All Films

Not Going Home Yet

2016 • 16 min

Yi-De and Jhih-Wei oversleep in Yi-De's bed on a weekend morning. While Yi-De needs to meet his girlfriend later for the day, Jhih-Wei needs to think if he wants to stay just a bit longer.

Queer Vietnameseness

2016 • 51 min

A documentary that follows the lives of three queer second generation Vietnamese Americans, navigating language, politics, and familial relationships - their stories add dimensions to Vietnamese diasporic experiences in community organizing, family, work in nail salons, and living in Little Saigon, Orange County, California: Ro Nghiem, a second generation Vietnamese, post-punk, gay lesbian boy who is currently attending school for graphic design, Natalie Newton, a Vietnamese American queer activist and strategic research analyst for social justice causes, and Shannon My Le, a claims adjuster for a workers’ compensation insurance company and is a part time entrepreneur.

Chansons d'amour

2016 • 8 min

A man spends his time sitting by a window that overlooks a pool.

Movimiento Browniano

2016 • 1 min • Argentina

The Secrets at Phaistos – Facts, Finds and Forgery

2016 • 51 min

Modern forgery or sensational artifact? This film seeks to answer the age-old debate surrounding the authenticity of the 4,000-year-old Phaistos Disc.

Son of a Preacher Man

2016 • 6 min

A bittersweet love story that paints a picture of growing up gay in a religious community.

Un bon copain

2016 • 12 min • France

"Friendship is the antechamber of love" André Gide.

Cleaning the Glass

2016 • 11 min

A desktop postscript to FROM DEEP, reflecting on the past half-decade of sports' convergence with politics and race in American culture.

The Square

2016 • 4 min • Russia

Three minutes from the life of a crowd. People go about their business, but something or someone makes them stop.

Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution

2016 • 39 min • United States of America

A rare look inside Cuba’s LGBT community, this compelling film follows the efforts of Mariela Castro, daughter of President Raúl Castro, as she champions LGBT social reforms and acceptance of diversity.

Operation Naked

2016 • 50 min • Germany

Face-blind Michelle Spark founds the start-up Real-o-Rama, which produces data glasses. Initially celebrated, a scandal ensues during a live TV show when the teacher Pablo Rothmann is outed as homosexual through the data glasses and loses his job as a result. Rothmann appears in various television formats in which he criticizes Spark and the data glasses

Thanksgiving Guest

2016 • 11 min

Mashed potatoes, new moms, and a man off CraigsList? Conversation around the Thanksgiving table is never easy, especially when you're Eva, a young biracial and bisexual woman with one mission: piss off dad.

Jeremy and Margot Make a Baby

2016 • 11 min

Jeremy and his boyfriend Cruz want to have a baby. Their friend Margot, who may or may not be in love with Jeremy, is going to be their surrogate. What could possibly go wrong?

Feel Better Fast

2016 • 4 min

This film subverts info-mercials designed to promote well-being and turns them into an anxiety-inducing collage.

Mara: River of Death

2016 • 52 min • United States of America

East Africa's Mara River is both a giver of life and and bringer of death. It is a crucial crossing point for the largest migration of mammals on the planet, including millions of zebras and wildebeests. It is also the stage for an ancient and bloody confrontation between these herds and crocodiles. With the gathering of predators and prey on its banks, the water is sure to run red with blood.

Primal

2016 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Primal is an abstract animation made directly onto unprocessed fogged negative by rubbing and scraping the film and releasing its light. The sounds are made by rustling materials against the microphone.

Gavage

2016 • 12 min

A cult holds a teenage girl prisoner. But is there more to her captors than meets the eye?

Looks OK to Me

2016 • 9 min

Bobby Worrest and Hjalte Halberg embark on a worldwide spot mission captured by the lens of Ben Chadourne, showing no mercy to ledges caught in their path and chucking in some handrail action for good measure.

Digital Edition

2016 • 30 min

In the midst of a publishing revolution, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of America's most storied institutions of journalism, is experimenting with new tools to tell stories in preparation for the end of print in the digital era.

Snatchers

2016 • 6 min

A teenager's trip to the clinic becomes freakier than usual when she learns that something otherworldly is involved.

The Elephant in the Room

2016 • 11 min

Frank Marshal is a conservative candidate running for Governor of Pennsylvania. When his son is outed as gay on live television, he must choose to either continue his radical campaign or risk it all and support his son.

The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear

2016 • 59 min • France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Jeremy Paxman joins forces with 'art sleuth' Bernadette Murphy to try and solve one of the greatest and bloodiest mysteries of the art world - why Vincent Van Gogh cut off his own ear in December 1888?

Negruzzi 14

2016 • 21 min • Romania

In May 2013, a house was to be demolished. A few artists were called for proposals in what was to become a one-off during a day and a night exhibition about loss and disappearance.

Jason Isbell - Live at House of Blues

2016 • 57 min • United States of America

Jason Isbell, winner of two Grammy awards in 2016 (Best Americana Album & Best American Roots Song), performs in front of a sold-out House of Blues Boston.