All Films

The Sentiment

2014 • 33 min • Kuwait

A psychodrama short film that tells a story of a once happy, newlywed couple who wake up to find themselves in a battle against desolation because they're unable to have a child. Still holding onto the love in his heart, the husband struggled to uncloud the depression upon his wife.

Tea with Milk

2014 • 29 min • Kuwait

Ahmad's father has gone missing for two days. This is the story of Ahmad's quest in searching for his missing father from an Indian restaurant serving tea with milk.

Moment to Moment: Teens Growing Up with FASDs

2014 • 56 min • United States of America

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) occur when a pregnant mother consumes an amount of alcohol that is detrimental to the developing fetus. These effects can sometimes be seen in physical appearances and can even manifest in violent tendencies. As these children grow up, the tendencies become more uncontrolled, leading to difficulties fitting into society. This film explores the lives of 4 adolescents with FASDs and the effects that prenatal alcohol exposure has had, and continues to have, on their journeys to finding independence, fulfillment, and understanding the world around them.

They Came as Volunteers

2014 • 60 min • Japan

Following six young volunteers in the tsunami-devastated Arahama district in Sendai.

And God Stepped Into the Void

2014 • 30 min • Ukraine

An old couple live their days out in the abandoned village within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Being at odds, they stopped talking to each other, and now the only way of communication they have is a rusty 'mail kettle' on the wire.

Room on the Shore

2014 • 19 min

A relationship is ending. The lives of two people who live in the same room but do not pass each other. A dry room with signs of the end calls for water that once was full.

So Pay La

2014 • 2 min

Video for the song "So Pay La" by Triad God

Hamilton's Journey - Manatees in a New Light

2014 • 52 min • Germany, United States of America

As a manatee, one has to be extremely unlucky to be given a name. The young Hamilton is a living example of this. 600 kilos of pure friendliness – a sea cow, or manatee, is not exactly a paragon of beauty. However, they are without doubt the friendliest giants that inhabit the crystal waters of Florida’s rivers and shores. For the first time, a team of filmmakers has managed to observe a manatee for three years. As a result, the footage astounded even the experienced researchers of the Sirenia Projects. Besides, the gorgeous images of sea birds, alligators and dolphins depict the astonishing eco-system of the Gulf Coast and Florida’s crystal clear rivers.

Arcmás - Imago

2014 • 5 min

The great actor hurries to his dressing room after the raging success. He gets rid of Othello's costume and mask. He is trying to find his way back to himself. Does it have its own face?

Mezhyhirya. Daddy's Abode

2014 • 20 min • Ukraine

While working on a film about Viktor Yanukovych's residence for 1+1, director Yulia Shashkova visited Mezhyhirya several times. The authors of the film draw parallels between life in luxurious Mezhyhirya and simple Yenakiyevo, where Viktor Yanukovych's parents ' house is in ruins.

First Death

2014 • 24 min • Ukraine

"The First Death" is the second film in the series of documentaries "Winter that changed us". This is a story about those who died for freedom and for their own state. This time, the focus is on the story of Serhiy Nigoyan, a guy who was killed in the center of the Ukrainian capital in late January.

Upon Hatred

2014 • 25 min • Hong Kong

Anger breeds anger, and hatred breeds hatred. Restaurant owner Mr. Wong stresses about the business when he has to face rent increases every year. Restless and tense, he channels his anger to Ka Yeung, the timid newest employee. Taunted by his customers, his boss and life in general, Ka Yeung is barely keeping his head above the water with his father being an unlicensed hawker. One incident escalates to another like a Greek tragedy and anger spirals out of control, causing irreparable outcome. This is a story about two men who live in an unforgiving city, both trying to find their way out but ended up hurting each other.

In the Threads of Time

2014 • 4 min

People float in Destiny, chosen from among the threads of time made up of thousands of possibilities.

Deep Dance

2014 • 6 min • Germany

A world without light, a world dominated by darkness and threatening silence. The deep sea. Driven by their instincts, we pursue two contradictory characters and witness a struggle for life and death. We become victims of the illusion of light.

Intrusion

2014 • 7 min

Break-in and entry caught on tape...

Mount Desert Memories

2014 • 18 min

Set to music, "Mount Desert Memories" is a compilation of vintage home movie footage from Mount Desert Island, Maine, including footage of both summertime and winter life on MDI, Acadia National Park, and U.S. Navy visits to Bar Harbor.

Comet Catcher: The Rosetta Landing

2014 • 44 min

Discover the most complex and ambitious space mission ever undertaken, which aimed to understand the origin and evolution of our Solar System. On November the 12th, millions of miles from Earth, a spacecraft will make history by attempting to land on an icy rock nearly three-miles across, hurtling through space at 41,000 mi/hr. An international team of scientists will work around the clock to make sure the orbiter Rosetta, and lander Philae, will survive the journey to accomplish their mission. If successful, Rosetta and Philae could help peer into our past and unlock secrets from our very origins. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

Howard and Jean

2014 • 7 min

When an older woman begins to experience anxiety and depression she isolates herself inside her small apartment. Embarrassed and alone, she relies on the constant companionship of her chihuahua for her comfort and social outlet.

Fok Nabo Distorio

2014 • 7 min • Estonia

Experimental abstract animation based on "Liivaterade Raamat" composed by Liis Viira. This short film is improvised by animating in stop-motion different objects through optical lenses.

The Bear

2014 • 5 min • Poland

In the middle of summer a forester visits a man who reported that a bear destroyed his farm. He wants to know exactly what happened. Everything started with a wedding. While the guests cried at the church, no one remembered it later as vodka was poured like water. Although the forest path seemed straight on the way back, there was a sudden and unexpected change of circumstances. Zofia Antoniak's diploma film is a funny anecdote about a spectacular clash between man and the bear.

New Bodies

2014 • 4 min • New Zealand

This is a story about survival, family, love, and how sometimes things go wrong. Set on a colonized Mars, a young girl, her mother and her mother’s strange not-quite-human girlfriend have to navigate what it means to be a family in this short 2D animated science fiction film.

Edificio Central

2014 • 12 min • Peru

A woman returns to an old building to reminisce. Memories of the place guide her and she plays hide and seek with her memories. Nothing is what it seems. The passageways can be playgrounds for children; the railings, songs; and the windows, opportunities for love. She searches for the mystery that binds her to the Central Building.

The Blue Bird

2014 • 14 min • Ukraine

A famous artist in the past learns that today is the last day in his life. Summing up his life, he realizes that no one and nothing keeps him in this world. But here he mentions that an old gray parrot has been living in his house for almost thirty years, which has faithfully played the role of "blue bird" for many years. An elderly, sick person is forced to run around the city in search of a new shelter for his faithful friend.

Last Time Paris

2014 • 11 min • Austria

One day Sonja's mother discovers a hair barrette in her room of the retirement home. She remembers her shining youth she spent in Paris and her first love, Theo, from which she got the barrette. When her daughter Sonja visits, she tells her about her wish to go back to Paris again. Sonja manages to take some days off and plans to take a trip with her mother. But suddenly, a new project comes in which makes it impossible for Sonja to go abroad. Torn between the relationship to her mother and the responsibility for her job, she has to make a decision.