望む中で、 若い女性は雨の多い春の美しさに気づく。 While longing for a sunny day, a woman learns to appreciate the beauty of a rainy spring.
Hull
SIGH ONYX
Two aimless psychics develop a strange relationship as they come to terms with having been groomed for espionage as children in the Gifted and Talented Education program.
Outtakes from Jo
Outtakes, commentary from Zefier's third film: Jo; or The Act of Riding a Bike.