All Films

Sirenetta & the Second Star

2017 • 47 min • United States of America

Sirenetta, the little mermaid, has been living on land for a year now. When four lost mermaids come to her for help, Nettie must dive back into the sea she left behind. Nettie and her four finned friends will have to be careful; there's a wicked Pirate Queen hot on their tails.

Las mujeres deciden

2017 • 60 min • Ecuador

Maria, a young Spanish doctor, works in a maternity hospital in the Ecuadorian rain forest. She is shocked about the premature pregnancies and the violence women in Ecuador have to face. She meets Mishell, an adolescent abused by her father, and Yanina, a woman who decides to perform a clandestine abortion. Maria discovers that behind unintended pregnancies often hides sexual violence.

Always Aching & Bending Back

2017 • 2 min • United States of America

Slowed, stowed, achingly retold.

Febre

2017 • 23 min

Marcos returns home after a few years away.

Contact

2017 • 8 min • Portugal

Somewhere between reality and fantasy, a woman's consciousness is awoken through her inner journey that reflects the world around her.

Smil

2017 • 16 min • Norway

The behavior of a casting agent during the audition of a 17-year-old girl causes the boundary between reality and fiction, between the acceptable and the unacceptable to blur. How far does the girl want to go to get the part? Does she accept his behavior during the audition?

Where's Sydney?

2017 • 11 min • United States of America

Lisa, a young journalist, attends an art gallery in the hopes of scoring an interview with the original painter, Sydney M. Cobb.

Afro.Germany

2017 • 42 min • Germany

What is it like to be a black person in Germany? And what needs to change? DW's Jana Pareigis traveled across the country and met other black people living in Germany, including the artist Robin Rhose, and the rapper Samy Deluxe.

The Wall of Lyon

2017 • 17 min • United Kingdom

“Divided from the truth by ancient, towering walls, and abused by the reign of an outdated society; outlandish fantasist ‘CASSINI’ seeks asylum in an unknown world beyond the man-made walls of an authoritarian regime.” Allegorical fantasy drama from debut writer and director Ashleigh Harley, ‘The Wall of Lyon’ considers the divisions of society and our discernment of belief - when ultimately all our lives are only ever governed by our own convictions.

Angelfish

2017 • 6 min • Australia

After a night at the bar, a guy invites a girl home to see his angelfish. Over the course of just a few minutes, a promising connection is cut off and a fish is no longer a fish. A taut exchange that examines acceptable behavior in dating and mating rituals.

Zor

2017 • 1 min

ZOR is a swashbuckling fantasy-sci set in the far future that tells the tragicomedy of two brothers and a series of bungled betrayals.

Confession of a Misanthrope

2017 • 26 min • Russia

Petr Vyazemsky decides to die. He is intelligent, but weak. He has had many trials. He was insulted and humiliated by a bully. A young man, but already strong and severe. What to do? To pass by with your tail between your legs? Or to commit an act at least once in life? And Peter Ivanovich dared: stole the boor, put him on a chain in his village house and began to re-educate, strongly trying to make this bully more human with the help of science, poetry, music. He made him a condition: if the prisoner passed the exam, he would be released. And if not, he would die... In a month of intensive studies, Vyazemsky makes the impossible: the bully becomes interested in studying! And the professor himself discovers a warm feeling for the object of his pedagogical experiment... And now he doesn't want to part with his new friend. For this he has to do the worst thing for an honest man - to break his word.

Sog

2017 • 11 min • Germany

After a flood, some fish got stuck in old trees. In danger of drying-out, they scream sharply. Woken up by the noise, the inhabitants of a nearby cave don't feel happy about the unintended gathering.

A Canção do Asfalto

2017 • 16 min • Brazil

The film tells the story of Chen, a Chinese immigrant who lives as an invisible person in the city center. Amid homesickness, difficulty communicating in Portuguese and tiredness from work, Chen can't fit in anywhere. At night, alone and when the streets are empty, the asphalt becomes meditation and there he can dream. It is a fiction created and set in real locations in collaboration with the characters themselves, all non-professional actors who play themselves, creating a portrait with documentary aspects, both of their lives and of the center of Curitiba.

Cheers and Queers

2017 • 15 min

Sasha Kar is a cheerleader at a small town high school in Anywhere, USA. When she is partnered up for a history project with pink-haired out-and-proud queer Ty Folk and they begin to form a friendship, Sasha becomes insecure in everything she thought was true about herself.

The Ballad of Morgan Kane

2017 • 55 min • Norway

Gunnar Ryan Wiik used more than 30 million NOK and seven years trying to make a hollywood movie about Morgan Kane - with himself playing the lead. It ended with lawsuits and wrecked friendships.

Munchsferatu

2017 • 17 min • France

Munchsferatu is a painter who has become a vampire by living only for his art. An experimental narrative mashup film with David Bowie, Gérard Depardieu, Christina Hendricks and Josiane Balasko.

It Rains Slowly

2017 • 15 min

The film tells the story of students at a school in Turkey trying to help their teacher. The story of this film takes place in 1980.

Language is Dead

2017 • 18 min

A man seeks the aid of a therapist after questioning the validity of words when they fail to describe his emotions.

Classical Baby: The Lullaby Show

2017 • 28 min • United States of America

Enjoy lullabies heard around the world in this delightful, transporting mix of music and art.

Mutilation Massacre

2017 • 20 min • United States of America

Mutilation Massacre centers around the mystery behind a tortured girl in the woods. As the story unfolds in gory detail, we begin to understand just how she got there.

The Guitarist

2017 • 4 min • Mexico

A young musician shares his story.

Till Death Do Us Part

2017 • 12 min • United States of America

When tragedy strikes a young couple, insanity and heartache drive them apart; they must rediscover the love they once had, or risk losing it all.

Shadow People

2017 • 10 min

In this found footage film, five adventurous friends decide to spend a few days in an old, abandoned house. As they settle in and explore the eerie, timeworn house, they begin to experience strange and unsettling occurrences. Their excitement quickly turns to terror when they realize they are not alone.