All Films

Orizaba's Peak

2017 • 11 min • Mexico, Spain

In a cozy bistro, an increasingly heated discussion between two good buddies reveals their latent sexual prejudices, as one admits to feeling finally set free by a book he has just read.

Clown Face

2017 • 10 min • Canada

Ah, to see ourselves as others see us. Michael's mid-life crisis was a flame out. Left his wife. Bought a Porsche (used). Now, lonely and looking to make amends, he's seeking forgiveness and counsel from his angry daughter. Laurie sees right though him.

The Hag

2017 • 8 min • Canada

It seems like an ordinary night when Emily turns out the lights in her apartment, little does she know that her night would become a living nightmare.

The Pastels

2017 • 3 min • United States of America

A crayon named Blu is working on an art project that he plans to enter into a multi-artist competition, but to his dismay, his friends have suggestions on how to improve it.

Return to Bamako

2017 • 52 min • Switzerland, Mali

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb…Daesh…Boko Haram.** So many extremist movements, of which Africa has become a breeding ground, have declared war against Western values and people. Beyond the misunderstandings that often paralyze us, we have to ask ourselves the real question: **how did we get here?** Filmed in Mali, *RETURN TO BAMAKO* is a deep dive into the land of Islam, seeking to understand the causes and challenges of the threat posed by the rise of radical Islamism to all societies. The Islamist wave did not come about accidentally, but instead is the result of recent history, of which Westerners are the actors, because in the vast majority of cases, it is the failure of a political and economic system, copied or imposed by the West, along with unbridled globalization, which opens a gaping hole and allows the rise of extremism.

In, Over & Out

2017 • 10 min • France, Austria

There have been countless tributes made to the Lumière Brothers´ Workers Leaving the Factory since it was first exhibited in 1895, but few have been as technically ambitious, aesthetically assaultive or conceptually compelling as Sebastian Brameshuber´s In, Over & Out.

Body Image

2017 • 3 min

A woman is tormented by her compulsion to stay thin.

Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

2017 • 5 min • United States of America

African American soldiers throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries faced discrimination and segregation, yet many still chose to fight for their country.

I Wanna Die (or How I Learned Not to Die)

2017 • 8 min • Portugal

A man tries desperately to kill himself, but consistently fails to the amusement of the Narrator, who may or may not be behind his failure

Father Willie

2017 • 28 min

A short film following the misadventures of a scheming, boorish cult leader who is faced with changing times and the death of the hippie era.

Emergency

2017 • 12 min

Faced with an emergency, a group of young Black and Latino friends weigh the pros and cons of calling the police.

Gray Matter

2017 • 36 min • United States of America

A group of locals at a liquor store brave a winter storm to check on Richie (Larry Fessenden) a regular customer who hasn't left his house in months and - according to his terrified son - has been slowly "changing shape". What waits for them inside the house, in the dark, is beyond their wildest nightmares.

Death of a Father

2017 • 10 min • India

When Babu's father passes away, he is caught in a web of age-old rituals and social formalities. As he looks for opportunities to cope with the loss of his father, death ends up being just another mundane routine for Babu.

Tailor

2017 • 10 min • Brazil

Tailor is a transgender cartoonist that shares in his web page other trans people’s experiences and their challenges in society. Film about transgender, made by transgender crew.

An Outrage

2017 • 34 min • United States of America

AN OUTRAGE is a documentary film about lynching in the American South. Filmed on-location at lynching sites in six states and bolstered by the memories and perspectives of descendants, community activists, and scholars, this unusual historical documentary seeks to educate even as it serves as a hub for action to remember and reflect upon a long-hidden past.

Sacrilège

2017 • 14 min • France, Switzerland

The money has gone missing in the mosque of Saint-Etienne. Saoud, the gang leader is suspected.

The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics

2017 • 5 min

Jordy wants to use his precious robots for scientific pursuits, while his employers have other plans for them.

The Hole

2017 • 17 min

Deep in the forest, something truly terrible happened to Pyotr. A nightmarish and deeply human comedy sure to connect audiences in the absurdity of the human condition.

Distance

2017 • 12 min • Denmark

On the edge of growing up and playing on the literal edge of Denmark, 10 year old Emma will do anything to prove to her father that she is her own person.

I Find Love

2017 • 6 min • France

The filmmakers film young cosplayers posing in the streets of Paris.

Areola Borealis

2017 • 14 min • Singapore

An uptight mother tries to upstage her daughter's untraditional wedding with her own traditionalist principles only to have her plans undermined by a broken bra.

One-Eyed, Two-Eyed, Three-Eyed

2017 • 9 min

Once upon a time there was a woman who had three daughters: the eldest had three eyes, the middle one had one eye, and the youngest had two eyes. The woman first wanted to many off her two elder daughters, therefore, she rejected the suitor of the youngest one. Nevertheless, with the help of the magic goat, the youngest daughter marries the young man she loves.

Overtime

2017 • 5 min • Malaysia, Singapore

Ben Chan stars as a man assign to retrieve a briefcase in order to clear some of his debts to the Fixer.

Jobs

2017 • 5 min • New Zealand

Welcome to this inside look at a West Auckland Theatre, where we discover what goes on inside and out. In this episode we'll meet the Theatre's Head, B.J Jones, as he gives us a tour of the Theatre. We also meet Adam Speed, the Theatre's Nightguard.