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Amaurosis

Amaurosis

2014 • 60 min • Costa Rica
Amaurosis is a story of the psychological and emotional dilemmas of an artist (Manuel) who lost his sight in a traffic accident and flees with his only relative, a boy nicknamed Gatillo.
The Last Day of Summer

The Last Day of Summer

2014 • 12 min
During apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, two lovers -- a 16-year-old Caucasian girl and a 20-year-old African man -- meet a tragic end.
Agave is Life

Agave is Life

2014 • 59 min • Mexico, United States of America
AGAVE IS LIFE is an exploration of the history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and the American Southwest. Starting thousands of years ago when hunter-gatherers viewed the hardy desert succulent with it's myriad uses as a gift from the gods, agave's story is told through the lens of archaeological, ethnographic and modern day vignettes, closing with concerns about threats to the plant's future
Sarajevo: Beginning of a Disaster

Sarajevo: Beginning of a Disaster

2014 • 45 min • Germany
Sarajevo, late June 1914: A Serbian nationalist shoots the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne and his wife. A few weeks later, war raged in Europe with devastating consequences.
Och förlåt oss våra skulder

Och förlåt oss våra skulder

2014 • 59 min • Sweden
It is more than forty years ago and the story is almost forgotten, the one about Inger Svensson, a young woman from Öland who wanted to be a priest when the resistance against female priests was the hardest. When the woman would be silent in the congregation and only the man could proclaim the word of God. A film about faith and doubt, about hope and despair and deepest sorrow. And whether to forgive our debtors.
Real Honey

Real Honey

2014 • 18 min • Poland
Krystyna, the main character of the film, is a 60-year-old poor pensioner from the deep provinces, who sells homemade honey by the road. One day, Russian prostitutes start working on the same road. Krystyna does not like the new company. He soon comes into conflict with one of the girls and accidentally comes into possession of her wallet with the daily takings. Contrary to the heroines' expectations, further events bring the two women closer together.
Kept Man

Kept Man

2014 • 10 min • United States of America
Psychological thriller short film starring Wilson Cleveland as Jake, a man who fears his new boyfriend Brian - played by Hartley Sawyer, is losing his grip on reality.
Nothing Else But Water

Nothing Else But Water

2014 • 5 min • France
This story takes place in Lisbon at the time of the great maritime discoveries. Explorers, looking like pigs, arrive in the harbor after a long voyage across the oceans. Everywhere in the city small groups gather and congratulate each other. They organize spontaneous round dances and celebrate their return. Meanwhile, a young pig has the strange feeling of being completely isolated from the others in his own native city...
Fargene Forsvant

Fargene Forsvant

2014 • 18 min • Norway
A Norwegian short film.
Children of the River

Children of the River

2014 • 14 min • Portugal, Spain
In the riverside neighbourhood of Oporto, all the children prove their courage by jumping from the stunning bridge Luis I into the Duero river. Leo has never done it before. He is different but he is getting tired of everyone thinking he is a coward.
The Little Cousteau

The Little Cousteau

2014 • 9 min • Czech Republic
Undersea adventure in snowy city. A short cartoon film as a homage to Jacques Cousteau.
The Mirage

The Mirage

2014 • 44 min
In 1968, at the ripe age of 26, Peter Kalikow was certain he could build a better car than anyone else. He took the money he made in construction and put it all on the line to take on the automotive establishment. Three years later his car graced the cover of Road & Track magazine and debuted to critical acclaim at The New York International Auto Show. Then fate struck and the car known as The Momo Mirage became just that- a looming vision on the horizon, weighing heavily Peter for more than 40 years.
Wednesday

Wednesday

2014 • 6 min
Played almost entirely in reverse, Wednesday is an experimental drama about a man struggling with paranoia.
Now I'm Thirteen

Now I'm Thirteen

2014 • 15 min • Myanmar
Ma Aye Kaung is girl who was born during the reign of military government. Now she is living in middle part of Myanmar. Her father is an alcoholic and neglects family duties. At the age of nine, she started as a child labour. Now she is thirteen and a herd of goats. Ma Aye Kaung wants to read and write. Though the primary education is free but she had no chance of schooling. Now our country in the political transition period too, the girls like her, have no chance of going to school.
Videohome

