All Films

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

2012 • 9 min • United States of America

Amos McGee is a zookeeper who always makes time for his animal friends. One day, when his sniffles and sneezes prevent him from going to the zoo, he receives some unexpected guests.

A Little Off the Top

2012 • 10 min • Canada

A hair stylist and his long lost, famous client reunite for a styling session down memory lane with unpleasant consequences for one of them.

Terror Telly

2012 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Anthology Horror

Iris

2012 • 29 min • Croatia

Iris is ingenious neo-noir comedy set in Croatia 90, in the gloomy post-war era dominated by tycoons, corruption and war profiteers.

Snuff

2012 • 27 min • United States of America

A psychological drama about two people and the lengths that each will go in order to discover the true meaning of love.

Strawberryland

2012 • 32 min • Austria

A reconstruction, the replica of a complex emotional world made of desire and aggression: a teen film. Florian Pochlatko explores the agonies of adolescence and the rage and frustration caused by being dissatisfied with oneself.

Out of Earth

2012 • 17 min • Mexico

An incestuous relationship between to siblings after their mother's death, leads one of the characters to feel haunted by guilt. They try to forget their blood ties but they only become more evident and hard to manage.

Rota 69

2012 • 5 min

An experimental journey that goes from a rollercoaster ride to a drive through the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Botong Francisco: A Nation Imagined

2012 • 30 min • Philippines

Shown in conjunction with the eponymous exhibit "Botong Francisco: A Nation Imagined" from December 2012 to March 2013, the documentary is designed and projected to be shown in large scale, together with the selected works, sketches and murals of Carlos "Botong" Francisco. Content-wise, the documentary is part first-person narrative of "Botong" Francisco's reflections (on his life, his work and his aesthetic views on the national imaginary), as well as part meta-referential tableau of the historical, mythical and fictional figures that features in Botong Francisco's works.

The Pond

2012 • 20 min

A young woman who has tragically lost the love of her life stumbles upon a powerful phenomenon while grieving at a place very special to them, a small pond.

When Walt Whitman Was a Little Girl

2012 • 12 min • United States of America

As the title suggests, this is a speculative biography of the artistic side of Walt Whitman. Starting out as an ordinary nine year old girl, young Walt is soon catapulted into the world with all her senses ablaze. Combining drama, dance, puppetry, and potato cannons, the film is a sometimes funny, sometimes sad rumination on growing up as a 'sensitive kid.'

Buta

2012 • 24 min • Japan

Buta the sword for hire is recruited by the Tufugu Pirates on their voyage to seek a stockpile of treasure. On board he discovers a child Kitsune locked away below deck. After some misunderstandings and with the promise of more money, the two of them go on their own adventure.

The Mass of Men

2012 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness.

Man On The Sand

2012 • 16 min • Japan

On a premise of a prison, a guard dressed in protective clothing, who is in charge of cleaning of the sandy beach known as the special government-owned land, has been cleaning the beach as usual today. When he was finished with the cleaning, a chief guard dressed in the same protective clothing comes to the beach to take the three condemned criminals.The beach of the sea has the power to take the lives of a person who has touched the sands, and the death penalty had been executed by using such supernatural power in this prison...

Tom's Gift

2012 • 7 min

Voice-over narration describes Tom's Gift, a sex shop in rural America closed by municipal ordinance.

Big Boss

2012 • 26 min • Australia

The story of 95-year-old Aboriginal elder Laurie Baymarrwangga and her work to maintain the language and cultural traditions of the Yan-nhangu people of Murrungga.

The Week Before Christmas

2012 • 13 min • United Kingdom

It is a hectic time of year for the Horgans and young Sharon must do her share of turkey plucking. It isn't a particularly fun way to pass the time, although things look up when she meets attractive fellow plucker James. He agrees meet later that night, but when James doesn't turn up it sparks a chain of events that spell disaster for the Horgans…

Feast of Burden

2012 • 46 min • United States of America

A group of old friends gather for a dinner party full of dark secrets, mysterious forces and deadly consequences.

The Comforting Hand

2012 • 19 min • Brazil

At her only child's 9th birthday, Lucas, Estela, a telemarketing operator, plans a party that has minimal chances of success.

Best Night Ever

2012 • 7 min • United States of America

Lauren Greenfield returns to Las Vegas - a favorite location of hers, also central to the plot of The Queen of Versailles (2012) - to film this short documentary about "Marquee," one of the country's highest-grossing nightclubs, where the clientele routinely spend thousands of dollars on a single evening out.

Love Is An Elevator

2012 • 3 min • United States of America

A nervous man tries to ask out a girl that he meets in the elevator.

O Meu Avô

2012 • 23 min • Portugal

Young Francisco is having a fun time spending the summer with his grandparents until grandpa loses his wallet. Seeing the predicament this is causing, Francisco decides to help his grandparents out.

Cactus River

2012 • 10 min • Thailand

A diary of the time Apichatpong Weerasethakul visited a newlywed couple near the Mekong River.

Mofuku reijô: Itaburi inmu

2012 • 60 min • Japan

Hata is a writer who is currently writing a novel. In the story, the main character falls in love with his girlfriend's second wife, Toriko, who is dressed in mourning clothes, and is carried away by his passion, leading to a pitiful end. Meanwhile, in his real life, Hata had an affair with his married wife, Masami. One day, while Hata is drinking at a bar, a woman who looks just like Toriko appears.