All Films

The Night Bell

2017 • 15 min • United States of America

A post-WWII nurse takes a job at a morgue and her experience disintegrates into a nightmare as female corpses come to life

Somewhere In Paradise

2017 • 15 min

After her car breaks down in rural New Zealand, Ellie is lured into a small religious cult by one its leaders Charlie, a charming man who offers to fix her vehicle while she stays.

Tales from the Vault

2017 • 55 min

Witness the culmination of award-winning short films from up and coming film director Lewis Leslie, the director of the grindhouse horror film "Killer Ink".

Captum

2017 • 3 min • Belgium

A woman and her partner have their night interrupted by a mysterious blue light emanating from their shed.

Islands Dropped from a Basket: A Letter from a Micronesian Daughter to Hawai'i

2017 • 5 min • Marshall Islands, United States of America

The original proposal for the installation was entitled, “Islands Dropped from a Basket.” This was taken out of a line from my poem, “Tell Them” which we were going to use originally for the video installation. Instead, I decided to write something new to respond to my fears about Trump, the resentment I have about our numerous issues with accessing health care in the US, and link it all to a legend about a giant who dropped islands from his basket. --Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner

Kuru

2017 • 17 min • United States of America

A man yearns to escape the familial obligation of murdering strangers to feed his crippled cannibalistic brother.

080817.mp4

2017 • 45 min • United Kingdom

Two teenagers ventured into the Cambridgeshire woods in order to create a video for their social media site. This is the last recorded footage of them.

Destruction Makes the World Burn Brighter

2017 • 6 min

A young couple in the not so distant future find their secret existence threatened when reserves run low.

Exodus

2017 • 19 min • Portugal

BETWEEN SEA AND LAND. ONE WOMAN, ONE WIFE, ONE MOTHER. IN THE SILENCE OF PAIN, ONE HOPE.

A Space to Call Home

2017 • 14 min

While driving his brother to rehab, Jerry's car dies in the middle of the desert due to unforeseen motives.

The Telephone

2017 • 27 min

When Richard arrives in a small town, following the receipt of a letter and glass fish sent to his newspaper office, he is unaware of what he is about to become embroiled in. Intrigued by the story of a mysterious disappearance of a young woman Jane. Richard takes a room in the pub, the last place Jane was known to be alive. Awakened one night by an old telephone that seems to ring endlessly and then a chance encounter with the spectral image of a young woman, Richard decides to question the owner. Max an abstract artist denies ever seeing or putting up the woman in question. Richard is told 'The Telephone' must be in his imagination. Richard's instincts tell him there is more to the story. Is the ghostly figure seen late at night, that of Jane? Could the telephone ringing truly just be in his head? If you heard the ringing, would you be prepared to answer what lies at the end of the phone?

The Walk

2017 • 5 min • United States of America

Mary, attempting to get her boyfriend off her mind, goes to a party. After walking home from the party Mary realizes that she's being followed. She resorts to the safety of her house, but how safe is the house exactly?

To Have You Here

2017 • 15 min

A queer grad student moves in with her devout grandparents, forcing them to confront their conflicting beliefs and discover unexpected common ground in the most unlikely of homes.

Full

2017 • 12 min • United States of America, Poland, Hungary, United Kingdom, Canada

A collage film documenting dissociation, sexual assault, and all the times I didn't have words for myself.

Mirror of Post-Truth

2017 • 28 min • Japan

Short film by Naoki Ichio.

The Miracle In Manhattan, Part 1: "The Foundation"

2017 • 56 min

The true story of the greatest turnaround in college football history.

Umbilical Glue

2017 • 5 min • United Kingdom

Olga struggles to find her footing with her bizarre interest in umbilical cords until she discovers and joins a punk gang of navel enthusiasts.

Roof Knocking

2017 • 12 min • Estonia

Gaza, in the middle of Ramadan. A mother struggles to leave her home when she receives a telephone threat, giving her 10 minutes to leave. What is lost when the bomb strikes?

The Game

2017 • 13 min • Denmark

Eight teenagers gather for a game of spin-the-bottle — with surprising results.

Warmachine

2017 • 5 min • United States of America

The short film follows a brief encounter between two of WARMACHINE's most famous warcasters, the original sisters of light and dark, Captain Victoria Haley and Warwitch Deneghra.

Elevator

2017 • 4 min • Ukraine

Easter. Staircase. The guy is waiting for the elevator, but time and time again misses and does not come. Until the elevator stops, the door opens, and there she is.

Sechestrați Fără Voie

2017 • 8 min

A little boy asks you for money. A rich old man calls for health. A supermodel sneezes. Two surgeons endlessly invite each other to make the first cut. A young soprano converts to music a savage sitting in a tree. And so on and and so on - Is there a way out of this?

Shut Eye 2

2017 • 9 min • United Kingdom

The two filmmakers of "Shut Eye" attended the Cucalorus Film Festival to promote the film, but only one of them returned... (ALTER)

Les étonnantes vertus de la méditation

2017 • 51 min • France

For many, meditation is the new yoga and is gaining new popularity worldwide. More and more clinical studies are showing that meditation has a positive influence on our brain and our health. Science has the first answers to the question of the extent to which mental practice is actually effective for pain, depression or anxiety. Could meditation help to cure certain illnesses or prevent them altogether?