All Films

Amazing Fantasy

2018 • 3 min • France, Japan

Defying gravity, a game of levitation becomes at once the possibility of magic; or a translation of an irrepressible desire for mastery.

Schattenbild I

2018 • 1 min • Germany

Super 8 (Black & White) film by Helga Fanderl

The Baron Returns

2018 • 52 min

László Krasznahorkai is the 'contemporary master of the apocalypse' as Susan Sontag described him. We discussed what I could show of him if I were to make a portrait film. Whatever I asked, his answer was no. That is how this film has begun.

The Stranglers: Live at Musilac Festival 2018

2018 • 59 min • France

Musilac is a multi-genre music festival held annually in Aix-les-Bains, France. Held over four days for the first time in 2017, the festival's diverse lineup regularly spans genres and generations with internationally renowned names from the worlds of rock, pop, indie, hiphop, dance music and more. Held between the beautiful Lac de Bourget and the region's stunning mountainous nature reserve, the festival can definitely lay a claim to being one of Europe's most scenic.

Techno

2018 • 24 min

Ryszard - a sixty years old farmer living in a small, Polish village in complete seclusion takes care over his wife, who struggles with Alzheimer's. A young girl from a big city who he stumbles upon by accident introduces him to a world of techno music which, for at least a brief moment, helps him forget about the grave responsibility he has to carry on his shoulders.

Looking for Jude

2018 • 7 min

Margareth has always dreamed of being an actress, and now believes she has found her greatest opportunity.

Go Missing

2018 • 8 min

A suburban woman encounters a strange van outside her home, which in turn leads to even stranger occurrences.

The Mountain Lion and Me

2018 • 51 min • United States of America

On the outskirts of Yellowstone National Park is Paradise Valley, Montana, home to bears, wolves, elk, and an animal so secretive, few ever get to see it: the mountain lion. Wildlife filmmaker Casey Anderson became one of those lucky few after following the tracks of the elusive cat from his backyard into the world of a mother and her three cubs. It was the beginning of what would become a remarkable relationship that gave Casey a rare glimpse into the life of a mountain lion family and a new understanding of an animal we know so little about.

The Farmer

2018 • 40 min • Netherlands

Eight years ago director Daan Jongbloed stumbled upon an abandoned farm, which surprisingly was inhabited by 97-year-old farmer Peer. The peacefulness and sobriety in which Peer lives fascinated Daan tremendously. His view of Peer’s rural lifestyle is rather idyllic, but to Peer this is reality. Why does he live the way he does? Who is Peer and what’s troubling him? In an attempt to understand Peer and his perception of life Daan has followed him on and off for the past eight years. Peer cautiously reveals a glimpse of his lonely life and disturbing past.

Conspiracy Files: Murder in Washington

2018 • 59 min • United Kingdom

In July 2016, Seth Rich, a young staffer working for the Democrats, was shot in the back in a Washington street at 4am. The police said it was a robbery but nothing was stolen - his watch, phone and wallet were found with him. The murder took place during one of the ugliest and most vicious presidential campaigns in American history. Within weeks of his death, stories emerged that Rich was behind the Wikileaks leak of thousands of damaging internal emails detailing the inner workings of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign - and that his murder was no random robbery.

Three Casualties

2018 • 7 min • Germany

The film Three Casualties is an investigation of three movie scenes, showing stunts that lead to the deaths of the stunt doubles performing them. In some cases these scenes remained in the films whereby the audience witnessed an actual death on screen while simultaneously watching a fictional one.

Must Love Kubrick

2018 • 24 min • Romania

A Brit in Bucharest tries to find someone as passionate about cinema (and about Kubrick) as he is, but the dates at his favourite local cinema all go from bad to worse.

World's Tiniest Masterpieces

2018 • 47 min • United Kingdom

Miniaturist sculptor Willard Wigan makes artworks often only visible through a microscope. Can he carve a carpet fibre, then place it inside a human cell?

Weapon

2018 • 9 min

Weapon is an experimental documentary on school shootings and gun violence in the United States, filmed by Georgian students, primarily consisting of footage from the Atlanta March For Our Lives walkout.

March Fool

2018 • 15 min • Canada

Struggling with depression, Louis finds out that his family is planning a prank on him for April Fools' day. Problem is: we're still in March...

9 Steps

2018 • 7 min • Spain

The night can be dark and full of horrors for small children, especially for Saúl, who has to cross a long darkcorridor to get to the toilet at night. But his father is trying his best to persuade him to cross. Because it is not dangerous and he will stand on one side of the corridor watching the whole time, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

Braddock, PA

2018 • 31 min

Follow the Monongahela River southeast from Pittsburgh to Braddock, Pennsylvania, a steel town whose residents forged America--and paid for it with their lives. The city and its surrounding area have one of the highest cancer rates in the country, and a history of health outcomes split along color lines. Braddock (population: less than 2,000) is also home to people who are determined to stick around and improve their lives and the lives of their neighbors. In this powerful new documentary series, we meet an activist, a filmmaker, a farmer, and a politician fighting to bring their town back from the brink.

Homeless: The Soundtrack

2018 • 27 min

After being taken away from her parents as a baby by the state and given up for adoption, musician "Cami" Jenni Alpert went searching for her birth father. She finally finds him: homeless, toothless, addicted. And a musician, just like her.

Mezostajun

2018 • 21 min • Croatia

“Mezostajun” is an experimental documentary film, exploring spatiotemporal relations in a Mediterranean city in which the role of city’s public spaces in people’s lives varies greatly, depending on the season of the year. Elements of summer and winter are cinematically interlaced, and create in the viewers’ perception a new existential interspace called ‘’mezostajun’’.

The Bark Beetle of Šumava

2018 • 11 min • Czech Republic, France

In the National Park of Šumava, in the south of Czech Republic, an invasive species of insect, the bark beetle, is eating the wood of the spruce tree, causing serious damage to the forest since the early 2000s. The forest, already weakened by the intensive spruce monoculture that was going on in Šumava during decades, couldn’t resist to the invasion of beetle. The extent of the destructions leads in 2011 to a large political controversy opposing the administration of the park to some environmental NGOs – two conception of the relation between man and nature were facing eachother. Meanwhile, the beetle gather his strenght and fight for his survival…

Supergirl

2018 • 3 min • United States of America

One of a series of short animations based on the writing of a group of preschoolers, “Supergirl” is an exuberant and gleeful exploration of the yearnings and imaginings of one irrepressible four-year-old poet. With a visual style that perfectly matches the free-flowing musings of the text, this whimsical film captures the magic and effortless creativity of childhood.

Let's Go!

2018 • 9 min • United States of America

Ann and Nancy, best friends and band mates, find out their favorite local record store is closing and plan one big concert to save it.

The Other Woman

2018 • 22 min • Chile

While walking with her camera on a random street, the director experiences a casual encounter with a stranger who asks her to be portrayed. After several interviews, the mysterious disappearance of that woman becomes a source of obsession for the artist behind the camera..

Você tem medo do Bolsonaro?

2018 • 14 min • Brazil

Prior to the Brazilian 2018 presidential elections, a film crew went down on the streets of Rio de Janeiro in order to listen to people's opinion on candidate Jair Bolsonaro.