All Films

Os Barcos

2012 • 23 min • Brazil

I saw leaves that were moving. I thought: "It's a bird in its nest". I separated the leaves and looked; but there was no bird. The leaves continued to move. As I ran, faster and faster, I screamed. What moved the leaves? What moves my heart, my legs?

Christmas Eve '45

2012 • 16 min • United States of America

The post-war guilt and horrific secrets of Nazi Germany serve as a backdrop to a disturbing mind game between a young anatomist and a prostitute in a small hotel room the first Christmas following the war.

Pianism

2012 • 55 min • Russia

Pianism is the occupation of piano music. Means masterly possession of the instrument. In the life of the main character, the honored artist of Russia, laureate of international competitions Sergey Musaelyan, this term takes a slightly different meaning.

La bisabuela tiene Alzheimer

2012 • 52 min • Ecuador

A meeting between the daughter and the grandmother of the director, Iván Mora Manzano, at a time when the memories of one, the girl’s, were taking shape, and the other’s the grandmother’s, were vanishing. This starting point is used as a pretext to talk about other topics such as the importance of family memories and the search for memory.

Friend Request

2012 • 25 min

A psychotic filmmaker, hell bent on creating a realistic slasher film, uses Facebook to torment and murder a group of teenagers.

Headless Drummer

2012 • 1 min

A short animated film about a headless drummer. Designed & directed by David Shrigley, animated & composited by James Newport 2012. Featured in David Shrigley's Brain Activity Hayward Gallery exhibition & on Channel four's Random Acts.

Gok Wan: Made in China

2012 • 59 min

Gok Wan travels back to his ancestral home to explore the largely unseen world of Chinese mass production, and meet the people working in the factories that supply the West. Gok visits an entire town dedicated to making jeans, one to making bras and visits the factory that makes the iconically British black cab.

Uwharrie

2012 • 47 min • United States of America

In the spring of 2009, two friends left everything behind for one weekend. Their goal was to hike the remote region surrounding Troy...

Few Words

2012 • 59 min

Few Words is the story of a modern skiing pioneer, who became one of the most successful and talented freestyle skiers in the world, Candide Thovex.

Sea Pavilion

2012 • 10 min • United States of America

An innocent picnic turns surreal when curiosity leads to the uncovering of secrets hidden in the decrepit ruins of a seaside pavilion. A young couple learn that some dark corners should not be revealed in the light of day.

Lichtmond 2 - Universe of Light

2012 • 53 min

LICHTMOND's second multimedia album "Universe of Light", had the collaboration of the music legend Alan Parsons. The resulting award-winning animation music project will have its world premiere at the Planetarium Hamburg, in September 2012. This unique 360° show will be distributed subsequently worldwide.

Grandmother's Tale

2012 • 5 min • Lithuania

An animated film based on the poem by S. Nėries.

Largo

2012 • 13 min • Greece

An unfinished love story between glimpses on wheels.

Autana

2012 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Adventure climber Leo Houlding and film maker Alastair Lee are back with another sumptuous production of truly epic proportions. This time Leo (UK) and fellow climbers Sean Leary (USA) and Jason Pickles (Salford) head deep into the Amazon in an attempt to make the first ascent of the east face of the remote tepuy; Cerro Autana.

The Snipist

2012 • 26 min • United Kingdom

The struggle of a lone sniper in a dystopian future Britain plagued with rabies and ruled over by a sinistrous Ministry of Information.

Fire Ants 3D: The Invincible Army

2012 • 48 min • United States of America

For more than 80 years, Solenopsis Invicta has been on a ceaseless march across the United States, racking up six billion dollars every year in crop damage, equipment repair, and pest control. They have conquered more than 320 million acres in 13 states and killed at least 80 people. And the invader is still on the move. Globally. Now, scientists are cracking the ant's ancient secrets to success and breeding winged assassins to hunt them down. Stunning 3D macro photography explores the secret world of the fire ant and the cutting-edge research into stopping it.

Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night

2012 • 3 min • United Kingdom

The night River Song is imprisoned in Stormcage for killing the Eleventh Doctor, she receives a visit from her husband to take her out on their first date. Things get complicated when another River arrives.

So Long

2012 • 3 min • France

The life of two characters who follow each other beyond the walls.

Secrets

2012 • 13 min • Australia

Derek, divorces his violent wife Grace and remarries Lena. However, after remarrying Lena, Derek discovers that some secrets were never meant to be revealed.

Boy, Bloodbrother of Death 2

2012 • 52 min • Slovenia

Chernobyl 25 years later... What was happening in the meantime, between the first nuclear cataclysm and the prospect of another one? Where have all the international relief funds disappeared and where are the millions, intended for the reconstruction of the decaying sarcophagus? Where is my life taking me? What legacy am I leaving to my son... These are just some of the questions that the little boy from Chernobyl Anatoliy Rizhov - Tolya, now a grown-up, is trying to answer 20 years after the first documentary about him was made.

Act of Faith

2012 • 16 min

It's raining in Northampton and Faith Harrington has Friday evening ahead of her, her favorite outfit and her favorite face, her top tunes shimmering on the CD player: "When the lamp burns low on the bureau, even though I'm far from you..." In a curtain-raiser prelude to their forthcoming short film Jimmy's End, Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins, with Siobhan Hewlett, introduce us to a world of unfamiliar atmospheres, precarious entertainments, and insidious detail. Act of Faith unveils an isolated corner of the modern night, where carrion crows become the only comforters and it's a quarter to eternity...

Wanted Melody

2012 • 7 min • France

A surprising western starring ... penises.

The Alien Boy

2012 • 14 min • Australia

Miki is a young Hungarian boy who cannot quite understand why he is always the target of nasty bully-attacks at school. Is it because his Mum speaks a different language. Or because of the weird lunch she packs him? Determined to find out why, Miki embarks on a journey which leads his to discover he is, in fact, an Alien. The Alien Boy is a whimsical ride into a young boys perception of discrimination, alienation and ultimately belonging.

The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David

2012 • 2 min

An introduction to the 8th generation android, David, who explains what he thinks about and what makes him sad.