All Films

Chantou

2012 • 22 min

44-year-old Chantal, a bio-mattress saleswoman, counts on staying at her son's house where she plans to inform him that she is pregnant. The family reunion doesn't play out as expected, and Chantal finds herself alone in an unknown town. A nighttime walk will turn her life upside down.

Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas

2012 • 14 min • Japan

In 2029, Scrooge escapes from a research facility where he had been confined as an experimental subject. His body was remodeled by genetic manipulations and he uses his psychic power to kill the chasers. One day, he meets another experimental subject called Carol. When three psychic chasers hunt down the two, Carol asks Scrooge to use his right arm to extract a weapon from her body.

Al Ras

2012 • 10 min • Mexico

A couple has an opportunity to assume a deep truth or to continue living on the surface, where everything appears to be perfect...

Atonal

2012 • 20 min • United States of America

A streetwise former boxer searches for his estranged father, missing from a rundown nursing home in East Los Angeles. Using secrets from a buried past, he finds an old man with Alzheimer's who has forgotten almost everything - including the son who now holds both their futures in his hands.

Sevilla

2012 • 12 min • Netherlands

Three youngsters take a road trip to Seville that will change their lives forever.

El Fin del Mundo

2012 • 13 min

El Fin del Mundo (The End of the World) examines the meaning of art in a future era where, as envisioned by the artists, all social values and order have vanished. Part of the News from Nowhere contemporary art project.

Room on the Broom

2012 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Animated film based on the wonderful children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The story of a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat. The gang ultimately saves the witch from a fearsome dragon, and in gratitude she rewards them with a magnificent new broom which has room for everyone. A magical tale about friendship and family from Magic Light Pictures, the producers of the hugely successful The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child.

Into the Wild: The Making of The Face of Evil

2012 • 25 min • United Kingdom

A look at the making of The Face of Evil.

Wide-Awake

2012 • 16 min • United States of America

Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.

Morning of Saint Anthony's Day

2012 • 25 min • France, Portugal

Tradition says that on 13 June, Saint Anthony’s Day (the national holiday of Lisbon’s patron), lovers must offer small vases of basil with paper carnations and flags with popular poems as a token of their love.

Picture Paris

2012 • 29 min • France, United States of America

When her son leaves for college, ordinary mom plans the romantic trip of a lifetime to France with her husband. But Paris doesn't turn out to be quite what she pictured.

The Black Balloon

2012 • 21 min • United States of America

While escorting a group of children through New York City, a harried man loses hold of a bouquet of one hundred balloons. Among them, a single black balloon drifts free, seemingly lifeless, only to revive and embark on a strange journey through the city. Searching for companionship, it drifts among the highs and lows of human life, discovering both joy and despair along the way. Conceived as a children’s tale but emerging as a surreal urban fable, The Black Balloon follows the haunting odyssey of a balloon that longs to belong.

Fist of Jesus

2012 • 15 min • Spain

When Jacob tells Jesus that Lazarus, his son, is dead, he goes to his house to raise him from the dead.

Minori Scramble!

2012 • 40 min • Japan

Tamaki's father is a researcher who studies penguins. She herself on the other hand cannot stand them though. In order to help her overcome this aversion, Minori, a Penguinoid (penguin-android) is created. However, the two are continuously getting into trouble.

Winners

2012 • 12 min • Canada

Didi and Max are the most competitive best friends in the fourth grade. But their friendship hangs in the balance when Principal Jack announces a school-wide contest to see who can sell the most fertilizer.

Eugene

2012 • 13 min

A man checks into a hotel and is mysteriously delivered an intriguing gift.

The Diddler

2012 • 17 min

The Diddler is a loose homage to the immortal series 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'. Love triangles, mickey-slipping with unusual results, imaginary friends with imaginary guns... All this leads us to one question: Who is The Diddler?

Miss Navajo

2012 • 53 min • United States of America

The role of women and tradition in Dine (Navajo) culture is explored through a young girl's quest for the Miss Navajo Nation crown.

Kyokyo Jitsujitsu

2012 • 29 min • Japan

At a job interview, Makoto tries to impress the interviewer by telling a lie: "I rode around Japan on stilts. His girlfriend, Nozomi, runs out of patience with him and leaves him after trying to pass the interview with a lie. In order to get back together with Nozomi, Makoto is determined to get the job offer and creates a story about his experience on the stilts trip, which was a lie. As he sweats it out, planning his route and carrying his backpack, he begins to see what he really wants to do. ......

Sing Meloetta: Search for the Rinka Berries

2012 • 9 min • Japan

Meowth and Wobbuffet sit on a cliff near a crystal cave, with Meowth thinking about how beautiful Meloetta is. Suddenly, Meloetta flies past, searching for something, then flies off. Meowth and Wobbuffet take off after it.

Blind Spot

2012 • 9 min • France

A woman's paranoia makes her day miserable.

Joe Rogan: Live from the Tabernacle

2012 • 60 min • United States of America

Joe Rogan's hour-long stand-up comedy special Live from the Tabernacle.

The Carol of the Old Ones

2012 • 48 min • Japan

The stage of this piece is a film school. In this setting, there is a heroine aspiring to be a director who has invited a major actress to perform in a film that will become her art project graduation piece. This actress is a lecturer and the heroine feels reverence for her. However, before one knows, the setting falls into complete disorder and the performers are forced to tackle a formidable force that is beyond the control of individuals.

Bullied

2012 • 13 min

Eli is your everyday child; he goes to school, has a loving family, and enjoys drawing. His only problem is that some of his classmates, Mark, Luke, and Will, push him around and bully him at school, eventually pushing him to his breaking point.