All Films

God Is Dead

2011 • 25 min • India

A story about God visiting planet earth to see what it's turned into in today's times.

Cursed Local Urban Legends: Tokyo Edition

2011 • 45 min • Japan

Second installment in a series about famous local urban legends. This installment includes 'Sukima-onna', 'Dragging Woman', 'Daruma-san' and more.

Comment survivre à une attaque zombie

2011 • 46 min • France

An educational journey through the history of zombie movies ... and a great survival guide!

Tales of the Waria

2011 • 57 min • Indonesia, United States of America

While many in the Western world view Islam as socially repressive, in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country, exists a community of biological men who live openly as women-- the warias. As four warias strive to find romance, intimacy, and acceptance, they encounter unique obstacles that force them to make extraordinary sacrifices to keep the ones they love.

Two-Legged Rat Bastards

2011 • 12 min

A short film detailing the strange estrangement of an elderly father and his son. Set on a park bench in the present day, Eddie, a cantankerous old alcoholic, attempts to connect with his son Winstead, who's spent the majority of his adult life trying to get away from him. In the course of their conversation Eddie reveals how he lost his leg - in a high stakes poker game 30 years ago.

Astonish Me

2011 • 7 min • United Kingdom

When a young boy gets locked in the Natural History Museum after closing, a mysterious guard gives him a magical ticket that allows him to visit a restricted area of the museum, where a professor and a guide show him examples of the wondrous new species of animals being discovered every day on Earth.

Wisconsin Supper Clubs: An Old Fashioned Experience

2011 • 55 min • United States of America

Wisconsin supper clubs have been a dining tradition for generations, but as corporate chains increase, are these family owned establishments fading away or will they find a resurgence with their unique identities and scenic locations? Wisconsin Supper Clubs: An Old Fashioned Experience shows why supper clubs are such a big part of Wisconsin's food culture and the full experience of supper club dining: a brandy old fashioned sweet at the bar, relish trays at the table, huge portions of steaks, seafood and game, and the friendly, loyal customers who have been dining at their favorite places for so many years.

All's Fair in Love & Work

2011 • 22 min

John has been defeated by his endless, fruitless job search.

Elvis: Summer of '56

2011 • 47 min

In 1956, Elvis Presley was in love with small-town girl June Juanico, whom he picked out of the crowd at one of his concerts. This documentary contains never-before-seen home movie footage, which captures a rare glimpse of the 21-year-old Elvis.

The 1951 Festival of Britain: A Brave New World

2011 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Set against the post war period of debt, austerity and rationing, the 1951 Festival of Britain showed how to carve out a bright new future through design and ingenuity, while still having fun. Told by the people who made it happen and making use of some previously unseen colour footage, this is the story of how an extraordinary event changed Britain forever.

Kathy

2011 • 9 min • Canada

Kathy is a portrait of the most fascinating creature of all: the adult in training, the object of everyone's first affection, the teenage girl.

Quadro Branco

2011 • 9 min • Portugal

In a world where society is controlled by a totalitarian regime and children are the tool of ideological formatting, Isa realizes that her child is different from the others and that this will bring consequences to her life.

My Notes from the Underground

2011 • 39 min • Poland

The document consists of recordings collected in the years 1982-1987 by an informal group that included Jacek Petrycki, Bohdan Kosiński and Marcel Łoziński. The film reveals the backstage of the activities of the anti-communist underground, shows the everyday life of hiding oppositionists and the Polish reality of the 1980s.

Another Occupation

2011 • 15 min

A stroboscopic train ride along a jungle stream. Asian military men appear with their pith-helmets, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys, natives in line. The master of the stroboscopic depth illusion changes.

Itami Juzo Museum's "13"

2011 • 49 min • Japan

A documentary about the Juzo Itami memorial museum in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan.

Beirut... Hide and Seek

2011 • 35 min • Lebanon, United States of America

In 1982 Beirut, the war, up to that point political, becomes an internal family struggle when Jamila discovers her brother's secret queer relationship with his friend Omar.

The Becoming Box

2011 • 18 min • United States of America

A family of 3 siblings deals with the mysterious appearance of a portal in their backyard following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When Renee decides that the portal is her only means of escaping her surroundings, she will facilitate a paradigm shift that will change their world forever.

Location Hunting 2.

2011 • 13 min

Seven years have passed since we left our Director disappear in the purple fog somewhere on the Hungarian Puszta along with his faithful fellow, the D.O.P. This year a hard disk has been found, proving that their appetite for creation did not fade. Or did it?

The End of an Era

2011 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Human extinction is almost impossible to imagine, but the notion is never far away in environmental debates. This animation takes an insect eye view to explore these deeply troubling themes with wit and generosity.

Undertow Eyes

2011 • 20 min • Brazil

Vera and Gabriel, an elderly couple, navigate through past and present, telling their own life story. Their remembering, rendered in images from family archives that confound themselves with images of the present, suggests a personal diary on love and death.

Die Die My Darling

2011 • 20 min

Archangel may be as feminine and attractive as any stripper, but she is tough enough to pass the Boss's security, and confront him as an angel from hell.

The Hanging of Big Todd Wade

2011 • 14 min • United States of America

After being found guilty of a crime he did not commit, “Big Todd” Wade is sent to the gallows.

Gowanus 83

2011 • 12 min

An ex-con gets into the wrong cab, and will have to survive a wild ride involving kidnapped Sikhs, Jewish cops, the Black mafia, and two of the dumbest criminals in Brooklyn.

Fly Mill

2011 • 7 min • Estonia

The protagonist is a Miller living in a watermill. He bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes one day to set free. But on the field next to his home, hunters go to shoot birds.