All Films

Family Game Night

2018 • 12 min • Canada

A family invites a stranger over for dinner and to participate in family game night. The stranger quickly learns this is a game he has never played before.

The Farnsworth Scores

2018 • 26 min • United States of America

The Farnsworth Scores is a cinematic and sonic meditation on Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Farnsworth House located in Plano, IL, created by artist and musician Rob Mazurek and filmmaker Lee Anne Schmitt.

Alicia después de las maravillas

2018 • 6 min • Mexico

Taylor Is Missing

2018 • 13 min • United States of America

A woman hiking long-distance, struggles trusting a stranger she meets after he comes across her lost in the woods. She must decide how far she is willing to travel with someone who may proof dangerous.

The Frozen Road

2018 • 25 min

Ben Page sought an adventure of perfect solitude in the Canadian Arctic. Yet the harsh truths of travelling in such a formidable environment were a long way from the romanticisms of a Jack London book.

Oxitocity

2018 • 3 min • Mexico

A man stuck in traffic learns about the benefits of adopting different methods of transportation.

Antler

2018 • 15 min

A film of subtle poetics and expressive aesthetics achieved through the hypnotizing intertwining of archive and authorial footage, "Antler" erases the boundaries between fiction and documentary, introducing the viewer to a mysterious and, to a certain degree, fairy-tale-ish world of oneiric atmosphere. Formally seductive, and challenging to decipher, this "ecological fantasy" (for the lack of a more precise definition) transforms a botanical garden into a laboratory of evocative images and sounds, in a process that could be identified as alchemy.

Window

2018 • 7 min • Turkey

In a prison, in the middle of the desert, two women who have never seen each other, one of whom is an ex-guerrilla painter, describes her relationship, dreams, hopes and aspirations of the prisoner as a subject of the future.

Victor Dreams of Losing

2018 • 15 min • Macedonia

A young man with a successful professional and private life dreams of being the exact opposite of who he is.

The Brighton Kop

2018 • 14 min

A short documentary about love and football. 270 miles from Liverpool... This is The Brighton Kop.

The Making of MPK 21

2018 • 4 min • United States of America

The latest addition to Facebook's Menlo Park campus, MPK 21, is now open for business, and it’s truly a marvel to behold. The film features an interview with legendary architect Frank Gehry, who provided unique insight into the building’s design and functionality. Also featured are Facebook’s VP of Global Facilities, John Tenanes, and VP of HRBP, Diversity, Programs & Operations, Janelle Gale, who speak to the cultural values and priorities that drove MPK 21’s construction– from being environmentally friendly to helping Facebook to be a better neighbor in the community.

Secrets of Paris

2018 • 9 min • Latvia

Electricity goes off at the Eiffel tower security guard’s office. The guard tries to repair it, but he doesn't succeed, so he calls for “The Rescue Team”. The team arrives in their yellow plane and start the rescue operation by fixing cables. Initially, it works out well, but then the light suddenly goes off in all city of Paris, and the portrait of Mona Lisa disappears from the darkened Louvre Museum. However, things will work out fine in the end!

Sam & Jean

2018 • 21 min

A short documentary about Sam and Jean, my grandparents, learning to live apart after more than 60 years together.

SPC: The Complete Saga

2018 • 19 min • Australia

The official collection of a four-part series exploring the unorthodox relationships of Selwyn, Canon and Petria.

Humane

2018 • 3 min • Japan

A short animation by Takuya Takahasi and Katsuki Nogami

Klarinet Klub

2018 • 20 min • United States of America

Barry's father wants him to join the family gynecology practice. However, after discovering a quirky underground clarinet society, Barry must choose between his dreams of playing music or following in his father's footsteps.

Una Sola Sangre

2018 • 40 min

Mondesir’s thesis film for York’s MFA program

Andrew Schulz: 4:4:1

2018 • 17 min

In September 2017, Schulz self-released his first comedy special, 4:4:1 on YouTube. In June 2018, Schulz followed up with his debut comedy album, 5:5:1. After only one day of release, it earned the top ranking on iTunes' comedy album charts; within its first week, the album ranked number-one one Apple Music, Google Play, and Amazon; and, for the week of June 23, 2018, the album was number one on the Billboard comedy album charts.

Top Gear France - The Peruvian Quest

2018 • 60 min • France

Le Tone got lost in Peru when he was trying to find an ancient Inca temple, Philippe and Bruce must find him. Aboard a car, of course.

Tempo em Cores

2018 • 37 min • Brazil

A documentary that proposes to create a dialogue between LGTBQ+ of different ages to show and discuss the challenges of aging as part of this community.

Two for Two

2018 • 8 min • Croatia

Our home is a fragile flower. Milk and honey. Cocoa and hell. Everyone pets their own bunny. The feeling is lovely. Vanilla cake... A moody portrayal of the moment we stop loving others and fall in love with our fantasies. If we cannot understand each other, maybe our avatars can find a common language? But whatever lies below the surface should stay that way. We are fine. Our lives are milk and honey. Everyone pets their own bunny.

Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me

2018 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Renowned documentarian Louis Theroux dived into the BBC Archives and selected his favourite documentaries. Each of them had an impact on Louis and explains why he chose the documentaries and how they have inspired his work.. Covering a range of styles - some vérité-driven, others told more through interview - but in all of them you see life at its most raw, its most strange and therefore its most human.

Release the Bats

2018 • 10 min

A short film about a put-upon goth girl. Eleanor, a disaffected teen escapes from abuse and homophobia by making a DIY vampire movie with her friends.

Speaking with the Dead: Bill Schwarz on Preparing Stuart Hall’s Posthumous Memoir

2018 • 28 min

When the world-renowned cultural and political theorist Stuart Hall died in 2014, he left behind an unfinished 300,000-word memoir. In this interview with MEF Executive Director Sut Jhally, Bill Schwarz talks about the challenges of preparing the final published book, detailing his negotiations and conversations with the disembodied words of an author who cherished dialogue above all else.