All Films - Short Movie Database

The Emperor's Lost Harbour

2011 • 43 min • Canada, France

In the heart of a metropolitan city of 15 million people and among the construction of a new billion-dollar transportation network, an archaeological sensation has been discovered: the ancient harbour of Theodosious, lost from the history books for over 1000 years.

Where Sweden Ends

2011 • 20 min • Sweden

Sofie wants to make the world better. She has been taught to help the weak. She knows that violence doesn't solve anything. But then she meets Foad and ends up in a situation where she's forced to re-evaluate her sense of right and wrong.

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

2011 • 60 min • France

A documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.

Backlighting

2011 • 20 min • Mexico

A kid dreams of being a photographer despite his blindness and his father's disapproval.

Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler Prequel

2011 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Amy leaves a message on the TARDIS' answering machine. She speaks about her baby and what to do when he finds her. She knows that her baby will become River Song, but still wants to raise her. She is living in the hope that the Eleventh Doctor will find Melody. She doesn't know if the Doctor is listening to her and is leaving a message, hoping he will listen to it. The Doctor is shown to be off to the side, silently listening to her message with all the lights in the control room turned off in an attempt to feel more at ease while in a lowly mood. He cannot bring himself to answer any of Amy's calls as they grow increasingly impatient and worried, eventually closing his eyes and trying to block out the intense feelings of regret that hearing the calls has brought upon him.

Warm Up

2011 • 10 min • United Kingdom

He is known to stars and producers alike. He has featured in loads of hit TV shows. He doesn’t win awards, go to celebrity parties or feature in Heat Magazine. He has to make people laugh who want to see someone else. He is the warm up man.

Outono em Porto Alegre

2011 • 53 min • Brazil

Four different love stories in Porto Alegre.

The First Cut

2011 • 10 min • Netherlands

Short fiction film about a decisive moment in the life and career of a young female surgeon. The operating theatre is ready, the lamps shine bright and the patient’s belly has been shaved and is ready to be operated on. The surgeon hesitates; the knife hovers above the skin. The moment brings back key scenes from her childhood that tell everything about her choice of profession and her hesitation to cut the patient’s skin.

People Parade

2011 • 24 min

As the host of a long-running variety show passes away, his son is obligated to reunite a weathered cast of television performers and host the final episode. One man bands, retired cowboys and Peruvian daredevils adorn the stage as the new host protects his father's legacy from a bungling step dad. Caught somewhere in between variety and verite', People Parade is the story of a new generation paying testament to it's predecessor, as well as the narrowing chasm between reality and fiction.

The Roomer

2011 • 20 min • Ukraine

Anarthria - this is the diagnosis given to the girl Masha, who decided never to speak again after waking up next to a dead lodger.

Strange Genius

2011 • 2 min • Japan

Animation by Manabu Himeda.

I Want a Baby

2011 • 42 min

Join four women in their journey to attain the one thing that matters most to them... a baby. Sharing the cost and disappointments of in-vitro fertilization; the stress of adoption; and the selflessness of surrogacy, these women let us view the highs and lows of trying to become a mother.

Bird High Up

2011 • 3 min • Sweden

Moving pictures, maybe a holiday movie. A voice directing.

Chernobyl.3828

2011 • 27 min • Ukraine

Military people call such places "FRONTLINE", liquidators who worked at the Chernobyl nuclear station called it "ROOF COATING". It was the most contaminated, and therefore the most dangerous, place in the zone. The remains of the roof coating of the 4th reactor. The operation on decontaminating the roof lasted more than five months. We will tell about only two days. About the most important two days in the life of an explorer - dosimetrist Valeriy Starodumov. He participated in this operation until it was over. He himself came out to the roof and led people there. He himself planted the "victory banner" at the level of 75 meters, as the signal for the zone: the roof coating has been decontaminated! Now, 25 years later, Valeriy Starodumov comes back to the zone. Now Chernobyl is a tourist object. But not for him...

The Comedy Garage

2011 • 50 min

A group of rising star comedians has turned a dope house party into a live monthly stand-up comedy show performed on the makeshift stage in their garage.

A Musical Journey: On the Road to Bhutan

2011 • 58 min • Netherlands

The Frisian singer Linde Nijland was always fond of the combination of traveling and singing. An invitation to listen to a concert in honor of the coronation of the fifth king of Bhutan was the ideal occasion in 2008 to make a months-long journey through South East together with multi-instrumentalist Bert Ridderbos.

Taiwan Revealed: Cinema Formosa

2011 • 44 min • Taiwan

Since "Cape No. 7" in 2008, the Chinese film has been brought into the revival boom. Under what reforms will Taiwanese films regain their glory and go international?

Same Difference

2011 • 29 min

Following the debate over California's Proposition 8, this short film is an exploration of how modern American families are constructed, not only those within the LGBTQ community.