All Films

Paths of Hate

2011 • 10 min • Poland

A short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.

Tee Party

2011 • 12 min

Insomniac Strangers in the Night - A crusty old security guard and a long-haul airline pilot meet at an all-night golf driving range. An unlikely friendship ensues.

Scary True Stories: Night 20

2011 • 60 min • Japan

23th installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

2011 • 5 min • Philippines

A silent film by Jet Leyco.

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

2011 • 31 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutter Museum housed there. This short film represents the first to be made by the internationally recognized Quay Brothers in the United States. While not a stop-motion animation film, a form for which the Quays are best known, the entire film is vibrantly constructed and 'animated'. Musical score by composer Tim Nelson and voice-over provided by Derek Jacobi.

Abstenerse agencias

2011 • 15 min • Spain

A young couple visits a widow named Amparo on Christmas Eve to possibly buy her floor. But Amparo seems more interested in their lives than a flat sale.

Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'

2011 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Cast and crew look back at the making of Snakedance. With actors Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, director Fiona Cumming, writer Christopher Bailey, script editor Eric Saward, designer Jan Spoczynski, and new series writer Robert Shearman.

Hangnail

2011 • 12 min • Canada

Photographed entirely in a single shot, Hangnail pulls at the skin of parched love. An argument exposes two lovers' history, and reveals a secret that will either save or break them.

Teardrop

2011 • 15 min • Germany

One afternoon Dan is brutally jumped and accosted by a Gang in his neighborhood. Angel, the leader of Dans crew demands that he murder his punisher and thus earn his official "membership" into the crew: a teardrop tattoo under his eye.

Bands on the Run

2011 • 50 min • Canada, United States of America

After falling off a delivery truck, five shaped rubber bands join together to find their way to a toy store and onto the wrists of three happy children.

Touching from a Distance

2011 • 1 min

A romantic moment shared between lovers...

Good Bye Tibet

2011 • 60 min • Germany, United States of America

Goodbye Tibet is the story of a 20,000-foot high mountain pass on the border between Tibet and Nepal. For thousands of Tibetan refugees it has been their gateway to freedom - but for many it has been a fatal gauntlet.

Life's Poison

2011 • 19 min • United States of America

At 18, Eliyah Howard thinks he knows what it means to be a real man. He learned nearly everything from his abusive father. But family, love, and tragedy test the lessons he inherited. Is it too late for Eliyah to re-define what a real man is?

Playing with Death

2011 • 18 min • Spain

The family of Eusebio, a sick old man, believes that he has begun to lose his mind and that the stories he tells, which nobody listens to, are those of a crazy person.

The Boy Who Couldn't Swim

2011 • 33 min • Denmark

Two teen boys meet each other in Copenhagen and team up to find one of the boys' mother. Instead they end up finding themselves - and each other.

The Things They Left Behind

2011 • 44 min • United States of America

Based on a story by Stephen King, This is a chilling tale of a man suffering from survivor's guilt brought on by the most tragic event to strike New York City. When he thought his past was forgotten, he soon realizes his past hasn't forgotten him.

Chess Story

2011 • 6 min • Iceland

The battle of two great chess players to mentally overpower one another takes on a dimension of life-or-death physicality as their duel begins to echo with the violent sounds of warfare from centuries past.

Knight to D7

2011 • 13 min

Knight To D7' is an extraordinary story of sacrifice that takes place one ordinary afternoon when Dustin Harper visits his longtime friend, Brady Collins. Their ongoing game of chess is brought to a halt when Brady reveals that his continuing battle with cancer has taken a turn for the worst. The only thing harder than saying goodbye will be honoring Brady's last request.

The Mystery of the Rabbit's Death

2011 • 3 min • Japan

Short film by USAGI TANAKA about the mystery of a rabbit's death

Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded

2011 • 30 min • United States of America

A sequel to the 1988 award winning documentary, "Slaying the Dragon," this film looks at the past 25 years of representation of Asian and Asian American women in U.S. visual media -- from blockbuster films and network television to Asian American cinema and YouTube -- to explore what's changed, what's been recycled, and what we can hope for in the future.

49th day

2011 • 7 min • South Korea

Family members left behind, who have played different parts in their lives, fail to disguise their habits and expectations.

Respect

2011 • 14 min • France

The story is simply set around a couple fighting at the breakfast table. All is well, nothing out of the ordinary. Steph announces to his life partner Flippy, the mascot bear for Flipp’s cereals, that he wishes to go to Japan to fulfill his childhood’s dream: study at a Ninja school.

Sit, Roll Over, Play Dead

2011 • 28 min • France

A loving husband, a mother-in-law who cares, an attractive house, a puppy and the project to have a child. Lena has everything to be happy. But at the end of one year, Lena is still not pregnant and takes refuge in the training of her dog.

The Viking Sagas

2011 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.