All Films

Sticks & Stones

2013 • 18 min

This is a true story about a fourteen year-old girl named Emma. Just like any other girl, Emma has a crush; only this crush is on a girl named Alice. Although Emma is a great kid, no matter how hard she tries, she is socially rejected and bullied by her peers. Never the less, her attempts to fit in are relentless.

Wild Horses

2013 • 17 min • United States of America

Wild Horses tells the story of Mills, an established LA photographer, who returns to her native Nevada following an urgent call from her grandmother informing her that a band of wild horses close to their hearts, faces government roundup. In this story, that spans just one day, cruelty, courage, love and memory collide as two generations of women bear witness to the brutality common to wild horse roundups in the American West. Mills is exposed to a complex issue and follows her heart, choosing to ignore the consequences.

Rote Flecken

2013 • 15 min • Austria

Tommi wants to practice shooting. But his younger brother Simon is also fascinated with their father's gun and insists on coming with him into the woods. Soon, their naive play-fights take a serious turn.

Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island

2013 • 58 min

Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband, (Jalal Al Ahamd) have been regarded as "Iranian Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre". But they had a very different fate. Simin's life is a mirror of what has happened to Iranian women throughout a century, from unveiling the hijab and playing important roles in society to imposing hijab and staying at home in the Islamic regime. This film looks at her life through the history of women's movement in Iran.

Helpless

2013 • 7 min • United States of America

Led by Dylan Arnold (Oppenheimer, Halloween, Halloween Kills, Netflix's You), premiering at Cannes Court Métrage and landing its creators on Variety Magazine's "Students to Watch" list, Helpless comments on the high stakes of violence in America.

Mondo Banana

2013 • 59 min • Canada, Finland, Thailand, United States of America

Deep in the forests of Sumatra, a Finnish sea captain seeks an elusive banana. In a Kolkata kitchen, Bengali chefs prepare scrumptious banana stalk curries. As the sun blazes in Kuala Lumpur, a Chinese exorcist calls forth an evil banana spirit… Embarking on an international journey through the vibrant world of human-banana relationships, MONDO BANANA explores the personal, cultural, and environmental importance of one of the world’s favorite fruits. A delicious blend of video art and ethnographic film, MONDO BANANA turns educational filmmaking upside down with a wild medley of shadow puppetry, culinary demonstrations, exorcisms, scientific research, performance art, anthropology, underground film, and dragon-dancing that peels away the secrets of human-banana relations and celebrates the age-old connection between people and plants.

Justin Bieber: The Key

2013 • 4 min • United States of America

Short film in honor of Justin Bieber's new perfume "The Key".

Grandfather

2013 • 10 min • Russia

Family dinner on the eve of the weekend. Grandfather was waiting for them, because tomorrow he will be taken to visit his wife Tatka. Plans change in connection with the more important affairs of the son. Well ... Next time

Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust

2013 • 56 min • United States of America

The moral courage of an influential few in the Philippines saved the lives of 1,300 Jewish men, women, and children in Nazi Europe in the days leading to World War II.

Balls

2013 • 11 min • Netherlands

22-year old Teun has to move back home. His house-mates have organized a farewell dinner for him. What starts as a social gathering, emotions are running high soon.

Noah

2013 • 18 min • Canada

In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behavior (and romance) in the digital age.

#nightslikethese

2013 • 14 min • United States of America

When a night's escapade takes a disturbing turn for two teen girls, we learn just how disconnected and desensitized social media has made them.

The President vs. the Pirates

2013 • 49 min • Australia

The make or break story of a Somali-Australian refugee who went back to where he came from to do battle with ruthless pirates and Islamic militants - and transform his broken homeland into a modern African State.

M is for Messiah

2013 • 3 min • Canada

A woman must face a strange cult and their nefarious Messiah if she is going to avoid being their human sacrifice.

Fuck Freud

2013 • 22 min

A young man splits with his much-older boyfriend...leaving him for an older woman.

Résistance

2013 • 9 min

A story of a dream that turned into a nightmare, the description of a democratic effervescence that has turned to theocratic regression.

Black Asylum

2013 • 5 min • United States of America

Black Asylum was originally planned as a feature, which has yet to happen. Instead, this 5-minute trailer was shot in order to try to tempt investors. It was screened at several film festivals including the Santa Monica International Film Festival.

Moonshine

2013 • 11 min • Poland

A little guy named Szczepan slowly sinks into the realms of madness because of the tragic love that he feels towards Helena, a cold-blooded temptress who rejects him without batting an eye.

The Last Voyage of the Duchess

2013 • 58 min • Finland

The "Herzogin Cecilie" flew before the wind; she was considered the fastest windjammer of her day. Launched by Rickmers boatyard in 1902, the four-masted training barquentine carried saltpeter from Chile and wheat from Australia to Europe. She won the "great grain race" between Down Under and Europe a total of eight times for her Finnish owner Gustaf Erikson. In 1936, she completed the voyage between Wallaroo in South Australia and the English port of Falmouth in just 86 days. But she was never to make it back to her home port. Leaving Falmouth in rough seas and a dense fog, she ran into cliffs and started taking on water. The barque's last trip was also the honeymoon of captain Sven Erikson and his new bride, journalist and writer Pamela Bourne. Under the watchful eye of the international press, they undertook incredible efforts to save the ship.

A Lunch Break Romance

2013 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A young man and woman share their lunch break in silence. They then find a common case of over thinking the situation.

The Holiday Gift

2013 • 11 min

Umut who is 7 year old boy, take holiday gifts from his family. Every gift is a part of his dreams.

The Animated Tales of GWAR

2013 • 9 min • United States of America

Lead singer Oderus Urungus loses his murderous-mojo prompting the rest of the band to embark on an Antarctic quest for the cure.

The Son of 666

2013 • 3 min • United States of America

The son of the Devil has a dispute with his father over what instrument is appropriate to play.

Perhe

2013 • 4 min • Finland

If you're not like everyone else, you have to dive deeper to find friends.