All Films

Pornland

2014 • 36 min

An examination of the modern pornography industry and its affect on culture.

Nilusak

2014 • 19 min

In a modern life captured in the heart of a Valley, one peculiar family used to live in the same old state of living because of the far reaching place of their house location. Mang Dencio, the father, was a ten – year widow who used to sell a smashed banana using the traditional tool, “Lusong and Alho” (mortar and pestle), to support his child Nene. Their lives turn complicated when the head of the family Mang Dencio made horrible mistake that will twist their lives into shattered nightmares.

Sim 2

2014 • 8 min

James is a natural prankster and enjoys doing it. One day, his practical joke gone wrong and caused irreparable damage to Jean, his girlfriend. Jean is unhappy and not yet ready to face her fate. She went back to visit James.

The Perfect Plan

2014 • 11 min

The gay short film "Perfect Plan" tells the story of Nguyen and Khang, a loving couple living together in a boarding house with very sincere and happy feelings. One day, Khang's mother came up from the West to visit her son's place. Both were extremely confused because they were afraid that Khang's mother would know everything when she saw their " lair". After thinking, Khang and Nguyen decided to take this opportunity to plan for Nguyen to conquer Khang's mother and convince her to accept their love story. Both were very well prepared and careful. Will their plan succeed? Will the sincere feelings between Nguyen and Khang shake the mother's heart? Everything will be opened with an extremely unexpected and emotional ending, where motherhood is a precious and sacred feeling built from the mother's respect, insight, and sophistication.

tear

2014 • 5 min

I've passed through all holes of a city... The struggle to re-cover the feeling of a tear and its seam.

Connecting Flights

2014 • 8 min • Netherlands

On a summer day Julia gets on a plane, on the way to her destination, not knowing what awaits her. Eduard is in a barbershop where the Barber is annoyed by a fly. The Barber tries to chase the fly away. At that moment, panic breaks loose on the plane...

Whale

2014 • 3 min • Germany

The whale swims proudly through the sea, but all the animals are afraid of his huge size and his broad grin. Will he find new friends to play funny games?

Sunset

2014 • 9 min • Germany

Love, relationship, pain. An argument with his boyfriend leads a young man into a park after sunset. He's looking for distraction.

Sheri, A Life of Downs and Ups

2014 • 54 min • South Africa

This documentary is a fascinating story of a high-functioning woman with Down’s Syndrome. Not only did Sheri finish high school, but she has attained a tertiary degree and is a qualified school teacher. She is also a motivational speaker, inspiring people around the globe. Part of Sheri’s success is her remarkable memory, making her an excellent case study for a team of researchers in London, who are examining the links between Down’s Syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.

Little Favour

2014 • 1 min • United States of America

This is a multiple animation which uses pixilation, pencil, pastel, stop-motion, paper cutout to express a simple but warm story.

Secret State of North Korea

2014 • 53 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

FRONTLINE shines a light on the hidden world of the North Korean people, revealing how ordinary citizens are resisting one of the world’s most oppressive regimes. Kim Jong-un rules one of the world’s most isolated countries with an iron fist. Like his father and grandfather, he is trying to maintain tight control over what the world sees of North Korea—and what North Koreans see of the world.

Hepburn

2014 • 6 min

A divorced father takes his young son to work. Based on the short story "Hammerlock" by Scott Wolven.

Nude and Crude

2014 • 4 min • Italy

This short film is a playful stream of crude human emotions. Fantastical hallucinatory moments of passion, cruelty, loneliness, disconnection and love unfold humorously in a simple and innocent form but with deep, sometimes dark meanings. Hypnotic music accompanies a dance of lines that reinvents itself with each new squiggle of the artist's pencil.

Artifice

2014 • 5 min • Turkey

Alex wakes up to a weird call from her friend. The friend asks her how she's handling the breakup she told her about yesterday. The weird thing is - Alex didn't break up with him. As she tries to go about her day, her world is turned upside down. What is real and what's just in her head?

Bergmans Grandchild

2014 • 13 min • Sweden

Set in beautiful Faro, a young woman named Ida, feels lonely and loses all hope, believing death is looking for her. She soon comes up with a creative way of trying to cheat death itself.

Jacky

2014 • 37 min • Hong Kong

Jacky, a Vietnam-born Chinese man, lives under the flyovers in Sham Shui Po. Despite living on the streets, he still has the aura of an ex-triad leader. However, he has lost his will to live after being tormented by a chronic illness. (華語紀錄片節 Chinese Documentary Festival 2014, 采風 Visible Record) Dir. 徐智彥 / Chui Chi Yin 香港 Hong Kong / 2014 / 37 min

Estância do Cabrito

2014 • 41 min • Brazil

A group of students wins a school prize, a weekend at a small farm.

Now That's What I Call Pop!

2014 • 1 min • Turkey

One's Britney, bitch. One's a California gurl. One's basically the only girl in the world. All three of them are pop stars. What happens when they get trapped in an 8 bit game?

Inside the Wolf's Belly: Adventures of Little Red Cap

2014 • 9 min • Ukraine

The story of a young talented artist who gave up everything to care for her disabled grandmother. The life of two women - the endless repetition of itself. An invitation to an Art Biennale - a chance that comes once in life - makes the girl do what she avoids at all costs - a hard choice.

Vashava

2014 • 29 min • Slovenia

VASHAVA is EN-KNAP film production team's way of saying goodbye to the Slovenian mining town of Trbovlje and, in terms of content, ends a 15-year-long reflection on the industrial era that left its mark on the valley. The international dance company EnKnapGroup enters the mining facilities for the last time before they disappear from the collective consciousness forever.

In the Room

2014 • 7 min • Japan

A warm and bright place hiding uncleanliness and fear. The slightest disorder of daily life brings the room down into deep darkness. Shot on 8mm film.

Los Dulces Agrios

2014 • 19 min

Matilde, the nervous and silent maid of an opulent family, lost the key of the door and now is locked down with her boss and his repellent daughter.

Rena Asih

2014 • 24 min • Indonesia

A football fan boy named Damar who also has achievements in his school. Although he is a smart and cheerful child, in fact his life is not as good as his achievements. With a simple house and meager food, Damar's family has difficulties in the economy. His mother has a lot of debt because the money she has is not enough to pay for school or pay for electricity, even Damar's mother gets a warning letter from Damar's school to pay off Damar's school fees so that Damar can take the UN.

Scenes From A Memory

2014 • 13 min

A Kevin Shoop short movie based on the musical album, "Metropolis pt. 2, Scenes From A Memory" by Dream Theater.