All Films

The Search for the Ocean's Super Predator

2014 • 46 min • Australia

There's a mysterious predator lurking in the depths of Australia's wild Southern Ocean, a beast that savagely devoured a great white shark in front of cinematographer David Riggs 11 years ago. Riggs's obsession to find the killer leads him to an aquatic battle zone that's remained hidden until now. Here, killer whales, colossal squid and great white sharks face off in an underwater coliseum where only the fiercest creatures of the marine world survive.

Wandering Butterflies

2014 • 14 min

Miriam is up for a surprise from her husband after a rift caused by the flirty text message of someone named Alex.

Mute

2014 • 27 min • Germany

Monika is raging. Monika is on the run. Monika is trying to escape from husband Richard. Her destination is Venice. Her partner in crime is Nema, a mute hitchhiker. Nema pushes Monika to follow her path relentlessly. Until Richard catches up and Monika has to fight for her freedom. Who is the man, whom Monika is will-lessly following? Who is the strange hitchhiker? How can Monika regain control?

Esta canción de amor es para Fátima

2014 • 22 min • Mexico

Domingo is in love with his classmate, Fatima. To conquer her, he is determined to buy a mp3 player; a difficult task in the middle of Mexico´s Zapotec mountain side. On his quest he meets 'Charal', an alcoholic homeless man that decides to help him.

Drone

2014 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A worker drone, David Blunt undergoes psychotherapy sessions and through this comes to face the meaning of his own existence. His life is allegorically represented and visually juxtaposed to that of a worker bee (a 'drone'), dealing with issues of existentialism and individualism in a modern neo-liberalist society. An M&B Arts Productions film.

Filtros

2014 • 3 min • Spain

The Last of the Saracenns

2014 • 32 min • Russia

The most famous person on the planet which no one has seen, suddenly decides to open up before the world.

Dog

2014 • 2 min

A short film about creation and how it doesn't always go to plan.

Restart

2014 • 44 min • Serbia

After 10 years of being in a passive, a painter Darko Babic accepted an invitation to exhibit his works in an art gallery in his own town. It marked the beginning of a 10-month long period of preparing the exhibition, a period of self-struggle with his own established habits and personal boundaries. By accepting the invitation, the artist also ran the risk of leaving the gallery walls bare.

Washingtonia

2014 • 24 min • Greece

Washingtonia starts when the giraffe's heart can no longer be heard. Washingtonia is an alternative name for Athens, a place where people, like animals, fall into summertime sadness because of the heat. Washingtonia is the only palm tree whose heart is not devoured by the red beetle. Because its heart is small and dry and no one likes small and dry hearts.

Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned

2014 • 60 min

From My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock to God Save the Queen, this is the story of ten records from the 1930s to the present day that have been banned by the BBC. The reasons why these songs were censored reveals the changing controversies around youth culture over the last 75 years, with Bing Crosby and the Munchkins among the unlikely names to have met the wrath of the BBC. With contributions from Carrie Grant, Paul Morley, Stuart Maconie, Glen Matlock, Mike Read and Jon Robb.

Tjuren Ferdinand - den sanna historien

2014 • 29 min

Ferdinand the bull was real. And everything was just like in the fairy tale. But the ending was something completely different. Meet the family who cuddled with the friendly bull in the paddock, the grandson of the keeper who accompanied him on the fateful journey to the arena, and the man who actually saw the bullfight in 1936 and has never been able to forget it. They all have their own story. And of course, we meet the beloved bull in a unique newly discovered film.

The Order

2014 • 37 min • Thailand

Ake, a young photographer, is looking for the perfect combination for his work. So he begins working with a column called "The House of Love". There, he meets "May"-the columnist who has a secret that hard to believe it's true.

Song of Autumn

2014 • 14 min • Brazil

Autumn has arrived. Soon we will dive into the cold darkness.

Faultless: The American Orphan

2014 • 45 min

Full length documentary covering the growing interest of American Christians caring for children in foster care. Broad in scope - filmed in Georgia, Kentucky, Colorado, and California. Many people outside of the Christian faith have found this film encouraging and eye opening.

The Midway

2014 • 1 min • Canada

Children wait their turn for a once-in-a-lifetime roller coaster ride. A loving and poignant meditation on childhood and the passage of time. Inspired by found sound of a theme park in the distance, lyrically rendered in pencil and paper, and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Butter Ya'Self

2014 • 3 min • United States of America

A hot dog bun and a banana are famous.

Spent: Looking for Change

2014 • 40 min • United States of America

Spent: Looking for Change is a film about everyday Americans without the financial options most of us take for granted and the movement giving them renewed hope. Turning to pawn chops, check cashing services, and using payday loans to meet basic financial needs can be costly for many of us, with 89 billion dollars a year going to fees and interest for using these types of alternative financial services. It's time for a change. New technology, new ideas and encouraging dialogue around this issue can help make managing money simple and more affordable.

Quiero caminar contigo

2014 • 21 min

Santiago is a young man who unexpectedly has an accident that leaves him in a wheelchair. Losing his "friends", his girlfriend and getting bullied at school. When all seems lost, he meets Mateo, a new exchange student, who is gay and defends him from bullying. Their friendship over time turns into something more, giving Santiago's life a new meaning and the courage to defend his love against the stigmas of religion, sexual orientation and physical disability.

Poeira de Prata no Escuro do Quarto

2014 • 20 min • Brazil

We must always smile. Especially to take a picture.

First Story

2014 • 15 min • Iraq

The film portrays a different dimension of the political uprising which happened in the north of Iraq(Kurdistan) in 1991, the political movement led to separate the Kurdish region from Iraq and liberation from the former Iraqi regime. The film contains the idea that the revenge mentality can be avoided under any circumstances despite a long-term dictatorial era.

Memories of the Mothman

2014 • 8 min • Canada

Point Pleasent, West Virginia, December 1966: Sally recounts her terrifying encounter with the Mothman to the mysterious Indrid Cold. Inspired by the Mothman/Indrid Cold myth that took place in Point Pleasant, West Virginia from 1966-1967.

Fist Pack

2014 • 10 min • United States of America

When two dopes venture into the suburbs for anonymous sex with a woman they met online, things take a turn when they enter the wrong house, inhabited by a malevolent presence.

Året var 1964

2014 • 60 min • Sweden

1964 - the year when Astrid Lindgren's 'Vi på Saltkråkan' is shown on TV, UN Swedes smuggle weapons, Khrushchev is visiting, car testing starts, the KDS is formed and the long-haired fashion starts trending - for guys.