All Films

I Saw Mice Burying a Cat

2011 • 6 min • China, Russia

The story begins romantically, continues as a farce, turning into a thriller, but ends up as a high tragedy.

Snakes and Ladders

2011 • 3 min • United States of America

A mashup of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and Wall Street collapses.

Armand 15 ans l'été

2011 • 50 min • France

Beat

2011 • 8 min • Israel

In a bland, utilitarian world of order, one worker finds his inner jazz

Das Badezimmer

2011 • 6 min • Germany

In reference to the trailer of Psycho (USA 1960), narrated in German by Alfred Hitchcock himself, a gardener with a chainsaw guides us through the premises of the Herbert Gerisch Foundation in Schleswig-Holstein 51 years later. The visit ends, just like in the original trailer…, in a bathroom.

Nego

2011 • 10 min • Brazil

Small, black and skinny, another street boy obeying the crook known as Parana, even unprotected and alone, he walks for hours in the dangerous streets of a nightly Sao Paulo, to deliver a mysterious package. As he goes in his journey suffering cold, distresses, loneliness and fear, Nego takes refuge into his thoughts, pictures of his life.

Married, Single, Dead

2011 • 45 min • United Kingdom

Married, Single, Dead reveals the alarming emergence of cases in which women are killed by their ex-partners after changing their relationship status from “married” to “single” on Facebook.

Symmetry

2011 • 3 min • United States of America

Is the world full of deep symmetries and ordered pairs? Or do we live in a lopsided universe? This striking video plays with our yearning for balance, and reveals how beautiful imperfect matches can be. The video made by Everynone was inspired by Radiolab's Desperately Seeking Symmetry episode.

A Drop of Sunshine

2011 • 40 min • India

Schizophrenia. It may be one word, but it immediately conjures up multiple connotations. Mad. Incurable. Violent. Suicidal. Chemical imbalances. Crazy. A lifelong condition. Inevitable dependency on Medicines. Dark. Terrible. 'A Drop of Sunshine' challenges these notions. It questions the mainstream view of the condition and seeks alternate ways of recovering from it. Through the powerful story of its young and gutsy protagonist, Reshma Valiappan, it seeks to give viewers a new vocabulary to address the stigmatized mental illness. The film proposes that the only treatment method that can work in Schizophrenia is one where the so-called 'patient' is encouraged and empowered to become an equal partner in the process of healing.

Reluctant Bachelor

2011 • 58 min • Iran

We had a comfortable life until my father went bankrupt and I blamed him for our misfortune. Being 30 and still living with my parents, I do not speak with my father. It is my brother's wedding and I'm not attending his ceremony. I asked my friend to film the wedding and specially my father. This film is an occasion for me to revise my attitude toward every member of my family by talking to them.

Spring Nights

2011 • 9 min • Brazil

Everyday the routine is repeated. The father comes home, eager to spending some time with his daughter. One day, however, his routine is shaken and he must face the future.

Lalit & Deepak

2011 • 8 min • Netherlands Antilles

A young Asian boy named Lalit is caught up in the midst of a car racketing scheme on the island of St.Maarten. The detective investigating the scheme is an old friend of Lalit's family. He finds himself in a tough position. Does he remain loyal to his family or does he obey the law and co-operate in the investigation.

Taking a Chance on God

2011 • 54 min

Taking A Chance On God chronicles the extraordinary life and legacy of 85 year old John McNeill, gay Catholic priest, founder of the LGBT spiritual movement, and pioneering voice of gay liberation. Refusing to betray his own conscience, McNeill stood up to the man who became Pope Benedict XVI and would not be silenced. The Film depicts McNeill's remarkable journey: growing up in Buffalo, escaping death as a POW in Nazi Germany, falling in love with his husband, writing groundbreaking books, coming out on national television, calling for compassion and justice during the AIDS crisis, and celebrating the unique spiritual gifts of LGBT people. Theologians, journalists, activists, and LGBT religious figures, including openly gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, movingly testify to McNeill's influence and importance.

Lesha

2011 • 32 min • Russia

Summer 2010. Russia. Almost the entire European part of the country is covered with fire. The village where the film’s main character lives has been almost completely burned down. We walk with him along the former village to the ashes of his house to feed his cat and dog. We walk and talk about the fire and many other things...

Baby Back Costa Rica

2011 • 5 min • Portugal

Three teenage girls are heading home in their Mini Cooper S. They discuss their boyfriends, their boyfriend's mothers, their boyfriend's mother's cars, and Judaism.

From Barbara to Txi

2011 • 11 min • Canada

About Vancouver-based, semi-retired stage clown, Barbara 'Txi' Hannah. Now in her 60s, Txi has been a stage clown for over 30 years, working all over the world with different performance groups. Oddly enough, Txi describes herself as an extremely shy person and explains how performance has helped her battle her introversion. Txi's family life has proven to be as out-of-the-ordinary as her choice of occupation; after two children and eight years of marriage, her husband came out as a homosexual. From Barbara to Txi is an exploration of a woman's perseverance through an unusual sequence of events.

Niagara

2011 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Two love-struck gangsters escape with one million dollars in a bag and some serious trust issues. A road trip starts.

Fall in Love with You Just Like That

2011 • 10 min • China

The most famous short in Chaoshan series, a simple love story with huge so-bad-it’s-good energy.

The Story of Ones

2011 • 9 min

Utilizing the banality of Vietnamese state radio broadcasts, The Story of Ones gives a face and a sense of place to the unseen and offers a personal counterpoint to the officially sanctioned. Like entering a roomful of stories, the viewer steps into an unfamiliar space guided only by the sound of the radio tuning in to lifestyle programming, call-in shows and radio dramas. The portraits and settings layered atop the aural landscape create questions, provide humor, offer context and withdraw explanation of what once seemed clear before entering the room.

The War We Are Living

2011 • 54 min

Two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women fight to hold onto their gold-rich land and defy paramilitary death threats in the remote mountains of Colombia. Part of the PBS series Women, War & Peace.

Mutus Floris

2011 • 4 min • Canada

Mutus Floris (mute or silent flowers) is composed of over 5000 individual photographs of wild flowers taken over three seasons, at Phenzhopehaugh in Scotland.

The Chinese Economic Bubble

2011 • 46 min • Netherlands

The biggest real estate developer in the world is – unsurprisingly - a Chinese. And he is convinced opportunities are equal for all in China. But do the scaffold builder from the countryside and the car salesman from the Chinese capital, representing the social strata of Chinese society, share his believe in the Chinese Dream? The Chinese Bubble shows how class differences motivate a country to move forward in uncertain times. It helps explain the delicate balance of Chinese growth and explores the sacrifices of the people who are making it happen.

Sundays

2011 • 16 min • Belgium

Sundays or how Mankind faces the passage of time. That free time we are trying to fill at all costs. That same time we look at passing by, with laughter or boredom.

Psychopompe

2011 • 50 min • France

This movie is a retrogressive interpretation of the Frankenstein myth, evoking the genealogy of ideas and images bound to this modern Promethean figure from its origin to its derivative forms. The story is built by a succession of fleeting images in a manner both instinctive and erudite. Following an association of images from different cultural and historical contexts, PSYCHOPOMPE treats the strange transformation of "mythological waste" and its survival - through B-movies and amateur images as well as in moments from daily life. The soundtrack, inspired by minimal, ambiant and Noise music, is played live by its composer, Joakim, and his band the Disco. It is a peculiar mix of electronic sounds and acoustic instruments, stretched-out layers of sounds and noise explosions, outlining a cinematographic narrative: a story of metamorphoses.