All Films

The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki

2013 • 12 min • Japan

A festival cut/compilation of the animated segments made by Yamamura Kouji for a TV documentary by NHK, Kojiki Girl Travelogue (古事記ガール 日向路を旅する). The 4 episodes that compose The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki are: #1 The Cleansing (禊/ Misogi, 3’17”) #2 Sun Goddess Amaterasu (天照大御神/ Amaterasu Ookami, 2’11”) #3 Flowering Tree (木花之佐久夜毘売/ Konohananosakuya-bime, 2’31”) #4 Umisachi and Yamasachi (海佐知山佐知/ Umisachi Yamasachi, 3’30”)

The Hungry Corpse

2013 • 8 min • United Kingdom

In London's bustling, yet desolate Trafalgar Square, an ancient corpse meets a pigeon with a broken wing.

Memory Reloaded

2013 • 20 min • Greece

In the Dome of World Archives, the memory of the gifted people has replaced the memory of the computers. Two young citizens, Nichmon and Lara, oppressed by a rigid bureaucracy, meet by chance and their lives connect forever.

Blind Puppet

2013 • 19 min • Mexico, Spain

A depressed, and often manic, puppeteer leaves home to do another day of penance, trying to absolve the tortured memories of a drunken night when the monster that dwells within him was unleashed.

Jerome's Bouquet

2013 • 16 min • United States of America

82 year-old Elena Klein, a retired New York florist, can't stop arranging — only now it's not flowers she's arranging, but people's lives.

Night of the Sea Monkey

2013 • 30 min • United States of America

When a young boy's mail order pet fails to hatch it is washed down the sink only to reprise weeks later. Now mean, mutated and thirsty for blood.

Control

2013 • 11 min

Short film by Jeremiah Kipp.

The Gettysburg Story

2013 • 60 min • United States of America

A documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War.

Alice in Chains: AIC 23

2013 • 11 min

Alan Poole McLard, a Film Studies professor, attempts to film a documentary about Alice in Chains to coincide with the release of their new album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, without any assistance from the actual band.

Nikki Glaser: The Half Hour

2013 • 25 min

A half-hour stand-up special featuring Nikki Glaser.

The Mother's Family

2013 • 28 min • South Korea

As Sun-kyeong's father fails his second marriage and rushes to migrate, Sun-kyeong writes a letter to her stepmother. While writing a letter, Sun-kyeong reminisce about her times at her brother's place in Seoul.

Functions of Film Sound

2013 • 20 min • United States of America

This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's book "Film Art." The chapter analyzes the sound design of Bresson's masterpiece as a means of discussing the use of sound in film.

Portraits of Voyages Haiti: Earthquake

2013 • 4 min • France

Meeting with a survivor of the earthquake in Haiti. Telling us about disaster and life after the trauma.

My Time with Terror with Jamie Lee Curtis

2013 • 22 min • United States of America

An exclusive interview featured on Shout! Factory's DVD & Blu-ray releases for The Fog (1980)

Sardines out of a Can

2013 • 22 min

Sardines Out Of A Can is a semi-romantic comedy following Puja, a single, eccentric, grad school dropout who with the help of her friends and a smart-phone is on a quest to find the perfect 'roommate.'

Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

2013 • 53 min • United States of America

In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international reputation, and made an indelible mark on the jazz world. And yet, his story has never been told. Until now. The film explores Erroll's childhood in Pittsburgh; his meteoric rise in popularity while playing on 52nd street, New York's famed jazz epicenter; the origins of his most famous album (Concert By The Sea) and his most famous composition (Misty); his singular, virtuosic piano style; and his dynamic personality, both on and off the stage.

The Psychopath Next Door

2013 • 45 min

She drops in and starts disrupting this close, cozy little community. She wants to be queen bee But there's already one. so she sets out to destroy her. This means having to break her legs, then feeding her cake so she gets fat, stealing her friends, etc...

My Brother Went to the Battlefield!?

2013 • 29 min • Japan

Rob Schneider: Soy Sauce and the Holocaust

2013 • 60 min • United States of America

"SNL" alum Rob Schneider takes to the stage (as himself) to examine the bizarre nature of fame, the woes of aging and the virtue of sweatpants. Known for his off-the-wall characters, Schneider opens up about his own life, which can be equally zany.

Wall

2013 • 11 min • Hungary

Laci is a 16-year old gypsy boy, who lives off casual jobs. One day, he gets picked up from the streets along with a small group of workers for a construction job. He has to participate in the completion of a wall, that surrounds a series of tenement buildings. The film follows the various stages of the construction as Laci helps out the other workers. In the end, Laci is asked to complete the work. He now takes his first look beyond the wall, which holds an unusual revelation for him.

Inabe

2013 • 35 min • Japan

After a 17-year absence, a pig farmer’s sister suddenly returns home with her baby. As they remember their childhood, they resolve to dig up “something” they buried long ago.

Kinda Like a Love Story

2013 • 10 min • United States of America

Goldie, an artist grieving over the loss of her partner, creates space for new love to enter her life.

The Doctor’s Case

2013 • 19 min • Canada

Sherlock Holmes (Kristopher Bowman) and John Watson (Kristian Bruun) continue the adventures of the famous duo in this captivating locked-room mystery based on a short story by Stephen King.

Little Man

2013 • 9 min • Canada

An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.