All Films

Frank Hvam - Inappropriate

2014 • 58 min

"I have always been inappropriate - more or less voluntarily - now I am again." It's Frank Hvam, as himself - a composite comedian, combining the lavkomiske with the gifted - an unpredictable mix of genitals and policy, seasoned with a highly developed sense of their own idiocy. "It's not because I like to provoke, but I am convinced that in the end it probably is very healthy to say things out loud. I get it every to trap better. " A classic stand-up show about what we all think, but few of us want to say out loud.

Swallowed By The Sea: Ancient Egypt's Greatest Lost City

2014 • 59 min

We all know about Alexandria, one of the greatest cities of the classical world, with its great Library and fabled Lighthouse. But Heracleion? A great port and religious centre at the mouth of the Nile, it was mentioned by the likes of Herodotus, but at some point it vanished, and its location became unknown.

Hipopotamy

2014 • 12 min • Poland

A few naked women and children are bathing in a river. They are being secretly observed by a group of men who, at one point, decide to approach them in a violent manner, as if inspired by the behaviour of hippopotamuses.

Liquid

2014 • 13 min • Japan

A woman brings her terminally ill lover to a mysterious place that she has heard can cure any illness, provided the client is a male.

Windowpane

2014 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A woman watches on from her bedroom window as a man drops his daughter off at his one-time marital home. As his daughter shuts the door, the man begins to contemplate his past behaviour and everything that he has subsequently lost.

The Lost Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Culture Show Special

2014 • 60 min • United Kingdom

In 2009, art detective Dr Bendor Grosvenor caused a national scandal by proving that the Scottish National Portrait Gallery's iconic portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the rebel Stuart who almost seized power in 1745, was not in fact him. Keen to make amends, and suspecting that a long-lost portrait of the prince by one of Scotland's greatest artists, Allan Ramsay, might still survive, Bendor decides to retrace Charles's journey in the hope of unravelling one of the greatest mysteries in British art.

Tabloid Workers

2014 • 56 min • Czech Republic

This documentary study of the mechanisms that turn the gears of the tabloids is conducted by the unique figure Pavel Novotný. This editor-in-chief of one of the most widely read Czech media outlets of the time, providing news from the world of show business and human misfortune, gets straight to the point. Readership is a fetish, an absolute alibi for all invasions of privacy and every transgression of good ethics. Seen up close, the whole cluster of disreputable reports looks like a staged tableau. Before the eager eyes of an anxious public, celebrities willingly or unwillingly perform acts that the scrutiny of the all-powerful tabloid workers attributes racy significance to.

Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes

2014 • 60 min • United States of America

"Women and Black Dudes" is the first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special from comedian Neal Brennan. He delivers bold material that dives deep into issues of race and gender. Brennan brings real talk about women, black dudes, and more.

Memories of a World War II Hero: Captain Brown's Story

2014 • 52 min • United States of America

Tells the story of probably the world's greatest pilot through an extensive and in-depth interview: Capt Eric "Winkle" Brown CBE, DSC, AFC. From his flight with WW1 German fighter ace Ernst Udet in 1936 through to commanding a squadron of Buccaneers at the height of the Cold War, we hear how "Winkle" Brown experienced the rise and fall of Nazism; how he flew the most dangerous, uncontrollable aircraft, how he cheated death countless times.

In the clouds

2014 • 21 min

An argentine woman and an American man have a cultural disagreement about intimacy and how romance is conceived.

The Great Invention

2014 • 21 min • Spain

Paris, 2027. A public television network celebrates the tenth anniversary of the breakup of the European Union by broadcasting a documentary about what triggered the demise of the EU...

Paris Story

2014 • 50 min • France

Who has not dreamed of embracing the city of Paris from the sky? Fly and explore the exceptional places that have shaped and are shaping the history of Paris: Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame de Paris, the Louvre, the Bastille, Invalides, the Opera ... Far from the clichés of postcards out of marked routes by travel guides, this new film invites viewers to an exceptional private tour of the city of Paris. Travel through the centuries and be witnesses of the birth of the City Lights. This new production reveals one of the most influential capitals in the world as you've never seen.

Farmer

2014 • 17 min • Serbia

Stevan, a son of a local criminal, lives a peaceful life running a homestead. When his father is killed by the members of his gang, Stevan seeks revenge.

R.p.g.

2014 • 13 min

Six friends meet up for their monthly Dungeons & Dragons game. Someone dies, someone falls in love, the others keep playing....

Holes in the Mountain

2014 • 5 min

Through video, photography, poetry, and music, the film creates an associative narrative structure that seeks to explore rural American landscapes, spiritual poverty, and the experience of traveling by freight. Shot during a freight-hopping trip with Kai and his brother Anders from Oakland to Portland, summer 2014.

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014 • 43 min

"Parasite Memories" is a brand new retrospective piece on the film produced by High Rising Productions with lively contribution from effects artist Joe Blasco, actresses Lynn Lowry and Barbara Steele, actor Allan Kolman, and Canadian critic Kier La-Janisse.

Michael Che: The Half Hour

2014 • 21 min

A half-hour stand-up special featuring Michael Che.

Through the Breaking Glass

2014 • 15 min • Spain

Alice, already a woman, wakes up in a foreign land. She does not remember her name neither how she got there. Evil forces are at work and Alice will have to fight to survive Wonderland and get back to her daughter.

Shotgun Tuding

2014 • 13 min • Malaysia, Philippines

Tuding sets out on a journey to a distant town to track down the man who got her youngest sister pregnant, and she’s not going home without him. A pancit western set in the late-1940s.

Våbenbrødre

2014 • 30 min • Denmark

Ørn is a Danish platoon commander positioned in Afghanistan and his cooperation with the local police captain, Fareed. In spite of cultural differences, their men fight side by side to improve security in a region that has been torn up by war. However, when an Afghan officer turns his weapon against the Danish soldiers, the cooperation and growing friendship between the two leaders is put to the test. Before the men have time to react, the traitor vanishes leaving Ørn wounded and his interpreter dead. Ørn is shipped back to Denmark, but returns to Afghanistan as soon as he recovers from his wounds, determined to continue his duty as if nothing ever happened. Once again the Danish soldiers go on patrol with Fareed and his officers, but mistrust lurks just beneath the surface and it becomes increasingly difficult for Ørn to not only to keep his men's paranoia at bay, but also his own.

Hot Beach Babe Aims to Please

2014 • 1 min

Jillian Mayer takes a walk on the beach. As she enters the camera’s frame, a swarm of cursors follow and stalk her as she moves.

Little Darling

2014 • 5 min • Australia

Set inside an automaton clock, Little Darling tells the story of the enduring love between the clock's two characters and their frustrations with being unable to embrace after the clock becomes old and broken. When the boy stumbles upon a method to free himself from the clock's mechanism, he must go on a dangerous adventure to save the one he loves.

La Plata Rugby Club

2014 • 56 min • Argentina, Italy

An historical documentary that rereads the recent death of Jorge Videla, bloodthirsty dictator of Argentina in the 70’s, telling the disappearance, one by one, of the members of La Plata Rugby club. A tragic and compelling story where the passion for politics and sport is opposed to a fascist - military regime.

Omnibullée

2014 • 4 min • France