All Films

Lessons in Semaphore

2013 • 4 min • United States of America

Choreographer Taisha Paggett activates a vacant lot in the Washington Park Neighborhood on the southside of Chicago and enjoys an encounter with young resident Maylk Singleton.

Helices: Revelando una tragedia

2013 • 53 min • Uruguay

On a Sunday of 1971 in Montevideo, a crowd waited anxiously to see a military show involving helicopter maneuvers. In a matter of seconds, the quiet weekend scene turned into a nightmare: two helicopters collided with each other, causing the death of several spectators. This is the first time that a Uruguayan documentary addresses these events, hidden for 40 years.

The Light

2013 • 11 min • Iceland

A man desires to overcome the restraint of his fears and embarks on a journey towards discovery through life, love, and self.

Films

2013 • 2 min

A video work by Nicky Hamlyn

Cutthroat

2013 • 11 min • United States of America

Clint Malarchuk was the "Cowboy Goalie." He grew up riding horses with a severe childhood OCD problem. He would ultimately go down in hockey history for suffering one of the most gruesome injuries in sports when he severed his carotid artery by an opposing player's skate blade. "Cutthroat," will cover the injury, his remarkable physical recovery in under two weeks and his grueling emotional and mental one.

I Wouldn't Wish the Eighties on Anyone!

2013 • 19 min

Set in the eighties, the film tells the macabre story of Victor, a troubled young man with a terrible secret he needs to get off his chest. His only confidant? A sex crazed Psychiatrist hellbent on seducing him.

5 Filipinos vs Almost 20 Mexicans

2013 • 7 min

street brawl between two powerful forces

The Women and the Passenger

2013 • 45 min

The women in this documentary have a lot of cleaning to do. They work in motel El Pasajero, where the guests generally don't stay longer than a few hours. The rooms don't have to be particularly beautiful, either; as long as there's a bed on which the couples can indulge their carnal passions, sometimes under the influence of alcohol and drugs. We don't see or hear much of these visitors, other than the odd leg, disembodied voices and - increasingly as the film progresses - moaning. They are filmed nonchalantly, from a strange, accidental-looking angle, as if they are not important. The visitors are in fact just extras in this love story. How else could you get a positive view of love in a place like this? We follow four female cleaners during their daily rounds. They change the beds, polish the mirrors and energetically wipe down a clinical-looking sex chair.

Arconada

2013 • 10 min • Spain

Jon wants to be Arconada, the mythical goalkeeper of Real Sociedad, but is the substitute goalkeeper of the school soccer team.

Ed Gein The Real Leatherface Serial Killer

2013 • 43 min

Ed Gain is considered to be the very original American Psycho. Even though it is disputable whether label Serial Killer suits Ed Gein well, since he was only convicted of murdering two people, the severity and notoriety of his murders as well as necrophiliac tendencies have directly influenced some of the most famous horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The American Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs

Dave Foley: Relatively Well

2013 • 57 min

This biting and sidesplitting special follows comedian Dave ('Kids in the Hall,' 'NewsRadio') Foley's struggle to survive in a world that seems intent on crushing common sense - featuring everything from people who don't believe in science to his ex-wife.

Angry Birds - Plantas Contra Zombies: Fuera de Control

2013 • 30 min

Angry Birds - Plants vs. Zombies: Out of Control was a pirated DVD popular in some Latin American countries. It was known for being a supposed crossover movie between two of the most popular mobile games at the time (Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies), but it actually featured animations from both series.

Nightingales, Nightingales

2013 • 23 min • Ukraine

1944. A village in Bukovyna anxiously awaits the arrival of the Soviet army. They fear looting, violence, and executions. However, events unfold quite differently... Stalin's order to combat looting among the ranks of the "Soviet liberators" has surprisingly unexpected and dramatic consequences.

The Last Veil

2013 • 15 min • Mexico

Citliali, a lonely woman, faces a difficult, marginalized life, which seems to be full of obstacles. During the day we will discover the real cause of her affliction.

Image Not Found

2013 • 19 min • Peru

A ghostly presence wanders through familiar images that are revealed as simulations of an experience that used to be human.

Badlands

2013 • 4 min • Canada

The Cheltenham Badlands are exposed geological formations that once lay beneath an ancient lake. The barren, rolling landscape was sculpted by the water that flowed over it.

Life 3D: Water, the Element of Life

2013 • 53 min • Croatia, Hungary

Immerse yourself in the true sense of the word into life, in true 3D. Water or abbreviated H2O, is actually a chemical compound of the elements oxygen and hydrogen. But this has really something! Water is in fact the most important element on our earth. Without water, the emergence of life on our planet would have been impossible. Sometime before several tens of millions of years it took the first great-fish out of the water to the land of the beginning he evolution. Just a few facts about the importance of this elixir of life: The element of water is in the mythologies and religions of most cultures of central importance and is considered the epitome of life.

Triple Exposure

2013 • 10 min

Triple Exposure is a landscape film created with cinematic accelerations, a cluster of distorted visual impressions from the nature, a dynamic trip through the forest of the region of La Selva, Girona. The approach to the figurative elements (branches, leaves, trees, bushes, birches, heaven) are transformed by different optical effects to stand between the lyrical and the abstract.

I’m not not not Chen Zhou

2013 • 34 min

This is a film made from multiple cut-and-spliced together versions of ‘Chen Zhou’. The creations of ‘Chen Zhou’ derive from the many projections of him produced by his close friends. Using examples of actual conversations with artist friends such as Li Ming, Li Ran, Yu Honglei, they explore his daily life, a ‘Chen Zhou’ form of dialogue, which is then interpreted by two twins (two other Chen Zhous). A crazy person dressed all in white met by chance on the street carries out an improvised performance during the film – he is like the uncontrollable inside of Chen Zhou. The fictional Jack, and even Godard convey iconographic versions of Chen Zhou. All of these fragments put together a sorrowful picture of a ‘burial’. More accurately it is like a bare mirror that helps you to see both the film as well as a ‘Chen Zhou’ that could be somewhere in your heart.

Dreams are not Afterimages

2013 • 25 min • China, Taiwan

The artist Mucun’s interest is to collect antiques and old objects. He likes to hang out in flea markets and second-hand junk stalls to hunt for treasure. To him, the tens of thousands of old things piled up at home are just the epitome of people's life history and life memory. The film "Dream is not a residual image" reflects Mu Can's inner artistic ideal, a strong surreal style, and a high standard pointing out the "incomplete" aesthetics.

Hannah

2013 • 8 min

This movie is the story of the slow erasure of Hannah’s identity, story which itself disappears quickly in simple succesion of cycles and material.

Reviving Bionicle

2013 • 8 min

This was made out of pure nostalgic feelings. It sure has been getting to me.

A Letter to Hector

2013 • 16 min

After a discovery of a box with the past of her parents, Beatriz leaves her house to search answers.

The Devil´s Weed

2013 • 2 min • Mexico

In an abandoned warehouse, two children have something trapped in a sack. That something is not human and will alter the reality they know.