All Films

Kimi Kabuki

2014 • 20 min

Madeline, a devoted house wife discovers her husband is attending an Adult Industry Expo behind her back. Resolving to confront him about his deceit, she follows him to the convention. When Madeline's plans for a sincere conversation go terribly awry, a gentle act of kindness from an adult performer leads her to find solace in the last place she could have expected.

By My Hand

2014 • 12 min • United States of America

Haunted from his inability to save a young girl from drowning, a Coast Guard Rescue Divers' life begins to fall apart. His only saving grace on the path to self-destruction is one woman's love.

Marvelous Fishman

2014 • 14 min

The fishman, who escaped from the circus where he was imprisoned, must first reach the water to reach his home.

The Real Mary Poppins

2014 • 57 min • Australia

Explore the fascinating relationship between author P. L. Travers and her much-loved character, Mary Poppins. This is the story of a complex woman who escaped her upbringing in rural Australia to pursue her dream of becoming a writer, reinventing herself and her past along the way.

Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles

2014 • 45 min • Germany

Welles scholar Joseph McBride discusses the 1952 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. (A 32-minute edit of this documentary was presented by the Criterion Collection in their edition of Othello.)

Geronimo

2014 • 18 min

A group of trendy, thirty-year olds turn up in a village. The young Géronimo, an ace driver, and his friends, wait for them firmly.

Stand Up for Your Friends

2014 • 5 min • Ireland

An Irish anti-homophobic and transphobic bullying advertisement, created as part of BeLonG To Youth Services annual Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week.

My Throat, My Air

2014 • 17 min • Germany

Set in Munich's petty-bourgeois Westend, film documents life at home with former Fassbinder actor, Warhol collaborator, and horror movie director Ulli Lommel. Rather than a straight documentary portrait of this bohemian household, the camera prefers to follow the narrative impulses of the family members. Lost in serious play, the kids improvise hypnotic death scenes while their mother claims to come from a planet where everything is "ethereal and incorporeal." As parent-child relations are unscripted and re-scripted on the fly, the dilated time of a collective daydream is punctuated by the ordinary sounds of an electric toothbrush, vacuum cleaner, and piano.

Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow

2014 • 14 min • United States of America

As a boy, Ward Miles Hall always wanted to be a circus performer. He made the dream a reality. He visited each circus as it came through his hometown. The King of the Sideshows started his career in the 1940's.

Panda

2014 • 11 min

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too young to drive and the road is a bit strange.

I Am an Actress

2014 • 8 min • Canada

A young actress is willing to do whatever it takes to get a part in the film of a famous director.

Switchfoot: Close to Our Hearts, The Bro-Am Documentary

2014 • 4 min

San Diego-based, Grammy-award-winning rock band Switchfoot gave four local teen filmmakers behind-the-scenes access to their 10th annual Bro-Am surf contest and concert, which has raised more than a million dollars for San Diego underprivileged teens. The Canyon Crest Academy student filmmakers who created this documentary attend the same public school district where members of Switchfoot grew up and developed their love for music, surf, and beach culture. A production of the school program CCA-TV and Envision Cinema, this short film focuses on the band members' desire to give back to the community that invested in them when they were teens.

The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer

2014 • 10 min • Canada

This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven them to existential extremes.

Santa Company

2014 • 28 min • Japan

Noel is an 11-year-old girl who despises Christmas. She has lived with her father ever since her parents divorced three years ago, but her father ends up busy at work every Christmas and she cannot play with her friends from school. On a lonely Christmas Eve, Noel takes her usual apartment complex elevator ride to her home, but when the doors open, she finds herself lost in a humongous factory—owned by Santa Claus. Santa Claus has gone corporate as Santa Company with the motto "Swiftly, surely, secretly." The outfit takes orders and delivers top-notch presents to children in the utmost secrecy. Noel meets some new friends, and together, they take off in a sled to deliver presents.

I Choose

2014 • 10 min • United States of America

Raising awareness of sex trafficking, it depicts the difference between choosing to sleep with a man and being sold and traded for sex.

Britney Spears: Workin' It

2014 • 56 min • United States of America

With the release of her eighth studio album, Britney is back and she's workin' it! This documentary chronicles the career of international superstar from her more innocent years with the release of "Baby One more Time" to being the highest paid judge on US X Factor and collaborating with Will.i.am on her latest album. She is worldwide a pop icon, who continues to grow and deliver to her fans. This is her inside story.

Taxi Driver Gion Taro THE MOVIE – To All You Deserted Dudes

2014 • 56 min • Japan

Taxi driver Gion Taro falls in love with one of his female passengers. When he learns that she is a famous actress shooting a film in his beloved hometown Kyoto, he doesn't hesitate for a second to apply for the last remaining acting role - as a taxi driver. Based on a radio drama, Gion Taro's odyssey is charmingly animated with paper cutout figures, set against the backdrop of scenic Kyoto.

The Stand

2014 • 7 min • United States of America

A frightening man confronts a vulnerable prisoner left to die in jail after a virus wipes out 95% of the human population.

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

2014 • 58 min • Italy

After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone started to produce documentary films and moved from Palermo to Rome, the city of film.

The Treasures of the Depths

2014 • 45 min • France

In the abyss of the ocean lies a world of mysteries and sunken treasures. But the laws governing the seas are not enough to end the debate over the right to claim possession of these Roman ships, Spanish galleons, and centuries-old luxury ropemakers. Follow Dr. Robert Ballard and his team of specialists as they embark on a remarkable underwater expedition in the Mediterranean Sea to discover and study ancient shipwrecks.

One in Five

2014 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Your colleague. Your neighbour. Your friend. Your Relative. Your Brother. Your Sister. You?

Firme Usted Aquí

2014 • 10 min • Spain

Spain. Faced with the progressive aging of the population and the dire economic situation, the Administration launches an assisted euthanasia campaign aimed at so-called -unproductive beings-. Keen to get their hands on the amount of money set for the substitution of the old man, the Arevalo family will try to get rid of Granddad unaware that he has plans of his own.

Marshmallow x Pain

2014 • 40 min • Japan

Maki, 29 years old, cannot forget about her ex-boyfriend. One day, she met some strange guy called Hayashi.

Black Mask

2014 • 20 min • United States of America

A father must face his dark past when his gifted daughter has visions of a young girl reborn from her deceased mother. This award-winning metaphysical thriller combines elements of art house, avant-garde, surrealism, and experimental horror.