All Films

The After

2014 • 60 min • United States of America

Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.

Protein

2014 • 16 min

A traumatised ex-squaddie cannot afford the diet and protein he needs to lift his target weight, so decides to kill and eat someone who can.

In Every Dream Home a Heartache

2014 • 20 min • Portugal

An essay about disaffection in 7 segments inspired by Stendhal's seven stages of love, "De L'Amour" (1822). Most people are afraid of love because they are afraid of their deepest joy, delight and inner freedom.

Cherry Pop

2014 • 11 min

Cherry Pop was no ordinary cat. Beloved by her wealthy socialite owners, she lived life in the lap of luxury. Her taste for filet mignon and the comfort of Rolls-Royces made Cherry Pop a celebrity before her death in 1995. This delightful story will tickle your funny bone and touch your heart.

Aldo Giannini: Pacific Theatre

2014 • 12 min • United States of America

Like many other young men of his generation, after Pearl Harbor was attacked, Aldo Giannini joined the Marines with little idea of what lay ahead. After training, he was quickly deployed overseas and fought in the bloody Battle of Tarawa, surviving with a shrapnel injury and the haunting memory of witnessing the loss of 3,250 U.S. lives. He went on to fight in other battles and returned home after 3 intense years of service. Nearly eight decades later, he still questions if winning the island was worth the price.

The Debt

2014 • 36 min • United States of America

A USA combat veteran whose life is falling apart unexpectedly faces her past, and it's not what she thought.

Wonder

2014 • 8 min • France, Japan

The 365 days animation consists of sequence of 8760 pictures, all different shape and color, hand-drawn by the director every day in 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by the abstract animated film creator in digital era.

Escapade

2014 • 22 min • Netherlands

Two boys with a troubled home situation decide to run away to Berlin.

The End of Era

2014 • 39 min • Russia

Young doctor Irina Mikhaylovna works in Soviet province and has to hire ex-con Lyuba as baby tender for her daughter. When anti-Semitic company starts in Soviet Union and danger is threatening Irina, Lyuba stays her only devoted friend.

Jon Imber's Left Hand

2014 • 57 min • United States of America

How one of the important artists of our time brought a community together to celebrate life in the midst of his dying. It is a story about each one of us and the humor and courage we can draw on to deal with our own mortality.

Poker

2014 • 4 min • Japan

A burst of cheer and refreshment that it seems perfectly suited to a late July afternoon.

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

2014 • 43 min • United Kingdom

Documentary providing a career overview of the great Greta Garbo.

Separate and Unequal

2014 • 27 min

Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional, school segregation is making a comeback. What’s behind the growing racial divide in American schools — and what’s the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education?

A Werewolf in Slovenia

2014 • 60 min • United States of America

When the moon is full in Slovenia, a creature comes out to feast on his prey. This fear of a werewolf stalking at night has citizens taking up arms.

In A Dream

2014 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A man who won the lottery twice reveals his secret.

Stone Heart

2014 • 20 min • Philippines

“Pusong Bato” (Stone Heart) is about Cinta Dela Cruz, a middle-aged faded actress who tries to relive and remember her glorious days as a movie star in the 1970s. She does this by watching films at home everyday until one day, during an earthquake; something breaks into her window and wakes her up from her Hollywood dream.

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

2014 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest names in American music, including the godfather of New Orleans jazz Louis Armstrong, the King of Swing Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.

Int. CafÉ – Night

2014 • 13 min • India

A short film exploring two stories about love, loss and reunion set inside a café in Kolkata, India.

We Were Gladio

2014 • 52 min • Italy

At the end of WW2, Nato created a secret organization for which it recruited and trained civilians all over Europe. Their mission: to halt an eventual communist invasion of Western Europe. The operation was known as Gladio or Stay Behind. Bound by an oath of silence, they operated in the shadows. Exposed in the 90's, the survivor operatives kept their oath. Until now. In this documentary, featuring unprecedented access to the files of the Italian secret service on Gladio and all the documentation on Stay Behind available in Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg, the members of the organization speak for the first time and reveal what they did during their years of service.

On Shaky Ground

2014 • 29 min • Croatia

On Shaky Ground is a short film that deals with the issue of a breaking family, after the father falls into a serious depression because of the financial moves he had previously kept secret.

Dying from a Wound of Love

2014 • 22 min • Romania

A couple who've just split up each attempt suicide.

Barely Legal Pawn

2014 • 7 min • United States of America

Two men open a pawn shop together. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of their clients, trying to offload television’s most coveted item.

14 Days

2014 • 54 min • United States of America

A diverse cast of characters deals with life changing issues in a variety of stories tied together by the location they all pass through.

Night Runner

2014 • 25 min • China

This early work of Hu Bo (director of An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)) was his graduation work at Beijing Film Academy. It features the self-redemption of a lumbago sufferer, which is a metaphor.