All Films

Welcome in Zombie-School

2013 • 18 min • France

A new teacher arrives at a middle school. He has just returned from a mission to South America for a pharmaceutical company. In just a few hours, the lives of four middle school students are turned into a nightmare.

Hollywood a GoGo

2013 • 60 min • United States of America

The Ultimate Dance Party.

Living on One Dollar

2013 • 56 min • Guatemala, United States of America

How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anthony and Chino gives them resilient hope. They return home transformed and embark on a mission to share their new found understanding with other students, inspiring and challenging their generation to make a difference.

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

2013 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Built in 1923, the Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to run at 100 miles an hour and to star in its own feature film. This is the untold story of the iconic Flying Scotsman-the very best in the engineering of its time.

Lolotte

2013 • 15 min

A father spends one last day with his daughter in a run-down French coastal town when he dubiously comes across a large amount of money.

The Flying Man

2013 • 9 min • Canada

A new superhero is coming, only this time it's on his terms. Will he still be considered a hero?

Treehouse Ipiķi

2013 • 26 min • Latvia

A group of children from the capital city of Riga arrive in the small border village of Ipiķi. The townsfolk immediately know that "they aren’t locals, they’re from the capital. You can tell by the way they dress.” The differences between the city and rural children are quite evident. While the country children nimbly climb trees, play games with knives and axes, and hide in their self-made tree house, the city children buy sweets in the town store, hoping to buy the goodwill of the local children. However, gaining entry into the tree house is not so simple.

Queen Takes Pawn

2013 • 7 min • United States of America

A journey through an old house by way of a mirror, a child’s storybook, and some images from days gone by. Or a journey through some old images by way of a house. Or both.

Boys! Boys! Boys!

2013 • 20 min • United Kingdom

Peter Purves, Frazer Hines and Mark Strickson reminisce about their time as companions to the First, Second and Fifth Doctors respectively.

Stew & Punch

2013 • 17 min • United Kingdom

A dinner party with beef stew and much punch spirals out of control when the host couple are sucked into a bout of light-hearted arm wrestling.

Yeah Kowalski!

2013 • 10 min • United States of America

13-year-old Gabe Kowalski is a late bloomer who goes to great lengths to impress his classmate crush, Shane.

Fowl Play

2013 • 12 min

Set in Flushing, Queens, the story follows Sammy, Little Jimmy and Ernie — three small time crooks trying to find a chicken to cockfight.

Duet

2013 • 24 min • Iran

Minoo takes her husband, Hamed, to meet his ex-sweetheart, sepideh. This meeting revives old memories...

Looking for Joy

2013 • 11 min • Sweden

Leif-Göran is looking for Joy from Thailand at the train station. They have never met in real life and now they will live together in the cold north of Sweden. A film filled with culture clashes and firewood.

The Boy with a Camera for a Face

2013 • 14 min

The Boy with a Camera for a Face is satirical fairy tale about a boy born with a camera instead of a head, whose every moment is transformed by the fact he is recording it. Accompanied by a voice over narration read by Steven Berkoff, the film tells an epic story in fifteen minutes about the way we live today.

The Great Painter

2013 • 18 min • Estonia

A grey world makes people somber. A world full of colors makes people irritated. What is a poor painter to do if he wants to please this insatiable and daft crowd? Paint it white?

Welcome to Willits: After Sundown

2013 • 14 min • United States of America

Deep in the woods outside the Northern California town of Willits lies a remote cabin. Here Brock waits impatiently for his friend to complete a drug deal, urging him to get there before dark, for his own safety. As night draws closer, he grows more desperate, fearing a repeat attack from alien abductors.

Understanding Movies

2013 • 25 min • South Korea

‘Kim’ has what it takes to be a great producer; talent and guts. One day, an uninvited guest pays him a visit.

The Office Retrospective

2013 • 60 min • United States of America

The cast and crew of the American version of The Office discuss the show and highlights from the previous episodes.

Daybreak

2013 • 11 min • Canada

In a wealthy Montreal suburb, Xavier and his friends are composing with pre-teen boredom. They hang out at the park, ride their bikes, mess with each other; it's yet another suburban summer afternoon. But beneath the smiles lies a growing tension, an certain violence which leads the group to a collective release of unexpected intensity; a ritualistic initiation into adolescence.

Daytime Moon

2013 • 13 min

Young-bok happens to discover that Bong-gu, his ex-boyfriend who had unilaterally notified her of separation, came to the sea with his new girlfriend, and in a fit of anger, She appears with side-kick at him. She makes a fuss that she can never break up, and he begs to let him go. Young-bok wants to dance right now as a condition of separation.

Mr. Chang's New Address

2013 • 18 min • Taiwan

Mr. Chang's life changes dramatically when his home disappears from the face of the Earth. On the quest to find his home, he has to rethink his identity and existence.

Glazed and Confused

2013 • 6 min

When a first time burglar robs a donut shop, he encounters more 'nut' than 'dough' from the late night employee.

G.f.c.

2013 • 3 min • United States of America

Facing the inevitable wrath of his enemies, a Harlem youth decides to take matters of fate into his own hands. Part of the Open City Mixtape series.