All Films

Waterdrops Composition 4

2012 • 2 min

Image: waterdrops (Ohkurayama). Sound: self composed.

Natural Process Activation #3 Bloom

2012 • 6 min

“This plant, a dandelion, whose existence is due only to one breath, is a bed of thoughts that we had to film, like two robbers, without harming nothing.” Daniel Dobbels

Ngali, Nut of Life

2012 • 8 min • Solomon Islands

Ngali, Nut of Life" tells the story of how a special tree, the ngali nut tree, is the most highly prized and exploited resource of villagers in Fo’ondo, Toa’baita, Malaita Island. Ngali trees mark land ownership, provide the nut with a buttery texture that makes a local delicacy, and brings different tribes together for peace. At the same time, traditional use of the tree is changing, raising important questions for the future relationship between humans and nature and between the tribes themselves.

End of Track

2012 • 57 min • United States of America

End of Track is the story of the Transcontinental Railroad’s construction march across southern Wyoming and the growing pains of a state in its infancy. It’s a story of incredible engineering achievements and boisterous “Hell on Wheels” towns. A story of greed and corruption, murder and mayhem; of a clash of cultures and Native American retaliation. But it’s also a story of hope and ambition, determination and unimagined success.

Human Destiny

2012 • 12 min

Tells the story of NASA from the early days of space exploration right up to the current mission of the International Space Station. From the NASA Space Center of Houston.

This* Is What Queer Looks Like

2012 • 4 min

Mian Carvin surveyed the queer community of Olympia, WA, for her short “This* Is What Queer Looks Like.” Its message is pretty simple—heck, it’s right there in the title—but even capital-G Gays sometimes need a reminder that LGBTs come in a variety of colors, styles, colors, ages and identities.

Michael Workman: Mercy

2012 • 49 min

After taking home the 2011 Sydney Fringe Award for Excellence, Michael Workman presents his highly acclaimed show Mercy. Set in Cuba in the 1960s, Mercy is a comedy about family, love and strength. 2012 Madman Production Company

On Pause

2012 • 6 min • Russia

Once I met a man, who lived in the airport, because he had no where to fly.

It's A Swimsuit!!

2012 • 58 min • Japan

Gravure Idold DVD released in 2012.

Family Tradition

2012 • 11 min • Italy

Short film by Daniele Zanelli released as part of the '4 Nightmares' anthology.

A Total Jizzfest

2012 • 4 min

The Hottest, Sexiest Men On The Internet ~ The Hottest Sexiest Men On The Internet ~

Tonya Larson Power Stretch and Sculpt

2012 • 56 min • United States of America

Stretching is an excellent way for exercisers of all fitness levels to relieve stress and back pain, strengthen and condition abdominals, lengthen muscles, increase circulation and improve posture and flexibility.

Jenny’s House

2012 • 36 min • United States of America

Three young ghost-hunters enter a home where the recent murder of a young girl took place. But as the night goes on, things become more terrifying as they realize there may be no escape from Jenny's House.

Still Falls The Rain

2012 • 8 min

Still Falls the Rain is a graduation project from Visual Effects student Miguel Santana. The short film is an action drama set in digitally reconstructed WW2 war-torn London, about a homeless boy who gets caught stealing food from a bombed house - a crime that could then warrant the death penalty.

Sleep Talk

2012 • 2 min

The work "Sleep Talk" captures the moment when the unconscious is uttered through accidentally recorded sleep talk. It repeats perception and sleep, moves, and slides rhythmically toward any point that is impossible to reach.

Creatures of the Lagoon

2012 • 51 min

Immerse yourself in a world of mud dwellers, algae-eaters and expert predators all fighting for survival in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

On the Trails of Glaciers: Mission to Caucasus

2012 • 52 min • Italy

A photographer visits the Georgian Caucasus with a team of experts to study the effects of climate change on the world’s largest glaciers.

Le Conte de Noël des Panthères Roses

2012 • 1 min

Da Alegria, do Mar e de Outras Coisas

2012 • 13 min

Based on true events, it tells the story of Nem Glamour, a transvestite who performs night shows and witnessed the death of her best friend, Joy, also a transvestite, in a hate crime. For denouncing her tormentors, she is forced to flee the country - but not before saying goodbye.

Born behind the stones

2012 • 7 min

At the age of twenty, José and Teresa leave Portugal for Switzerland. The result was a happy home and a modest life as immigrant workers, in the shadow of other people's wealth. Today, their daughter - the director - is seeing a young Swiss man from a good family... The meeting of two worlds that everything separates, told with humor and brilliance in the form of a photo novel.

Phase

2012 • 20 min

Abstract images of a plaster cast model, newsreels covering historical incidents, and rampant slogans. Phase is a film scattered over tracks divided into words and images, text, and sound. The activity of visual images that mutate according to method of expression rather than political implications.

Manman Kréyol

2012 • 16 min • France, Guadaloupe

Mamie had her first daughter when she was 16. She raised her 10 children on her own, by sheer strength, as her hands are "neither cut nor bound" and without the help of any of their fathers. Today, she has 27 grandchildren, or 28, she doesn't really know.

LA VIERGE VOILEE (VERSION 35mm)

2012 • 1 min

Experimental short film by Olivier Fouchard.

A 240 Second Analysis of Failure and Hopefulness (with Coke, Vinegar and other Tear Gas Remedies)

2012 • 8 min • Egypt

A double slide projection illustrates the necessary destruction that takes place on sites of construction. Using teargas remedies used by revolutionaries in the Middle East, the photographic processing smears the slides in a mixture of hues to depict a familiar site in an otherworldly place.