Videohome

2014 • 11 min • Mexico
In the midst of a strike, people find their liberty limited by the walls of their homes. In these micro-worlds there are no rules nor conventions and home becomes a white canvas where anyone can rethink life and its nonsense.
Don't Look Down

Don't Look Down

2014 • 47 min • United Kingdom
Urban free climbers are a new breed of daredevils, young men and women who illegally climb cranes and buildings without any safety equipment, then hang from them, hundreds of metres above the ground, one slip from certain death... Free climbing originated in Eastern Europe, but has recently spread to Britain. James Kingston is a 23-year-old who lives with his mother near Southampton. In his spare time James scales the local 100m cranes and 200m radio towers. Now James embarks on a journey to the spiritual home of urban free climbing, Ukraine, where he teams up with the infamous Mustang Wanted, the craziest climber of them all. As Mustang and James explore Kiev, the pair push themselves to new extremes, climbing derelict buildings and tightrope-walking hundreds of metres above the city, before finally heading to the iconic Moscow bridge to attempt Mustang's latest death defying stunt. Don't Look Down is fascinating, revealing and nerve-wracking.
My First Exorcism

My First Exorcism

2014 • 17 min • Japan
Kageru's mother was killed by a demon when Kageru was five. But now there is an unexpected opportunity for revenge.
Trapped Girl

Trapped Girl

2014 • 15 min • United States of America
Trapped Girl is a short film about what happens to a girl named Bell when the bathroom doorknob falls off and she's trapped inside. Beyond the door her life is falling apart, and when she's set free hours later she finds herself stumbling into a new reality. A tragicomedy based on a real event, Trapped Girl explores the moments of our lives when the ground shifts and everything is heightened, scary, and full of possibilities.
Remembering The Fallen

Remembering The Fallen

2014 • 16 min
A french veteran of World War II remembers a particular day.
The Cat and the Orange Seeds

The Cat and the Orange Seeds

2014 • 20 min
After an accident, the husband becomes paralyzed. Yet the wife stays in the marriage to take care of him daily. The film is full of beautiful shots which sadden the couple’s distress even more as it evokes a lovely past that was not so further away but will forever stay as memory. Sadness initiates beautiful dream that soon turns to wishful thinking and breaks into despair. The story of The Cat and the Orange Seeds is not a new one yet the way it is done, it is a tragedy beautifully told with pure cinematic beauty and capable of truly touching tour heart.
Mission Asteroid

Mission Asteroid

2014 • 47 min
Mission Asteroid A killer asteroid is on its way to Earth -- what can we really do to stop it? Are we destined to go the way of the dinosaur? Killer asteroids have long played a role in science fiction. But when a fireball exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, the world learned that the threat is real. On average, NASA finds a new potentially hazardous asteroid every day... and there are still many we haven’t found. Many of these space rocks have the power to destroy cities, and some are big enough to wipe out human civilization. On the other hand, they could hold the secrets to the origin of our solar system – and might just be the key to the survival of the human race. In the movies, when an asteroid is headed for Earth, there’s always a team of heroes that comes to the rescue and saves the day. But in real life, who can tame these hurtling space rocks? Who can save us from Asteroid Apocalypse – and, just maybe, take us outward into the final frontier?
Life After Pi

Life After Pi

2014 • 30 min • United States of America
“Life After Pi” is a short documentary about Rhythm & Hues Studios, the L.A. based Visual Effects company that won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking work on “Life of Pi”– just two weeks after declaring bankruptcy. The film explores rapidly changing forces impacting the global VFX community, and the Film Industry as a whole. This is only the first chapter of an upcoming feature-length documentary “Hollywood Ending,” that delves into the larger, complex challenges facing the US Film Industry and the many professionals working within it, whose fates and livelihood are intertwined.
Banana Moon

Banana Moon

2014 • 3 min • United States of America
Sylvio is just your ordinary gorilla trying to live a simple life. When his stomach starts rumbling, Sylvio takes drastic measures to try and get some food.
Lunar Luperca

Lunar Luperca

2014 • 5 min • United States of America
The lunar Luperca takes a phone call during the transformation, hanging up on her contact before her claws and fangs come out.