All Films

Suleima

2014 • 16 min • Syrian Arab Republic

An animated documentary film, based on an actual story of a woman from Damascus countryside. Suleima evokes some of childhood memories, when her thoughts refusing injustice had arisen. The film is a portrait of Suleima, and a monitoring of intellectual and social shifts she experiences during the events. The visual environment: has been presented graphically fully of sharp contrasts, and imaginary mixed with reality.

Kosmonauta

2014 • 5 min

Kosmonauta is a visualization of an actual sound clip from a female cosmonaut in distress. The signal was picked up on a soviet space frequency in 1962 and gave rise to the theory of the (lost) first female cosmonaut.

Neon

2014 • 52 min • Poland

In Neon, Bednarski recounts the history of Warsaw's neon signs from the pre-War period to modern times. He creates an overview of the neon signs which illuminated streets of Warsaw before the Second World War, depicts the use and role of neon signs in the times of social realism in the context of history and politics, and describes what has happened to them since 1989.

A Little Bit of Wood and Steel

2014 • 45 min

In the heart of the city, in the heart of life, in a public garden, there was once a bench, all alone. A moment of respite, a pause. A save haven, a place of shelter, a refuge. A stage. A crossroads. Just a little bit of wood and steel.

The Stone

2014 • 19 min • Russia

A few friends carry a valuable cargo for them. Before friends a noble goal. But it doesn't make them better. The most serious obstacle in their way are themselves.

The Screen Tests of Cosmotropia de Xam

2014 • 53 min

THE SCREEN TESTS OF COSMOTROPIA DE XAM A collection of 12 screen tests from all over the world, based on a direction sheet of Cosmotropia de Xam. Starring: Elzabeth Hart of Psychic Ills, How I Quit Crack and Aura, Carmen Incarnadine, Shivabel, Black Madeleine, Jenni Hensler, Agnes Pándy, Suzy Poling, Omebi, Sarah Toon and Owleyes, Dania Myers, ∆AIMON

Bright Red

2014 • 9 min • Portugal

Filipe Santos is a man whose wife has been brutally murdered. The police can't find the killer and Filipe starts an investigation on it's own. However the more he searches for the truth the more twisted his methods become.

The Dinner Party

2014 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A gentleman waits for his dinner party guests to arrive, but something seems to be keeping them.

Appearance and Reality

2014 • 5 min

A short story about shown and hidden feelings.

All I’m Saying

2014 • 3 min • Hungary

A man goes on a quest to find the spirit of a woman to whom he could never say goodbye.

Lactée

2014 • 15 min • Canada

Three women live together in a closed and quiet apartment. Aude, Emma and Anne have an ambiguous relationship. Aude's breasts start to produce milk, for no reason. Her two roommates become aware of this, and it disturbs slightly their microcosm.

Short Day

2014 • 26 min • Latvia

An ordinary old folks’ home on the Latvian border – one of many, where our parents, grand-parents and other relatives spend their old age. Theirs is the generation whose prime years co-existed with the Soviet Union, and who were promised: work, give all you can, and we’ll take care when you’re old. The system changed and the reality is different. How to live in this reality, accept the current rules, or live in the past and have regrets. We will touch upon their world, and the dreams and hopes of Vilnis, Imants, Alberts and Elizabete.

In Your Own Backyard

2014 • 11 min

The growth of the tech industry in the Bay Area is a hot button issue right now. Let Julie Armstrong, host of "In Your Own Backyard," show you how some citizens are taking the local tech growth into their own hands.

Scripted Short Film

2014 • 15 min • India

Scripted- in this world we all are playing our respective rolls, a great filosopher Eric berne (disciple of sigmund freud) said that we all have our script in our mind, that called life script. we need to figure it out what we have to do with our life. What if, script physically exists in this world? People can play their respective roles according to their script. They can change their script according to their demands. Actually they can change their destiny. As William Shakespeare said -“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and their entrances.”

Viewing Prohibited 3 TABOO Video

2014 • 58 min • Japan

3rd entry in the 'TABOO' series that investigates and fully recreates horror stories posted on the Internet.

The Subscriber

2014 • 9 min • Ukraine

A militia officer Jora is the customer of the Internet service provider. He has a problem. Being unable to resolve it with a phone call, he decides to take matters into his own hands.

People Under the Stovepipe

2014 • 27 min • Serbia

A story about North city jazz and blues music festival in Kosovska Mitrovica. A few musicians had made a great music festival, the story begins before the Second World War when English mining limited made concessions on the Trepča mining company and brought music with them.

The Liquid Casket / Wilderness of Mirrors

2014 • 10 min • United States of America

Clipson, like some reckless traveller driven by a Mabusian force, takes us on a journey, hypnotically guiding us through a realm of dreams that seems to consist solely of light, shapes and colours. Shot on and screened from film. Soundtrack by sound artist and composer Lawrence English.

Beautiful by Night

2014 • 29 min • United States of America

A documentary following three older drag entertainers at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco. The film explores the rituals of these performers' transformations, along with themes of ageing, labor, and self acceptance. Featuring Collette LeGrande, Donna Personna, and Olivia Hart.

The Black Widow

2014 • 55 min

An enigmatic Andalusian tries to forget her former mistress sadistic, cruel and all other sadomasochistic pleasures.

To The Rescue

2014 • 5 min

Captured in both Chicago, Illinois and Wellington, New Zealand, To The Rescue is a look at the issue of food waste and its contribution to global warming.

Approaching the Puddle

2014 • 9 min • Germany

A curious woman appropriately dressed for a rainy day explores her environment at an empty car park. Around puddles she dances in child like play, drifts into a fantastic inner world, unravels a magical place as her rubber boots come to life.

Jerusalem 2004

2014 • 4 min • Lithuania

The film based on poem by Gillad Meiri called Jerusalem 2004. It is best defined by lines from the poem: „On the rivers of asphalt at Zion Square traffic flows as usual. There we sat in cafes, only those with a guard".

Stuck

2014 • 5 min

About a man from another world is alone in an environment that is livable, if not comfortable, but is ultimately a short film about diaspora, rootlessness, and the meaning of home. (NB: The voice-over is not in Esperanto, rather, and as noted in the closing credits, it is in the constructed language "Lingwa de planeta" -"LdP" or "Lidepla" for short-, perhaps further emphasizing rootlessness and the notions listed above.)