All Films

Silent Faces

2014 • 17 min • United States of America

To cope with loneliness, a female cashier seeks out friendship by photographing strangers and constructing figurines.

Hallucination

2014 • 3 min

A girl with schizophrenia confronts her hallucination.

River

2014 • 13 min

A modern day odyssey story of a Japanese rent-boy and how a violent night sets in motion a journey back to his childhood roots.

Spark and Light

2014 • 11 min • Italy

Soon after Elizabeth receives this text message, her mother isn't the only one lost in sleep. Elizabeth's car has broken down. It's freezing cold, no sign of life nearby. She just has to wait, patiently. The recovery guys will be here soon, Elizabeth. Till then, she warms her young hands on the vents, drifts into a strange slumber, followed by an even more surreal awakening. Icelandic landscapes merge with Elizabeth's memories. Fears are magically transformed into comforting and fantastical fabrics. Father, upstairs, alone.

The Pale Moonlight

2014 • 16 min

Set in a dystopian future where the world is dying from a crippling disease, a mysterious figure visits an illegal drug den in the hope of sourcing a rumored cure, but unwittingly gets caught up in a robbery that could threaten his chances of making it back out alive...

Between Two Walls

2014 • 11 min • Canada

Between Two Walls is a political thriller about an aspiring politician whose bid to secure top office is threatened when a dark secret from his past comes to light days before the election.

Achmed Saves America

2014 • 60 min • United States of America

From the inventive mind of Jeff Dunham comes the first animated movie starring the world’s most beloved, failed bad guy: Achmed the Dead Terrorist! The Little Skeleton That Couldn’t unexpectedly finds himself in Americaville, USA. There, Achmed is mistaken as a French exchange student while he bumblingly plots to destroy the town and all its “infidels.” But when exposed to the sweet things in life, Achmed’s campaign of hate turns into a patriotic all-American lovefest.

Light Motif

2014 • 4 min

Light Motif is an experimental computer graphics short film. Light Motif explores the possibilities of synergy between image and music in the cinematic tradition of Oskar Fischinger and visual music animation. The film is based on Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, Section II. Procedural generation techniques are used to transpose the motifs and compositional processes into a semi-abstract visual form made of colored lights and geometric shapes.

Lonely

2014 • 3 min

A confession of love to a departed partner is the soundtrack of a dilapidated night full of sex and drugs between two gay men in a cheap hotel room. Their desperate attempts to alleviate their sexual tension fall into the void and they feel trapped in oblivion. This is a loneliness that can be shared and praised as something completely different from what it is. A misconception that sex can heal all the wounds created by the absence of love.

The Dresser

2014 • 13 min

Sofia wants David. David wants to sell his dresser. Sofia learns you can't control where life takes you.

Hate from a Distance

2014 • 19 min • United States of America

Reflects the injustices of a painful chapter of American History, while honoring the 50th anniversary (July 2, 1964) of the Civil Rights Act abolishing segregation.

Indigo

2014 • 19 min • Sweden, United States of America

Indigo is a dramatic short film about alienation on the inside. Two young, lost souls in New York City share a common struggle - they are stuck in lives they do not feel they belong to. She is an adored actress and he, a bike messenger. On the outside they seem like each other's opposite, but on the inside they are the same- dehumanized by an internal loneliness that alienates them from feeling alive.

The National Touch

2014 • 52 min • Latvia

After the fall of the Soviet Union large numbers of immigrants from the East stayed in Latvia for good, Latvians simply call them “Russians”. Over 20 years of independence later mutual suspicion and bias are still there in the most part of the local community. Therefore, a Latvian director involves an independent Russian speaking Norwegian colleague in helping him understand Latvian “Russians” and coming up with an integration plan. But soon enough it becomes clear that only Latvians themselves can manage the challenge. And so begins director’s journey away from the division “us / them”.

Day Ten

2014 • 11 min

New York fell silent after the loss of its Twin Towers. Day Ten follows William as he wanders the silent streets, struggling to come to terms with what has happened to his city, as loved ones went missing and people resorted back to prayer.

Certeza

2014 • 10 min • Argentina

On the verge of dying, wounded in the Malvinas, Martín hears his own voice coming from the future to rescue him. Thirty years later, Martín reunites with his girlfriend when he had to leave to fight in the Malvinas Islands. He wants to forget; and she needs to remember. Time is not linear, decisions from the past inevitably impact the future.

Les Pères Noël

2014 • 17 min • France

Cecile lives alone with her mother since her dad left after an umpteenth quarrel. She welcomes warmly Henri, a new step father arrived for Christmas. But the little girl will learn that against grown-ups' instability even Father Christmas is quite powerless.

Fire Escape

2014 • 4 min • United States of America

Mickey Mouse (2013) Minnie's apartment building is burning and Mickey attempts to save her. But first, he must also tend to every single one of the building's other tenants as well.

Shades of Rogue

2012 • 32 min • Hong Kong

Mable, the daughter of HK's infamous rogue cop is at a loss when her father's old debts lead to the murder of her mother. With the help of Inspector Lok and the sage guidance of her God Grandfather, she uncovers a truth she never could have imagined.

Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker

2014 • 15 min • United States of America

The Dream World is an alternate universe created by humankind's shared unconscious thoughts. When Poet Anderson journeys deep into this world, he meets his Dream Walker, a mysterious guardian angel who leads Poet to confront his demons and his destiny.

The Maya Rudolph Show

2014 • 60 min

Maya Rudolph's take on the variety show special with guest stars in the vein of the Carol Burnett Show.

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion

2014 • 44 min

It is a dark time. The Jedi are no more, and the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron fist -- bringing tyranny to the Outer Rim world of Lothal. Their ominous presence is a cloud over the planet, squashing any hope of freedom or a better life, especially for 14-year-old orphan Ezra Bridger. But the young con artist soon finds that destiny has other plans for him, as he encounters a small band of rebels who dare to strike back against the Empire.

Tsubasa and Hotaru

2014 • 14 min • Japan

Tsubasa to Hotaru follows 15-year-old Tsubasa Sonokawa, a young student—and renowned stalker? After one very romantic gesture by a popular upperclassman, she falls head over heels for who she believes to be her one true love. Unfortunately, love can be deceiving, as her feelings are soon proven to be one-sided; the upperclassman directly tells her that she’s annoying and that she needs to stop bothering him. How's that for some tough love?

Operación Palace

2014 • 56 min • Spain

Finally, 33 years later, the whole truth behind the attempted coup d'état that shook Spain on the afternoon of February 23, 1981, is revealed by those who lived through those dreadful hours; a deep look behind the heavy curtain which hides the real mastermind, waiting to be unmasked.

VeggieTales: Celery Night Fever

2014 • 53 min

Veggie pals Laura Carrot and Junior Asparagus have a big job to do...save their beloved Celery Park from being destroyed! All hope of saving the park seems lost until the group remembers that God forgives without question, so why can't they do the same? Will the band reunite to save Celery Park? Find out in this groovy, music-filled VeggieTales adventure. - Written by Anonymous