All Films

Tibet - The Truth

2013 • 60 min

The accumulated history of Tibet and other issues contributing to the current situation in the region as it relates to China.

Agnetha: ABBA & After

2013 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Agnetha Fältskog’s extraordinary singing career began when she was only 15 years old. But in just two years she was knocking The Beatles off the top of the Swedish pop charts writing her own material. This new documentary features exclusive access to Agnetha in the studio and with her colleagues of both recent years and from ABBA, assessing and celebrating her journey as Sweden's 'girl with the golden hair'. This intimate and revealing programme features interviews with Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Gary Barlow, Tony Blackburn, record producer Peter Nordahl, Jörgen Elofsson and Sir Tim Rice

Curse of the Sunset Starlet

2013 • 21 min • United States of America

Gigi abandoned her young daughter, Zarianne, to pursue her dreams of movie stardom but instead becomes a starlet in horror films. Years later, Zarianne is a single mom and artist who creates portraits entirely out of butterfly wings. Her bickering kids are 12 year old Ryder and 14 year old Tate. Gigi returns to Zarianne claiming she is dying and seeking redemption for leaving her motherless. But is Gigi a drifter, grifter or ghost who will destroy their family? Only Tate, Ryder and a mysterious swarm of Sunset Moths hold the secret.

Wormbug

2013 • 13 min • Canada

A man swallows a bug...

Children of the Witch

2013 • 22 min

An all girls slumber party is invaded by turn of the century trick 'r treaters from beyond the grave at the behest of a vengeful witch.

Ninja & Soldier

2013 • 10 min • Japan

Two eight-year-old boys compete in a game of childish bravado. Ken is a Ninja, Nito a child soldier from the Congo who was forced to kill his own mother. Their naïve game addresses cruel realities, and they talk about their differences and what they have in common. Accompanied by contrasting graphics, the film explores the types of acts of which humankind is capable.

Lemonade in Winter

2013 • 12 min • United States of America

A lemonade stand in winter? Yes, that's exactly what Pauline and John-John intend to have. With a catchy refrain, plus simple math concepts throughout, here is a read-aloud that's great for both storytime and classroom use.

Separator

2013 • 8 min • United States of America

Fiona steps out of the lift and into a world where her first love awaits her, ten years after his death.

Alex and Fabio Are No Longer Here

2013 • 19 min • Puerto Rico

A couple's relationship is explored from beginning to end, showing how love can be tested and how far one is willing to go for love.

Comic Relief Zero

2013 • 50 min • United States of America

So, what’s the deal with Comic Relief Zero!? Sit down and shut up, so we can tell you! But seriously folks, sit down and shut up, because those dumb-faced, giggle-grabbin’ goof-troupers at Everything Is Terrible! are dishing out a stand-up comedy special! This special is the opposite of special; featuring today’s hottest ventriloquists, racists, prop comics, sexists, impersonators, homophobes, and talk show hosts in their hate-filled prime! Are you oppressed and underrepresented in society? Well then, watch out! Let’s pull back the banana peel and take a head-first descent into the brick wall of our own mind! Take my life... please!

March-2: Special Circumstances

2013 • 45 min • Russia

The heroes of the film "March" - a group of FSB special forces officers - a quick response team. Every day, dozens of especially dangerous criminals take to the streets of our cities. An elite team of special forces soldiers led by the commander of Major Alexander Buida is taken to detect and neutralize the criminal structures. Trained at a high level, they remain committed to their cause, even when their own lives are in danger. And no matter what they face tomorrow - with drug dealers, with hostage-taking or with terrible terrorist attacks planned by fanatics - a special unit is always on the alert!

Dancing Around the Shit Fire with Kyle Kinane

2013 • 59 min • United States of America

Kyle Kinane is back with a brand new hourlong comedy show and he’s brought a few friends along. Shot June 14, 2013 in Chicago as part of the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, Dancing Around the Shit Fire is a no holds barred, uncensored romp featuring Kyle Kinane and comics Bryan Cook (Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction) and Ben Roy (Those Who Can’t) with musical guest Brendan Kelly from The Lawrence Arms. It’s Kinane’s personal “love letter” to his hometown of Chicago, as he returns to a sold out crowd to confess his hilariously true stories and hijinks of living in the ‘Windy City’.

Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart Honest and Real!

2013 • 12 min • United States of America

Timon is upset because he didn't win the Honest & Real Award until Pumbaa teaches him how to have good character by identifying and practicing the three character traits (honesty, kindness, and responsibility) as they prepare for Hilda Hippo's party to honor her for winning

Silent Treatment

2013 • 10 min • United Kingdom

In a bleak, stagnant waiting area, where time stands still and odd characters sink with gloom, two strangers are compelled to connect.

Monique Marvez: Not Skinny Not Blonde

2013 • 59 min

Monique Marvez stars in her first one hour Stand-up Comedy Special based on the writings from her critically acclaimed book "Not Skinny Not Blonde." The former San Diego radio host is on a humorous mission to enlighten both men and women about what's truly important between the sexes. Having been married 3 times herself she considers it sound advice from an expert. Monique has learned from her past and now dates a much younger man, conceding "life is just too dam short." but don't call her a cougar, she says, "call me what I am, sore!"

6:14

2013 • 9 min

A man is woken from his sleep by a phone call from a stranger. Puzzled by the call and the peculiar look of the room he’s in, he leaves his bed to inspect his surroundings. Unfortunately for him, his curiosity leads him to a deadly morbid encounter that he cannot escape. Just as he believes this to be the end, he wakes up again, in his bed, with the phone ringing again. Was it all a nightmare? A delusion? Or something far more terrifying? (Originally a technologically experimental web series with real-world interactivity such as phone calls and text messages sent to the viewer during playback, this simplified version plays as a continuous short film. Created for Fourth Wall as part of their Dark Wall series.)

NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

2013 • 53 min • United States of America

NOVA is reopening one of the most confounding crime mysteries of all time as a team of expert investigators employs state-of-the-art forensic and behavioral science techniques in an effort to determine what really happened to Charles Lindbergh's baby... and why.

After the Circus

2013 • 9 min

An exploration into 19th century death mystiques, which rely heavily on the supernatural, along with a belief in, or at least a fascination with, fairy magic, much of it implied through subtle imagery. In all, it is a fascinating and astonishingly replete compendium of spiritual endeavor, the 19th century literary body of work that is, along with such masterful illustrators as Gustave Dore and others. These authors were passionately interested in what is noble and what is depraved, a far cry from present day ethics.

Escape to Gossau

2013 • 10 min • United Kingdom

1944. Nazi Germany is on the verge of total defeat. Hidden in a secret SS headquarters a senior SS General awaits an American special forces guide who parachutes in to lead him away to America in return for vital information about entrenched German positions and forces. Some SS colleagues, unaware of the General's treachery, detain the American and get shot in the head during the negotiations.

Byron's Theme

2013 • 14 min • United States of America

Meet Nick. Nick loves his dog, Byron. Nick is obsessive compulsive. He loses his tooth. He sleeps with his girlfriend's twin sister. He gets stranded in the desert. He faces his inner demons. He must decide who he is as a man.

The Kingdom of Doug

2013 • 15 min • Australia

A devoted cult gathers in an ice-skating rink to mass suicide. All are complicit but one. At the eleventh hour a young woman called Josie begins to doubt her faith in Doug, her charismatic cult leader.

Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald

2013 • 45 min • United States of America

Trevor McDonald goes to Rockville Correctional Facility in Indiana to speak with some of the women that live there.

Snodgrass

2013 • 24 min • United Kingdom

In 1991 50-year old John Lennon, living on the dole in Birmingham and following the moderate success of the Beatles, recalls how he left the band in 1962 after they were persuaded to release 'How Do You Do It?' as a single, rather than 'Love Me Do'.

Pressa de te amar

2013 • 3 min

I live in a hurry without knowing I'm always running from place to place