All Films

The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve

2014 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea.

I 90 graders värme

2014 • 14 min • Sweden

Four women get to know each other in a sauna. Conversations about motorcycles, mothers and love.

Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space

2014 • 22 min • United States of America

No matter how clear the night sky is, no matter how many millions of stars are within view, looking up at the sky on a clear night still hides the halo of man-made debris around Earth that threatens the future of space exploration and endangers us all.

Che Guevara: The making of an icon

2014 • 52 min • France

How does a politician – assassinated more than 50 years ago – gradually become a public figure? An extremely vibrant image which shows up where you least expect it. It served as figurehead for the Arab Spring revolutions, from Rabat to Sanaa, whereas we had thought it had been relegated to t-shirts and cigarette lighters. Why has this image become so universal that we are no longer surprised to find it in drawings, graffiti, tattoos and prints on all types of media in all sorts of contexts the world over? How can this image be used to advertise luxury automobiles and also be brandished angrily by indignant agitators? What is the formula that made this figure go viral? This documentary is a journey to investigate and decode a piece of iconography.

Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).

2014 • 1 min • Germany, United States of America

An homage to Harun Farocki, who left us too soon. I hope this memory of a wonderful summer night in Berlin testifies to his openness and generosity.

The Main Celebration of Life

2014 • 16 min • France, United States of America

In Russia, the attitude to death is paradoxically irrational – we all seem to live forever. Entrepreneur Sergey Yakushin is the only reasonable "madman" who conducted a funeral "revolution" in his native Novosibirsk. Yakushin himself turned around to face death after being diagnosed with late-stage cancer 15 years ago. And they gave me a year of life.

Sorrows

2014 • 7 min • Paraguay

Weaving together original audio and archival materials from the 35-year period in which Paraguay was ruled by military dictator Alfredo Stroessner, this film reconstructs the reflections of a man who has been sentenced to house arrest.

Le chercheur inquiet

2014 • 60 min

Witchfinder: The Making of a Short Horror Filn

2014 • 28 min • United States of America

Go behind the scenes with a first-time film crew as they work to bring scary witches to life in WITCHFINDER. This half hour "making of" documentary pulls back the curtain to show the one week experience of shooting a short horror film in Cherry Valley, IL and at Rockton, IL's Macktown Forest Preserve, featuring period clothing, horses, makeup effects test, prop creation, scoring, and more.

Hetero

2014 • 13 min

In a reverse world where homosexuality is the norm, Richie, a heterosexual boy, struggles with his self-identity and gaining acceptance from his gay father. Tensions rise in a climactic clashing of societal beliefs and values when David discovers Richie is not like the other boys.

Jane's Wedding

2014 • 15 min

This short follows the wedding day of Jane, a 35 year old Filipina, as she deals with her decision to marry a much older British man as well as the feelings she continues to have for a former girlfriend who has been invited to the ceremony.

Cruise Ship Down: Saving Concordia

2014 • 46 min

Relive the infamous 2012 shipwreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia and follow the engineering feat to raise her.

A Stranger

2014 • 5 min

A man is found dead under mysterious circumstances by a group of children playing in the deep forest, although the grotesque sight evokes as much curiosity as disgust.

Aller-Retour

2014 • 21 min • Belgium

Matt is dead for a year. Simon wants to redeem his debt. Charlotte is in love with another. Aunt Babs wants to keep her family together. Tom... Tom knows nothing. Farewell is an illusion.

More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On

2014 • 60 min • United Kingdom

More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On features previously banned songs by the BBC including "Lola" by the Kinks, "Jackie" by Scott Walker and "(We Don't Need this) Fascist Groove Thang" by Heaven 17.

Sacred Hearts, Holy Souls

2014 • 39 min

At an all-boys Catholic boarding school, a suicidal gay teenager and a misfit on the brink of expulsion join forces to combat a sadistic priest and a horny bully who can't spell.

On Tour: Alejandro Escovedo

2014 • 29 min • United States of America

Alejandro Escovedo’s music ranges over an emotional depth that embraces all forms of genre and presentation in search of the healing truth of honesty. His earlier days in the punk band, The Nuns has inspired an ongoing rootsy edge, making his songwriting unpredictable, from hard edged rock to ballad-like emotional expressions. In this episode, Alejandro reveals the man behind the music with his backing band, The Sensitive Boys.

Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

2014 • 47 min

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra plus Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio live in Berlin. Featuring: Duke Ellington (piano), Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Harold Ashby (saxophone), Harry Carney (saxophone), Paul Gonsalves (saxophone), Money Johnson, Gus Mancuso, Russell Procope (saxophone), Eddy Pucci (drums), Norris Turney (saxophone), Johnny Veith (piano), Cootie Williams (trumpet)

Kriminalistik

2014 • 4 min • United States of America

Evidence is scientifically arranged and catalogued, suggesting a corridor to knowledge. Elusive. Crimson.

Pledge

2014 • 15 min

A man lives isolated on an island. His only companion is a young woman with whom he has made an unnatural agreement: She pretends to be his deceased wife. What happens when the pledge is broken?

Gay Healers

2014 • 29 min

This documentary reveals that there are doctors in Germany that consider homosexuality a disorder and therefore want to treat gays to become heterosexual.

The Queen of Material

2014 • 2 min • Sri Lanka, United States of America

A short procession of colorful material and a mysterious woman lit by the sun. A paean to Kenneth Anger.

Hors champ

2014 • 1 min • France

The events of the first world war seen through the lens of an amateur cameraman

Le rêve est fini

2014 • 47 min • Spain, Serbia

In a dense interrelation between intimate diary, cinema essay and anthropologic film, this film connects past and present, European policies for the management of migration flows to the history of the last colonialism campaign in Northern Africa, setting its point of view with an urgency that is opposed to any emergency rhetoric. Written words, voices, images are saved from the waters of oblivion, and linked together building a story that is incredibly short and, at the same time, tragically deep.