All Films

Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park

2013 • 5 min

Often I go out shooting with my Bolex in the park’s Arboretum. During the autumn and winter of 2003/2004 I would more than likely run into Carl Rakosi, a mere 100 years old, taking his daily constitutional with his companion, Marilyn Kane. This little assemblage of footage is made up of many chance encounters with this lovely man and poet. N. D.

Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Amiel Courtin-Wilson

2013 • 2 min

A short film made for "Venezia 70" - Future Reloaded’. An elderly gentleman plays the harmonica.

Fighting Spirit

2013 • 15 min • Sweden

A short film about Mikaela Laurén. She did not want to be remembered as a prison customer, she wanted to be remembered as the worlds best boxing champ.

Lighthouse

2013 • 2 min

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". A silent film is screened in an open-air cinema in the middle of a city.

One Water

2013 • 1 min • Thailand

Tilda Swinton, a British actress and friend of Weerasethkul, organized Film on the Rocks, a film festival in the Maldives where she invited the artist to take part in the project. While he was with her, Weerasethakul asked Swinton to recall her dreams in front of his camera. One Water portrays a poignant friendship between the actress and filmmaker, who continue to collaborate today.

Mood Changes

2013 • 4 min

This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

Free Spirits

2013 • 51 min • United States of America

Free Spirits tells the colorful story of the Spirits of St. Louis – an entertaining and at times controversial team featuring stars like Marvin "Bad News" Barnes and James "Fly" Williams with an upstart sportscaster named Bob Costas calling the play-by-play.

Fantasm

2013 • 56 min • United States of America

At 15 years old, Kyle Kuchta went to his first horror convention. Years later, he visits multiple cons to understand why these gatherings are so important to horror fans, vendors and celebrity guests.

Transhumance

2013 • 2 min

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". A shepherd sees his image when, while working, a young lad who is helping him shows it to him on his phone.

The Desert

2013 • 15 min • Sweden

Alejandro was born in Chile but has lived in Stockholm for 22 years. He is a pan flute player and performs every day in the city's streets and squares. For Alejandro, his music has always been a way to stay in touch with the culture and wisdom of his ancestors. He wants to spread that kind of soon-to-be-forgotten knowledge to those around him, but it's not easy.

Day Break Illusion: Fumikomenai Kokoro

2013 • 24 min • Japan

Unaired 14th episode of Day Break Illusion, broadcast on Nico Nico and included in the 4th Blu-ray and DVD volumes. It shows Akari and Fuyuna's lives prior to the main series as well as how Luna got started as a magical girl.

I Beat Mike Tyson

2013 • 13 min • United States of America

In a working-class suburb of Boston, an out-of-shape boxer prepares himself for what will be his last fight. In 2005 things were different, Kevin McBride then an unknown journeyman beat former boxing world champion, Mike Tyson. Now Kevin struggles with his failing career and being a father.

Pain

2013 • 5 min • Spain

A couple, a forest, a lot of pain.

Green Frankenstein

2013 • 57 min • Germany

Hiroshima, Japan: A giant monster attacks a fishing boat and devours the crew. Frankenstein expert Russ Adams and radiation researcher Takako Mizuno are suspicious. Does this have anything to do with the radioactively mutated creature they raised years ago and that had been swallowed by an earthquake? Could a new being have developed from its cell remains, one that is so closely connected to nature in the depths of the sea, that it now regards humans as a natural enemy? A lively, experimantal mix between stage play, radio play and Japanese monster movie unfolds.

Cochemare

2013 • 13 min

Blending animation, live action, and stereoscopic 3D, Cochemare is an immersive, tactile, and sensory experience. As the viewer journeys from the mystical Forest of Storms to the orbiting International Space Station, the film forces us to confront our notions of voyeurism, femininity, and the separation of body and mind.

Tránsito

2013 • 13 min • Spain

Pablo is going to an important business meeting. Absent-minded and talking on the phone, he realises that he has lost his way. The car engine stops. From there on, nothing will be the same for him.

Devran

2013 • 2 min

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". A night-time shot shows a tree trunk and fireflies.

Sunny

2013 • 30 min • Germany

Young 19-year-old Hajo wrestles with caring for his 6-month-old son and finding both work and his role of being a father.

Ab-

2013 • 10 min

Following a gruesome accident, a man finds himself injured and stuck on a remote road in the dead of winter. Help is on the way, but who will get there first.

Stalled

2013 • 9 min

Alex Macey is getting divorced. In an underground parking garage an emotional call to his wife cuts out. Returning to his car he confronts a would be car jacker. With violent results

The Visitor

2013 • 9 min

A man makes himself at home in the residence of a woman he runs into on the street.

Ice

2013 • 19 min

An enigmatic, existential enforcer for a small-time local crime boss does not suffer fools gladly. Unfulfilled and compromised by his life and the pointlessness that surround him, he detaches -- and methodically explores life's transitory nature in a surprising way. ICE is not a brooding film -- with flashes of humor and quirkiness -- it is a film about hope.

Statues

2013 • 17 min

The unveiling of a statue honoring Emiliano Zapata becomes the site in which the demands of a struggling city are manifested through the speech of a young boy.

Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition

2013 • 35 min • Japan

A complete digest of “Unification of Japan” from “Unification of Japan 1” to “Unification of Japan 10”!