All Films

That Wasn't Me

2012 • 20 min • Spain

Aquél no Era Yo [That Wasn't Me] is a 2012 Spanish short film directed by Esteban Crespo. It tells the story of Paul and Kaney. Two characters, an African child and a Spanish woman, who could have nothing in common, but will get to join their lives forever through a life-giving shot. Kaney is an African child soldier. He lives with many child soldiers and obeys the orders given by the man who has become like their father, the General of the Rebel Army. Paula is a Spanish aid worker who moved to Africa following her boyfriend, Juanjo, in order to bring help and to rescue the child soldiers who live there. In a border crossing point, Paula and Kaney meet each other and this will be the starting point of this dramatic story, full of fear, violence and redemption. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Ijô shiiku: Waisetsu seikô

2012 • 60 min • Japan

Sakuya, a lackluster erotic manga artist, lives with her mother and older sister Kanoko. One day, she, who is her sister's mistress and became a manga artist thanks to her editor's ignorance, receives an offer from a new magazine. When Sakuya walks into her cross-dressing bar to study, she finds a man dressed as a woman there.

If I Am Your Mirror

2012 • 19 min • United States of America

A psychologically scarred Civil War veteran's journey to the gallows. Inspired by the 19th century Romantic era painting and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.

Land

2012 • 24 min • Italy

On a boat at night, the secret journey of a man returning home.

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?

2012 • 7 min • Finland

A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.

Deuce and a Quarter

2012 • 20 min • United States of America

On a road trip through the American South, two close friends experience a major radio malfunction, followed by curious encounters at an Alabama auto repair shop.

Monsters Do Not Exist

2012 • 10 min • Spain

Phonm Penh, Cambodia. Nai has nightmares in which The Yeak, a monster from Khmer mythology that eats children who misbehave, appears to him.

Killer Teens

2012 • 42 min • United States of America

Killer Teens is a one-hour crime series exploring the frightening phenomenon of murder committed by teenagers.

Danger of Complete Extinction

2012 • 26 min • Russia

Phillipp's panic fear to look like his dad-failure and to repeat dad's steps of life provoke internal riot against the whole humanity and release on a cold streets

Demi Lovato: Stay Strong

2012 • 42 min • United States of America

In this one-hour documentary film, Demi will let the MTV audience inside to witness their most private moments, during their very public recovery from their eating disorder. With MTV's cameras following, they'll return for the very first time to the treatment facility they retreated to back in November 2010 to speak candidly to their recovering peers about their experiences, and to thank the counselors and staff who they say kept them alive. They'll also let the MTV audience witness first-hand their on-going evolution as an artist - as they ditch their bubble-gum Disney past and tries on a new persona as confessional singer-songwriter, and perform an album full of deeply personal material in-front of sold-out crowds for the first time.

Player

2012 • 30 min • Sweden

On a seemingly ordinary night out, a young man, Victor, finds what he think is true love for the first time in his life. But what starts as a dream soon becomes a nightmare and before the new day, Victor will have to confront his deepest fears and re-evaluate his beliefs about life, love and sex. —Erik Lundqvist

Ngā Tamatoa: 40 Years On

2012 • 52 min • New Zealand

Actor Rawiri Paratene was 16 years old when he joined Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa (Young Warriors) in the early 1970s. "Those years helped shape the rest of my life," says Paratene in this 2012 Māori TV documentary, directed by Kim Webby. The programme is richly woven with news archive from the 1970s, showing protests about land rights and the Treaty of Waitangi, and a campaign for te reo to be taught in schools. Several ex Ngā Tamatoa members — including Hone Harawira, Tame Iti and Larry Parr— are interviewed by Paratene, who also presents the documentary.

Degrassi: Las Vegas

2012 • 45 min

After winning tickets for a trip to Vegas at a fundraiser, a bunch of the Degrassi kids take off on a spring break adventure that none of them will ever forget.

Uncle Drew

2012 • 5 min

Pepsi MAX went to a pick-up game in Bloomfield, NJ and some magical things happened.

Suni Man

2012 • 19 min

'Suni Man' is a touching, yet brutal coming-of-age story of a young Samoan man who must find the courage to choose between a stable life with his loving and traditional family, or an exciting life with his delinquent and dangerous cousin.

Skyborn

2012 • 27 min • United Kingdom

Stranded in a foggy post-apocalyptic wasteland, a father Gideon and his son Blue build a flying machine to see above the clouds. But Blue is fed up with his father's crackpot dream: their flying attempts are becoming too dangerous, and he is sure there is nothing but cloud in the sky. So Blue hatches a devious plan to keep his father on the ground.

A Running Jump

2012 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry's taxi-driver dad, a garage owner called Derek, Perry's wife Debbie and couple of twins.

The Girl

2012 • 17 min • Ireland

Following another devastating miscarriage, a couple moves to a new life in the west of Ireland. Left alone in the old house, emotionally fragile Sophie finds a starving young girl wandering the area and all her maternal instincts surface. But is the girl a blessing or a curse?

Forces of Nature

2012 • 2 min • United States of America

Determined to scare The Once-ler out of Truffula Valley, The Lorax decides to create the illusion of ominous forces of nature.

I Love You, Eddie Deezen

2012 • 14 min • United States of America

Mabel is unhappy with her life and needs a change. She leaves the Midwest for Hollywood to find the man of her dreams. Brad? Nope. George? Ugh. Eddie? You bet! Because nerds need love, too.

Lambs

2012 • 14 min • New Zealand

A boy from an abusive family wants to escape, but doesn't want to desert his younger siblings.

ej·kei

2012 • 56 min • Puerto Rico

ej·kei (skate) is the first documentary about the history of skateboarding in Puerto Rico. It traces skateboarding's history since the early seventies until now, through the testimonies of iconic skaters in the island. ej·kei offers a past, present, and future view of this activity in the island.

Dara Ju

2012 • 15 min

A young Nigerian-American desires a better life for himself and for his mother. But when a lie he tells leads to an unexpected reckoning, he's forced to confront a deeply personal truth.

Ulisses

2012 • 3 min • Brazil

A literary adaptation by Ivan Cardoso