Omar Zefier

‘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.

The film intersperses carefully framed shots of unfamiliar Hamburg cityscapes with silent, close-ups of ballerinas from the Hamburg Ballet, images reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s “Screen Tests”.

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic fairy-tale character. His name: Petrus Gonsalvus, more commonly known today as the hairy hero of Beauty and the Beast.

Using variations of color and light, this is a method that I attempted to translate how I feel for a special someone on her special day.

A short documentary exploring the reason behind the return of analog media, specifically vinyl. The documentary focuses on Gabriella, the main participant, and her experiences and personal viewpoints.

How have the changing views on children been reflected in their representation in art? From Baby Jesus to the first photographic portraits, an exploration of six centuries of art history through the prism of childhood.

Three men from the past cross into the present to reveal the invisible marks of Brazilian history. Between memory, fantasy, and poetry, The Secret Life of My Three Men proposes a reckoning with the violence that shaped us and the possibility of another future.