
12 Mar 2004

Coffee and Cigarettes
An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
There is only one chance to make a good first impression
Prelude is the story of a brief and casual encounter between an aspiring rock star and a chef. An encounter that could change their lives forever.




12 Mar 2004

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

04 Sep 2007

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.


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15 Feb 2025

As Samay nears his thirtieth birthday, he and his girlfriend Meenakshi embark on a road trip to a tranquil hill spot on a Saturday afternoon. Between winding roads and quiet moments, their conversations unravel reflections on life’s twists and turns—career choices, societal expectations, relationships, and the delicate balance between personal aspirations and external pressures. A journey filled with warmth, scenic beauty, and unfiltered thoughts, Tree Roots Through Concrete captures the essence of love, change, and the pursuit of meaning.

03 Mar 1978

The film does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two-month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped and later murdered by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Fraction). The businessman had been kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the original leaders of the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. When the kidnapping effort and a plane hijacking effort failed, the three most prominent leaders of the RAF, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe, all committed suicide in prison. It has become an article of faith within the left-wing community that these three were actually murdered by the state.

02 Nov 2022

A woman looking for her kidnapped son finds one of the men who took him.

09 Feb 2020

Stories are everywhere: at the park, on the beach, in coffee shops. We don't necessarily need to know everything about them to wonder what brought them to where they are today, what they're going throough or what comes next...Every coffee drinker has a story. In this collection, be a fly on the wall where you, the viewer, are brought into their intimate conversations

01 Oct 2020

Before heading off to college, an overthinking teenager asks out a former girlfriend in an effort to reconnect and hold on to his past.

11 Oct 1981

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.


A young woman meets a stranger at the train station. Their train was cancelled, and they both have to wait for the next one. They decide to spend the four-hour wait in each other’s company.

22 Jun 2018

Two strangers visit the penthouse of a recently deceased lover, only to find themselves learning more about each other.

04 Jun 2019

"A socially anxious college student reluctantly heads to a party attempting to make new friends. Nande Walters directs “Who Are You Really?”, an experimental portrait of insecurity characterized by a raw, youthful energy. Anya walks into the room and immediately feels like everyone is judging her. Eventually she strikes up a conversation with a young man, but neither really knows what to say and it doesn’t go anywhere. After struggling through the awkward night, she’s surprised to learn that an extroverted friend didn’t fare much better. Walters is only 19 years old, one of the youngest we’ve ever featured on NoBudge, and her film is the work of an artist still learning her craft but she clearly knows the feeling she’s after and captures it with pops of style and a touching closing monologue." -Kentucker Audley
26 Jul 2015
Two friends resort to playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, flipping a coin, and detailed, yet petty analyzation of their friendship to determine which of them will call the mother of their recently deceased best friend, informing her of his demise.

27 Oct 2021

Two friends explore the meaning of anxiety.

04 Nov 2021

Toño accompanies Sara, his best friend's girlfriend, to a rock concert. Unable to reach a bus to return to their city, they are forced to spend the night in a cheap hotel room. The intoxication and euphoria of having seen their favorite group make them feel an illusory affinity.


A final conversation between a recently separated couple on their last night together before parting ways.

22 Jun 2014

What is the true cost of a bargain? Subtotal is a story of an nontraditional encounter between a Swedish salesman and a Norwegian couple on their monthly bargain hunting at the border between Norway and Sweden.

01 Dec 2022

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15 Jun 2024

A troubled young man spends a night in town with an animated girl.

04 Jan 2025

Two Strangers sharing the moments of hope and stays being strangers itself.