All Films

Ritual Objects

2011 • 15 min

Kala Rongo, a convent in the craggy mountains of Nangchen, Tibet, is home to over 300 nuns who receive spiritual and educational training. In Ritual Objects, we come across a group of nuns who demystify the iconic prayer wheel, walk us through the choreography of a customary welcoming procession, and learn how to prepare a torma, or cake offering, for an intricate tantric ceremony. A selection from Peabody Award-winning documentarian Bari Pearlman’s Nangchen Shorts series, the film brings life and action to little- and well-known Tibetan Buddhist sacraments.

Getingdans

2011 • 28 min • Sweden

Miss Maud, an orphan, has grown up in a boarding house, raised by the conservative matron Mrs Frank. In her suppressed desires and love for Mr Eldmann, Miss Maud creates an imaginary world where love is greater than life. Perhaps even greater than death itself …

Our Secret

2011 • 7 min

A lonely woman seizes an opportunity for intimacy when her epileptic neighbor comes knocking on her door.

A Very Pink Christmas

2011 • 22 min • United States of America

Pink Panther and Big Nose establish rival Christmas tree businesses in their attempts to earn the purchase price for a mutually coveted luxury car. In the process, they inadvertently discover the true Christmas spirit of giving.

Ethan

2011 • 5 min

Short by James W. Hawk.

Birdboy

2011 • 13 min • Spain

A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.

First Date

2011 • 14 min • United States of America

A man's first date goes horribly wrong when he's hit with an attack of irritable bowel syndrome. (Grimmfest TV)

Rosalinda

2011 • 43 min • Argentina, South Korea

A group of actors retire to an island in Tigre to rehearse William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and suddenly Luisa, who is playing Rosalinda, makes a bad decision.

Dog-Rose

2011 • 31 min • Russia

The young heroine is bored as she spends the summer with her parents at their summerhouse. Then her cousin comes to visit...

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two

2011 • 5 min • United States of America

Marcel the shell is out of sight.

Curse of the Insect Woman

2011 • 38 min

A group of friends are haunted by the spirit of the evil Insect Woman.

Cuore di clown

2011 • 14 min • Italy

Braciola is a clown unable to make people laugh. Tonino, the meanest man in town, blackmails Braciola's girlfriend Gioia and forces her to marry him. The clown interrupts the ceremony, wreaks havoc in the church, with the help of his pet rat, and runs away with Gioia. Many adventures, and yes, laughs, await ahead for our heroes.

About Love

2011 • 13 min • Russia

A short story about love and how a man literally from scratch can bring the brain to his beloved woman ... Anna Melikyan's short film for Action!

Eye of the Storm

2011 • 5 min • United States of America

Steampunk short animated film about a traveler in an airship crossing through a storm.

La version du loup

2011 • 10 min • Belgium, France

Like in the traditional fairy tale, the wolf longs for the little red riding hood and disguises to reach what he's aiming for. But this version reveals a little red riding hood more mischievous than the legend's innocent little girl.

The Air Inside Her

2011 • 8 min • United States of America

When six year-old Katya explores the experience of death, she discovers life like she has never seen before.

Koreatown

2011 • 6 min

A Korean Marilyn Monroe impersonator finds love in Los Angeles.

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

2011 • 3 min • United States of America

This short film continues the adventures of the title character as he tries to retrieve his elusive acorn.

The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and Adaptation

2011 • 11 min • United States of America

The rock pocket mouse is a living example of Darwin's process of natural selection. Evolution is happening right now everywhere around us, and adaptive changes can occur in a population with remarkable speed. This is essential if you're a mouse living in an environment where a volcanic eruption can reverse selective pressure in nearly an instant. The film features Dr. Michael Nachman, whose work on pocket mice reveals a complete story, from ecosystem to molecules, that demonstrates how random changes in the genome can take many paths to the same adaptation-a colored coat that hides them from predators.

Time Machine

2011 • 5 min • Japan

An inventor demonstrates the fun - and perils - of his new time-travelling device.

Race Against Time

2011 • 38 min • United Kingdom

A look at the representation of black actors on British television over the decades, in particular Doctor Who.

Los Tachados

2011 • 28 min • Sweden

Roberto tries to interview his grandmother to find the story behind a family secret. There are two relatives whose faces are crossed out in all the pictures and nobody talks about them.

Red Riding Hood: The Tale Begins

2011 • 13 min

The secrets that have long been buried in Daggorhorn are about to be revealed in this digital fairytale set twenty years before the events of the film Red Riding Hood. Believe the legend. Beware the wolf.

Two of Us

2011 • 54 min • Romania

This documentary is meant to open a window, past prejudice and intolerance, into the lives of Cristi and George, two young men whose only crime is that they are deeply in love.