All Films

Kolya and Old Women

2018 • 6 min • Russia

The film tells the conflict between generations with the example of the difficult relations between Kolia, a little boy, and the little old women who live in the same yard. But the little boy grows up and becomes a bus driver.

From the Other Side

2018 • 12 min • Brazil, Taiwan

On the eve of an important ruling, the Taiwan Supreme Court Judge receives an unexpected letter.

Total Eclipse

2018 • 16 min

As they have a lounge in the sun in a bucolic and flowery clearing with friends, Mehdi and Azzedine fall in love. They leave the clearing together looking for a calm place in the woods. But an elegant vampire arrives.

Precious Stones

2018 • 4 min

Artist Daniel Crook unpacks masculinity one painting at a time.

Night Before

2018 • 3 min

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2018 Creepy Christmas Film Festival, in which each short is inspired by a holiday-themed word. This film, the twentieth in the series, is inspired by the word "icicle."

Anime en femenino

2018 • 40 min • Spain

The growing popularity of Japanese animation has a large female component, with filmmakers such as Mari Okada and Naoko Yamada and cartoonists such as Lolita Aldea (Virtual Hero, the El Rubius series). There is a proliferation of Spanish singers who are successful in Japan (idols) and the "otakus" have "come out of the closet." Experts, YouTubers and professionals from the world of manga and anime such as Diana Calleja (RamenParaDos), Manu Guerrero (Selecta Visión), Lolita Aldea, Marc Bernabé (translator) and Isabel Espada (Norma Editorial) talk about this.

Inseparable

2018 • 11 min • United States of America

A pop star deals with the personal ramifications of fame

Bread

2018 • 11 min • United States of America

In an alternate food-themed reality, the brash Detective Alfredo crosses former friends and enemies in an attempt to retrieve a stolen heirloom, The Bread, over the course of one chaotic night.

Morabeza

2018 • 2 min

This 16mm short film undertakes a journey from slavery to ‘Morabeza’, a multi-faceted word that describes Cape Verde’s gentle spirit. Allow yourself be guided to discover the diversity and beauty of this South African country.

The Proposal

2018 • 15 min • Belgium, Netherlands

On Valentine's Day, the romantic Icaro wants to propose to his girlfriend Vanilla in their favorite restaurant. But chef Dimitri pulls out all the stops to make sure young Icaro fails.

The Betrayed Square

2018 • 45 min • Poland, Switzerland

The Arab Summer of 2011. Day after day, thousands of young Egyptian protesters flooded Tahrir Square in Cairo. Poet and sound artist Stéphane Montavon assembled a psychedelic collage composed of freely accessible images of the revolution.

Don't Call Me Bro

2018 • 18 min • Germany

Cheyenne is the only girl in a soccer gang. When one day a new boy joins them, her views are challenged.

A Visit

2018 • 13 min • Canada

Amidst a bustling cityscape, a child pays a visit to a woman in a high-rise apartment. Inside, their interactions with each other, and with the outside world, becomes increasingly phantasmagorical.

Joint Custody

2018 • 6 min • Spain

A brief encounter between Carlos and Carmen where they exchange Pablito, whose custody they share.

Rosie Rose

2018 • 8 min • United States of America

Set on a cobblestone street bathed in moonlight, a young girl leads her grandmother towards her final journey.

Consequences Of Any Kind

2018 • 22 min • Russia

Lena and Rita are friends but they act like it’s something more. What do they want from each other and what do they really feel? The lack of clarity between them will have its consequences.

Public Baths

2018 • 60 min • Belgium

Doucmentary depicting the goings on in a public bathhouse in the Brussels neighborhood the Marolles.

Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul

2018 • 38 min

UCLA undergraduate student David Yun challenges the dominant narrative on North Korea’s defectors. Based on interviews with a human rights attorney and North Koreans living in Seoul, this short film interrogates the reliability of defector testimony as accurate depictions of life in North Korea.

Call of Comfort

2018 • 9 min • Germany

“Please agree to terms and conditions to be a part of the Community,” says the Big Data crystal ball as it bathes you in positive affirmations and hyper-personalized ads, “All for your own benefit, of course.” You are a never-ending energy source. Feel your body becoming heavy and relaxed, and just say, “Yes!" An experimental film about current technology seducing us to sacrifice our privacy, in hope of an optimized life.

Rules of Play

2018 • 8 min • Germany

A group of tired playground visitors meet at night for a last contest

Pirate Boys

2018 • 13 min • Germany

Kathy Acker's writing, and a seminal portrait of her taken by intersex photographer Del LaGrace Volcano, provide a lens through which to explore trans subjectivity and the queering of cinema. Pol Merchan's hybrid doc fluidly moves from the documentation of the punk era to a more performative exploration of gender.

A Land Shaped by Women

2018 • 52 min

Iceland has been ranked first in gender equality by the U.N. nine years in a row and was the first country in the world to democratically elect a female president. Tag along with world champion snowboarders Anne-Flore Marxer and Aline Bock as they explore the unique surf, snow, and sky of Iceland, and enjoy inspiring conversations with the women they meet along the way.

The Jarana’s Journey

2018 • 20 min • Mexico

In a dystopian Mexico, Ana meets a strange young musician that will take her to inquire into her family past. Would it be possible to change the present?

La Vie de jeune fille

2018 • 29 min • France

Constance, a succesful thirty year old woman , is leaving for her bachelor party. Once arrived, her dream turns short: her fiancé informs her he is breaking the engagement. Unable to tell her friends, Constance has to confront this harsh reality by herself.