All Films

Super Veggie Torracman

2011 • 24 min • Japan

Mari is a young school girl who has yet to conquer all her fears. She takes the long way to school every morning with her friend Momo because she finds the shorter route frightening, as well as having nightmares about having to eat carrots, peppers, and milk. What she doesn't know is her worst nightmare is about to come true and have some unexpected side effects. Submitted by P.A. Works for the initial Young Animator Training Project.

Tattoo

2011 • 9 min • United States of America

A stranger approaches an aged tattoo artist with a special artistic and mystical request - He wants to know if the tattoo artist can copy an image he has onto his skin. The old man is amazed and shaken by the image. He knows its powerful history and reveals a bit of it to the young stranger.

Meconium

2011 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Owain's girlfriend Lorna has gone into labour unexpectedly. The baby is stuck in its sac and Owain's the only one who can do anything about it. Has he got what it takes when life gets messy?

Downpour

2011 • 4 min • Ireland

This short film is a celebration of Irish rain. A bride-to-be recalls pivotal moments in her relationship that all took place in a shower a drizzle or a downpour.

The Hunt for Tony Blair

2011 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film, penned by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, follows Prime Minister Tony Blair (Stephen Mangan), wanted for murder and on the run. Escaping from Number 10 and leaving behind his adoring wife Cherie (Catherine Shepherd), Tony vows to clear his name no matter what the consequences.

You Don't Have to Fight to Win

2011 • 7 min • United Kingdom

The Eton Manor Boys Club in Hackney Wick and the two time Olympic gold medal winning boxer Harry Mallin as told by himself and the club's founder Arthur Villiers. A true story.

Coming Out

2011 • 5 min • Sweden

Joel has finally made up his mind, or so he thinks. Tonight he's going to tell his parents, but is this the right moment? How should he do it, and what should he say?

Kurosawa's Way

2011 • 52 min • France

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.

Zoo

2011 • 14 min • Portugal

A six-year-old girl once more silently witnesses a family break up. Her father comes back with an invitation for a day out.

Where Did We Come From?

2011 • 55 min

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles one of science's major challenges in each segment of Where Did We Come From? He will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Program includes: Revealing the Origins of Life; Origins of the Solar System; Lice and Human Evolution; and Profile: Andre Fenton

I Am Your Grandma

2011 • 1 min • United States of America

An autobiographical video diary log recorded by Jillian Mayer for her unborn grandchildren.

Midnight Express

2011 • 20 min • South Korea

Jin-soo is a lonely father who has sent his wife and daughter abroad to study. One night, he hears about how a young man living next door broke up with his girlfriend. Jin-soo suggests his neighbor go to his girlfriend´s place to confess his love.

Casey Jones

2011 • 35 min • United States of America

After narrowly escaping an encounter with a vicious gang of street punks called the Purple Dragons, Casey Jones vows to single-handedly rid his neighborhood of crime. Armed with a golf bag loaded with clubs and sporting a fearful hockey mask, Casey stalks the alleyways by night, mercilessly trouncing any delinquents unlucky enough to cross his path. The misguided crusader soon goes off the deep end, and an unlikely ally from the sewers is forced to intervene before the vigilante annihilates every criminal in the city.

Man in the Mirror

2011 • 17 min • United States of America

Jason Gutierrez is a Puerto Rican from New York City and the quintessential All-American guy. Status comes at a high price as rumors spread that Jason is gay. With his identity questioned, Jason pushes himself to understand who he is and how far he will go to prove that he's just one of the boys.

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

2011 • 46 min • Germany

A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron," shot in Yugoslavia in 1976.

They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at 'Return of the Living Dead Part II'

2011 • 25 min • United States of America

Retrospective documentary about the making of "Return of the Living Dead Part II."

Tornado Rampage

2011 • 43 min • United States of America

Tornado Rampage 2011 finds the people who were pulled into the raging tornadoes and tells their stories first-hand, with remarkable and terrifying video footage they shot in the heat of the storm. Discovery Channel's 'Stormchaser' Reed Timmer joins the hunt on the 27 April, tracking down the twisters as they form - with exclusive pictures of their progress across Alabama and Mississippi states.

The Granny Girl

2011 • 31 min • Japan

A short film about a childlike wife and her husband's love. With mundane conversation and familiar scenery, each day passes without any changes. But, in fact, every day is full of small adventures and nothing is the same as yesterday.

Mix Tape

2011 • 10 min • Netherlands

Spanish exchange student Lily is unable to settle down in the crowded city of Amsterdam. The mix tapes she records for herself drown out the sound of the city, yet her social isolation remains. When she finds out about a musician living in the same building, she reaches out.

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

2011 • 22 min • Brazil

Flavio Danillo is a personal trainer whose students attend him at the gym. At home, Flavio works his body into a state of decay. Suddenly, his body no longer responds his mind taking over control.

Black Goat

2011 • 6 min • United States of America

Jacques Cowan is what the French call "a runner of the woods." He may be a foreigner in the new world but Jacques quickly learned the ways of the native people, their language, their routes, and their skills. But he didn't leave his life in another land for adventure, freedom, and wealth - he had much more in mind than trading pelts and cheating death. Jacques had listened intently to the stories that had crossed the ocean, extraordinary tales of mystical creatures and unknown forces. Black Goat finds Jacques mid hunt, as he closes in on what others thought was a legend. What he doesn't realize is that the legend is on a hunt of its own.

Australia

2011 • 26 min • Russia

They emigrated to Australia to start a new – wonderful – life. Their optimistic video letters to Russia, parents, grandparents, indicate that the goal is almost achieved. Almost.

Weighting

2011 • 4 min

A re-telling of the pre-telling of a story of the end.

Kawamo o Suberu Kaze

2011 • 25 min • Japan

In the story, 33-year-old Kanazawa native Noriko had decided long ago not to accept an ordinary, provincial life for herself. So, she had gone to college in Tokyo, worked on her own, married a man at an elite trading firm, and had a child. She has just returned home from five years abroad with her husband and four-year-old son. However, she senses a large emptiness in her heart since coming back. Moreover, there is a man who shares a big secret with Noriko.