All Films

Bakhmaro

2012 • 59 min • Georgia, Germany

This German documentary looks inside a nearly idle restaurant in a dowdy building in the country of Georgia, its listless workers waiting for business to pick up. The mournful atmosphere serves as a metaphor for the uncertain future of Georgia.

Have a Nice Day

2012 • 4 min • Sweden

"I wonder if I left the cooker on?" For K this turns into a morning dominated by thoughts of fire. Her strategies to avoid catastrophe become increasingly absurd. But when eventually she feels safe, fire finds another way into her life...

Suma’s Story

2012 • 5 min

The true tale of an abandoned dog who find her forever home.

The Girl Who Became Three Boys

2012 • 46 min

21-year-old Gemma Barker was sentenced to 30 months in prison for fraud and sexual assault. Over the course of several months, Gemma invented and impersonated three different boys, 'Aaron', 'Luke' and 'Connor' and under these three separate guises went on to seduce two teenage girls.

Already Gone

2012 • 3 min • United States of America

This movie tells of a young man named Jude Mulvey who is suffering from cystic fibrosis. As a way of coping with the disease, and not wanting to die in a hospital bed, he has taken up the occupation of being a criminal mastermind, stealing from other lawbreakers. Along with his partner, Scott Lee, they rob hangouts and drug dens. At some point, they cross the wrong bad guy, and the adventure begins.

Being and Becoming Chua Ek Kay

2012 • 51 min

The film offers exclusive and intimate insights into how and why the classically trained artist risked rejection to revolutionize the traditional Chinese ink art form in Singapore.

One Man's Loss

2012 • 8 min

A shoeless vagabond is fatefully thrown the chance at a new life, after treading on a piece of glass outside the apartment of an arguing couple.

King Hu: 1932-1997

2012 • 48 min • France

Documentary about Chinese film director King Hu.

Ninja Scroll Burst

2012 • 1 min • Japan

Plot Unknown - Sequel to the 1993 Anime film, Ninja Scroll.

The Triangle Affair

2012 • 11 min • Estonia

There is no triangle without corners. There is no direction without a triangle. There is no movement without a direction.

The Gravedigger

2012 • 14 min • Portugal

Inspired by popular cult, O COVEIRO is part light part darkness, a bedtime story and almost a nightmare. A child is born and his parents die of fright just to see him. André Gil Mata revisits the traditional Portuguese tale, in a fantastic movie where heads bounce, but you hear a song.

Mr. Hyde

2012 • 21 min • Sweden

Did you expect that evil had taken a vacation just because it's Christmas? Well, think again boys. Mr. Hyde appears at a prison in front of the inmates with a very different Christmas carol. And since he spends a lot of time on vaudeville, he sings and dance in this show as well.

Day Trip

2012 • 20 min • South Korea

A master and his student visit a mountain to practice pansori (a musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer) after a music competition which outcome has left the trainee disappointed.

The Wilding

2012 • 15 min • Australia

When juvenile inmate Malcolm is offered a chance at parole, he is torn between his chance for freedom and protecting the one he loves.

Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve

2012 • 5 min • United States of America

An exclusive all-new interstitial content for the first time in 15 years. See the Cryptkeeper take a blast through the past, decomposing the best of the '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s, on his way to welcoming in 2013.

Fresh Guacamole

2012 • 2 min • United States of America

In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.

Preists

2012 • 21 min • Italy

A deep and unconventional friendship is formed between two, somewhat homophobic, priests serving the same church.

The Incredible Journey of the Monarch Butterfly

2012 • 41 min • Germany

Known for their stunningly beautiful colours and mystical powers of transformation, the humble butterfly is revered by many. In one small creature lays the mystery of creation as in a short lifetime a full evolution occurs. Amongst the most captivating is the Monarch Butterfly. Known as the wandered , this striking orange insect undertakes a mammoth voyage that many of its larger counterparts could not even fathom. Follow this incredible creature and allow yourself to be lost in its magic as this 3D feature allows you to have a firsthand experience of the glorious Monarch Butterfly. A captivating journey for the whole family!

Who's Afraid of Cris Negão?

2012 • 26 min • Brazil

Cristiane Jordan, or Cris Negão, as she was called, was a transvestite who worked as a bawd in downtown of São Paulo known by her violent methods to control the other transvestites. Hated and feared by a legion, she also had her fans until she was tragically murdered with two shots in the head. The documentary is a dive into the transvestite universe through the stories of this legendary character of São Paulo's underworld.

Daimi

2012 • 19 min • Denmark

12-year-old Daimi rattles around a decrepit house with her Christmastime companion, a magical piglet. A painful truth hides in the murky water of the bathtub, seamlessly blending reality with fantasy.

Tambylles

2012 • 58 min • Czech Republic

An eighteen-year-old delinquent was recently released from a juvenile detention center. He returns to his parent's old home with a clean criminal record and a new identity. However, local villagers sense an injustice in this lack of punishment; they remember what happened there just a few years earlier. Also an ambitious filmmaker has decided to follow and document this delinquent's return to a 'normal' life. With the backdrop of contemporary society, where "everything is meaningless and nothing is real", this story of maturity and guilt unfolds.

Poppety in the Fall

2012 • 26 min • France, Canada

In this animated short, a terrible curse deprives Balthasar's kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn's horn back into The Belly of the Earth is the solution. Poppety will lead an expedition, by chance uncovering a hitherto closely guarded family secret.

The Contract

2012 • 9 min • Netherlands

Emma, a dissolute young woman with a strong desire to become a mother, has finally found the love of her life to settle down with. When she receives a mysterious postcard her new life is turned upsidedown. Her shady past has caught up with her: she has been traced by the company that wants from her what was agreed upon. She’s forced to pay her debt by making an impossible choice.

Room 69

2012 • 3 min • Switzerland

A roads leads through a barren desert landscape. A car parks in front of a motel. A man with a box under his arm gets out and storms into room 69…