All Films

Okinawan Horror Stories 2015

2015 • 45 min • Japan

2015 special edition of the Okinawan Horror Stories series.

Innocent

2015 • 4 min

An empty spacecraft. A paranoid vacuum cleaner robot. Some strange invaders. And a lot of CCTV cameras.

Noir comme neige

2015 • 12 min • Canada

Straight

2015 • 15 min • China

On May 12, 2008, Sichuan province suffered a devastating earthquake with thousands of deaths and many more injured and displaced. School buildings constructed from substandard materials, by corrupt government officials and contractors, collapsed, causing thousands of children to lose their lives. The buildings were described as tofu-dregs buildings because of the ease in which they structurally collapsed. Ai Weiwei and a team of volunteers traveled extensively throughout the areas of devastation, researching and documenting all the student deaths. In the aftermath of the quake, the collapsed school buildings were cleared out, the twisted steel rebar pulled out and sent to scrapyards. Ai acquired many tons of the twisted rebar, sending the material to his studio in Beijing where craftsmen meticulously straightened each piece of rebar.

Limerencia

2015 • 3 min

short film painting in motion first part of the tetralogy of words

Winter Dragon

2015 • 22 min • United States of America

In this prologue to The Wheel of Time, hero-gone-mad Lews Therin is forced by his adversary to confront the deeds he has committed in his insanity.

Fukushima Art Project

2015 • 31 min • China

In August 2014, Ai Weiwei was invited as one of the participating artists for the Fukushima Nuclear Zone by the Japanese art coalition Chim↑Pom, as part of the project "Don't Follow the Wind". Ai accepted the invitation and sent his assistant Ma Yan to the exclusion zone in Japan to investigate the site. Ai brought about two projects, "A Ray of Hope" and "Family Album" after analyzing materials and information generated from the site.

Perfect Houseguest

2015 • 2 min • United States of America

A house is visited by a clean, organized, well-mannered guest.

War Art with Eddie Redmayne

2015 • 52 min

War is a compelling stimulus to the imagination, creating some of our richest and most powerful artistic inspiration. Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne takes an intensely emotional journey, visiting artists’ studios, museums and travelling to battlefield locations to shine a powerful light into the abyss of warfare, where War Artists have left a unique legacy.

Alter

2015 • 14 min • Mexico

Ulises reunites with Rodrigo to bury a secret. A weapon that involves them in the death of his friend Mayo. The two embark on a journey in which they will face their deepest demons and in the end only Rodrigo will be free.

Limbo Visions 1

2015 • 27 min

Four filmmakers share a montage of their original ghost images and rushes on a mix of I've seen the future.

Slugterra: Slug Fu Showdown

2015 • 43 min

Eli has added some awesome new slugs to his arsenal: the extremely powerful Elemental Slugs. But in order to control them, Eli must learn Slug Fu -- the ancient form of slugslinging that Junjie mastered in the Eastern Caverns.

The Garden Ape

2015 • 1 min • Belgium

The Garden Ape enthusiastically explores a wild city garden.

Smiles

2015 • 30 min

Four songs from His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej's (also known as King Rama IX) royal songbook have now inspired four leading Thai directors to interpret their spirit and meaning into four short films.

Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words

2015 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A portrait of Amy Winehouse the artist threaded together from extracts from interviews she gave to the BBC for a variety of documentary projects including the Jazz and Soul Britannia series on FOUR, much of which material is previously unbroadcast, blended with performances from across her career, including some which are also previously unbroadcast and unseen.

Trabajo

2015 • 14 min

An 11-year-old Dominican deaf boy searches for a job in order to help his financially struggling single mother make ends meet.

A Wedding Like That

2015 • 43 min

Sam, an affable, yet oblivious father, finds out his daughter is gay a week before she is to get married, and while trying to come to terms with his feelings, he encounters his straight-laced future in-laws.

Deep Tastes

2015 • 45 min • Japan

The handsome Tomoya is popular in class and is close to Sakinori's best friend, Ako. However, according to Ako, Tomoya is a "personalist". Despite this, Sakinori's feelings for him continue to grow. Don't do that! The audience is on the edge of their seats, but Sakinori's desire for his saliva is unrelenting. The boldness of this shy girl is directly linked to eroticism, and it is truly fascinating.

36 Questions

2015 • 8 min

Two strangers participate in an experiment designed to make them fall in love by asking each another 36 increasingly personal questions.

Bogan Hunters: Bathurst Conspiracy

2015 • 44 min

The Bogan Hunters travel to Mount Panorama seeking bogan behaviour at Bathurst 1000. Known as the geographic epicentre of bogan motorsports activities, the Bogan Hunters discover a shocking revelation of a Bathurst conspiracy to remove the bogans, burnouts and booze from the event. Along with 2013's finalists Darren and Fordy, the Bogan Hunters find out if political correctness has smashed the bogan legacy.

Who Is Donald Trump?

2015 • 44 min

Love him or hate him, Donald Trump has dominated the headlines since he announced his presidential run. But how much do we understand about this charismatic but polarizing figure? Hear from those who know him best including family, celebrities, authors, friends and enemies in this provocative psychological profile that explores the mind of Donald Trump. His outsized ego and competitive nature, the glamorous women at his side, and his relentless drive to control and manipulate are all on display in this no-holds look at the man who would be president.

Chico Eterno

2015 • 49 min • Brazil

Wind Through a Tree

2015 • 10 min • Canada

In this poetic home movie, an unrelated family of four are connected by themes of loneliness and isolation

Happy★ComeCome

2015 • 25 min • Japan

Hiroshi is tired of living alone so he orders a maid robot from a company called Happy ComeCome, but ends up with the robot mom Yoshiko instead. Yoshiko acts more motherly than Hiroshi's real mother, and over time she is able to heal his heart.