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Inquérito Policial nº 0521/09

2011 • 13 min • Brazil

This 12-minute Brazilian short film employs the found footage style in a slightly different way. The film is presented as a merge of two separate files extracted from the police archives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. On the first one, two policemen talk to each other, while watching and analysing images captured by surveillance cameras that shows a woman being stabbed to death by a couple, just before the two aggressors get killed by a mysterious man that shows up at the place. The second portion of the movie shows the intriguing facts that happen during a police raid on the apartment where the suspect of killing the previous couple lives.

La nube

2011 • 11 min

On the boardwalk in Havana floats the cloud of uncertainties of an abandoned woman.

You Lead, I Follow

2011 • 16 min • Denmark

Niklas and Søren are old friends, and there is a clear division of power in the relationship: Niklas is the strong, Søren the docile. On a drunken night, Niklas decides to make a contest: Whoever takes a young girl with the "Anal Pro" sex toy has won. But as he makes Søren's 17-year-old sister Ida, part of the competition, Søren is driven beyond the edge of the sexual power play. Søren is horrified to see his sister brought into Niklas' sadistic power games, but is there anything he can do about it?

Los crímenes

2011 • 20 min • Argentina

A policeman relates an old case. A young widow, an insomniac businessman, a horse forgotten in a stable. The city as the scene of a trap.

The Afghan Solution

2011 • 55 min • United States of America

The Afghan Solution delivers a comprehensive grasp on the key issues the fledgling country must overcome, and will open your eyes to how Afghanistan can either move successfully toward a true democracy or once again fall into the clutches of the most vicious tyranny in its history -- the Taliban.

6th March

2011 • 30 min • Hong Kong

On 6th March 2011, 113 protesters in Hong Kong were arrested for "Unlawful Assembly" after they stormed the traffic lanes of Central during a demonstration against the budget proposal. Protesters were placed in the canteen of the police station for questioning in groups due to inadequate rooms. Three protesters and three police officers, six people with different political views sitting around the table. The copy machine is out of order; it's going to be a long night. So they started chatting.

Velázquez e a Teoria Quântica da Gravidade

2011 • 4 min • Brazil

Young scientist thinks he has found the quantum theory of gravity based on Velázquez's painting "The Girls".

The Knowing of Ali

2011 • 23 min • United States of America

Fate gives Ali the perfect opportunity to avenge his fathers death, caused by the American Bombings in Iraq. Posing as a student in America, Ali uses his intellect and knowledge to build a bomb for a terrorist organization who are planning to attack the center of Hollywood. However, after befriending the lonely daughter of his Iraqi-American host family, Ali is forced to question himself regarding his fight. Is it for selfish reasons? revenge? religion? and does it represent what his loving, hardworking father taught him to be?

Film Walk

2011 • 20 min • South Korea

Film Walk is perhaps the one plus ultra of this branch of projection performance, treating the projector literally as an instrument. In this work, which has varied in form across several years,Lee threads 16mm film through only the sound head of a projector tuned on its side, bypassing the projector’s gate. This film is double-perf, meaning a second row of sprocket holes runs along the side of the strip where that soundtrack would normally be. As these pass over the sound head, they produce an electronic purr, or, when amplified enough, an unpleasant metallic grinding comparable to the sound of a buzz saw. Lee pulls the film through the projector by hand, yanking it roughly through the sound head. The variations in speed that result from Lee’s manual movement of the filmstrip cause abrupt changes in the frequency and timbre of the sprocket sound. (Jonathan Walley, Cinema Expanded)

The Wedding Party

2011 • 19 min • Argentina

A young couple. A luxurious hotel room. A wedding party.

The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius

2011 • 57 min • United Kingdom

A documentary about the daily life of a teenage genius with Asperger’s Syndrome. Cameron Thompson is a 13 yeah old maths prodigy from North Wales, currently taking an Open University degree in applied mathematics.

The Trip

2011 • 18 min

Antonio decides to break free of his mundane existence and rents a silver convertible to take his wife on a dream vacation. Everything seems perfect. Except he doesn't know the way.

Warren Harding - Recollections of the Wall of the Early Morning Light

2011 • 31 min • United States of America

In 1970, Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell set out to climb Early Morning Light, better known as Dawn Wall, in Yosemite National Park. Arguably the most controversial climb in the park's history, due to multiple storms and a rescue attempt by the Yosemite Service. The climb thrust the event into the media spotlight, creating a controversy within the local climbing community. In this short documentary, Warren Harding himself recounts the climb.

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

2011 • 39 min • United States of America

On 11 March 2011, an earthquake caused a tsunami to hit the Tōhoku (Northeast) region of Japan. In this film, survivors of the tsunami rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. The film is a stunning visual haiku about the ephemeral nature of life–and of the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower.

Love

2011 • 6 min • Canada

New Years' Eve. Boy meets girl. Boy doesn't have condom. A film about unprotected sex, destiny, and soul music.

Sei hanzai sôsa III: Hishin o nurasu kiba

2011 • 59 min • Japan

Chief Saki of the Sex Crimes Investigation Division. The Sex Crimes Investigation Division was specially established to tackle sex crimes occurring day and night. At times, Chief Saki herself conducts undercover operations using her own body. Tsuchiya, the boss of the First Investigative Division, disapproves of this. He constantly obstructs Saki, yet orders her to work alongside a female investigator dispatched from the Hong Kong Police

Sunny Boy

2011 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Danny has a rare skin condition that prevents him from being in the sun and a desire to be a regular teenager.

Reactionary

2011 • 9 min • United States of America

With the continuing fight in war torn Afghanistan, two US Soldier friends Gonzalez and Regan face a new threat each day in the most dangerous land in the world. During an operation to extricate insurgents from a civilian town, Regan makes a crucial knee jerk reaction that will change the dynamics of the two friends relationship forever.

Children of 9/11: Revealed

2011 • 60 min

In this special film commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, children who lost a parent speak for the first time as adults. All of them experienced the same tragedy; each has responded in a remarkably different way. The film features four families who, between them, lost three fathers and a mother.

The Red Bike

2011 • 12 min • United Kingdom

One boy, one bike, one day.

Melville-Delon: Honor and Night

2011 • 23 min • France

Documentary exploring the friendship between French director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon, and their collaboration on the 1967 film Le samouraï.

Exit

2011 • 2 min • Spain

When a child is exploited there is no turning back.

Love is Like Life But Longer

2011 • 10 min

A young nun meets a blind writer in a posh hotel elevator.

Kangootomik

2011 • 5 min • France

During a world nuclear disaster, Kangootomik is a lonely lumberjack fighting the insanity of humanity. He loves cigars and sometimes he smokes some. He loves trees and sometimes he has sex with some. He also loves humans but only for lunch time. They'll never catch him alive because he's the spirit of this wilderness.