All Films

Ace and Anxious

2017 • 14 min • United States of America

Emma, an asexual graphic designer with generalized anxiety disorder, learns of the stress-reducing properties of sex, and decides to place an ad on Craigslist for a test sexual partner to determine if it will help with her panic attacks.

RELAW: Living Indigenous Laws

2017 • 8 min • Canada

For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have governed their territories according to their own laws – safeguarding land, air, water and communities to sustain their cultures and economies. Drawing on the lessons learned over two decades of work with Indigenous peoples on Indigenous law-based approaches to land use planning, impact assessment and other aspects of environmental governance, in 2016 West Coast launched the RELAW program (Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water).

The Maria Orsic Story

2017 • 53 min • United States of America

Widely recognized as the inventor of earth's first flying saucer, as a woman Marija Oršić (1895-1945) struggled against discrimination to achieve an incredible technological feat which only today is being fully recognized. A famous medium, leader of the Vril Society, alleged partner to Nikola Tesla and admired by Adolf Hitler. Marija Oršić disappeared from the face of the earth in 1945.

The Hungry Stones

2017 • 17 min • India

Neel, an ambitious businessman, has bought a crumbling palace to transform into a luxury hotel. He fails to realize that the stones come to life each night, engulfing anyone that dares to trespass.

Ovum

2017 • 17 min • Argentina

A reclusive fisherman's life is forever changed by a mysterious discovery.

La via della Conciliazione

2017 • 54 min • Italy

Everyone knows the view of Via della Conciliazione with St. Peter's Basilica framed behind it. The most famous postcard of Rome, the background used by correspondents all over the world. Few know that this street hasn't always been there, and in fact shouldn't have been from the premises.

Surreal

2017 • 29 min • Canada

When the laws of mankind no longer exist, what becomes of ones humanity when survival is their only focus?

Fried Barry

2017 • 3 min • South Africa

Fried Barry is a heroin junkie who spends his days in an abandoned building walking around tripping from his latest hit, going through his ups and downs and reliving old memories.

The Blender

2017 • 3 min

Teenage girl Chloe wants to be heard by her parents, but a blender is in her way.

Rubber Coated Steel

2017 • 22 min • Germany, Lebanon

May 2014: two unarmed Palestinian teens are killed by Israeli soldiers on the West Bank. Abu Hamdan made an audio analysis to ascertain whether rubber or live bullets were used. The film centres on the gunfire, yet no shots are heard. "Rubber Coated Steel" does not preside over the voices of the victims but seeks to amplify their silence, questioning the ways in which rights are being heard today.

A Margem

2017 • 18 min • Brazil

On an importante night for Camila, something unexpected happens and puts her in contact with her mother, the only one able to explain whats to come.

Adult Under Construction

2017 • 53 min • Denmark

Our host sets out to find a scientific explanation for her erratic behavior during adolescence. Characterized by immense hormonal and physical changes, every person can relate to this life stage, filled with intense emotion, moodiness, and challenge. Now, research and new technologies allow us to gain a better understanding of what is happening inside our brains during these tumultuous years.

Saihat's Mysterious Talisman

2017 • 10 min

Nothing Happens

2017 • 12 min • Denmark, France

On the cold outskirts of town, something is about to happen. In our own way we are all waiting for something to happen.

Swing-by

2017 • 4 min • Japan

Animation by Ayano Yamazawa. Music by Keiichi Yasui.

Have Some

2017 • 6 min

Princess doesn’t say much. She loves her dad, but charity does not always start at home.

Mr. Night has a Day Off

2025 • 2 min • Lithuania

When the night takes a day off, and goes around dying of darkness to the world of the most unusual and hilarious ways.

The Return of Izenborg

2017 • 60 min • Japan, Saudi Arabia

A Japanese-Arabic-produced documentary about Tsuburaya Productions' 1978 tokusatsu/anime series Dinosaur Great War Izenborg. It consists of interviews with staff members involved in the series and concludes with a special 10-minute minisode, which showcases the characters in a high-quality, modern visual style.

Yes We Kant

2017 • 13 min • United States of America

A short film by Mikel Rouse.

Jeremy the Dud

2017 • 21 min • Australia

Imagine a world in which having a disability was the norm, and the select few that don't, duds, experience the same condescending and patronizing attitudes as people with disabilities experience in our society.

Adnyat

2017 • 17 min • India

Adnyat follows an eight-year-old boy who doesn't know his religion and explores prayers and rituals like a curious traveler. As he learns hymns, tries on customs, and meets both warmth and suspicion, he discovers that faith - stripped of pride and prejudice - becomes a simple way to belong, love, and show compassion.

Pie Hard

2017 • 13 min • Canada

A young girl's world is flipped upside-down when she steals a pie from her parents.

His Wake

2017 • 11 min

At his father's wake, a young man sets about the task of finding out more about his father by interviewing the guests. Faced with the usual platitudes and pleasantries, normally bestowed on the recently deceased, he challenges the guests to expose their honest feelings and memories...

El pozo

2017 • 14 min