All Films

When Football Banned Women

2017 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Clare Balding uncovers the remarkable hidden history of women's football, which briefly dominated the game, attracting crowds of up to 60,000, before a Football Association ban in 1921

Mi-temps

2017 • 16 min • France

Karim, thirty-seven years, seven months, five days, seven hours, and twelve seconds old, has reached the exact midpoint of his life. Like every human who arrives at half time, he receives a visit from a surprising messenger who gives him the choice between continuing to live his life as it is now, or starting it all over again. He has fifteen minutes to decide.

Waxhouse Rock

2017 • 5 min • United Kingdom

A film crew enters a wax museum at night to secretly film a porn parody of House of Wax. By disturbing the displays at night Wax Elvis and Bettie Page come to live to terrorise Manchester and murder innocent citizens.

Platypus

2017 • 9 min

Armed with an electric mixer, a Mysterious Woman gives Naked Man the battering of his life, but the sexy interrogation brings up feelings that are hard to swallow. Can she have her cake and eat it too? Or will love turn her batter bitter?

Hitsville US Eh!

2017 • 60 min

A look at the history of Motown and how Canada factored into it.

Hide Your Metal

2017 • 12 min

Hide Your Metal is a short documentary following four Heavy Metal bands leading up to the DeathRash Night II concert in Amman, Jordan. The story depicts the obstacles metal musicians face in expressing themselves publicly and how heavy metal's 'satanic' reputation in Jordan impacts their evolution as musicians.

Li.le

2017 • 10 min • Georgia

In the magic forest it is dark and cold; the fog so thick that not a single ray of sunlight shines through. The plants are withered and the lakes frozen, with nothing stirring anymore. A lone girl and a deer are wandering through this icy landscape. What are they looking for? Natia Nikolashvili has created a fantastical world as backdrop for a tale as fascinating and enigmatic as a dream, in atmospheric water colour.

You Me Maybe

2017 • 59 min

A young caterer is left with only one option if she wants to have kids.

The Wheels on the Bus

2017 • 10 min • Australia

A bus breaks down in the North Korean countryside. The two drivers must put their differences aside and overcome a series of setbacks to get their bus back up and running and cargo delivered on time.

The Verve: Bittersweet Memories

2017 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Renowned Photographer Chris Floyd captured the tumultuous life of the iconic band The Verve from the inside, as they toured as relative unknowns on their first American tour, all the way through to their farewell tour in 1997 at the very top of their game. Using previously unseen photographs, self shot video from the band and interviews, this is an intimate look at an important moment in popular culture. Chris candidly talks about the relationship he had with the band and reveals incredible insight into his process, as well as explaining his views on the meaning of the relationship between photographer and subject and what can happen when that professional line becomes blurred.

Beneath The Surface

2017 • 4 min • United Kingdom

We follow Cherelle and Minomi’s 25-year relationship, plagued with micro-aggressions and realisations.

Last Night Was a Mistake

2017 • 15 min

Best friends, Alexa and Maya wanted stress free trip to Vegas away from their significant others. But when the ladies get too drunk and find themselves in a wedding chapel, they've got to face the feelings. In a short told completely backwards, the two prove that what happens in Vegas has lasting consequences.

Mariam's Day Off

2017 • 45 min

Young prostitute meets an artist, gets invited to a modeling session and finds herself in rather new and exciting world of artists; then the day ends and she has to return to her usual place in life.

Life on Parole

2017 • 53 min

Follow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.

Dry Flowers

2017 • 8 min

After a difficult divorce from his parents, Frederico decides to live with his mother in São Paulo City in order to study engineering, a childhood dream. However, Fred begins to see himself in a different way, his best friend starts dating the girl of your dreams and he comes face-to-face with his biggest problem, himself.

A Few Knots Away

2017 • 15 min • Iran

The people who are living on an island are leaving there because of the situation that became worse recently even they are taking body of their relatives to the port near the island. This island is in the middle of political struggle.

Headache

2017 • 6 min

A dreamy, impressionistic 16mm film of light on water, comprised mostly of sepia tones.

Wes Anderson: From Above

2017 • 1 min • United States of America

A visual essay that highlights top-down shots from Wes Anderson's filmography.

Passenger

2017 • 15 min • Russia

A traffic light. A red signal. A masked guy jumps into the car of a young man. He points a pistol at the driver and shouts: “Go!”. The guy has a bag full of money. When the driver looks around at him, the robber points the pistol at him, and the car gets involved in an accident. After a stop on the roadside a small child starts to cry on the back seat.

Lurking Near

2017 • 21 min • Greece

As a forest scout he was ready to spend some nights on the mountain but nothing could prepare him for what was lurking near.

Ventana

2017 • 2 min • United States of America

Ventana is a group film project created by the 2017 Summer Interns under the mentorship of a group of Walt Disney Animation mentors.

Australia

2017 • 14 min • Spain

Friday, 11 p.m. Carla, a woman in her forties, is alone in her office. She gets a call. It's Raúl, a young guy who sells cocaine. Tonight will be the last night that Raúl works as a dealer. He wants to change his life.

Snake Beneath the Flower Petals

2017 • 60 min • Japan

A lake sits beside a quiet town in the mountains. There is a new, big bridge scheduled to open. Yumi feels trapped in her routined life with her husband, after Yo, her daughter, married and moved out. Kazuko, Yumi's mother begins to sort her things as she senses her time is coming. Meanwhile, Yo is frustrated as she starts to recieve less job offers, struggling to cope with the reality against her expectations. The family will take the lead in the bridge's crossing ceremony with their secrets hidden deep within.

MonsterKids: The Impact of Things That Go Bump In The Night

2017 • 51 min

A documentary that explores the positive fascination with Classic Monsters.