Macklin Kowal

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Deleuzian Bodybuilder

A psychedelic docu-essay, inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s visionary poem Une Saison en Enfer, in which the poet’s ghost travels through history, encountering revolutionary figures and queer ‘freaks’ such as Emma Goldman, David Wojnarowicz, and Marsha P. Johnson. These encounters form a multilayered collage that interrogates identity, the meaning of revolution, and the role of the artist in shaping radical histories and collective imaginaries.

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

In 1990s Athens, Angelo, an Albanian young man working at a record store, is eager to begin anew. A fleeting encounter with a client draws him into a world that feels strangely familiar. But will that cost him much?

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as The Father

London, today. A refugee washes up naked in a suitcase on the bank of the Thames. The enigmatic, sexually fluid stranger introduces himself to a bourgeois, upper-class family, who invite him to stay on as an employee. The Visitor soon seduces each member in a series of explicit sexual encounters. He will turn their world upside down as they can redefine themselves in new, radical ways.