All Films

Zella: Monster Martial Law

2014 • 41 min • Japan

Clocking in at a mere 41 minutes and inspired by Godzilla, Gamera, and stop-motion guru Ray Harryhausen, production on the film was assisted by Hiromasa Mitsudome, who worked as special effects supervisor on the “Ultraman” TV series.

Bad Girl

2014 • 10 min • France

On the brink of her 18th birthday, Mathilde must come to terms with the monster that haunts her at night.

The Elephant Might Know

2014 • 17 min • Indonesia

Two scientists, a husband and wife, found a way to create a dream as we want to when we sleep. The husband is so proud by this invention, but the wife, she's not so happy. Because something is stand behind all of this. Something pathetic, sad, and dangerous.

Monotony

2014 • 3 min

'Monotony' explores themes of fantasy and desire through an examination of morning ritualism.

Robot Virus

2014 • 6 min • Latvia

Sometime in the near future, after the end of the world, a person gets into a family fight with a robot.

For Francis

2014 • 15 min

Francis is a seven year old boy who loves dresses. When his teacher makes Francis a dress, his father Matt becomes enraged. Fearing the worst, Matt is forced to face his own fears and to choose between protecting his son from an intolerant world, or allowing the boy to live truthfully.

The collector

2014 • 5 min • Argentina

He came to collect a debt with Hell.

Spachtel

2014 • 22 min • Israel

An activist couple finds a temporary shelter in a decaying flat at the verge of the city after taking part in an anarchist action. He's obsessively trying to make the place a safe haven while she longs back to the riots. The film was made after the Tel-Aviv riots for social justice and it shows the conflict between the will to fight for change and the need in a more quiet and bourgeois life. The conflict is represented by the two characters and by the tension between the shut interior and the chaotic urban exterior.

SHAPATH - Can't Take This Shit Anymore

2014 • 52 min • India

Story of Six Indian Married Women, left their husband's home due to non availability of toilets. This is the story of human grit and compassion.

Éramos Todos Loucos

2014 • 50 min • Brazil

A documentary about the production of Hugo Carvana's successful film "Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo", from 1973.

Queer Arts Festival: SD Holman Interview

2014 • 10 min • Canada

SD Holman talks with BTGWTV about the Queer Arts Festival 2013 and the societal need for radical representation of queer art. Performances by Cris Derksen and Kinnie Starr are included.

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan

2014 • 60 min

A discovery journey to the ancient sites and forts of Iranian Azerbaijan, Zahhak castle near Mianeh and the Babak Khorramdin stronghold in Kalaybar, who fought the Abbasid Caliphate in early centuries of Islam in Iran.

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks

2014 • 60 min

History of Iranian Azerbaijan from Oghuz Turks to the Qara Qoyunlu rulers who built the Blue Mosque (Pers. Masjed-e kabud); and to Hasan Padeshah Aq Qoyunlu who chose Tabriz as their capital.

Malatedda

2014 • 6 min • Italy

Mental discomfort is a field yet to be discovered. Where is the borderline between peculiarity and mental illness?

#Blackmendream

2014 • 46 min • United States of America

In this short-form documentary, queer artist-filmmaker Shikeith Cathey tackles intersectional identity, asking a group of gay and straight interviewees "When did you become a black man?" Facing away from the camera, and often shirtless, the video's nine subjects are filmed in black and white as they contend with their self-conceptions of masculinity, sexuality, and race.

Golden Age of Hustlers

2014 • 6 min • United States of America

"The Golden Age of Hustlers" captures the 1970's gay hustler scenes of pre-HIV/AIDS era on Polk St in San Francisco from an insider's experience.

Parente Não se Escolhe

2014 • 13 min • Brazil

In order to enjoy the holidays in peace, a boy does everything to hide from his parents that he has repeated the year.

Mutant

2014 • 6 min

When a critically ill person was taken to hospital to be admitted his eyes captured reflection of the city.

Fest of Duty

2014 • 60 min • Iran

For Muslims, puberty begins at the age of nine, and from that moment on girls wear the hijab. What’s been happening in the lives of two Iranian girls since this important event?

Kopernik vs Uczeni

2014 • 5 min • Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus and two scholars, Czesław and Miłosz, stroll through the streets of Frombork, talking and eating gingerbread cookies. When Copernicus presents his theory about the solar system to the others, the scholars agree with him and support his words. However, when Nicolaus plans to publish his theory and share it with the world, Czesław and Miłosz change their minds and try to prove him wrong.

Mental Space

2014 • 7 min • Germany, United Kingdom

A vision in a dream. Follow a stream of consciousness deep into a world transformed by the shaping spirit of the imagination.

Backwards

2014 • 12 min • Argentina

Paula (11 years old) is waiting in a bus station for someone to pick her up. An unknown young man sits next to her. A casual conversation is the beginning of the relationship to be established between them throughout the day.

Là-bas

2014 • 8 min

A mother and her son are losing themselves in lies and sadness. Together, in a mysterious journey 'away', they will have to learn to come to terms with each other's feelings.

Enter the Optigan

2014 • 20 min • United States of America

A segment from the abandoned documentary film "The Collectors." Shot in 1999 and edited in 2013–2014. The short documentary centers on Pea Hicks, a collector of an obscure electronic instrument called the Optigan.