All Films

Saraj'vo

2017 • 57 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina

SARAJ’VO describes the real size of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its seductive spirit and scope of the microcosm that it borders. Mustafa Mustafić, the legendary cameraman, filmed the dedication to the city where he spent his life. Regardless of the long and extremely prolific career as a film and television cameramen, Mustafa Mustafić, Pujdo as his colleagues affectionately call him, feels that there are many untold stories of Sarajevo, rituals and undiscovered perspectives on our common and unusual days. THIS IS THE CITY sums up everything about this very unusual environment, together with its inhabitants, guests and tourists.

Infinite Galatea

2017 • 17 min • Spain

A visual essay on the female body as a socially constructed discourse, Infinite Galatea showcases the model for man's experiments in privilege and power through time. From Greek mythology to Victorian gynecology to current AI technology, this is how gender, sexuality and desire have been ideologically shaped to fit a male fantasy.

Dogmeat

2017 • 31 min • Russia

A young 15-years-old boy, Kid, has been looking up to his older brother, Valyok, as long as he remembers himself. He desires to become as brave, cocky and masculine as his brother is. Once Valyok and his best friend Ruble finally invite Kid to hang out with them. Everything seems to go on well until older guys decides to do barbecue from a dog. What would Kid do and how his attitude to his brother would change?

I'll Probably Never See You Again

2017 • 15 min • Croatia, Slovenia

Hana, a young woman in her late twenties, has been faced with the most difficult decision in her life: to give birth to a child that will very likely have a congenital genetic disorder; or to have an abortion.

Yellow

2017 • 7 min • Slovakia

Yellow is a movie about freedom and the joy of living, but also about the fear that stops us from enjoying them. The main character has withdrawn into her own, neatly structured world whose boundaries make her feel safe. Fortunately, her longing for freedom is much stronger than her fear of the unknown.

Spoiler Alert

2017 • 15 min • South Korea

In the cartoon room, Joo Yeon, who got spoiler, starts the mystery of finding the criminal!

The Little Bird and the Caterpillar

2017 • 4 min • Switzerland

"The little bird has plenty of peace and quiet high up in its tree, at least until an unexpected guest shows up. The brash caterpillar's keen on devouring the green leaves that the little bird has cared for so tenderly. During the ensuing showdown, the two fail to notice that someone else is hard on their heels, and this character's craving a more savoury snack."

Morbach Monster Terror

2017 • 6 min • Germany

A military man is trying to unravel what it is behind the mysterious death of his partners in the woods and then he finds it.

Ulyanov about Ulyanov

2017 • 52 min • Russia

As film specialists write: "From the roles played by Ulyanov, one can study the history of the country". Through his roles in film and theater, he has reflected all the periods, all the historical collusions of the Soviet Union. He has interpreted more than three hundred roles, from the simple peasant to the leaders and emperors. Being laureate of all state awards, rewarded with orders and medals, cherished by power, being himself in power, he could not "be bronze". Our film is about an actor and a remarkable man: Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov.

The Wayward Kite

2017 • 8 min • Taiwan

A little kite breaks its tether, running away in its own odyssey of self-discovery.

Thicket

2017 • 15 min • New Zealand

18-year-old Elliot lives and works on a small family-owned New Zealand dairy farm. He meanders out at dawn towards a herd of feeding cows where his attempt to take the wheel for the morning’s feed-out run is quickly overruled by his overbearing father. Elliot’s resentment grows with his increasingly apparent lack of autonomy and respect on the farm. A routine grocery trip sees Elliot bump into Laura, an enigmatic checkout operator and love interest, who pockets Elliot a pouch of tobacco on the sly, directing him to collect her later on that afternoon.

The Gentleman's League

2017 • 52 min • Croatia

The film sheds light on the unprecedented history of Croatian cinema, which took place at the table of renowned Zagreb film critic and bohemian Vladimir Vukovic. This circle of film lovers, called Hitchcockers, brought together film directors, critics and theorists who would later become Croatian filmmakers.

Juventud

2017 • 12 min

After a life long journey, a lone conquistador inches closer to his mythical destination within the South American jungle.

Jeremy Dance

2017 • 7 min

A tribute to Michael Stipe’s longtime, departed friend Jeremy Ayers. The film depicts Ayers performing an improvised dance to a score by Stipe.

Le Serpent Blanc

2017 • 1 min • France

Backstage of a traditional Chinese opera, the staff and performers are bringing a play to life: "The Legend of the White Snake."

Energy Island

2017 • 30 min • Lithuania

Energy Island invites viewers for an immersive sensorial trip into the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania, now undergoing a decommissioning process. The images of contaminated ruins transform in the fire, light and shadow; the destruction of the industrial space consistently reveals how Cold War energy structures impact recent geopolitical processes and leave planetary threats over long periods of time. The project takes a geological approach – it reads things that compose this flat landscape as a stack of stratigraphic layers. The man­made space is understood as a sedimentary process and the infrastructures, as well as the mineral resources, are assessed as the key parameters defining a development of the project.

Before I Know

2017 • 5 min

A story about a young girl coming to terms with her future.

Nicabob

2017 • 14 min • United States of America

A lonely teenager inadvertently makes a human connection when he shuts down his Youtube channel after haters attack him.

Next Wednesday

2017 • 13 min • Mexico

Paula sees the love of her life in Alejandra, but Alejandra doesn't feel the same way. In the middle of one of their sexual encounters in a hotel room, they'll have to face the truth about their affair.

Mind Room

2017 • 4 min • Japan

Little by little, something has gone wrong with a career woman's personal life. But these little things are what fill the big hole in her heart.

The Wave

2017 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A normal night out takes a turn for the supernatural.

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

2017 • 5 min • United States of America

Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, was almost hanged, was granted the rank of Major by Abraham Lincoln, and died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium.

Kumal

2017 • 7 min

After hearing screams from a decrepit house, Two young friends dash in to help but only to realize there is an expiration date for being a good Samaritan.

The Placebo Effect

2017 • 12 min • Ireland

Liz Considine is a hypnotist who agrees to try and find out why another hypnotist's wife is planning on committing murder - but all is not really as it seems.