All Films

Sheep, Dog, & Wolf - Glare

2014 • 4 min • Australia, New Zealand

A man runs away from the sun in the desert

Bob Harris: My Nashville

2014 • 60 min • United Kingdom

'Whispering' Bob Harris journeys to America's country music capital to reveal why Nashville became Music City USA. From the beginnings of the Grand Ole Opry on commercial radio, through the threatening onset of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, right up to the modern mainstream hits of Music Row, this is the story of how music has shaped Nashville and why today it's a place of pilgrimage for musicians from all over the world.

Me First

2014 • 16 min

Feeling trapped in an unhappy marriage, Sarah confides in her daughter’s friend. In a moment of weakness, everything changes and she is suddenly faced with feelings she has never felt before. Sarah must chose between her family and her own happiness. When she makes her choice, it’s up to her daughter to put her mother’s happiness first.

Booger

2014 • 12 min • United Arab Emirates

Known as Nagafa (Booger) among his classmates, 10-year-old Ahmad tries to overcome peer intimidation caused by the class bully, Omar. In spite of the supportive vibes around him, only Ahmad can save himself when he lands in a troubled situation.

Isaiah's Birthday

2014 • 11 min

Isaiah has been counting the sleeps to his ninth birthday party, and it is finally here. But, Isaiah is going to get a present he did not ask for: he's going to meet his biological father, Kevin.

La Silla Satánica

2014 • 47 min • Colombia

A disabled girl discovers that her wheelchair is possessed by the devil.

Alt

2014 • 6 min • Venezuela

The perfect life of a woman spirals out of control after everything around her starts to mysteriously vanish.

Small Talk

2014 • 23 min

A young phone sex operator named Al's career takes a strange turn as her more unpleasant clients begin dying under mysterious circumstances after speaking with her. Al is left with sudden, intense headaches after each incident, the likes of which she has never experienced before. Is this coincidence, or is she somehow causing these deaths? Al attempts to keep her grip on reality and enlists her best friend investigate--battling violent ex boyfriends and the horror of the service industry along the way

Kismet

2014 • 58 min • Croatia, France, Greece, Qatar

Turkish soap operas have taken the world by storm, conquering the hearts of millions of viewers in the Middle East, North Africa, the Balkans and Asia. With unprecedented access to the industry’s most glamorous actors and creative talent, Kismet unravels the secrets of this phenomenal success that transcends religion and culture. From the lavish production sets of the most popular Turkish soap operas, the film travels to streets and homes in Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul, Athens, Sofia and Mostar, to discover how these taboo-breaking soaps are helping women across the region to claim their rights and transform their lives.

Poppies

2014 • 2 min

‘Poppies’ is a specially commissioned two minute animated feature for CBeebies. A beautiful, atmospheric and ethereal piece which sees war as experienced by the animal inhabitants of a WW1 battlefield.

On the Same Team

2014 • 21 min • Argentina

En El Mismo Equipo (On The Same Team, in English) is about the mixed feelings of a young rugby player. He tries to keep in the secret that he is gay, due to conformity mostly, but he struggles with it almost everyday. He longs to be free, but what exactly is freedom to the young man? He isn’t so sure himself.

Tatjana in Motherland

2014 • 51 min • Slovenia

Tatjana in Motherland is a partly animated documentary essay about Slovenia and its men. It is a “documentary-tale” of how Slovenian society has been disintegrating in an invisible way. The story will unveil a Slovenian Oedipus archetype of the possessive martyr mother type and her relationship with her son, in which she through emotional manipulation, by constantly creating feelings of guilt, burdens her son to such a degree, that he remains dependent on her for the rest of his life. In order to put this relationship to its best use, all Slovenian governing structures have elevated mother figure on the level of a saint and have assigned to it the cultish role. The result of the Slovenian maternal cult is a typical Slovene male, who is pathologically obsessed with his mother.

Broken Wand

2014 • 4 min • United States of America

A washed-up magician tries to reconnect with his pre-teen grandson who used to love magic.

Killing Mélanie Machin

2014 • 9 min • France

Two men dressed up as the Dardenne's brothers go to a very select film buff club to be admitted. But they understand quickly that their references are not the good ones.

Paper and Jeans

2014 • 22 min

29 year-old Victor dives into his high school memories in order to write a letter with an important message to his teenage self.

Hot Tub Britain

2014 • 46 min • United Kingdom

Britain has gone mad for hot tubs. Thousands of people are splashing out on the latest icon of social status - even if their backyards are too small and the neighbours don't like it. At the centre of the craze is Hot Tub Superstore; a family run business specialising in the weird and wonderful world of hot tubs. This quirky ob-doc follows the showroom exploits of the sales team and their customers. It reveals the often comical efforts of ingenious delivery men manoeuvring hot tubs down narrow British streets. Most tantalising of all, Hot Tub Britain takes a peek over the proverbial garden fence to examine the social politics bubbling underneath the hot tub obsession.

Att skära sig fri

2014 • 58 min

Sofia Rapp Johansson is a young, talented and critically acclaimed author. She is also a singer, performer and poetry slammer. But behind Sofia's successful outer career she is carrying a darker inner story, formed by a childhood full of violence, sexual abuse and a long list of foster homes. Att skära sig fri (Cutting loose) is a story about a young woman, who is fighting against all odds and turning her inner rage to a creative output and a struggle for justice.

The Angel Chronicles

2014 • 52 min • Germany

Everyone knows angels! But what are they in fact? Why do they have wings? Have they always had them? Have they always existed or is there any point of start in existence? Where did they come from? What are their names and why those? What is their mission? Has it always been the same? This documentary tells the "Story of Angels", by following emerging images, statues and frescos through all of the ages that formed their appearance until today.

Tala

2014 • 12 min

Tala is a young filipino domestic worker living with a bourgeois family on the north shore of Montreal. As she runs through her daily chores, dealing with the eccentricities of her employers, an unexpected phone call puts her at great risk of getting fired. Shot in a single over-the-shoulder long take, TALA is a satirical drama inspired by Canada's controversial live-in care-givers program.

Recollection

2014 • 2 min • Israel

Experimental mix media animation made with water, ink and personal sequences of video and stills.

O Segredo dos Adultos

2014 • 17 min

A thirty year old boy needs to fulfill the difficult task of distributing the invitations to his birthday, while dealing with the strange rules of his world where children are thirty and adults are people dressed as animals.

Bo, Barkley and the Big Hurt

2014 • 50 min • United States of America

It started with the unheralded arrival of a wisecracking heavyweight basketball player named Charles Barkley. Then came the recruitment of multi-sports legend Bo Jackson, a victory in itself since he might have gone to Alabama. When Frank Thomas wasn't drafted by a major league baseball team, he decided to cast his fate with Auburn... as a football player. Told through an unforgettable reunion of the famed trio at the 2013 Iron Bowl, here's the real story of how these future Hall of Famers turned the orange and blue of Tiger athletics into gold.

In Trees

2014 • 10 min • Ukraine

Two degenerates, the soft sentimental Styopa and the Ukrainian street smart rough and macho Kolya rob the unfinished country houses during a winter's night. Using the alcoholic infused skills of a theif they only manage to steal a satellite dish and a street lamp. At sunrise, they're chased by dogs guarding this area.

Good Feelings

2014 • 22 min • France

A young man in a wheelchair undergoes a sexual re-awakening when a new physiotherapist turns up to his appointments.