All Films

La Isla de los Pájaros Sombra

2017 • 15 min • Chile

In his travels through the southern sea of Chile, the privateer Francis Drake discovered a strange island. The extraordinary events that he lived there described in his travel diary have disappeared just like the island.

Long Live The King

2017 • 8 min

Historically, even the most divided societies can find cohesion in the magic of war, forgetting disputes with their governments and setting aside their frustrations. This stop motion short takes a lyrical approach to the phenomenon of war; which, in this case, transpires on a chessboard.

The Sound Of Silence

2017 • 17 min

O SOM DO SILÊNCIO documents the lack of communication between people of different generations, using the example of ten-year-old Binho and his father Osvaldo.

Be My First

2017 • 11 min • Japan

A young Japanese girl riding the train posts a message from her phone to an online thread: 'I'm a high-school student and I'm a virgin, does anyone want to pay to be my first? It has to be tonight.' An exploration of lust, love and fetishization.

God Eats Love

2017 • 12 min • Russia

When Maria Alekhina and other members of the Pussy Riot group were tried for an action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Orthodox activist Dmitry Enteo strongly advocated punishing the girls. Now Alekhina and Enteo spend a lot of time together. Last week, with activists from The Other Russia, they went to the Ministry of Justice to conduct a public Bible reading — as a demonstration of their constitutional right to read the Holy Scriptures (and any other books) in public — without permission from officials.

Mindfuck

2017 • 6 min • France

A famous journalist must confront his biggest fear during a sexual encounter with a dominant man.

Maria

2017 • 14 min • Philippines

An ailing Polynesian matriarch must find the strength to lead her family one last time.

Widowed

2017 • 9 min

A lone detective confronts his late wife's killer.

Ere

2017 • 6 min • Philippines

Abi wants to be something that others do not want her to be.

Ni sí, ni no

2017 • 9 min • Ecuador, Spain

A ride to the country could turn in more than just a simple vacation for a mother and daughter.

Passive Aggressive Games

2017 • 5 min

It’s the Passive Aggressive Game Finals and for the first time in PAG history, the reigning champ must verbally fight her own daughter. In a competition to see who can keep their composure longest, who will leave with their dignity intact?

Fortem

2017 • 11 min • Paraguay

A young boy lives out his dream, but with a heartbreaking twist.

My Ailing Beliefs Can Cure Your Wretched Desires

2017 • 19 min • Hong Kong

Told through the point-of-view of the wandering spirit of the last Javan rhino that was poached in the jungles of Vietnam in 2010, the film takes us through a complex structure of narratives and visuals, both gruesome and beautiful, real and mythological, that have built and upheld certain Vietnamese traditions. From Chinese colonialism and its assertion through the practice of medicine, to French colonialism and their obsession with trophy kills, and throughout the Vietnam war, the animals tell a different side to the story.

Blackmere Harvest

2017 • 6 min • United States of America

The sudden death of their mother leaves Brandon and his younger sister Adelia alone and in search of a less expensive place to live than their hometown of Houston Texas. Brandon finds a ...  »

Touch of Dzenis

2017 • 12 min • Latvia

A female ninja tries to break ties with her spiritual teacher. The seemingly unexpected and humiliating death of her teacher is only the beginning of this process; it is a decisive step in her life. The action takes place in a specific environment, and the characters, references, symbols, and movements are directly related to the history of cinema, more specifically, to Japanese ninja films made in the 1930s–1960s.

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.