All Films

Mind Trap

2017 • 12 min • United States of America

A group of kids uncovers the dark secret their grandpa has been keeping from them.

The Sacred Mushroom Edition (For Kenneth Anger, by way of Kuchar)

2017 • 4 min

An ode to the 1978 version of Kenneth Anger's film Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (dubbed The Sacred Mushroom Edition) and it's peculiar use of Electric Light Orchestra's album El Dorado over images of a ritual orgy between gods, The Sacred Mushroom Edition (2016) finds two fallen angels arguing over ELO and their lead singer Jeff Lynne's affiliated supergroup The Traveling Wilburys - and his connection to the dark side.

Changi

2017 • 8 min • Singapore

Through the span of a taxi ride in Singapore, an immigrant mother reconciles with her son on their notion of home.

Bifurcated Passthrough

2017 • 3 min • United States of America

Video and sound by Robert Beatty.

Vamos Pal Matiné

2017 • 23 min • Venezuela

In its heyday, Changa Tuki, aka Raptor House, attracted thousands of young people to afternoon parties called "matinees", from those parties a controversial subculture grew, one that still echoes to this day. This is the story as told by its protagonists.

Forest of Copper Columns

2017 • 14 min • Singapore

In the forest of copper columns, a man performs a ritual of cleansing.

No Panic Baby

2017 • 32 min • United States of America

A road trip from Atlantic City to El Paso. Hours of filmed material is mixed with found footage. A girl makes a ritual out of the end of her last relationship and burns everything her ex left her. A mellow voice tries to encourage anxious souls while the sky is invaded by fake objects.

The Dot

2017 • 31 min

Two Gangster Friends become enemies for a girl. Then a friend kills another friend.

CafeKa

2017 • 22 min • Iran

A. has received a new murder order after years, arranges to meet the case in a cafe called “Cafe Ka”…

The Phaneron

2017 • 9 min • Bangladesh

An average man gets a glimpse of solipsism when he discovers the dissonance between his and other people's perception of him after taking pictures at a photo studio.

Hold Me, San Francisco

2017 • 18 min

A 70's inspired short film about an amateur photographer named Aaron who moves to San Francisco to start a new life exploring the City by the Bay while dealing with issues of anxiety. Aaron's best friend Samantha encourages her shy and awkward Buddy to continue spreading his wings.

When the Howls Find Us

2017 • 13 min • United Kingdom

A young woman and her grandmother seek refuge from a blizzard. But it's not the cold they're running from.

An Inconvenient Border: Where China Meets North Korea

2017 • 40 min • United States of America

Bob Woodruff’s daring 880-mile journey along the China-North Korea border examines the delicate relationship between the two countries and the United States.

Shanghai Night

2017 • 20 min • Switzerland

Two lonely customers meet in an empty Shanghai bar late at night. They seem attracted to one another yet unable to really connect for long.

Flicker

2017 • 6 min • Canada

Trapped in an enclosed area, Sarah frantically looks for a way to escape, hoping not to encounter anything that may be lurking around her in the darkness.

Crypt

2017 • 8 min • Iran

Encounter two person with a common objective in broken timeline.

Cantando en las azoteas

2017 • 6 min

An emotional and tender portrait of Gilda Love, whose baptismal name, as he says, was Eduardo Enrique Gustavo Francisco, although he never felt like one of those men. Entry is for the 2017 short film, not the 2022 feature length documentary by the same director.

Bienvenido a casa

2017 • 14 min

The story of a family over fifty years, told without leaving the hall of their home.

The Perfect Guy

2017 • 7 min

An illustrator can't find the perfect guy, so she draws her own.

Let's Get Lost

2017 • 26 min • Hong Kong

Ka-long, a wanderlust graduated from the University of Hong Kong, always dreams of backpacking to many countries with his guitar. While he believes he is trapped in Hong Kong, his family thinks that he is simply wasting his life and not settling down for a better future. He is getting more uplifted after he meets Wen-wen, a girl speaks with a Taiwanese accent. While they are dating, Wen-wen makes an effort to hide her true identity from Ka-long. Can they finally resolve the undercurrent of their relationship? Let’s Get Lost ultilises the thematic motif of road movie genre – both protagonists have to embark on a journey of revealing their true identity. As a result, the film widens its scope to the geo-political differences between Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.

Negative

2017 • 16 min • Kuwait

A father/photographer who has trouble accepting his daughter disappearance, goes through a strange trance when the photos of his daughter begin to haunt him.

Platform

2017 • 17 min

A coming of age story of a girl, who makes a bad decision because she doesn't know what she really wants from her life yet.

The Station

2017 • 5 min • United States of America

A lonely man who lives and works at a train station for years, starts questioning his life and environment after he encounters a little mouse.

Onde Moram os Cavalos Marinhos

2017 • 44 min • Brazil

A trip to the coast of Piauí brings together four young people who seek to resolve their inner conflicts as they embark on a journey of self-discovery. Benício sets out to find his unknown father, Arthur, a visually impaired person who wishes to see the sea, Laís, who sets out in search of a passion, and Verônica, who dreams of participating in a music festival. Together, the group faces several unforeseen situations.