Nietzchka Keene

The Juniper Tree

Nietzchka Keene

Björk, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir

Margit and her older sister Katla flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter with Johan and his resentful young son, Jonas, the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that’s soon strained by Katla’s burgeoning sorcery.

Aves

Nietzchka Keene

Tinka Menkes

A stop-motion menagerie of birds illuminate a nun’s spiritual ecstasy and terror in this experimental animated work set to the music of Christian mystic Hildegard von Bingen.

Still

Nietzchka Keene

Nietzchka Keene evokes a woman’s fractured inner world in this enigmatic portrait composed in water, mirrors, and blood.

Heroine of Hell

Nietzchka Keene

Catherine Keener, Wendy Phillips

A passionate artist creates in order to release her strong pent up emotions. Themes of justice and retribution especially influence her. One night she sees a dying man in a car and decides to search for answers.

Hinterland

Nietzchka Keene

Lila Waters, David Sterling

The relationship between an embittered farm woman and her orphaned niece reaches a breaking point in this dark, psychological pastoral.