All Films

Hidden Beauty - The Orchids of the Saale Valley

2017 • 18 min • Germany

Orchids are counted among the rarest and most endangered, but also the most beautiful species of plant in Germany. In this movie David Cebulla is in search of these unique plants around his hometown Jena, a university town situated in central Germany. He wants to capture impressive footage in order to make a statement for the protection and preservation of nature.

Blue Peter

2017 • 14 min • Croatia, Slovenia

Petar is a young police officer living with his parents in a small house, and they are about to face eviction. During one distraint, Petar oversteps his authority and tries to protect the older married couple whose property is being seized. Petar knows that the system doesn't work. However, things are not that simple.

Fatherhood

2017 • 5 min

Fatherhood is a short film designed to decode the intimacy between men of colour; in particular, the relationship between father and son, which is hardly portrayed in mainstream media. Fatherhood aims to challenge the stereotypical ideals of manhood in order to break a cycle, which has culminated into the neglect of these relationships, and adopts a symbol of accountability and forgiveness for past wrongdoings in a beautiful and profound way.

Pontianak

2017 • 14 min • Indonesia

A mysterious long haired demon-witch descended to meet a pregnant woman. However, there are some ritual obstacles she must overcome in order to make contact with the living.

Seconde Chance

2017 • 6 min • France

In 1920, Jacques traumatized by the war lives as the reclusive groundskeeper of a cemetery. One night he encounters Henri, a young soldier, risen from his grave.

Quem Perdeu o Telhado em Troca Recebe as Estrelas

2017 • 14 min • Brazil

A congolese immigrant can't find a job. A resident of an occupation is exoelled from home. He doesn't know where he is going, she has nowhere to go. Together they roam the night of the city.

Perfume

2017 • 10 min • Argentina

Lucía and Gonzalo have been dating for three years. They are about to go to a luxurious dinner at the agency where he works. An apparently trivial discussion ends up being deeper than expected, to the point of defining the future of the relationship.

Unknown

2017 • 58 min • Japan

A collection of horror images that illuminates the darkness lurking in psychic phenomena with a new approach. After taking a video of a person who lived in a haunted property, he began to take strange actions. As we proceeded with the investigation, we found out surprising facts... " In addition to "intruders", the interview team will thoroughly investigate inexplicable phenomena and their causes.

ARTEMIEV. The Interview

2017 • 33 min • Russia

Most know Pavel Artemyev as "that curly guy from the group «Roots»". At the age of 19, he won the "Stars Factory-1" together with the boyz-band, traveled all over the country with concerts, won the love of countless fans. But when the 7-year contract was over, Artemiev engaged in what he always wanted - his own music, which he creates with his indie band ARTEMIEV. He is still recognized on the street, but much less often. Once upon a time, fame fell on Artemiev too easily and swiftly, now he is trying to earn it consciously. Answering the questions of radio presenter Alisa Grebenshchikova, schoolchildren, teachers and director Margarita Zakharova, Artemiev talks about his path - from the stars to the thorns, which are more valuable than the stars.

Wild Tides

2017 • 26 min

In the village, the boy offers help but is turned down by everyone. Later his friend asks him to help on their fish farm and take the motor to the neighbouring village afterwards. But he loses the key and is determined to find it although the tide is coming in.

The Run

2017 • 13 min

A man's eagerness to deliver his consciousness and unconsciousness in the hands of an application for the sake of a better life.

Miriam’s Desires

2017 • 20 min • Brazil

Miriam can’t stand social media anymore or the loneliness of her apartment. She wants to go out. She needs to go out…

Mater Amatisima

2017 • 55 min • Spain

Given the fetishizing and normalizing character that is given to motherhood in patriarchy in order to perpetuate the social order, do we truly choose to be mothers? Why is care, of fundamental vital labor, presupposed as an especially appropriate task for women?

Invisible

2017 • 17 min • Ukraine

When a student in a classroom provokes a young teacher, who has only started her career at a village school, it ashames and confuses her in front of the whole class. Coming back home, she cannot stop thinking of what has happened and for the first time in her life pushes herself to more and more new wild states. In order to cure her trauma, get rid of parent control, and to settle the situation with the student, she calls to her subconscious and it answers.

Captured in Sudan

2017 • 29 min • Sudan, United States of America

While reporting on the conflict in Darfur, Phil Cox and Daoud Hari are kidnapped by a local militia. Despite being imprisoned, the two men manage to surreptitiously film their capture. Follow Phil and Daoud on their harrowing journey, from capture to release.

The Baby Whisperer

2017 • 17 min • Australia

Ten year old Ruby's relationship with her beloved antique doll takes on a sinister dimension when she comes to believe she can be reunited with her dead mother.

10 Minute Time Machine

2017 • 10 min • Canada

The discovery of a time machine sets up the possibility of an unforgettable adventure for George and Lori...ten minutes at a time.

Scroll of Darkness

2017 • 8 min • Japan

One night as I was walking through the forest, a robber steals my bookmark. I chase him only to end up in an endless void of darkness.

Rødt speil

2017 • 58 min • Norway

Rødt Speil is a close-up of the now 80-year-old Kjell Pahr-Iversen, one of the central Norwegian non-figurative expressionists of the post-war generation.

Chasing Quakes

2017 • 53 min • Austria

Europe has experienced catastrophic earthquakes – even though the 'old continent' is not the most notorious region on Earth for strong quakes, the danger from below is very real.

The World Is Round So That Nobody Can Hide In The Corners: Part II — The Kiss

2017 • 5 min • Germany

Thousands of homosexual were persecuted, imprisoned and murdered by the Nazi regime. The Gay Holocast Memorial, in Berlin, intends to honor the victims of persecution and murder, to keep alive the memory of this Injustice.

Wasteland No. 1: Ardent Verdant

2017 • 4 min • United States of America

The interconnected circuitry. The aggregated flora. Alternating currents of the visual field.

While I Sing

2017 • 16 min • Brazil

A boy finds himself trapped in an empty space and tries, in vain, to communicate with the world around him. But his only form of communication is his flute, that seems to be unheard by anyone. Life passes through him in the midst of sadness and loneliness, where the empty space mirrors the feelings of a confused and angry being for not understanding the reason why he lost his freedom to live.

Parragirls Past, Present – Unlocking Memories of Institutional 'Care'

2017 • 23 min

Unlocking memories of institutional ‘care’. Parragirls Past, Present is a deeply moving immersive experience, presenting former residents’ visions of the Parramatta Girls Home today.