All Films

Inside the Tanks

2017 • 34 min

Unique in its approach, Inside The Tanks is a documentary that aims to enrich the discussion surrounding marine mammal captivity. Join Presenter and Producer, Jonny Meah, as he blasts the debate wide open, giving BOTH sides of the discussion a chance to have their say. The documentary includes in depth interviews from The Born Free Foundation; Marine Biologist, Ingrid Visser; Ex-Supervisor and ex-trainer, John Hargrove; and in a world exclusive on the topic, an interview with The Zoological Director of Marineland Antibes, Jon Kershaw.

Gorgon

2017 • 8 min • Hungary

A petty thief takes shelter in a rundown apartment building to hide from the policeman chasing him. But none of them expects what awaits them inside. The house - or is there something hiding in it? - isn’t planning on letting anybody out alive. Cop and thief have to put aside their differences if they want to escape the house of the Gorgon.

Sonaria

2017 • 4 min • United States of America

Follow two ever-changing creatures as they flow from one life-form to another on a vivid journey of sound and light. Sonaria's visual language is simple and abstract, designed to suggest, while the sonic language is layered and immersive, designed to answer.

Neptune

2017 • 18 min • Brazil

The growing desire between Sandro and Maicon.

In Arms

2017 • 9 min • United States of America

Two brothers channel grief in different ways at their mother's funeral.

A Riddle

2017 • 2 min • United States of America

Who am I ? Short animation by Cassie Shao.

Ma

2017 • 17 min • Ukraine

Mom feeds little birds from the window of a panel building in Mariupol, Ukraine, and grows quince in her dacha garden near the battle line. Telling about her simple life, the woman shoots videos for her daughter, who lives in Kyiv and often doesn't pick up the phone.

Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile

2017 • 44 min

Mary Tyler Moore won over the world with her smile while quietly behind the scenes changed the course of television forever. The editors of TV Guide Magazine reflect on Moore’s career sharing her impact on modern television and the legacy she leaves behind. Fellow actors share stories of working with the star and reveal her professional and personal influence on their lives; and celebrity stylists discuss her impact on fashion that is still felt today. Viewers will also learn about her difficult family life and the traumas she endured while maintaining the iconic smile.

Casa One Day

2017 • 33 min • Morocco

The story of a boy wandering the streets of Casablanca in all its contradictions, crimes and chaotic nature, walking with a mirror to observe the vibrant spirit of this city, and between its streets, narrow corners, vast areas and unique landmarks, the boy observes with his mirror the secrets of this city, which blends modernity with ancient history.

Plus Ultra

2017 • 13 min • Spain

"Plus Ultra" is the motto of the Spanish state. This slogan was used to encourage navigators to conquer new territories and to forget the warning from mythology: "Non Terrae Plus Ultra" (there is no land beyond here). The Canary Islands, testing ground for the tactics used during the colonization of the Americas, becomes the setting for a tale about this land.

Vergüenza

2017 • 10 min • Spain

Two friends. A dress for their university graduation, which is just around the corner. One of them has something to say. She’s bursting to say it.

Visit

2017 • 3 min • France

Apartment 76 has belonged to the same family for fifty years. The great-granddaughter has followed on from the great-grandmother. Before moving, she examines each corner, revealing family treasures, and haunting them in an attempt at appropriation through language.

Billy's Blowjobs

2017 • 16 min • United States of America

A man seeks the numbing comfort of anonymous sex, until a chance encounter which may change his outlook on life. Inspired in part by Andy Warhol's film "Blow Job," this new film brings the arthouse tradition to the gritty streets of contemporary Los Angeles.

Epic Fail

2017 • 5 min

In a time where post-truth news divides and conservative politics fails to lure in young voters, a extraordinary vote for world peace has dramatic consequences. Epic Fail is an avant-garde essay that questions how we perceive truth, information and politics, seen through the dual lenses of our real and virtual identities. Moved by the political events that shook 2016, the film is inspired by Jean Paul Sartre’s “Nausea”; or how we can develop visual embodiments of our emotions as a catharsis on how to deal with reality.

Door

2017 • 4 min • France

In the middle of the night, a woman has to deal with a mysterious intruder...

Is It Too Much to Ask?

2017 • 30 min • India

This short film follows the journey of two friends Smile and Glady - looking for a rental apartment in Chennai and the obstacles and social stigma they encounter in not just looking for a home but being single and the fact that they are transgender women.

Investigations of a Dog

2017 • 25 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Poland

Limits of hospitality and friendship tested by a guest.

Monsters Got Talent

2017 • 5 min • Brazil

Kevin, Big Joe and Molly open auditions for a talent competition in a city of monsters, and search for the best performer from singers to magicians worthy of the grand prize.

Shieldmaiden

2017 • 16 min

Set in medieval Norway, a young Viking woman named Sigrid must fight to survive when violent raiders invade her homeland.

Nutag – Homeland

2017 • 6 min • Canada

A non-narrative hand-painted visual poem about diaspora, homeland, and the tragic mass-deportations of the Kalmyk people during WWII.

A Final Truth

2017 • 11 min

1977: Elga, 60, now resides in a hospice waiting for the end of her life. Her comfort comes in visits from her physician Sara, whom she entertains with tales of her former love in 1930's Berlin. 1933: Elga (and Weimar Germany) are succumbing to the National Socialists. But she is remembering her true love, a beautiful young Jewish woman. Now, for the first time, Elga tells Sara the true ending to her story and looks to the one moment that defined her life.

Leon Trotsky - The Life of a Revolutionary

2017 • 45 min

To mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution, the International Marxist Tendency and In Defence of October campaign present this original documentary celebrating the life and accomplishments of one of the revolution’s main leaders: Leon Trotsky.

Rain River Falls

2017 • 58 min • United States of America

Night after night as Elizabeth would drift off to sleep she would wake up with visions and desires that she could not explain, And to a mysterious figure who always seemed to appear. Now Elizabeth has vanished and certain guests who visit the town of Rain River Falls claim to have the same visions and desires. Who was the figure? And what happened to Elizabeth?

Their Voices

2017 • 25 min • Poland

The young students have their own magic world, hardly accessible for the others, the "normal" ones. By a subtle observation and without a spoken word we access their everyday life throughout the year.