All Films

Afrofuturism

2017 • 9 min

Afrofuturism is not a sub-genre. For some, like Sun Ra, Afrofuturism (though the term was not coined until after Sun Ra passed away) is a form of escapism; a reprieve from violent systems of segregation and white supremacy. For others, Afrofuturism is a celebration of black innovation; filmmaker and author Ytasha Womack describes Afrofuturism as, “The intersection between black culture, technology, liberation, and the imagination, with some mysticism thrown in, too.” For some it is highly spiritual. Above all else, it is an ambitious vision of the future and mankind’s place in it that is continually informed by black culture and history.

Aya

2017 • 24 min • France, Qatar, Tunisia

In Tunis lives Aya, a smart little girl, with her Salafist parents. But one day a special event disrupts the life of this family.

Gymcats Parent Lesson 1

2017 • 5 min • United States of America

A parody on what actually happens at gym schools, of course it's a bit over the top. Trying to help parents see that in trying to help their child, they may actually do harm to them.

Make Me Fly

2017 • 10 min

Emmanuelle meets Adam on board a plane, who invites her to dine out in Paris. Both seemingly feel in love with each other. However, in a Parisian street they bump into Damien, who says that he has been dating Adam. Shocked by the surprise, Emmanuelle is back on a plane wearing a sad smile. There she meets Adam again.

Human

2017 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Human tells the story of Anna, a woman lost and alone who stumbles upon what appears to be an abandoned warehouse, but what she discovers inside will change her life forever with the discovery of Allium the robot 'Played by Alex Phillips and voiced by Mitch Rouse'. An intelligent machine capable of learning and possibly even feeling. The pair spark up an unlikely friendship and when Anna learns of 'Mari' 'Nadia Lamin' a woman who may hold the key to all the secrets, Anna knows what she must do.

Green Tea

2017 • 10 min

Francesca is in her bed. The girl she spent the night with is closed to her, sleeping well. Confused, she goes to the kitchen, where she finds Diana, a woman from her past, waiting for her. There are feelings of both embarrassment and shame, until Francesca asks Diana the real reason of her presence.

Nail

2017 • 15 min

A recently divorced man is setting up his new home, while doing so he discovers that the person living on the other side of the wall gets easily upset. Conflict rises until he decides to knock next door and face the neighbor, discovering a terrifying truth.

November First

2017 • 3 min • United States of America

Halloween has come and gone... what's a Shape to do?

The Tie

2017 • 11 min

A short film about a bond between an old woman's past and future.

Lonely Trees

2017 • 43 min • Syrian Arab Republic

Darên bitenê is a fascinating documentary exploring the “dengbej” musical heritage of the singers, poets and storytellers from Northern Syria’s region. Featuring a stunning scenery of poetic landscapes, the film is interlaced with stories of Kurdish and Assyrian songs that narrate the long history of love and suffering of this semi-autonomous region.

Xing

2017 • 11 min

It’s early ‘90’s New York City. Melissa goes to a party with her raver friends; embraces the faux family of the underground club life. She runs in to some kids who hustle her. Trying to be a House Music DJ, Melissa is selling drugs to buy records to pursue her ambitions. She meets Barone and he offers to help her.

Two Expeditions

2017 • 10 min • India

The film juxtaposes two journeys, one in search of the name of a Pahari painter lost in genealogical registers, and the other in search of a lake once called the eighth wonder of the world.

Kampung Tapir

2017 • 18 min • Malaysia

A Sunday afternoon, migrant worker Anne and her husband leave their daughter, taking a bus from Kampung Tapir (Tapir Village), Malaysia to Singapore. On the bus ride, they hit a wild Malayan tapir which wanted to cross the road, but no one is eager to save it. In the struggle of choosing a country to settle down, Anne finds that she is like this endangered species, still drifting places to find a better life.

Waabanishimo: Miigadaan

2017 • 10 min • United States of America

This work presents a side by side preview of video components for an installation titled Waabanishimo: Miigaadan which was originally shot on color 16mm film and edited digitally. Projections are meant to face each other on opposing walls. The sound plays in the space and all three loops of the two videos and sound are independent of each other. Waabanishimo: She Dances Till Daylight is an ongoing project that investigates urban indigeneity, ceremony, tradition, landscape, spirits, light, and photographic mediums. Multimedia artist Eve-Lauryn LaFountain creates ghostly images using long exposures to burn the pathway of her ceremonies and celestial bodies into the frame.

Things I Like About You

2017 • 9 min

A short film exploring the four stages of relationships: from love at first sight, to the first date, to the relationship itself and to the end. Shot on locations of NYC, LA, Moscow and Paris, it reveals love from a universal level that proves poignant and personal.

Babadaboca

2017 • 36 min • Brazil

35mm record of the figures that still haunt the Boca do Lixo de Cinema, in São Paulo. With emphasis on the deterioration of the cinematographic support itself, as well as the abandoned movie theaters in Cinelândia. And of course, the end of Cinema as a whole.

Music Hall: La Historia Del Catálogo Discográfico Recuperado

2017 • 22 min • Argentina

Taking into account the recovered cultural heritage, INAMU made a short documentary on the history of the company in the development of argentine music in the period 1950-1990, the stoppage of the catalog for 23 years and its subsequent recovery. The National Institute of Music (INAMU) recovered the historic record catalog that belonged to Sicamericana, a public limited company that operated commercially under the names Music Hall, Sazam and / or TK. This catalog, which has more than 1,500 national records, was paralyzed within a bankruptcy judicial process since 1993. As of that year, and until today, the records were unable to be reissued, also preventing them from being generated. financial resources for its interpreters, despite the fact that they were the ones who made those recordings.

Once Upon a Cow

2017 • 52 min • France

Through this exploration of three cows, each living in a very different environment, this documentary reveals the daily life and behavior of this fascinating animal with highly developed social intelligence.

Patrick Laureij: Dekking Hoog

2017 • 52 min • Netherlands

Comedian Patrick Laureij grew up in Rotterdam-Zuid and uses his life experience to talk about underage drinking, kickboxing, and playgroups.

Meryem

2017 • 17 min • Netherlands

Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes, these women are leading the fight for freedom.

Cxl

2017 • 12 min

A 140 year old woman, sustained by a mobile life support chair, must come to terms with the reality of death.

Nimble Fingers

2017 • 52 min • Italy, Vietnam

Nimble fingers belong to the Vietnamese women who work in factories owns by some of the most popular electronic brands. Thousands of young migrant workers come from a remote village on the highlands of Northern Vietnam. Now they lives in a Hanoi suburb, a district developed around one of the biggest industrial production sites in the world. Thes worker' life strictly follows the rules of the great Industrial Park. Every single woman is apparently following a stereotype of tireless work and obedience to keep up with the pace of industrial production. Step by step the movie reveals the bases upon which the productive chain is built: the conditions in which the young workers are into, the tight control and the difficulties on the workplace.

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments

2017 • 8 min • Sweden

Against a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.

Commensal

2017 • 43 min • France, United Kingdom, United States of America

A two-channel installation utilizing both digital video and 16mm film, Commensal focuses on the controversial figure of Issei Sagawa, who gained notoriety in 1981 when, as a graduate student in Paris, he murdered a fellow student and engaged in acts of cannibalism. After his release from a mental institution, Sagawa returned to Japan, and later appeared in innumerable documentaries and sexploitation films. In contrast to earlier journalistic documentaries on Sagawa, the film suspends moral judgment and explores a realm that eludes classification as either “documentary” or “pure fiction,” to instead chart the ambiguous territory between crime, fantasy, and social realities, between an individual and the economy of his public persona.