All Films

Magpie

2010 • 18 min

Heartfelt, funny and beautifully observed, Magpie is a story of hidden secrets, loss and the life affirming power of friendship.

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Finder

2010 • 39 min • Japan

Set in an alternate universe, VOTOMS Finder follows the exploits of Aki Renso, a Bottomer who daydreams of living in the utopian city of Top — and his dreams might become reality if he can rescue a Topper chairman’s daughter from her kidnappers!

Cappuccino

2010 • 16 min • Switzerland

Despite his marginal and extrovert looks, Jérémie is a shy teenager who keeps a heavy secret: his homosexuality. While trying to find his way between his classmate and sexual fantasy Damien and his very generous but protective mother Gina, his life is about to change.

The Barbarians

2010 • 5 min • France

If politics were to come back, it could only be from its savage and disreputable fringe. Then, a muffled rumor shall arise whence that roar is heard: "We are scum! We are barbarian!" (Alain Brossat)

Gayby

2010 • 12 min • United States of America

A gay man and a straight woman decide to have a child together the old fashioned way.

Broken Blade: Scars from an Assassin's Blade

2010 • 50 min • Japan

The inhabitants of the continent of Cruzon are born with the ability to freely control quartz. Technology based on this power allows them to perform a great multitude of tasks such as shoot projectiles and pilot mobile suits (called Golems in this society). Rygart Arrow is an un-sorcerer, a rare individual who is unable to levitate even the smallest crystal. Living with his brother on a farm, he receives a letter from an old friend, Hodr, the current king. Close companion of the king and queen when they were students at Assam Military School, Arrow is informed that a war is about to occur. Hodr called him because an ancient type of Golem has been found in a mining shaft. No one has been able to move it and Queen Sigyn, an expert engineer, suspects that maybe an un-sorcerer might be the key to activate it.

Vilddyr

2010 • 30 min • Denmark

After a violent episode in biology class, the outsider Lykke begins to change. There is something very wrong and soon a big showdown with the outside world awaits. The beast in her has been awakened.

Marigolds

2010 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Susannah is living a typically quiet and dusty life in the suburbs with her husband Paul, when an unexpected visit from her son, Piers, surfaces a dark secret that has been brewing since he left the nest 15 years ago. As Susannah struggles to come to terms with Piers' relationship with his new girlfriend, her typical mediocre existence is slowly stripped away to reveal an obsession that is anything but typical or secret.

Green Crayons

2010 • 10 min • Canada

The more they spit, the more they enjoy themselves. But when the teacher arrives, Xavier and Liam are moulded by their actions.

Nightswimming

2010 • 14 min • United Kingdom

Runaways Luke and Ellen are caught breaking into an older, Victorian styled swimming facility one evening. As they only want a warm place to sleep, Martin, the person on patrol, lets them stay on the proviso that they don't break anything else. As Luke and Ellen go swimming in the pool, Luke spots Martin voyeuristically watching them. That small act begins an emotionally charged situation involving all three, but which was only supposed to involve Luke and Martin.

Cosmic Alchemy

2010 • 24 min

On ancient star maps of magnificent color quality, experimental animator Lawrence Jordan takes the viewer out of this world into a world of cosmic imagination.—Canyon Cinema

The Voyagers

2010 • 17 min • United States of America

In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Together and alone, they will travel until the end of the universe. Each spacecraft carries a golden record album, a massive compilation of images and sounds embodying the best of Planet Earth. According to Carl Sagan, “[t]he spacecraft will be encountered and the record played only if there are advanced space-faring civilizations in interstellar space. But the launching of this bottle into the cosmic ocean says something very hopeful about life on this planet.” While working on the golden record, Sagan met and fell madly in love with his future wife Annie Druyan. The record became their love letter to humankind and to each other. In the summer of 2010, I began my own hopeful voyage into the unknown. This film is a love letter to my fellow traveler. - Penny Lane

The Fish

2010 • 4 min • Argentina

Some fishes dreamt they were a car.

Sweetheart

2010 • 27 min • South Africa

When her husband and stepsons don't return from a routine trip, a young 1950s housewife must force herself out of her remote farmhouse to find them. She must navigate a series of strange encounters to find answers in a seemingly derelict world that will reveal itself to be a marked alternative to that we remember.

Carnevale: A Sleeping Dream

2010 • 60 min

The carnival of Venice, a city of water. This is a classical kind of festival, staged with extravagance. Festival-goers hide their true selves under their costumes and behind their masks. This show portrays the yearnings possessed by everyone, the excitement of the heart, and the lingering twinge of loneliness that occurs after the passage of time.

Origin

2010 • 14 min • United Kingdom

A woman tries to keep her family together when her son falls ill after he's bitten by a mysterious creature.

Concrete Baby

2010 • 20 min • Sweden

Linus is going on a date with his dream girl he met online, or rather, it is what he believes.

Miracle Fish

2010 • 17 min • Australia

8 year old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.

Small Change

2010 • 18 min • Ireland, United Kingdom

Karen, a young single mother, is bored by routine. Slot machines have become her secret thrill and addiction. With Christmas looming, a desperate hope for a big win sees her life spiral out of control.

Grave Dawn

2010 • 24 min • United States of America

Inspired by the accounts of Erwin Buchholz, 'Grave Dawn' is the story of a young German soldier during the waning months of WWII. Outspoken against the war, Erwin is banished to the Eastern front where he is ordered to stand guard over Russian prisoners.

Chow Bella

2010 • 7 min

Sophia is hungry to find love. She conducts a series of blind dates in order to find Mr. Right.

Tony

2010 • 25 min • Portugal

Jorge, a very shy young man, works as bellboy in a Lisbon hotel and lives in a guesthouse where he is constantly harassed by the owner’s daughter. As he tries to resist her charms, the boy dreams of one thing only: to incarnate the singer Tony de Matos. This obsession leads him to sign up for an unique karaoke contest, where he will finally be able to give life to his longtime hero. And it’s amid a group of strange characters that Jorge will understand that, after all, he is not alone.

Survival Camp

2010 • 52 min • United States of America

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Pigeon

2010 • 21 min • United Kingdom

Ray, an isolated and dissatisfied forty-something, finds companionship through a night spent with Lydia, a troubled young escort.