Toys on Fire

Jimmy is a teenage boy who has become increasingly reliant on social media for social interaction. He finds himself feeling lonely and shy, unable to approach girls in person or online. As the film progresses, Jimmy slowly discovers the power of real relationships and the importance of taking risks to turn his life around.

Gail's in trouble. Can Gary reach her in time?

The untold state of mind dealing with an incurable disease. One is wondering if there's still a dream to achieve in life. One is running as if this free spirit of mine has never been taken away.

A father and daughter visit a desolate stretch of road rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a dead motorcyclist.

2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany the Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond exhibition at the California Museum of Science and Industry and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Worthing waves at us in this mesmerising early film.

This found 8mm film of underwater ballet has a red rust effect flowing through it like living fire.

Broadcasting from home was created while working through the perplexity of loss and the human desire to communicate with the afterlife. The video was manufactured using a frame-by-frame analogue transfer technique and digital post-production.

Numbers was created during a trip to Manhattan, where I caught my self-reflection in a glass door that read ‘41’ after having photographed the number 42 earlier the same day, and subsequently continued hunting until I found everything else between 1 and 100. Dedicated to Hollis Frampton. – D.B.