All Films

The Plains of Abraham

2017 • 4 min

A living portrait of the filmmaker's grandparents visiting the Plains of Abraham, the historic battleground where the English defeated the French to claim Canada for the British Empire.

Unit 8200

2017 • 45 min • Israel

A story about the world's best Cyber spies. Their training in Israel's military, and their impact on the world we live in.

Indiana Jones and the Lance of Longinus

2017 • 15 min

Indiana Jones embarks on a journey to find the Lance of Longinus, and the quest isn't easy, as he faces adversaries within the Vatican. (Fan film made in team together with college colleagues)

Pianissimo

2017 • 11 min

After losing her hearing, a pianist must come to terms with her new disability just days before a big concert.

Al-Sakhir

2017 • 22 min • Bahrain

The desert is a fun place where families and friends gather to enjoy their time. 4 friends decide to spend their weekend camping and enjoying their time. things started to change when the boys crossed the rules making their joy into a nightmare. Inspired by Bahraini urban legends.

Head Spaces

2017 • 20 min

Through flashes of memory she often mistakes for dreams, Ella is relearning her history piece by piece, including the pieces she would have rather left in the dark.

A Kumla Love Story

2017 • 13 min

A love story that takes place in the Swedish town of Kumla in the 90's. Who said it was easy to be young and in love?

Let's Save Bobby

2017 • 8 min • India

‘Let’s save Bobby’ is a musical animated short film that revolves around the tiger cub Bobby – the son of Bagha and Ruby. Born deep inside a jungle in India, Bobby is exploring the world around him and sees himself as the future king, and Ruby is training him for just that! Will Bobby go on to rule the jungle? And how?

Sculptures of London

2017 • 23 min

What is the story that is told us by the sculptures of London? An essay-film that asks what story it is that the sculptures of London tell us when they are put side by side in order to show the ideas and values that these monuments embody, and how they give us a sense of London as a city.

Stick and Stone

2017 • 8 min

When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a Pinecone, the pair becomes fast friends. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor? With a subtle anti-bullying message even the young will understand, Stick and Stone have energy, emotion, and personality to spare and share a story of kindness and friendship that all will enjoy.

Freedom

2017 • 3 min

Striving for a professional skiing career means you are going to be subjected to great pressure. The main character, is struggling to find his place in the world after giving up his career as a potential professional skier. This animated documentary explores how high expectations can lead to frustration and anxiety.

Token

2017 • 6 min • United States of America

A student named Kemi O has to understand the hardship being the only black student.

Hibernation

2017 • 9 min • Belgium, Germany, Norway

A majestic mountain range rises over a Norwegian town engulfed in darkness. The stormy sea laps at its shores. A thick snow is falling. The town’s inhabitants, almost motionless in their existence, are like creatures in hibernation. The camera’s static shots resembling photographs are woven together into an experimental documentary on life in Skaland.

#burning

2017 • 19 min • Belgium

A gang of kids tries to avoid boredom in this meditative, observational and ultimately tragic short film. #BURNING uses beautiful photography and quiet drama to convey the ennui of contemporary youth.

The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet

2017 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The UK has seen a massive growth in the number of all-you-can-eat restaurants offering limitless servings of food for a fixed price. How do such businesses remain profitable and is it possible to beat the system?

Leap of Faith

2017 • 14 min

Kelly longs for a connection in a disconnected world and her goodlooking new neighbour might be just the ticket. But his odd behaviour soon has her questioning her own sanity. Is putting her life in jeopardy the solution to her problem?

The Labyrinth 1.0

2017 • 6 min • United States of America

The Labyrinth 1.0 is a poetic film essay that cites writer and poet Brad Johnson’s poem “The Labyrinth,” published in the anthology Milking Black Bull (1995). Sourcing 16-mm surveillance footage, 16-mm 1970s tearoom porn, and structuralist film footage shot in North Philadelphia, the work visually explores the concept of the labyrinth space as a site for cruising and gesture-based desire. Commissioned by Visual AIDS in 2017 as part of ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS, a program of seven videos prioritizing Black narratives within the ongoing AIDS epidemic curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett.

Atonement

2017 • 24 min • South Korea

One day, Jinsu, Junyeong and Hangyu sleep over at Jinsu’s house. It is the first day Jinsu’s mother cooked beef bone soup. The boys decide to go to church together to get a 'gift voucher' but Hangyu keeps feeling uncomfortable because his mother does not like him going to church.

Trigger

2017 • 20 min • Japan

Love begins to grow between two ninjas from opposing factions. In this forbidden love, the Kunoichi who crossed borders is being pursued by the enemy. The only one who can protect her is another Kunoichi. Here a wager between love and death is about to take place. A Kyoto non-verbal action movie.

Heart of Gold

2017 • 55 min • Norway

In 1987, Virginia left her five children in the Philippines to work in Hong Kong. Today, 30 years later, she lives in Norway, and she is still providing for her growing family in her homeland.

Singer

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

A girl wants to be a famous singer.

The Caretaker

2017 • 16 min

Zoya is a young Pakistani cricket player and the lucky recipient of a life-changing scholarship. The only thing standing in her way? Finding someone to take her place as her ailing grandmother’s current caretaker.

Beyond The Night

2017 • 13 min • Indonesia

Dena met her long-distance girlfriend Acil, in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan. When they arrived at the boarding house and started to have fun, the gecko sounds accompanied them. Acil believes that if it sounds eight times, then it is not a gecko. Dena who did not believe, met the original owner of the sound.

Aga

2017 • 60 min • Iraq

Aga is a story about a Kurdish child who escaped the Ba'ath regime during the Anfal of his family and village. Aga is also a reminder of the suffering that Kurds have suffered at the hands of their enemies.