All Films

Thanksgiving at the Morgans

2012 • 15 min

Charles is gay. His family doesn't know. Charles is scared. He wants to make this as painless as possible, he's decided to come out on Thanksgiving. Now Charles is really scared.

Krake

2012 • 10 min

Thalé

2012 • 5 min • Canada

Barry Doupé’s Thalé (2009) experiments with the phenomenology of light and colour through fiber-optic flower arrangements. Doupé’s animations are inspired by the Thale Cress plant, which is commonly used in biological mutation experiments. His rotating electronic floras, which resemble neon lights, sex toys and fireworks, glow in the dark digital void. - Amy Kazymerchyk, Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film

Positive Women: Exposing Injustice

2012 • 45 min • Canada

Women's voices have rarely been heard on this important issue. What happens if a woman does not disclose her HIV-positive status to a sexual partner? How does criminalization impact HIV-positive women in Canada, who are trying to live their lives in the shadow of stigma and fear? Does the law actually protect women's health? How do women feel about their experience with the criminal law with respect to HIV non-disclosure?

Où va-t-on ?

2012 • 2 min

100% Renewable Energy

2012 • 2 min • Japan

Short film directed by Amika Kubo and sponsored by WWF Japan as part of their campaign to move Japan away from nuclear energy and towards the use of renewable energy.

Celestial Space

2012 • 28 min

Rak and Noi are construction workers lovers who live on a construction camp site. Everything seems to be normal. However, on their wedding night, Rak can’t perform sexually and it looks like both of them are stuck in the darkness.

Psychics III : Frans Dupont / Rooseum, Gasverksgatan 22, Malmoe

2012 • 40 min • Sweden

A series of psychic readings of spaces, commissioned by the artist in an attempt at connecting with the past of domestic or exhibition spaces, despite the limitations of rational discourse. The video is not edited, respecting the actual duration of the performance. In this particular case, Frans Dupont is looking at the past but also at the future of Rooseum - Center for contemporary art in Malmoe, which was on the verge of being shut down while Blum was artist-in-residence.

María Elena Walsh: Postal Detenida

2012 • 55 min • Argentina

María Elena Walsh forever revolutionized the language and imagination of children's shows. But very few know the importance of his works for adults, his political convictions against dictatorships and his defense of women's rights. Topics addressed by this work that covers the main conflicts experienced in his personal and professional life. From his adolescence as a precocious poet in an oppressive society, until his later years, after leaving the stage during the last Argentine military government.

2012

2012 • 2 min

In the film 2012, fear and desire are constantly oscillating. The camera takes us to the boundary of a closed property. Initially the eye is reluctant to approach even further but curiosity is takes over and forces us to enter the house.

Thinking Dot

2012 • 8 min • Japan

This work is a consideration of the vision expressed by "dot".

a dog at SANGENJAYA

2012 • 11 min • Japan

Duas, Uma

2012 • 7 min • Brazil

A body with different temporalities resizes the movements of the same choreography.

Natale Nazista

2012 • 16 min • Italy

Natale Nazista is an ironic and caustic reflection on an aberrant "nostalgia for dictatorship", or rather on the insidious nature of political and economic power capable of acting pervasively on the collective consciousness to the point of becoming acquiescence and convinced acceptance.

Backmatter (1)

2012 • 10 min

The first film in a two-part study of daily routines.

The Line

2012 • 1 min • France

At dusk, Belfast murals come to life and transform themselves into creatures to allegorically re-enact the fierce fight that opposed the Unionists and the Republicans during the Irish Civil War.

The 100-Day Trial of Kanae Kijima

2012 • 49 min • Japan

Three mysterious deaths. The prosecutor claimed the defendant was a serial killer. Her lawyer said she was innocent. The evidence was limited, and the lay judges had difficulty reaching a verdict. Learn about the problems real lay judges face.

1 Gay, 1 Hétéro - Le film

2012 • 15 min • Canada

Can two guys be roommates and best friends even if one is gay and the other is straight? Why not!?

Make Me Happy: A Monkey's Search for Happiness

2012 • 60 min

Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti explores the world of new age and alternative therapies in a quest for self-knowledge, enlightenment and happiness. With her puppet Monkey as the voice of scepticism, Nina undergoes naked yoga, laughter therapy and shamanic ritual, before taking part in primal screaming and rebirth at a three-day retreat in the wilds of Scotland.

Garbage: Live in NYC

2012 • 23 min

A live-stream courtesy of MTVHive, straight from Manhattan's Webster Hall, of Garbage in concert on the day of the release of their fifth album, "Not Your Kind of People." The event took place at 9pm EST on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. "Not Your Kind of People" is the band's first album release in 7 years. The band is: Shirley Manson (vocals), Duke Erikson (bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion), Steve Marker (guitar, keyboards) & Butch Vig (drums, percussion). Eric Avery plays bass on the current tour.

The Road Back

2012 • 11 min • Ukraine

The atmosphere of abandonment in the Donbas is always present - the atmosphere of incessant decadence. Not despair as such, but all the days pass against the backdrop of some kind of struggle. Around the steppe and nature itself is inhospitable. First of all, it is an inhospitable space, which consists of factories.

Begini lho, Ed!

2012 • 41 min • Indonesia

The story and spirit behind the construction of the Welcome Statue (HI Roundabout), the West Irian Liberation Monument (Banteng Field), and the Dirgantara Statue (Pancoran).

Thrive With Less

2012 • 58 min

When did living excessively become the norm in our culture? When did we decide that more is better but better is never enough? When did social media, fancy cars, and expensive clothing take priority over family, friends and the things we're passionate about? Somewhere along the way our society has become more focused on attaining fleeting sources of gratification rather than working towards establishing true, lasting joy. And that needs to change.

Primal Matter

2012 • 17 min

A piece that tries to keep the imagination in the highest possible state of alert using a minimum of materials, all found to hand inside the creator's workshop space. An adventure of the body and mind in more raw and stripped-back form.