All Films

Turret

2011 • 10 min

Experimental film about window frames.

Reversal of the Heart

2011 • 13 min • United States of America

A dragon queen and her chick are living peacefully on a mountaintop. While the queen is hunting, her chick is killed by a knight who takes the jewel from the chick's heart and makes it into a necklace which he gives to his princess. The princess is turned into a dragon and forced to flee from the knight, meeting a young wizard and his familiar on the way. The wizard decides that the dragon princess needs to go to the mountain at the heart of the dragon kingdom, and they begin a long journey across the continent. The knight, who has trailed the princess to the mountain, severely injures her. In the process, the dragon necklace is severed, and the princess turns human again. The knight, consumed by guilt, offers his life to the dragon queen, and is turned into a blue-eyed dragon chick to replace the one he had killed.

9/11: Intercepted

2011 • 42 min • United States of America

War Games, Simulated radar tracks, aircraft exceeding their max operating limits by more than 130-150 knots, inaccurate aircraft position reports, false aircraft target reports, aircraft converging -- flying virtually in formation with -- and then diverging from reported 9/11 aircraft, fighters launched in the wrong direction, aircraft seemingly still airborne after the alleged attack, poor communications, phones not working.... What happened in the skies on the morning of September 11, 2001? Why were our defenses ineffective? Pilots For 9/11 Truth analyze NORAD response, audio recordings as well as Radar data provided by government agencies.

Jessika

2011 • 20 min • Puerto Rico

Mei-Lin, a young university student is having boyfriend troubles. One night while talking on the phone with him; she hears a knock on the door. Mei-Lin opens the door to find herself face to face to a 10 year old girl. Without saying much, the girl asks her for a glass of water. Mei-Lin goes to get the glass of water, comes to the door but finds that the girl is gone. The following night, the girl returns to her door, and asks for a glass of water. Mei-Lin decides to speak with the owner of the building and discovers a shocking truth.

Work on Me

2011 • 3 min

A love that transports through time and place. Inspired by iconic NYC love scenes from the 1970's, and an ode to Maya Deren's MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON. This meticulous craft of cutting-on-action proposes a dance as if it were literally occurring in front of you, like a live performance.

Tintin's Adventure with Frank Gardner

2011 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Journalist Frank Gardner sets out to trace the first adventure of Tintin, the childhood hero that inspired him to travel and report from the world's hot spots. Frank follows Tintin to Moscow and discovers the influences that created the successful cartoon strip.

Neal

2011 • 4 min • United States of America

A murdering swimming pool cleaning machine.

I Don't Like The Boys

2011 • 18 min • Brazil

I Don't Like The Boys is a project inspired by the international campaign "It Gets Better" that brought together people from all different backgrounds and life stories to shine a light on same-sex relationships. It is a brilliant initiative that represents a growing effort in Brazilian cinema to demystify and de-stigmatize homosexuality in that country.

Two Friendly Ghosts

2011 • 11 min • United States of America

James Dean and Donald Turnupseed, the man whose car killed Dean, meet again for the first time... at the very same intersection where the accident occurred.

Don't Look at Me

2011 • 7 min • United States of America

A romantic ode to the joys of grocery-bought vegetables, a tub of Vaseline and Facebook stalking.

Guang

2011 • 14 min • Malaysia

Guang is a story about two brothers. The elder brother, Wen Guang is autistic. Wen Guang is often misunderstood. Above all, he lives with attention deficiency disorder, struggles with social interaction, and has difficulty performing day to day obligations. He also has a secret passion. To make ends meet, Wen Guang is coerced by his younger brother into looking for a job to share his burden on meeting their monthly expenses. Throughout the film, we see Wen Guang searching for a job, his daily routines and his secret passion as he searches for the final glass that will bring him a simple, pure, hard earned, fleeting moment of joy.

ExamiNation

2011 • 22 min • South Korea, United States of America

A short documentary about a Korean high school student preparing for the most important exam she will ever take, an eight hour long college entrance exam.

The Dead Child Legend

2011 • 8 min • Norway

Eahpáraš is about a paranormal phenomenon in Sápmi, the land of the Sámi people. An eahpáraš is a dangerous spirit of a dead newborn child that haunts people.

Vanishing Exercises

2011 • 50 min • Belgium, France

Does mourning have a use-by date... like yogurts? And what exactly does the term "mourning" mean?

Breath

2011 • 59 min • Estonia

Breathing and souls are connected. So connected that when breathing in the same rhythm with somebody, you might be able to see their souls. For such an encounter, a trusting bridge is needed to connect one soul to another. Francesko is the only female chimney sweeper in Estonia, who ends up with a job in a "breathing camp". While people struggle with their inner child, trying to reconnect via breathing, Francesko helps their house to breathe and ponders her life's problems in a characteristically simplistic way.

No More Shall We Part

2011 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Canada, 1840's. A small cottage sits alone in the mountains, dwarfed by the surrounding landscape. It's inhabitants, a humble married couple who have been driven from their home country of Scotland during the Highland Clearances, have fallen on desperate times. Driven to the edge and in isolation, Henry, a man with an unshakable devotion to his wife and God, struggles to maintain routine in the face of sheer desperation, until an unexpected arrival threatens to shatter his world completely. No More Shall We Part examines the lengths that we will go to in order to preserve the love of another in the face of adversity, weaving a beautiful, brooding tale of one man's struggle against the wilderness and his own psyche.

Station Balnéaire

2011 • 8 min • Canada

Images of the Almalfi Coast have been transformed by video feedback. The rigid transitions, inspired by early computer art, contrast with the aleatory movements of the electronic light.

Inner City

2011 • 9 min • Canada

In a city hung between two endless walls, a boy with only pigeons for company, tries to seduce his remote neighbor with wacky inventions.

Hotel Nachtclub

2011 • 3 min

The larger luxury hotels built during the 1970s not only had a restaurant, a hair salon, a souvenir shop and a bar, but usually a nightclub in the cellar as well. Almost all these have since been closed or renovated. Arianne Olthaar visits the defunct Luna Bar in the Hotel Kyjev, Bratislava.

Eskimal

2011 • 9 min • Mexico

Eskimal and Morsa work together to preserve the Great Glacier, facing imminent disaster brought on by the industrialized world.

In the Opera

2011 • 6 min • Russia

Monopoly

2011 • 22 min • United States of America

​"Monopoly" is a 2011 Saudi Arabian short film directed by Bader Alhomoud that delves into the nation's housing crisis through dark comedy. The 22-minute film portrays the struggles of average citizens facing exorbitant land prices and unaffordable housing, highlighting the impact of land monopolization. Featuring insights from economic commentator Essam Al-Zamil, the film underscores the need for policy reforms, such as taxing unused lands, to alleviate the housing shortage. "Monopoly" garnered significant attention upon its release, sparking widespread discussions about housing policies in Saudi Arabia.

The Legend of Ngong Hills

2011 • 10 min • Kenya

The story is about Ogre, who has a habit of attacking the Maasai Village, but then falls in love with the beautiful young maiden Sanayian.

The Children of the Rain

2011 • 20 min

When Yagmur learns about the plans to build a nuclear power plant in her hometown, she decides to start an anti-nuclear campaign with the help of her friends.