Elijah Stammler

Grounds, Premises takes the opening scene of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space to consider intention and failure. What emerges is a treatise on the creative process with the emphasis on process rather than result. This film was made while teaching a film production course at a castle in the South of the Netherlands, and is dedicated to our fleeting time together.

A small film crew conducts a survey on sex, dating apps, and loneliness in a modern world.

Elijah Stammler recounts the night of his twentieth birthday.

It's closing time at Nina's library. Goodnight, patrons!

It's closing time at Nina's library. Goodnight, patrons!

In the midst of the apocalypse, two newly introduced travelers flee a giant cat who has captured those closest to them.

In the midst of the apocalypse, two newly introduced travelers flee a giant cat who has captured those closest to them.