All Films

Tanicu

2014 • 25 min • Argentina

Tanicu is the god of scarcity. Ragged, unkempt, and thin, he is the semiotic gathering of misery. He is not clearly seen; he prowls the neighborhood, he is felt, he is heard. In the month of October, when nothing has yet been harvested from the August and September crops, and when the last provisions have been exhausted or are nearing their end, Tanicu is celebrated on the first Sunday of October in the town of Salavina in Santiago del Estero.

The Woman Security Guards

2014 • 25 min • Hong Kong

A property management corporation, which outsources its security service, has recently changed its contracted service provider. Having discovered that the scheme involves nepotism, the supervisor of the corporation exposes the hidden truth, which provokes huge tumult.

Dorothy

2014 • 15 min

A lone Prisoner desperately attempts to recreate Dorothy Gale's journey through Oz so that he, too, may click his heels and return home.

Breathe

2014 • 3 min

Breathe is not a conventional narrative film but a poetic meditation on change and time—the charcoal medium and slow morphing visuals invite introspection. Its strength lies in the seamless blend of drawing and animation, audio and visual, memory and transformation. It’s a profound piece that compels viewers to slow down and inhabit its hypnotic dream space.

Kobzar. The Story of One Book

2014 • 52 min • Ukraine

The film explores the biography of Taras Shevchenko, the "Kobzar," or more precisely, three editions of his works that were published during his lifetime in 1841, 1844, and 1860. It also highlights related issues, such as the emergence of the alphabet, the textual studies of Shevchenko's works and his friendly correspondence, his first trip to Ukraine, his arrest, and his last journey in 1860, censorship, and secret surveillance. All of these are closely intertwined with the biography of the "Kobzar." In addition, the biographical facts in this book reveal the emergence of an independent modern Ukrainian identity.

From the Carpathians to Paris with an Accordion

2014 • 15 min • Ukraine, France

24-year-old Pavlo is going on a journey to cross the Polish border and get to Paris. There he wants to work as a musician. Unable to obtain a passport, Pavlo crosses the border in a coffin. Paris, six months later. Police officers are trying to detain illegal musicians. Pavlo is saved by an old acquaintance.

Kremi

2014 • 17 min • Indonesia

Parjo, a truck driver who rarely comes home, struggles to resist the temptations he encounters on the road, especially those related to sex. It’s not that Parjo lacks desire, but rather that he strives to be a good husband to his wife. This time, however, things are different. When Parjo finally returns home and wishes to fulfill his sexual needs, unexpected situations arise—his attempts are constantly interrupted as his child frequently wakes up due to pinworm discomfort.

Collapse Zen

2014 • 2 min • Japan

Short animation by Kojirou Shishido featuring various grey structures crumbling apart.

Portrait of a Nude Art Model

2014 • 5 min • United States of America

Valentina is a nude art model who is reflecting on her experiences of working in the art world. Alex is the artist drawing Valentina. The setting is sumptuous and seductive! Watch this beautiful film to see if the artist and model connect in the present, past or future?

Scenario Plan

2014 • 4 min • Israel

In this movie, I dive into this map of architecture plan, in search of the meaning of the plan. What does a plan predict about the future? a good plan is at risk of failing the same way a bad plan fails. A plan is an evidence that reminds us how we did not succeed to follow it. The scenario plan is an estrange, cold space in which I decided to arouse little incidents from life and imagination. I portray a world of thought, fears, daily acts and feelings. The routine and circulation gives us the comfort to repression, illusions and forgetting the future.

Year Zero

2014 • 46 min

Seahorses

2014 • 11 min

A film about dealing with emotions linked to intimacy and sex in a relationship and at the same time confronted with intrusive memories from a traumatic past.

Threshold

2014 • 8 min

Fraser and Alice want to be together, but there is just one small step holding them back.

The Last Act

2014 • 27 min • Macedonia

A young Italian actress goes to visit her lover in Macedonia during the world war two. Her playfulness and nonchalant behavior leads to a tragic end.

Tin Canyon

2014 • 12 min

The story of three well-meaning bluegrass musicians who must overcome their debilitating stage fright to unleash their talent on the world.

Mother-Father

2014 • 16 min

A beautician named Elvis (also known as Elvira) finds out one day that he has fathered a bouncing baby boy and is left with the challenge of single parenthood.

Superhéroes

2014 • 9 min

The house is empty. Julio, the youngest of three children, spends his time playing alone while Genaro, his older brother, wants to draw him out of his dream world. But who’s the real hero here? And just who are the bad guys?

Realm of the Ancient Redwoods

2014 • 51 min • United States of America

They are perhaps the oldest lifeforms on the planet, and they are without a doubt the tallest. They are home to many species of plants and animals that rely on them for protection and shelter. They survived the ice age by migrating into protective enclaves, to flourish once again throughout specific regions of North and South America, and remote regions of China. They are the redwoods. Their bark can be up to a foot thick and contains tannins that protect them from fire. Redwoods are symbols of the forest environment; sentinels that reach for the sky for the sunlight and moisture they need to survive, a survival that is critical to the forest system.

The Weight

2014 • 25 min • Philippines

The wife of a middle-aged stone miner bears child while he is in a relationship with an enchanted black figure. A fettered commitment to an unborn child he already loves and a wife he despises torments the man. The enchanted lover offers him uncertain seduction. And he must choose, just as every dark creature must only pick between painful fates.

Owned

2014 • 6 min

Jeff is the undisputed world champion of 'Super Ultra Mega Fighter Turbo', an online arena gladiatorial fighting game. He is revered, undefeated, with a towering reputation. Jeff spends long hours searching the internet for a foe worthy of his legendary skills, crushing player after player beneath his mighty sandals like so many discarded potato chips. But always, he remains unchallenged. However, through his daily routine of online domination Jeff finds, at last, a worthy foe, and he begins his ultimate battle. There can be only one survivor, could this be the end of our tyrannical champion?

Record

2014 • 14 min • Iraq

This short tells the story of the life of an elderly mother and father. They want to portray their lives through a video camera in order to send it to their son who lives abroad in solitude. In the 90s, the majority of young Iraqi Kurds migrated because of the civil war and poverty.

The Satanic Thicket - One

2014 • 30 min

A family lives in a house in the woods.

Loot

2014 • 4 min

An old homeless man and his companion come across a strange briefcase in their alleyway.

Familiar Stranger

2014 • 3 min • Indonesia

A familiar stranger is an individual who is recognized from regular activities, but with whom one does not interact.