Kristine Samuelson

The portrait of a city: ancient yet constantly remaking itself. A poem in images: stillness, patterns, urban motion. And in words: a tofu seller, a homeless woman, a Buddhist priest, contemplating nature, the metabolism of their city, mortality. And 20,000 crows, ...  (more)

A troubled, young history professor tries to escape his past by taking a job at a new university, where he struggles with an entrenched and equally-troubled department chair, rampant student apathy, and new relationships that complicate and challenge his world-view.  (more)

Demon hunter, Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.  (more)

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Hundreds of refugee children in Sweden, who have fled with their families from extreme trauma, have become afflicted with 'uppgivenhetssyndrom,' or Resignation Syndrome. Facing deportation, they withdraw from the world into a coma-like state, as if frozen, for ...  (more)

EMPIRE OF THE MOON wryly deconstructs the experience of being a tourist. Paris, gorgeously photographed in black-and-white, is the setting for cultural explorations ranging from the mundane to the sublime, as visitors trek from icon to icon, snapping the same ...  (more)

A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.  (more)

A legendary author plagued with writer's block is offered a unique deal from a mysterious stranger.  (more)

In post-Katrina New Orleans, street hustler Red sells carnations to support himself and his disabled male lover, Sal. Living in a crowded halfway house, Red struggles to earn enough money to get Sal and himself a little place where they can be together. One fateful ...  (more)

This film is a realistic look at parenting during the first few months after birth. It touches on a wide range of parental concerns, such as nursing, crying and colic, fatigue, mother’s recovery, sexuality, fathering, single parenthood, and returning to work. The ...  (more)