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Kalopsia

Kalopsia

2014 • 12 min
A young, long-distance couple explore their thoughts, feelings and aspirations through nostalgic letters.
The Night Is Young

The Night Is Young

2014 • 18 min • Mexico
A sleepwalker wakes up with a strange feeling (something he did the night before), but doesn't remember. The next night, he stands up again and faces reality, even while he 's unconscious.
10:30

10:30

2014 • 20 min • Singapore
How does one choose between being morally right but legally wrong? When Desmond, a police inspector is presented with the pressing problem of saving a little girl from death, he has to make one of the toughest choices in his life. Does he break the law to save her or does he allow her to die as it may be God's will?
Anker

Anker

2014 • 17 min • Russia
For the first time in a long time, the family gathers together to congratulate mom on her birthday, but the old conflict between the two brothers leads to irreparable consequences.
Sunn O))) & Ulver - Let There Be Light - A Reflection

Sunn O))) & Ulver - Let There Be Light - A Reflection

2014 • 9 min
A film by Adam B Daniels. A reflection on the sounds of “Let There Be Light” by Sunn O))) & Ulver from their album Terrestrials. The Queen – Anna Zehentbauer The Priestess – Rebecca Horrox Costume – Cesca Dvorak Hair & Make Up – Karolina Kluzniak Produced with Ali Selim Agalar
End of Message

End of Message

2014 • 1 min • Canada
Voicemails get lost and found in space in this thoughtful commentary on the fractured act of communication and the spaces between people trying to express themselves. Inspired by found sound of missed voicemails, animated in inky black and electric colour, and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship, in collaboration with the Mexican Film Institute.
The Roommate

The Roommate

2014 • 1 min • Canada
Fed up with her roommate’s incessant shopping and hoarding, a girl takes matters into her own hands in this comical take on vlogging and the art of co-habitation. Inspired by found sound of a shopper’s vlog, nourished with Saturday morning cartoons, and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
Viagem na Chuva

Viagem na Chuva

2014 • 12 min • Brazil
Rain, like the circus, travels a long way to its destination. When the two are gone, the memories remain.
5 Days

5 Days

2014 • 3 min
Experimental document of five days spent between friends, where substance use and mental illness intermingles with and hinders the desire to hold onto community.
Elevator

Elevator

2014 • 1 min • Germany
What happens when the person who enters the elevator with you is someone you don't want to see at all?
Eden – In the heart of the red desert

Eden – In the heart of the red desert

2014 • 52 min • France
Namib, an incredible spot is home to the highest sand dunes on Earth, along with 3500 species of plants of incredible diversity, all adapted to the arid climate. Elephants, antelopes, lions, giraffes and rhinoceros roam freely in the Namib with neither fence nor enclosure, as if at the dawn of time. Management of the protected areas has been entrusted to the local people and in particular to the Himba, the dominant tribe of the desert. Underground there are hidden treasures, diamonds, uranium and iron. From the beginning of the 20th century the Namib has attracted miners from all over the world, with an increasing appetite. Today, new mining projects threaten the ecosystem of the region. Olivia crosses the desert from the South to North, sharing the difficult everyday lives of the people of the desert. Exploring this rich but fragile garden of Eden, she attempts to understand why the survival of the desert is so important to the people and animals that live there.
Games We Played

Games We Played

2014 • 5 min • United States of America
A short film about a depressed, business man rediscovers how to view the world through the imagination of a child on his way home from work.
Pie de página

Pie de página

2014 • 10 min • Mexico
This short documentary exposes the ruins of three places designed and built by organized crime, to disintegrate human bodies and deposit their remains.
We Lived Alone: The Connie Converse Documentary

We Lived Alone: The Connie Converse Documentary

2014 • 41 min • United States of America
This 40-minute experimental documentary explores the life of Elizabeth Eaton 'Connie' Converse. After being commercially ignored as a singer/songwriter, Connie disappeared in 1974 at the age of 50, leaving only goodbye notes and a filing cabinet full of her extraordinary life's work. Her deeply personal songs were ahead of their time. Faced with major surgery and a crippling sense of failure, Connie Converse drove off in her Volkswagen bug and was never heard from again. 'We Lived Alone' uses an archive of recordings, photos, interviews, and symbolic footage to investigate the life of Connie Converse through the lens of her own music.
Clareando

Clareando

2014 • 16 min • Brazil
Clara lives in a city too big for her taste. The days go monotonous and lifeless. When she begins to receive intriguing anonymous messages, the feeling that a change will soon happen becomes to rise. But at the same time, she is faced with a fundamental question: it would there be movement if it were not the impulse? This plot is developed across the film only by the sensory experience of the character.
Sepiring Nasi Basi di Pagi Hari

Sepiring Nasi Basi di Pagi Hari

2014 • 10 min • Indonesia
What's the best activity to start the day with? Breakfast? What kind of breakfast?
Water Snake

Water Snake

2014 • 7 min • Philippines
Someday, the sea will devour our land. Balud is a response to Typhoon Haiyan, which wiped out the director’s hometown in November 2013.
Every Country In The World vs. The U.S.!

Every Country In The World vs. The U.S.!

2014 • 3 min • United States of America
A series of still drawings detailing a fictional attack on the United States by every other country on the planet.
My Life in Houses

My Life in Houses

2014 • 13 min
A Journey through life, through houses
Minja

Minja

2014 • 15 min • Finland
A fertilized egg develops into a human. He is born, lives his life and eventually dies. Human life is a journey, the path we take from birth to death. The film is a story about the journey of Minja's life. At the end of the film, there is a dedication to Minja, Minja’s mother and grandmother. There are no other texts at the end of the film. The film also lacks a director as it is cut from existing film material. The Creator has directed Minja's life.
Bearmania

Bearmania

2014 • 3 min • United States of America
Two men face off in an erotic explosion of glitter.
Aquí no pasa nada

Aquí no pasa nada

2014 • 2 min • Mexico
A history of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The War of the Frames

The War of the Frames

2014 • 3 min
This film is based on a self-published comic by Peter Looles. The basic idea of the movie is that the characters within a comic page can penetrate each panel and interact with each other, so they go to war. The first official screening of the film was at the 2015 Camera Zizanio film festival.
Vanishing Points

Vanishing Points

2014 • 6 min • Canada
Like two molecules unknowingly affecting one another in space and briefly crossing paths, conceptual hip-hop dancers collide and share fleeting moments of intimate synchronicity on the streets of Montreal. Sucked into a choreographic time warp, viewers slowly realize things are not as they seem.