All Films

EditDroid: Rise and Fall

2014 • 37 min

Filmmaker George Lucas, spiritual father of the successful Star Wars series decided to invest 40 million dollars to develop a new editing system. From 1983 to 1986 the revolutionary EditDroid system was developed. The EditDroid was the first nonlinear electronic editing system and used several laser disc players loaded with the raw footage of a film. In the spring of 2005 Tom van Klingeren and Bruce Gray (both editors and instructors on filmmaking at the University of Amsterdam) went to Marin county in the United States in search of the lost history of the EditDroid. They visited the editors who had worked on the system in the 1980's and 90's. They made a return journey to the Skywalker Ranch with the now retired coordinator of the EditDroid project. At the ranch they explored the archives of Lucas' production company in search of the last EditDroid.

Growing Up Down's

2014 • 57 min • United Kingdom

The incredible story of a group of young actors with Down's syndrome who set out to create a touring production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Within

2014 • 22 min

"Within" is a drama about Jacob, a hopeless Detroit romantic looking for love in the digital era. After miserable dates, he looks for life's meaning through a series of philosophical readings on synchronicity. But Jacob can't seem to get anything right. His life goes on a downward spiral that includes being disconnected from society and even family, being trapped at his dead end job at a coney island, and failing to find the right woman. Eventually Jacob has a brief encounter with a stranger visiting Detroit who can ultimately allow Jacob to discover a renewed purpose to his life.

Caçador

2014 • 8 min • Spain

Roc's father kills himself less than a year after meeting him. Dragging his friend Jordi, they cross the country by car to go to the burial. In an absolute intoxicated state, they sare the path broken by the circumstances that surround the suicide of his father.

Eggnog

2014 • 14 min

Charles Murphy, a jaded detective ready to skip town for Christmas, receives his strangest case yet when a man is tragically drowned by eggnog.

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

2014 • 30 min • United States of America

Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.

Me and My Moulton

2014 • 14 min • Norway, Canada

A seven-year-old girl longs for a bicycle so that she can be more like the other kids in her Norwegian town, but her embarrassingly unconventional, modernist architect parents see things differently. Academy Award-winning animator Torill Kove weaves memory and fantasy together in this droll and charming look at the pain of childhood alienation.

Anaconda: Silent Killer

2014 • 52 min • United States of America

Exploring the large and powerful anaconda in remote parts of the Amazon rainforest.

Angry Birds 4D Experience

2014 • 14 min

The Angry Birds attempt to get their precious eggs back from the dastardly King Pig.

The Next Day

2014 • 21 min

Most of the times its like this...!

Angel Road

2014 • 18 min

An ex-cop stops on a desert road to help and Angel in distress. This act of kindness turns his life around - but not without a sacrifice.

Canal

2014 • 23 min • Portugal

He came from the city and is trying to fit in the countryside – Alentejo. His life is dedicated to picking raspberries, hunting and taking swims in the canal. She is passing through and comes from the world he wanted to leave behind. One day they meet and their attraction is immediate. But their natures prevail over all else: she is free and he's a hunter.

Checkpoint

2014 • 14 min • United States of America

A woman on the run from the government.

The Gigantic Carrot

2014 • 6 min • Belgium, France

A mouse is chased by a cat who is pursued by a dog that is pursued by a little girl who is put right by her mommy who has enough with the grumbling grandpa who makes his soup and needs a carrot.

Hape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!

2014 • 59 min • Germany

On the occasion of Hape Kerkeling's 50th birthday, the "Gala Film" tells the story of the adventurous preparations in Berlin's Friedrichstadt-Palast for a lavish gala show that will, of course, never take place. Barbara Schöneberger takes on the role of the presenter and Hape himself appears as the chaotic director of the supposed "show", as his incompetent manager and as a pushy journalist.

Str. Shakespeare's 9/1

2014 • 19 min • Macedonia

A young couple, and their 6 year old son, are trying to find a building so they can check out an apartment that they want to buy. After they have found the building, and the apartment, they discover that the old land lady have past away.

Black Moon

2014 • 13 min • France

One island. Three men. An old manuscript. A funeral march heading to insanity.

Sex Date

2014 • 16 min • United States of America

A man pursued by the law finds more than refuge from the streets when he is mistaken for another man's on-line hook up.

Ivan the Terrible

2014 • 52 min • Germany

Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign oppressors, demands absolute obedience and loyalty in order to radically modernise Russia? Ivan IV, Grand Duke of Moscow, first Tsar of Russia by the grace of God. A madman? A sadist?

Macabre en Pointe

2014 • 15 min • Philippines

A struggle between a painter and his work.

Ziazan

2014 • 15 min

4 years old Armenian girl Ziazan one day decides to go on an adventure. She will sneak in from Armenia to Turkey inside her uncle's luggage. Will she be able to go over the closed borders between 2 countries and realize her adventure?

Behind the Dress

2014 • 44 min

Every year women apply to compete in Miss Universe, subjecting themselves to being judged on their looks, dress, poise, and presentation. Through unprecedented access and first-hand accounts, filmmaker and former Miss Universe Canada Elena Semikina takes us beyond the stereotypes and clichés, showing the pageant as a vehicle for empowering women, humanitarian outreach, and for one contestant - even social reform. Miss Universe Canada drew world-headlines after Jenna Talackova was denied the right to compete for not being a 'naturally born female'. Donald Trump revised the Miss Universe rulebook and Jenna became the first transgender woman to compete in any Miss Universe pageant. Behind The Dress introduces us to the contestants of Miss Universe Canada who are more than fighting for a crown, these are women on a mission, not for a prize, but for a voice.

Creating Carrie

2014 • 21 min • United States of America

Take a peek behind the making of the 2013 remake of Carrie, based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.

And Then We Were Jumping

2014 • 4 min

An animated film based on a poem by the same name written by Eve Ensler