All Films

Welcome to Kiribati

2012 • 1 min • Kiribati

A oneminutesjr. workshop held in June 2012 in The Republic of Kiribati.

Four Hours Barefoot

2012 • 16 min • France, Portugal

In a mountain village in the north of Portugal, a murder occurred. A sixteen-year-old boy leaves the house barefoot, under the cold night, towards the forest. For thirty kilometres he walks, up and down the mountain. He has one single thought in his head.

Emergence

2012 • 5 min • Jordan

A malfunction liberates the minds of youth under the control of an oppressive system, allowing them to break free and be themselves.

The Morning After

2012 • 15 min • United Kingdom

The morning after a drunken night out, Harry's world is turned upside down when he awakens to discover a naked man, Thom, in his bed. Stunned and confused, he tries to make sense of his repressed desires. In an attempt to re-assert his heterosexuality he revisits an old lover, Lucy, but finds little comfort from the encounter. Harry is left to make a decision: to follow his set path and return to his doting girlfriend Jess, or attempt to understand his own wants and desires...

Into Water’s Vibration

2012 • 5 min

We feel a sublime experience where the mental image of landscape undergoes a metamorphosis. The actual space is distorted. It is the connection at the “full instant”, the idea of “durèe” of Henri Bergson, where the intensity of the experience makes the image of landscape expand.

To Open, to See

2012 • 15 min

A group of children is taken on a trip to a beach. While separated from adult supervision, they discover a stranded porpoise. It is dead. They open it up.

Captain Murphy's Duality

2012 • 34 min

A 34-minute short film featuring songs performed by Captain Murphy as well as archived cult footage (including footage involving Heaven's Gate co-founder Marshall Applewhite), pornography, cartoons and 1980s films.

Une cérémonie secrète

2012 • 49 min • France

Class Picture

2012 • 5 min • Philippines

Shot on a single roll of expired 16mm film, this ‘photography film’ injects evokes faded memories and injects lyricism and humor into the archetypal class picture, alongside the fleeting sound of waves crashing on a beach.

Portraits

2012 • 14 min • Colombia

It's Sunday, the day to shoo at the local market and Grandma Paulina wants to prepare creole hen to her husband, but the money is not enough. Without wishing it, she wins a Polaroid camera in a raffle, so, she proposes her husband to take pictures of their lives in the country. But the camera roll ends up and the hunger persists!

Vukovar of My Youth

2012 • 27 min • Croatia

The life in Vukovar in it's earlier days.

ReBuild

2012 • 6 min • Japan

After the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, I witnessed many changes. Towns were lost in a moment. Children living in Fukushima couldn’t go out and play freely. This work was made from the pictures drawn in the landscapes of parts of Japan. Using the reflection of sunlight, we tried to capture people’s emotion for "energy". Source: CaRTe bLaNChe

Kümme aastat hiljem. Eurovisioon Tallinnas

2012 • 23 min • Estonia

What has changed for Estonia since the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Tallinn ten years ago? How did the big event actually happen?

Love Never Dies

2012 • 37 min • Canada

Based on the short story, 'NONA' by Stephen King, LOVE NEVER DIES is a psychological thriller about a drifter who wanders the night, seeking to escape his tormented past. One night, he meets the mysterious and seductive Nona, a woman cast from his darkest fantasies, who lures him on a deadly chase to uncover the horrifying truth he so desperately wants to avoid. Inspired by the creepy corners of King's imagination, LOVE NEVER DIES explores the razor-thin line that separates the allure of love from the romance of murder.

Herzog: The Wrath Of Klaus

2012 • 43 min • United Kingdom

A pre-fame Werner Herzog (Adam Ezagouri) is asked to share a flat with a strange new actor only known as Klaus Kinski. Herzog agrees but soon regrets his generous decision as Kinski proves to be one uncanny flatmate. Despite their disagreements, both decide to try and shoot Herzog's own version of Don Quixote, with disastrous consequences.

Al Qaeda in Yemen

2012 • 29 min

Since the death of Osama bin Laden, Yemen has become the hottest front in the war against Al Qaeda. Now, with headlines about a terrorist plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner, award-winning reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad travels deep into Yemen’s radical heartland. In this first-hand report, FRONTLINE looks at how members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and affiliated militants have seized control of areas in southern Yemen and are winning some popular support. Is the United States’ expanded drone policy in fact strengthening this new fortified insurgent base?

Don't Dare to Stop Love

2012 • 54 min

Don’t Dare to Stop Love follows the conflicted and delusional life of a single mother and cancer victim. An abstract exploration of her relationships with both her young lover and teenage daughter, the film shows us the tortures of a self-indulgent mind. In a plea for affection, she devotes the last months of her life taking care of "Pet," her boyfriend. This, however, turns sour when her excessive need for pity becomes too much for him to bear. Intercut with sketches of her teenage daughter gossiping about her mother’s strange behaviour, we develop a compassion for the lead. Will she succumb to the darkness of her own mind or will she be inspired to overcome her fate? © Julia Wiese

Son of Satan

2012 • 10 min • Croatia

Benign demon deeply disappointed with his life in hell and drunkard father one day decides to leave his home.

Drained

2012 • 12 min

Told with animation and live-action, 'Drained' tells the story of how a man's selfish addictions can destroy the woman he cares for.

Lentejuelas de sangre

2012 • 52 min • Spain

Antonio Gracia José (1942-2011), known as “Pierrot,” was a prominent member of the Barcelona art scene, a pioneer in the filmmaking of underground short films and Fantaterror movies, writer and playwright, magazine editor, movie poster painter, cartoonist and cabaret showman.

Os Vivos Também Choram

2012 • 30 min • Portugal, Switzerland

Zé, a 50-year-old alcoholic, works in the port of Lisbon where he loads and unloads containers. Zé never left his neighborhood and is hiding his savings so that one day he'll be able to board one of the huge cruise ships he sees everyday. When his jealous wife steals his money, Zé will do everything to fulfil his dream.

Land or Sky

2012 • 7 min

A young pilot is subtly pressured by his father-in-law to pursue another career. The final project of first year production class. MFA Chapman University. Super 16mm film. Arri SR2. Creative Limitations: 3 page script. 2 characters. 1 location. 2 rolls of film.

A Race

2012 • 5 min • South Korea

Man and woman who meet by chance ride bicycles from Mapo to the Seogang.

Planet Food: Goa and Manila

2012 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Roving foodies Angela May and Bobby Chinn embark on two culinary journeys across Asia. Angela travels to the western coast of India to sample the cuisine and culture of the thriving melting pot that is Goa. Meanwhile, Bobby travels to Manila where he discovers a passionate and humorous people, and their love of food.