All Films

The Bridge

2011 • 41 min • Brazil

Documentary on the outskirts of São Paulo. The rapper Mano Brown, the educator Dagmar Garroux and the writer Ferréz live daily with the ills of the periphery of São Paulo. Each in its own way, bringing a baggage of experiences that deserves reflection.

A simple rhythm

2011 • 52 min • Canada

A meditative and philosophical exploration of rhythm and synchronization. A complex, artfully constructed and densely layered film that creates an immersive experience that can, at times, make the viewer feel almost in situ with the images and sounds on the screen. Interview subjects span a broad range of disciplines. As individuals and as a society, we have a tendency to keep in step.

The War Reporter

2011 • 60 min • Croatia

Autobiographic story about author Silvestar Kolbas, his childhood, family and war in Croatia in 1991. which deeply touched and changed his life.

In the Nature of Things

2011 • 44 min • Canada

The central image of in the nature of things is the Forest- sometimes fearful, sometimes a refuge, always mysterious, and the multiple associations and myths embedded in it- myths within which we live and which live within us- our collective history. But, unexpected moments, intensified fragments, catch us unawares- the present confronts us.

Allan Baldwin: In Frame

2011 • 52 min

"In the 60s a photographer, Allan Baldwin, travels across New Zealand. His camera captures the magical faces of elderly people, full of wisdom whose chin bears the Maori tattoo. This documentary is a tribute to the now disappeared elders."

We Will Be Strong in Our Weakness

2011 • 60 min

This mockumentary shows the mourning events after the assassination of Slawomir Sierakowski, leader of fictitious Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland.

Monique in the Sun

2011 • 14 min • Brazil

Winter holidays. Monique goes to the beach with her parents. With no friends around, she tries to find something to do. Then she meets a young man on the volleyball court.

Wing It

2011 • 8 min • South Africa

The plot of which surrounds Sherman, an inventor desperately attempting to achieve first flight. However, his attempts are as overzealous as the ill-fated engineer himself, making him the butt of many cruelly penned satires by the media. Enter a well-intentioned alien race who endeavour to aid the hapless hero, but we soon learn that the intergalactic intervention staged by our alien counterparts is to be just as fraught with comic misadventure.

She Devils a Go Go

2011 • 55 min • United States of America

Five guys are out looking for trouble on Halloween Night. They get that and more at the grand opening of a new strip club called She Devils. A place where all the girls dress like devils and all the patrons end up in hell.

Magalí

2011 • 8 min • Argentina

Juan having a coffee. Two old acquaintances who he would prefer not to meet. An anecdote I'd rather not hear. Juan gets lost in better thoughts.

Epilepsy

2011 • 21 min • Hong Kong

Through a series of intricately composed long takes, Epilepsy exposes the robotic state of students today through the eyes of a young boy. For him, going to school simply means a continuous dose of discipline and punishment from all sides. His education simply means taking what he's given, and any dissent or deviation from the norm is discouraged with force. Even when a girl begins to inspire change in him, will he be able to face a strange, new world that is so different from the one he knows?

Sirmilik

2011 • 11 min

Director Zacharias Kunuk explores Sirmilik National Park, near the Nunavut community of Pond Inlet, through the voice of an Inuit elder. Winner "Best Short Documentary" 2012 Genie Awards.

You Have To Change

2011 • 15 min

Eun-mo and Sung-Kyung are friends who go to dance classes together. Eun-mo advises Sung-kyung to be honest about love and life. Sung-kyung decides to end a relationship with Eun-mo.

Muhammed

2011 • 12 min • Sweden

Muhammad and Ali are two friends with different conditions.

The Editor

2011 • 8 min • Belarus

Filmed on iPhone 4, a meta-movie about a guy who makes a movie about a guy who makes a movie about a robbery.

Buz-e-Chini

2011 • 20 min • Afghanistan, Pakistan

An old Hazara fable in which the story revolves around a bad wolf coming up with different tactics to eat babies.

Maestro di che!

2011 • 39 min • Italy

Tribute to the director Mario Monicelloi who, interviewed by Johnny Palomba, recalls his life and his works.

You Will See

2011 • 29 min

A modern drama depicting The Fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary, The Presentation in the Temple, from the life of Jesus. "I see Christ in you." This one simple statement of faith moves Robert from worrying more about what his friends think to seeing Christ in himself and others. The inspiring story of a rebellious teen belligerently performing community service and how he is challenged by a nursing home resident to be Christ to others.

Sem Querer

2011 • 9 min

Wallflower Tango

2011 • 8 min • Germany

Kalle, a thief who is just about to steel a valuable diamond is caught by the lonely Charlotte. Kalle tries to escape with his haul but Charlotte is not willing to let him go...

The Hand Job

2011 • 1 min • United States of America

Jack Kyser's first film for Sight and Sound: Film, taught by Professor Laszlo Santha.

Nina Argentina

2011 • 28 min • Argentina, Sweden, Uruguay

Nina Argentina is a story about a Swedish woman, Nina, who goes to Argentina to look for her lost son. She claims that the father has kidnapped him, and that they are somewhere in Buenos Aires. But it turns out that Ninas situation is much more complicated than at first glance. Nina Argentina is a story about sense and sensibility, about the fine line between what Is right and wrong.

Leaving Hong Kong

2011 • 60 min • Hong Kong, Russia

In the space of the metropolis lives the lost girl Orlandina, who is programmed for self-destruction. This film is about the real, about the man himself, about the soul of man. You live, breathe, walk, the soul subconsciously, unconsciously returns you to its root, awakens gene memory.

Champaquí

2011 • 8 min • Argentina

A woman, a mountain, a nightmare.