All Films

Pioneers

2014 • 15 min • Mexico

Get to know the work of some women who were part of the first generations of one of the most important filmmaking schools in the world.

San Francisco's Micro-Microclimates & You

2014 • 9 min

San Francisco is known for its unpredictable weather from neighborhood-to-neighborhood. But what about the climate that flourishes within your couch cushions, or behind your television? Join Dr. Gary Webster in his studio as he explains. Pack accordingly.

Samanta

2014 • 23 min • Chile

Samanta, a girl from the streets, lives with Profeto, a Peruvian immigrant who adopted her as his own daughter. One night, Profeto tells Samanta that his wife and daughter have arrived to Chile to live with him. Their presence threatens Samanta’s permanence so she starts to despair and act self-destructively, trying to call Profeto’s attention and not lose her recently found home.

Allure

2014 • 4 min • Australia

A band of fluffy little creatures are irresistibly drawn to a mysterious light from across the road. If they can even manage to survive the trek over, what awaits them?

Valentine Surprise

2014 • 6 min • United States of America

A man's Valentine's Day proposal to his girlfriend goes horribly wrong.

Briarwood

2014 • 20 min

Former detective Chris Woods is swept in the psychotic game of a strategic killer while seeking revenge for the murder of his daughter.

The Gut: Our Second Brain

2014 • 55 min • France

For a few years now, scientists have known about the existence of another brain within our bodies. This second brain, or "brain down below" is none other than our stomach. The stomach's intelligence is a new avenue of research that is fascinating research teams the world over.

The Paedophile Next Door

2014 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Historian Steve Humphries examines failures in policies and legislation put in place to protect youngsters from sexual abuse, and discovers radical new solutions proposed by an increasing number of child-protection experts, which challenge deep-rooted attitudes and emotional reactions to paedophiles. Senior lecturer Sarah Goode believes the most promising way to reduce the number of child-abuse cases is to encourage people to seek treatment before they target victims. Her theory is supported by an interview in this programme in which Humphries meets a man who makes an extraordinary confession on camera.

Red Card

2014 • 3 min • Mauritius

A woman is making dinner in the kitchen, which disturbs her husband who is watching TV.

Lake Nowhere

2014 • 51 min • United States of America

From the vaults of the golden age of slasher films comes LAKE NOWHERE, a raucous, bloody romp which resurrects the thrill of gory midnight movies for an hour-long plunge into the depths of horror. Inspired by the dusty days of VHS, LAKE NOWHERE is preceded by original trailers & commercials, replicating the experience of watching a long lost bootleg tape. When a group of friends arrive at a desolate lakeside cabin, they are stalked and murdered by a Masked Maniac, whose lust for blood transcends our world. This age-old tale of senseless slaughter quickly spirals into the realm of supernatural horror and classic monster movies, as we learn the true power that lies within LAKE NOWHERE.

The Making of 'Phoenix'

2014 • 21 min • Germany

2014 documentary featuring interviews with Petzold, Hoss, actors Nina Kunzendorf and Ronald Zehrfeld, and production designer K. D. Gruber

Perceptions

2014 • 48 min

An out of the box Snowboard Film by PIRATE MOVIE PRODUCTION coproduced by RED BULL MEDIA HOUSE. This unusual Snowboard action movie brings together some of the best european riders, an award-winning production crew and locations every snowboarder dreams of, all blending into one outstanding action packed visual experience. Join a tight group of snowboard professionals on their journeys around the globe, always on the hunt for the best snow, the biggest jumps, the gnarliest lines and the most unique features. From the streets of Russia and Canada, to the mystical forests of Japan; from the steepest mountains of India and Alaska to the endless possibilities of the European Alps; to the spiritual slopes of Greenland, we not only captured the action but also the sense of traveling.

Special Features

2014 • 12 min • United States of America

Special Features is an apparent interview with three highlights. Presented as a lo-fi fragment from a forgotten video production, an interviewee interacts with an interviewer, recounting a special experience at once unique and shared.

Chemical Escape

2014 • 12 min • Germany

Mark has to pass his exam in Chemistry, so he resorts to using drugs that will enhance his learning abilities. The pink pills though, come with side effects...

El apagón

2014 • 23 min

Don Videla is a cinema operator, 80 years old and 65 years old, he crosses the streets of San Juan on his bicycle to get to the Municipal Cinema and show films. A film crew accompanies him to trace the traces of the cinemas he passed through.

La mano de Dios

2014 • 10 min • Argentina, Colombia

It's 1986. A Colombian woman arrives at Ezeiza Airport and gets into a taxi. The World Cup is underway, and Argentina is facing England. The Falklands War is fresh in the collective memory. The taxi driver is listening to the match on the radio: Maradona scores the legendary "Hand of God" goal, and four minutes later, the "Goal of the Century."

Reign Of Kids

2014 • 8 min

Turning

2014 • 5 min • United Kingdom

After capturing a variety of intimate moments, a photographer contemplates her mundane existence and lacklustre love life...

Lustful Desires

2014 • 19 min • United Kingdom

Lustful Desires is a journey into the mind of Freddi, a complex troubled soul dealing with his mental issues while unintentionally dragging Lustful - a call girl into his spiraling out-of-control world

Wieder 'Zam

2014 • 5 min • United States of America

The memories and regrets of an elderly man come rushing back as he struggles to cope with his experiences as an infantryman near the close of WWII.

Transfigured Night

2014 • 27 min

Transfigured Night draws its inspiration from two sources of the same name – Verklärte Nacht – the German poem by Richard Dehmel from 1896 and the musical composition by Arnold Schoenburg in 1899. Using the five-part structure of both the poem and the composition to reflect on the key moments and events which have shaped postcolonial histories, Transfigured Night mirrors the relationship between postcolonial subject and state with that of Dehmel’s lovers – speaking to the fleeting promises and ensuing disappointments of the post-colonial state.

Isn't She Lovely

2014 • 5 min

Class Project Blind Date

And We'll Eat Flowers (Barefoot on Nettles)

2014 • 24 min • France

Léa cannot imagine that we can love normally. Crazy about great love stories, she decides to invent her own. If we start by leaving each other, maybe we would eventually meet each other?

Verano

2014 • 21 min • Peru

Manu enjoys the loneliest vacation of his life.