All Films

Lipstick

2013 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Sophia and Oliver are two little siblings who enjoy playing at their grandma's place while she sleeps. However, their games get interrupted when Oliver realizes that grandma is not moving anymore. Sophia and Oliver encounter death for the first time and have to deal with it on their own.

Meet the Monkeys

2013 • 53 min

Peanut, Hero and Tarzan are three cheeky monkeys. They live on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi with the rest of their gang of crested black macaques. These very special primates are found nowhere else in the world. Twenty-five years ago, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson visited Sulawesi for the first time and now he has returned. Fascinated by the monkeys, Colin hopes to reveal their sometimes violent, often playful and, just like our own, highly political world. What he discovers leads him on a much bigger journey than he was ever expecting.

Crush

2013 • 7 min

The real-life story of how the Antonoffs' parents met, developed crushes on each other and fell in love.

40 Under 40

2013 • 46 min

Some of them move. Others make noise. One weighs in at 700 pounds. Collectively, they represent the future of contemporary craft. Go behind the scenes of the "40 under 40: Craft Futures" exhibition, featuring traditional and non-traditional works of decorative art created by the top 40 American craft artists under the age of 40. Observe this wildly creative and diverse exhibition, assembled for the 40th anniversary of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, and witness the challenges and rewards of bringing together 40 unique artists at the top of their craft.

Wild Germany: Exploring Lusatia

2013 • 44 min • Germany

Explore the wetlands of southwestern Germany, where wildlife is returning to the many ponds after suffering from coal mining.

Home Sweet Home

2013 • 10 min • France

A house uproots itself from its suburban foundations and sets off on an epic journey.

The Military Mind

2013 • 23 min

Filmed at Dover Castle, cast and crew revisit the Doctor Who story 'The Mind of Evil'.

The Silent Revolution

2013 • 52 min • Spain

The documentary The Silent Revolution explains the revolution involving nearly 3 million kurds living in Syria. With the outbreak of the civil war —in the frame of the called ‘Arab Spring'— the Kurds of Syria have taken advantage of the context to fight for their political and cultural recognition and thus end the repression that started more than 50 years ago.

Spanish Gothic

2013 • 18 min

This 2010 interview with writer-director Guillermo del Toro, conducted by Javier Soto, explores the influence of the Spanish Gothic genre on 'The Devil's Backbone' and del Toro's 2006 Academy Award-winning feature, 'Pan's Labyrinth'.

Asa

2013 • 1 min • Japan

A short animation by Haruka Suzuki based on the poem "Asa" by Ikuko Shirakuma

Gaby Amarantos: Live in Jurunas

2013 • 32 min • Brazil

The tecnobrega star Gaby Amarantos performs her musics in her neighbourhood, in Belém, northern Brazil.

Hitler, My Neighbor

2013 • 60 min • France

From 1929 to 1939 Edgar Feuchtwanger lived across the street from Adolf Hitler in Munich Germany From his bedroom the young Jewish boy often viewed the Fuumlhrer just across the avenue A schoolboy in Munich at the time Edgar witnessed the rise of Nazism firsthand sharing in the fear and dread felt by all German Jews witnessing the unstoppable ascent of a madman and the start of World War II

Anthony Jeselnik: Caligula

2013 • 59 min • United States of America

Anthony Jeselnik brings his signature dark and twisted point of view to this special. He holds nothing back, routinely saying things most wouldn't ever dare. Anthony is not for the easily offended or humorless.

Spidse albuer, blødende knæ

2013 • 29 min

15-year-old Julie feels that time stands still in the suburban neighborhood where she lives with her helpless mother and older sister. When her sister's boyfriend drops by the house a warm day during summer vacation she sees the opportunity to not only escape from the heavy weighing atmosphere of her childhood home, but also to satisfy some of the restlessness and curiosity that lives in her evolving teenage body.

The Language of Love

2013 • 10 min • Australia

In the middle of a French exam, 17 year old Charlie struggles to find the words to be true to himself…and his best friend.

Dive: Approach And Exit

2013 • 12 min • Portugal

Before the assault, feel the weight of the body.

In Seventh Heaven

2013 • 39 min

Sofiane lives in a high-rise block at the edges of Paris. A violent young man, he tries to be like his gang of friends. However, Sofiane is attracted to guys. Through his contradictions, he embodies the confusion of today's idle young people who have lost their bearings and live withdrawn into themselves.

Monster Machine

2013 • 19 min • United States of America

From Director Andrew Bowser (The Mother of Invention, Jimmy Tupper VS The Goatman of Bowie) comes a comedy short that both pays homage to and satirizes the Zombie genre. In the adventurous tone of 80's favorites like "Monster Squad" and "Weird Science" - "Monster Machine" follows inventor Vincent Dooly and his best friend Terry Futterman as Vincent unveils his latest creation. Will this machine be Vincent's masterpiece? Or will it unleash a dark power that no man can possibly control.

Gabbers!

2013 • 49 min • Netherlands

A documentary about the gabber music scene. It includes images from the 1995 loladamusic's gabber documentary and interviews with former gabbers in their forties who tell us their experiences in the clubs, with the drugs and fashion.

Wini + George

2013 • 13 min • United States of America

Wini + George is about an unlikely friendship that will change one young boy's life forever. When George, a shy 8-year-old outcast, first meets Wini, his 75-year-old reclusive neighbor, he's immediately frightened by her. But soon enough, these two realize that they have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of the world.

Die kleine Meerjungfrau

2013 • 58 min • Germany

Undine rescues a prince from drowning, and leaves him unconscious on shore, where he can be found, but she has already fallen in love with him. Unable to enjoy life below the waves, the mermaid makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human. The mermaid must also give her voice as payment. And her humanity is only conditional: if she can make the prince fall in love with her and marry her, she can gain a share in his soul and be truly human, but if he marries another, she will die at the next sunrise. It turns out that the witch only made her believe she would die if the prince married another as a Secret Test of Character: by refusing to kill the prince even to save her own life, she proves that she already has a soul. So she remains human, gets her voice back, and sets out to explore the world.

Haunting Day

2013 • 22 min • United States of America

The 'fake' long-lost film everyone's heard of but no one's ever seen.

Hello World :)

2013 • 22 min • France

In a close future, a private company developed a technology aimed at boosting our brain capacity. But it requires from its clients to store their memory data on one single server. In this highly controlled world, a young woman has the power to change things.

Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array

2013 • 24 min

Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster (star of the film "Contact," which was based on the novel by Carl Sagan and filmed at the VLA), the program depicts many of the people whose diverse efforts enable the VLA to be a cutting-edge resource for astronomers and humanity worldwide.