MIDNIGHT COFFEE (2020)
12 min, USA
On a late-night shift, a barista's burned coffee unleashes a strange force that traps everyone in a never-ending cycle of work.
ON AN IMMORTAL BEING (2022)
9 min, Belgium
On An Immortal Being is an audio visual work that explores the narrative boundaries between architecture and film through the lens of a vampire tale. In collaboration with the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp en Kaan Architects for for the Minutes platform.
In Development
Peperklips
Length: 90 min
Netherlands / Argentina
Written by: Jaime Levinas & Perla Vita Beerens
Produced by Room for Film
When a supposed vacation to Rotterdam turns into a permanent relocation, Argentinean pre-teen Jonathan finds himself stuck in a place he detests. Expected to assimilate in Dutch culture, he instead befriends his classmate Hasin, a Syrian refugee. Together they spend their days ditching school and finding ways to escape the rainy city.
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With the support of fonds ZOZ, Vevam & Netherlands Film Fund
PINPIN 11
Length: 70 min
USA - Argentina - Taiwan
Written by: Jaime Levinas
Produced by: Inge de Leeuw, Lindsay Calleran, Florencia de Mujica
In Buenos Aires’ Once neighborhood, four strangers—Juan, Rocio, Cheng, and Ying—drift through routine and longing. Their lives, linked by arrivals, departures, and brief encounters, unfold across supermarkets, crowded streets, and tango ballrooms—together forming a portrait of the city’s transient, fractured wholesale district.
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BEST WESTERN
A film by Amos Poe & Jaime Levinas
USA - Argentina
Genre: Re-visionist Western.
Writer/Director: Jaime Levinas
Writer/Executive Producer: Amos Poe
Length: Feature (2hr. 25min)
Width: Widescreen 1:2.35
A 21st century American movie company (called, Manifest Destiny Pictures) comes to Argentina / Patagonia to film a 19th century western - BEST WESTERN - ethical-moral complications and big trouble ensue, as the film within the film unfolds.​
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Jaime Levinas is an Argentine-Dutch film director based in Rotterdam and New York. He studied film at Brooklyn College’s MFA program, Luca School of Arts in Brussels and Fundacion Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires.
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His films Midnight Coffee (2020) and PINPIN (2021) have been selected for numerous festivals, including IFFR, Clermont-Ferrand, BAFICI, and others. Currently, Jaime is developing his debut feature, Peperklips, with the support from the Netherlands Film Fund.