Amaurea Films

Amaurea Films explores new forms of visual storytelling – from documentary and short film, to animated trailers and digital interpretations, to original creations.

Every book we publish begins as a fully human-made work of writing, editing, translation and design. Here, we create companion pieces that reimagine those stories in moving images – offering fresh perspectives, inviting new audiences and experimenting with how words can live on screen.

Whether crafted with cameras, animation tools or generative media, these projects are always rooted in the worlds and voices of our authors. They are not replacements for the books, but imaginative echoes – another way to step inside.

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  • Evil Santa Quadrilogy
    • 18/04/2024

    Evil Santa Quadrilogy

    All of the Evil Santa films, in one collection.

    Night of the Living Santa: https://youtu.be/KR9PdrXF3xQ

    Santa in the Woods: https://youtu.be/U0_6cpp_dXE

    Santa's Funny Games: https://youtu.be/Qa-0c9nmfAs

    Bride of Santa: https://youtu.be/f2LaOde63-o

  • Anima Fatua
    • 17/08/2025

    Anima Fatua

  • First Second
    • 27/07/2025

    First Second

    First Second tells the story of two solitary figures - one aboard a never-stopping train, the other waiting endlessly at a forgotten desert station - whose worlds collide when the impossible happens: the train stops. In the wreckage of silence, they draw from one another the first moment of change, the first second of time that truly matters.

  • Psycho Drone
    • 25/06/2022

    Psycho Drone

    As part of the film course I'm in with NYFA, I had to make a short film inspired by Hitchcock's Psycho. Considering I had recently bought myself a drone, I figured this was the perfect opportunity to use it. This film is made almost entirely using that drone.

  • Burning Memory
    • 10/02/2021

    Burning Memory

    Impressionistic reflections on a man's life in the final moments before complete oblivion. Flashes of his love appear before him, but his deteriorating mind burns the final fragments, plunging him into golden dreams as his life washes away forever.

  • Dilemma of Chance
    • 09/01/2024

    Dilemma of Chance

    In a quiet seaside town, the lives of a mischievous drifter, the heir to a fishing empire, and an elderly, enigmatic staple of the town’s community intersect in a game set to change the three of their lives forever.

    Trailer edited by Ash Johann.

    Full film directed by Joseph Donnelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2j5UzpS2Es