All Films

Two Hands

2017 • 5 min • Lithuania

Two hands, they can create everything, but also destroy everything. Hands help a person to achieve everything, without them there would be no books or houses. They need to be protected, since they can help everyone to live. Look at the hands and they will tell you about their owner.

Remind Me Why I Came Here

2017 • 1 min • United States of America

It's time the times met each other over & over.

Meshes of the Ocean

2017 • 12 min

Meshes of the Ocean is the story of Ron Ingraham, a charming 96-year-old Newfoundlander who immigrated to Canada during the 1940’s, while the territory was still under the British law. In this documentary, Ron weaves his life’s story from his home in the idyllic village of Neil’s Harbour, Cape Breton. He recounts his experiences and the vast changes he witnessed in the fishing industry over the last century and shows his hand-knitting skills while repairing fishing nets, a sustainable practice barely employed today. Through Ron’s story, we acknowledge practices lost over time and the importance of listening and learning while the knowledge is available.

Foil Arms and Hog: DoomDah

2017 • 60 min • Ireland

'DoomDah', filmed at Dublin's Vicar Street May 2017 See Ireland's top comedy trio in HD perform to over a thousand people in their hometown of Dublin. Featuring sketches: Lanyard Guy, How to Speak Dublin and the Tallest Person Documentary amongst others.

Pie Shop

2017 • 5 min

A gifted pie baker suffers from muscle spasms and tends to throw pies in everyone's face by accident.

Diary of a Necromancer

2017 • 52 min • Canada

Asher, a vampiric necromancer, saves a girl being targeted by three cannibalistic witches. The two team up to kill the degenerates not knowing that the witches have chosen Asher as their next target.

Birthday

2017 • 9 min • Portugal

On a winter afternoon. 20 year Henrique tries to call his sister without success. A boy in yellow has difficulties giving a birthday present to Henrique. Between past and present situations, Henrique searches for attention where it doesn't exist.

Memories of Miss O'Keeffe

2017 • 23 min • United States of America

This is a story about the bonds that shape a family. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skinwalkers), Memories of Miss O'Keeffe shares intimate reflections from generations of the Lopez family, who worked for Georgia O'Keeffe in northern New Mexico during the artist's later years.

Every Grain of Rice

2017 • 6 min

They say it only takes three generations for a culture to assimilate. What happens next?

Blue-Grey

2017 • 15 min • France

End of August. Corsica. Elbe, 17 years old, deaf since birth, is vacationing at her older sister Mathilde. ​One day, during her visit of the Revellata lighthouse, she catches a glimpse of a man who is coming out of the sea after scuba diving.

9/11: Voices of the Aircraft Dispatchers

2017 • 57 min

9/11: Voices of the Aircraft Dispatchers tells the story of what five airline dispatchers faced on one of the darkest days in history. Little is published about what the airline operational centers encountered that day, and this documentary helps bring those actions to light.

25 Tracks

2017 • 50 min • Australia

'25' are two unknown, indie songwriters in a bare bones studio on a train in the industrial West of Melbourne - Australia’s music capital. They plan to write, record then release a fresh song every two weeks of the year. Cath loves pop; Nick loves garage rock. She wants jazz flute; he wants a dirty guitar. Is this ever going to work or are they totally deluded? Is it an impossible goal?

Babylon

2017 • 20 min • Philippines

Two young girls travel through time to assassinate a barangay dictator to revise history. This is Babylon.

3D - Printing the future

2017 • 52 min • Germany

3-D printing is raising immense hopes in many fields, whether in the aeronautical, space or medical industry. Nicolas, amputated of his right hand, goes to the Fab Lab in Berlin to print at reasonible cost, the prosthesis with 5 articulated fingers he needs.

Rockville Morning

2017 • 12 min • United States of America

Follow struggling photographer Eddie through a regular morning in the town of Rockville Maryland

Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story

2017 • 56 min • New Zealand, United States of America

New Zealand is a place of great natural beauty and resources, of pioneering immigrants from the Maori to the more recent settlers. They’re fierce, hardy, and strong, able to withstand challenges like the massive economic challenge they faced in the mid 1980’s. With their economy unraveling, they made huge, controversial changes, including doing away with farm subsidies and protectionist import controls. At first, it hurt. A lot. But now, the farmers and the fishers, the people and the economy, are prospering. And they wouldn’t go back to subsidies, special interests, or support for manufacturers. Travel to New Zealand with scholar Johan Norberg to meet some amazing Kiwis and see how they blazed a trail to economic prosperity.

Oceano

2017 • 15 min

Luna sees someone drowning at the ocean, and starts to question herself: should she use her powers and become a super hero?

Clairton Coke Works, Clean Up Our Air

2017 • 27 min • United States of America

Clairton, Pennsylvania was once a populated town; booming with business and a clear sense of community. Many jobs came through the Clairton Coke Works Plant. Coke is used in the process of making steel. As decades went on, citizens began experiencing asthma problems, lung cancer, and many deaths in their families. The effects of air pollution in violation of EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) regulations became persistent in every household; many relocated. However, those who stay with the help of PennFuture want to put an end to these violations and regain their community.

Couch Destruction: Angel Release

2017 • 45 min • United States of America

Raphael Montañez Ortiz tells a story about an elderly Jewish couple that didn't watch television or listen to the radio. Instead they used to talk lovingly to each other for every day of their long marriage. And in a sense there was a glow around them. When the couple were young their daughter died from polio. And so this energy or glow, in a kabbalistic sense, was their guardian angel, their daughter. Therefore...

The Real Doctor Zhivago

2017 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Dr. Zhivago is one of the best-known love stories of the 20th century, but the setting of the book also made it famous. It is a tale of passion and fear, set against a backdrop of revolution and violence. The film is what most people remember, but the story of the writing of the book has more twists, intrigue and bravery than many a Hollywood blockbuster. In this documentary, Stephen Smith traces the revolutionary beginnings of this bestseller, to it becoming a pawn of the CIA at the height of the Cold War.

Jag bryter mig in

2017 • 14 min • Sweden

"I Break In" - A woman drifts around with a feeling that something is wrong. She questions the existence and the long lasting relationship with her partner. At the same time, she meets a man. The situation forces her to face her inner self.

Pineapple

2017 • 30 min • United States of America

When a miner's daughter is assaulted in the local coal mine, she utters only one word, leaving the town's sheriff baffled. The event quickly spirals out of control, impacting the entire town.

Asya

2017 • 30 min • Russia

Asya is a successful police officer who deals with juvenile cases. The measured rhythm of her life is disrupted when, after many years, her flighty, eternally young 50-year-old mother Nadya suddenly reappears. She tries to restore her relationship with her daughter, but warm memories are quickly replaced by old grievances. Nadya has not changed…

Contrasts of Peru

2017 • 5 min

Peru is a country of many contrasts. From the cold waters of the Coast over the 6000 m high Andes to the unique biodiversity of the Amazon Jungle. Peru isn't only Machu Picchu. It's much more.