Documentary exploring the story behind Noah Max’s critically-lauded 2023 opera A Child in Striped Pyjamas based on John Boyne’s bestselling novel.
Stills from 30 min.
Premiered at Fellowship House, London
Behind Barbed Wire (2024)
A young chamber ensemble rehearse Mozart’s 'Dissonance' String Quartet which forces them to navigate their relationships with music and each other.
Excerpt from 12 min.
Premiered at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, screened at International Up-and-Coming Film Festival Hanover 2023, Jeju Movie Concert Festival 2023 & Close-Up Film Centre, London
Dissonance (2023)
On set photos by Bora Rex & premiere documentation by Antonia Jameson featured in The Dissonance Book
Still from 5 min.
Installed at Phoenix Cinema, London & Fusion Arts, Oxford
Kosher Giraffe Trilogy I: Standing Prayer (2023)
Kosher Giraffe Trilogy II: Letter – Primrose Hill (2023)
2.5 min.
Installed at Fusion Arts, Oxford
Excerpt & stills from 9 min.
Installed at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford
Kosher Giraffe Trilogy III: Enemy Alien (2023)
The Happiest Sound in the World – MAXREX Films (2024)
Co-written & co-directed by Hugo Max & Bora Rex
Stills from 6 min.
Screened at Close-Up Film Centre, London
Co-written & co-directed by Hugo Max & Bora Rex
10 min.
Screened at Magdalen College Auditorium, Oxford University Film Festival & Close-Up Film Centre, London
Davinci – MAXREX Films (2022)
Co-written & co-directed by Hugo Max & Bora Rex
Stills from 6 min.
Screened at Close-Up Film Centre, London
I’m Still Learning – MAXREX Films (2023)
Co-written & co-directed by Hugo Max & Bora Rex
Still from 19 min.
Screened at Close-Up Film Centre, London
Now I Am Going – MAXREX Films (2023)
Excerpt from 13 min.
Music by Ray Brien
Screened at Magdalen College Auditorium, Oxford
ONE (2022)
10.5 min.
Screened at Jacqueline du Pré Concert Hall with Live Score by Hugo Max
Chaim (2022)
Still from 9.5 min.
Screened at SJE Arts with live score performed by the Orchestra of St. John’s, conducted by Dr. Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey & live action painting by Hugo Max
Spiegel im Spiegel (2021)
Still from 2.5 min.
Distributed by Modern Art Oxford