All Films

Freeman Velocity

2014 • 16 min

Brothers unsuspectingly connect as they chase down their stolen comic book and confront bullies.

Great Women: Sophia on Loren

2014 • 40 min

Sophia Loren's story told by Loren herself. The greatest Italian movie star of all time describes her life and career through a selection of the materials dating from between the fifties and the present day preserved in the archives of the Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Rai. An exploration of the myth of a "unique" actor, relying exclusively on precious and sometimes rare archive footage, with a commentary in Loren's own words drawn from over half a century of interviews and firsthand accounts of the most important moments in her private life and her career. A documentary made to celebrate this great actor's eighty years and her immense charm and talent.

Survival Guide

2014 • 15 min

With a child abductor at large in the neighborhood, 11 year old Fleur Flannery must fend for herself when she is left behind after a Girl Guide meeting.

Cut to the Chase

2014 • 7 min • United States of America

A short film in the Inspirational category for the Richmond, VA edition of the 2014 48 Hour Film Project, Cut to the Chase follows two girls going on a date

Boxed in Blue

2014 • 15 min

After finding a forgotten blue box, John must decide whether to stick with his original plans or to chase after the girl who got away.

Ghosts of Amistad - In the Footsteps of Rebels

2014 • 56 min • Sierra Leone, United States of America

Ghosts of Amistad by Tony Buba is based on Marcus Rediker's The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Penguin, 2012). It chronicles a journey to Sierra Leone in 2013 to visit the home villages of the rebels who captured the slave schooner Amistad, to interview elders about local memory of the incident, and to search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The filmmakers rely on the knowledge of villagers, fishermen, and truck drivers to recover a lost history from below in the struggle against slavery, and to explore the African origins of the heroes of the Amistad incident.

Fluke

2014 • 2 min

The story of a guy who could save the universe.

Love Always

2014 • 24 min

In 1942, a young woman fends off the fears and trials of war by reading the letters her lover sends home. When the letters stop coming, she falls into a secretive affair with the village postman, but his motives are not what they seem.

UMA Expeditionary party report

2014 • 60 min • Japan

'UMA' puts the spotlight on Tsuchinoko, Mosshi, and the Abominable Snowman.

La noche sin sombra

2014 • 17 min • Argentina

Carlos is a commissioner who is separating from his young wife Carolina, who is having an affair with Gómez, a police officer who is under Carlos' orders. He finds out, and plans to murder his wife and her lover.

Music Is a Universal Language

2014 • 15 min • Serbia

In a search for interesting and unexplored music, the U.K. music journalist Eddie Cooney comes to the Balkan region, where he finds a group of regional artists called "The New Outlaws". Scattered around the countries of former Yugoslavia, their companionship, common spirit and power of musical expression, opens the hidden door of a new undiscovered culture to him.

Une Comédie romantique

2014 • 6 min

A simple romantic comedy

La Grieta

2014 • 11 min • Argentina

Two Argentine soldiers, complete strangers, find themselves face-to-face in a foxhole during the Falklands War, forced into a tense and unexpected encounter at the edge of survival.

Of Hockey and Bears

2014 • 50 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia

Besides presenting a history of the Medveščak Zagreb Ice Hockey Club, the film includes recollections of its crucial individuals, past and present, and tries to explain the phenomenon of its popularity, including the unique spirit of Medveščak fans.

My Name: A Female

2014 • 10 min

A short film dealing with the status and identity of women.

Cain

2014 • 26 min • Bulgaria

The film tells us the story of the excellent student Chris, who decides to purge the world. Together with his Winchester, Chris gives God what He wanted. 'Cain' changes completely our notions about everything that surrounds us. How well do we know the people we are communicating with every day?

People on the Bridge

2014 • 5 min

An experimental film based on the poem "People on the Bridge" by Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska and narrated by Beata Pozniak. The film focuses on the poem's original inspiration, a 19th century Japanese woodblock print entitled People on a Bridge by Hiroshige Utagawa. Six figures are caught in the middle of an old wooden bridge during a sudden rainstorm. As the people run to seek shelter, the drama of this moment in time is captured in the poetry as both frozen and infinitely fluid.

Exit Log

2014 • 7 min

Exit Log is a stunning sci-fi short set in 2249. Two space engineer's journey through deep space takes a dramatic turn when they discover an emergency message from the past. Can they decipher the message and decide their fate forever?

Bleu

2014 • 15 min • Belgium

A Belgian boy and a Dutch girl meet up for one weekend in a chalet far away from everything and everyone...But it's not a regular date.

Bobo's Wake

2014 • 7 min

Bobo is a bounder. A cad. This clown enters the lives of three women, a Mother, Fran, and her two daughters, Pearl and Robyn. He steals Fran's heart, impregnates Pearl and leaves Robyn with an engagement ring and a fatal disease. Following his death the women hold a strange wake where their jealousies and pain come to the surface.

Banan

2014 • 5 min

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Sandarah

2014 • 7 min

During the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, a detachment of soldiers is sent to a home to arrest the family who live there. When they arrive, the house has been hurriedly abandoned and not a soul is to be found. The youngest soldier, a photographer, discovers something unexpected – and memories of happier times overwhelm him as he goes about his duties. Beautifully animated and deep with the emotions brought about by conflict, ‘Sandarah’ is a tribute to human benevolence.

Caura Falls, a Hidden Treasure

2014 • 24 min

The journey to the Caura Falls (Pará), a little-known spot in the Venezuelan Amazonia. About a dozen falls a hundred feet tall form a lagoon, with the jungle around it. A fascinating and unforgettable journey for the eco-tourist seeking adventures.

Lurid

2014 • 13 min

It wasn't night and it wasn't day, but some lurid third interval that had suddenly slipped between them and would never end.