All Films

Un'altra storia

2014 • 6 min • Italy

Three episodes offer the opportunity to tell "another story", id est an unexpectedly positive epilogue to what initially may seem like the umpteenth case of violence.

Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D

2014 • 45 min

In this journey through the seasons, you’ll experience a year in the life of hundreds of plant-eating dinosaurs. From the moment they hatch, these prehistoric giants face natural disasters and ferocious predators while hunting, feeding, playing, and undertaking epic migrations. Based on scientific data, the digital dinosaurs come to life against the backdrop of modern Alaska.

The Last Resort

2014 • 8 min

At their isolated hotel in the Canadian Rockies, a pair of teenage twin girls need to get over themselves and work together in order to defeat the most horrifying threat they have ever faced: their four-year-old sister.

Heart in Anesthesia

2014 • 60 min • Serbia

Woman confesses to her female psychiatrist about her failed romance.

Glacier Man

2014 • 49 min

A story about a common man that arose to the level of a national treasure through his storytelling and other incredible endeavors. A man that did not compromise any of his dreams, hopes and visions in a rapidly changing world, but kept true to his ways and the philosophy that he received directly from past ages.

Osez la Macédoine

2014 • 17 min • Belgium

A 30 year old woman, Dany, is tired of her life.

Holy Land: A Year in the West Bank

2014 • 56 min • Israel, Palestinian Territory, United States of America

Palestinians and Israelis pursue conflicting visions of justice in the West Bank, zeroing in on the explosive issue of the Israeli settlements: its protagonists are both Israeli settlers and the Palestinians and Israelis who oppose them.

La contribution

2014 • 12 min

2084. The global economic crisis, ecological disasters, and the depletion of natural resources have forced the World Organization of Problem-Aware Nations to adopt a pledge: at the end of each year, a randomly selected country must eliminate all individuals aged thirty. Louise and Ivan, newlyweds, are invited to a lavish reception where they will experience their last New Year's Eve. Louise yearns for one last breath of freedom, even if it means pushing Ivan into the arms of another.

Zippity Zappity

2014 • 16 min • Slovenia

One Monday morning Messy and Ruffles unanimously agreed they would rather go on an adventurous search for their lost magic cat Spotty than to boring school and fearful dentist Dr. DeCay. On zippity-zappity path through time and space, they come across a nerdy neighbor Smarty, a great connoisseur of magic potions, who is brewing his newest potion according to an ancient recipe. Smarty joins the two little witches after the unpredictable course of events and unforgettable "zippity-zappity" journey full of challenges and complexities that arise in the Ljubljana city streets begins. The world of magic is governed by different rules than the normal world: if you do not like Monday, you can easily jump into Tuesday, put a spell on an evil neighbor, shorten the stretched road and even kick out the crankiness. But even great witches can not avoid dentists forever, not even with magic.

Talking To My Mother

2014 • 17 min • United States of America

A young Asian American man struggles for both personal happiness and the love of his mother.

Where's Grandpa Mê?

2014 • 20 min • Philippines

A mother tells her young son that his grandfather has turned into a goat in order to cover up the grandfather's death.

Toti Canalla's Xmas Special

2014 • 15 min • Spain

The Venga Monjas are about to make a christmas special, but Toti Canalla won't make it easy, making all kind of terrible things.

Find My Bangkok

2014 • 2 min • Thailand

Short film by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, a closer look at Bangkok, made for Beat Hotel

Country Roads: The Heartbeat of America

2014 • 58 min

In her documentary Country Roads Marieke Schroeder embarks on a search for the authentic America - a country at a turning-point. It is a search for the substantial: the morale, the pioneering spirit that holds the nation and its population together in crisis. We meet the young generation of American singer-songwriters who consider themselves as successors of Country-rebels such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Steve Earle. They despair of themselves and their homeland and at the same time are full of hope, full of faith. Country Music opens up our view of the soul of the American nation and lets us rediscover the land and the music.

Åka utför

2014 • 14 min • Sweden

Elin is 8 years old when she realizes that children are divided into richer and poorer. She tries to fit in at her new school where the children go on vacation to skiing resorts instead of staying home. A short film based on a true story.

Ethan & Skye

2014 • 32 min • United States of America

The coming of age story of Skye, a young girl who desperately flees from her home to escape a vindictive and emotionally abusive step mother. Amidst her journey, she comes across another runaway; a young boy named Ethan, who comes from an even more dire situation than her own; a resentful and physically abusive, alcoholic father. Through friendship and personal strength, they help each other realize that they don't have to run from their problems; they can face them head on.

Ceasar

2014 • 29 min • Sweden, United Kingdom

Ceasar is home with his mother and watching TV. He is turning 18 and will be out at the pub with his mates. His mum accompanies him on this because he lost a bet to her. This leads to something very revolutionary in Ceasar's life.

Blackness

2014 • 8 min • Italy

In times of war, a man wants to save his six children from starvation.

14 Million Screams

2014 • 5 min • France

The movie is called 14 Millions Screams because 14 millions young girls are forced to be married every year. As of today 700 Million women were married before the age of 15. I hope that with this movie everybody can imagine their own children and realize how those screams are not bearable anymore.

Salomea's Nose

2014 • 22 min • Germany, United States of America

Salomea remembers the day her beloved brothers, Max and Karl, disfigured her and themselves for life. The Day of Tragedy, is what their mother called it, and blamed it on the fate of her children. Though fate and tragedy have a different meaning by the end of her tale. A tragicomedy about sibling rivalry, disfigurement and the pain that binds us.

The Spy

2014 • 14 min • South Korea

A North Korean agent, after assassinating a defector in the South, tries to find his way back North.

Goodnight Cinderella

2014 • 32 min • Portugal

Cinderella escapes at midnight, leaving behind one of her glass slippers. In the days that follow, the gay prince can't give up the idea of completing the pair.

Arena Azteca Budokan

2014 • 54 min

Portrait of the famous Lucha LIbre venue Arena Azteca Budokan and the family who built and runs it and their legacy.

The Mourners

2014 • 13 min • Italy

On the gravel bed of a river, two friends are trying to catch some fishes. One of them is feeling anxious, as if something tragic is going to happen. Meanwhile, in a damp cellar, some people - obsessed by their appearance - get familiar with a new, brilliant way to get a perfect body: the Marcy Method! Let's walk down the dark path with these characters, to discover just how far people are willing to go, to look beautiful to the others eyes.