All Films

Popsy

2018 • 12 min • United States of America

Popsy tells the story of a man with a gambling addiction attempting to pay back a large debt, and the lengths he will go through to do so, which ultimately leads to a very strange and unexpected confrontation with a young boy looking for his 'Popsy'.

In My Blood

2018 • 8 min

A college freshman faces difficulties adjusting to her new environment on a competitive Quidditch team.

Snow Dinosaur

2018 • 2 min • Russia

A little dinosaur sees snow for the first time. And, it looks like he likes it.

His Hands

2018 • 14 min

Two men of different ages meet for the strangest encounter of their lives.

Bodyless

2018 • 15 min

Daniela is a confused and problematic girl. She realizes she doesn’t like her body. Maybe she wishes she were a man. As a result she changes identity on the web, posing as Daniele; she meets girls, tells her phantasies, which remain just virtual. Daniela goes into therapy. She tells her story to Doctor Romanini. She announces having met Roberta, a nice girls she has invited to a date, always hiding behind Daniele’s profile. The story between the two girls ends up with an unpredicted epilogue.

Somnia

2018 • 21 min

The musician Maja and her roommate Charly come in contact with a new method called 'Somnia', which makes them experience lucid dreams.

Genderquake: The Debate

2018 • 50 min

A wide-ranging panel of guests discuss what gender means in 2018. Issues include 'Should it be easier to change gender?', and 'Does gender matter anyway?'.

Groovy Joe: Dance Party Countdown

2018 • 6 min • United States of America

Can Groovy Joe make room for all his guests? He is hosting a dance party, and his doggy friends are eager to join the festivities. As more and more guests arrive, Joe reassures everyone that there is room for all.

The Making and Unmaking of the Earth

2018 • 17 min • United States of America

Combining archival footage of earth processes with interviews describing mysterious physical experiences and emotional attachments, this film turns to the earth to explore how everything we bury deep inside eventually speaks through the geology of the body.

Dinosaur

2018 • 4 min • France

In a park, a tiny girl blows up an enormous balloon. A boy watches and gets ready to burst the balloon. The girl's mother tries to deter him.

Memento Stella

2018 • 60 min • Hong Kong, Japan

Makino Takashi takes us to a place where different rules apply. He overwhelms us with his universe, which is built up of countless images, figurative and non-figurative, accompanied by an equally sophisticated soundtrack. At times very abstract and distant, at others almost palpable and narrative. We naturally seek recognition in the infinite layering of the images, and in so doing compose our own story, based on what we ourselves know of the world, using our personal references to help us. In this way, a work arises unique to every viewer, which continues to reverberate long after we leave the cinema.

Jack O' Lantern

2018 • 5 min

Don't be a PUMPKIN HEAD.... When a group of youths go smashing pumpkins on Halloween night, things do not go as planned.

Are You Recording?

2018 • 3 min • United States of America

A fly-on-the-wall display of lives changing and time passing told through an unanswered question.

Thriving with Cerebral Palsy: The Cordell Brown Story

2018 • 42 min • United States of America

This documentary chronicles the inspirational story of a man who would not accept "no" for an answer. Born with cerebral palsy, Cordell Brown faced many challenges and most believed he would amount to nothing. Despite the odds stacked against him, Cordell proves that with heartfelt determination he can make a difference in the world.

Apricot and Dried Apricots

2018 • 25 min • Russia

Karina comes from Moscow to a small Tatar town to visit her parents. The father treats his daughter for her way of life. Karina's mom shares a secret with her, which becomes a serious opportunity to take revenge on her father for all the insults.

Het Ding (untitled, 1957)

2018 • 17 min • Netherlands

Next to the Bijenkorf on the Coolsingel stands one of Rotterdam’s most famous sculptures, an untitled structure created by Russian modernist artist Naum Gabo, that has been simply called Het Ding (The Thing). This documentary about the restoration of Naum Gabo’s nameless sculpture from 1957 combines awe-inspiring shots of this artwork with audio fragments from Gabo’s fiery Russian manifests.

Roar

2018 • 6 min • Finland

A short story about a girl called Anya, who is bullied at school. One night her low self-esteem turns itself into a monster which disrupts her in her sleep. The scaring business takes an unexpected turn, and Anya finds herself with a new - albeit reluctant - friend.

October

2018 • 9 min • Uganda

October is a poetic coming of age drama that deals with gender, identity, and culture following a Ugandan teen named Dembe.

Bunny Gallery

2018 • 22 min

Playboy's Playmate Rachel Harris (Miss November 2015) runs an art gallery, using other Playmates Cassandra Dawn (Miss June 2018), Dominique Jane (Miss August 2015), and Shauna Sexton (Miss May 2018) as her models.

A Marca do Diabo

2018 • 16 min • Brazil

After a terrible accident, a patient is admitted to the hospital. The patient is questioned by police, claiming to have been marked by the devil after acquiring a picture of a crying child.

IKEA Rights - The Next Generation (Legal Edition)

2018 • 8 min

Tensions are at an all time high as your two favourite roommates prepare for their devastating yet inevitable divorce in IKEA Heights' much anticipated seventh instalment 'IKEA Rights - Legal Edition'.

Come to Me, Paradise

2018 • 25 min • Canada

Paraiso, an all-seeing drone spirit, is summoned every Sunday into the heart of Hong Kong where Filipina migrant workers gather to socialise. As the women claim the public space, Stephanie Comilang’s sci-fi documentary considers social connections in today’s age of economic migration and modern technology.

Agua Donkeys

2018 • 20 min

MP and Jer are a couple of career pool cleaners who only care about two things in life: The perfect tan and the perfect girl.

Deyzangeroo

2018 • 4 min • Canada

Many cultures have viewed the lunar eclipse as a powerful reminder of the Day of Judgment. People chant prayers, sing songs and recite poetry, all in an effort to communicate with nature and the cosmic forces in the sky. They ask for forgiveness or understanding, as they yearn for what they fear is lost. “Deyzangeroo” is one such ritual, performed in the Iranian port city of Bushehr, on the shores of the Persian Gulf. The distinctive percussive music, rhythmic chants and tribal dances—an echo of the city’s colonial rule by the British and Portuguese, and the African slaves that followed—are performed with reverence, fear and magic. The ritual is believed to ward off evil spirits and take back the moon. And it works every time…