All Films

Brooklyn in July

2017 • 21 min • United States of America

The story of Frank Walker, an African-American WWII veteran working as a chauffeur. It is the summer of 1945. The War is all but won. The U.S. is riding a wave of triumph even as the undertow of unresolved issues roils beneath. Frank, like so many other African-Americans of the time, is drawn to New York by the promise of better life only to be confronted by the same realities, fear, and hatred he hoped he had left behind. He struggles to keep his emotions in check as he strives for freedom and equality in this slowly evolving world. Frank Walker is a man scarred by a past that is lurking skin deep. Based on a true story and inspired by the song of the same title by singer songwriter Joe Crookston.

Annapurna III - Unclimbed

2017 • 12 min • Austria, Germany

“Annapurna III – Unclimbed” is an award-winning 12-min documentary featuring the 2016 expedition to the Himalayas of Nepal led by David Lama together with Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel. Join the team in their feelings of fatigue, anxiety, exposure and ordeal during their 5 weeks attempting one of the world’s greatest, unsolved puzzles of alpinism: The unclimbed south-east ridge of Annapurna III.

The Terrible Old Man

2017 • 15 min • United Kingdom

A crook robs the home of a mysterious old man with a terrifying secret.

Cream

2017 • 5 min • Denmark

The film takes place in a doctor's waiting room where soothing music and the opportunity to enjoy an ice cream brings about an alleviating atmosphere. What could possibly go wrong in a healthcare institution where help is nearby? The cold and ugly sides of human nature reveal themselves as the narrative touches on the cycle of birth and death and the absurdity of life. Let's hope the doctor can help!

Yāoguài

2017 • 1 min • France

After dark, the big city becomes the playground of spirits from the chinese folklore.

Deformed Gecko

2017 • 19 min • Japan

The story is centered on a family living in a small village that consist of a man named Hikobei, his wife, and three daughters where a Gecko witnesses the three daughter acting so selfish and always fighting over trivial things causing it to become upset and start to blacken until the youngest daughter accidentally kills when she was pushed and fell on it. One night the dead gecko slips into the water supply where the youngest daughter unsuspectingly swallows and slowly transform into a Gecko, but that is only the beginning as each night one family member would be turned into and become a gecko.

No Gods, No Masters

2017 • 19 min • Vietnam

"No Gods, No Masters" quotes the slogan championing independent thought used by anarchists, feminists and workers in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. The video juxtaposes images and sounds recorded at various locations in Vietnam and features two appeals expressed by two supposed ghosts: one is hearable via an audio production by the 6th Psychological Operations Battalion (PSYOP) of the US-Army during America's war in Vietnam, which was intended as a weapon to weaken the fighting morale of the Vietcong, distributed via loudspeakers over their supply routes. The other ghost makes herself heard using Sung Tieu's aunt as her medium.

Dead West

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

The Sherrif of a small Western town witnesses a sickness quickly overtaking the locals. Along with his trusty Deputy Carl and plucky sidekick Annie they try to save the town.

The Phantom Hour

2017 • 8 min • United States of America

Four strangers meet in a mysterious home. There for different reasons, they slowly begin to realize something is terribly wrong with their host… and their chef.

The End of My World

2017 • 30 min • Poland

Filip tries to reconcile himself with his new life after his long-term boyfriend broke up with him.

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

2017 • 45 min

The disappearance of Shannon Matthews was a story that gripped and then appalled Britain. Nine years on, this documentary examines her kidnapping and why people close to the case believe the police should reopen their investigation. Featuring the insight of some of those closest to the case, the programme charts the impact on an innocent girl caught in the lies and greed of those who were supposed to be caring for her

Bitch

2017 • 14 min • Brazil

Marcelo has just been dumped by his boyfriend, who doesn't answer his messages. In a desperate try to get his attention, he puts the life of their dog Greta at risk.

Update / Delete

2017 • 10 min • Russia

Do you know what goes on in the head of someone who walks past you?

Once in a Lifetime

2017 • 34 min • New Zealand

This documentary delves into the history behind the Wellington New Zealand based private LOTR Fan museum, run by Kathy. It plays on request at the museum.

Less Than Human

2017 • 6 min • Denmark

In the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, zombies are cured and exiled to secluded camps. There has been talk about rehabilitating post-zombies back into society. Steve, the journalist reporting on the case, thinks the zombies still pose a threat to society. He ventures into one of these camps to prove to the world that rehabilitation is out the question.

Reindeer Family & Me

2017 • 59 min

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the frozen north, deep inside the Arctic Circle, to meet the ancient Sami people and the animals they hold so close - reindeer.

Deposition vol.3

2017 • 23 min • Hong Kong

The city is overwhelmed by consumerism and information. The constant barrage of information starts to glide past all of us. We are neither here nor there. We try to distinguish fact from fabrication—but we do not always succeed. We ponder on our existence and whether we are in control of our lives. Some people dedicate their lives to the Creator although the presence of a higher power is debatable. We wander from emptiness to emptiness, and realise that life is emptiness in itself. A societal revolution is in order but how should it be carried out? With no success in sight, would the revolution be rendered meaningless? The melancholic musings and rants of the young gloomy leftists are rarely answerable.

Protocols

2017 • 20 min • Germany

Everyone has dreams – for some it involves being, slaughtered and eaten. This documentary by Jan Soldat challenges cultural taboos through psychological discovery. Our question – do the three featured men want to be served with andalouse or samourai sauce?

Gina Is a C**nt

2017 • 3 min

Every office has a Gina. If you don’t know the Gina you are the Gina. And if you are the Gina, consider yourself lucky human beings are never 100% knowable. Even to themselves.

Norilsk

2017 • 23 min • Russia

Two students go to the Arctic Circle. The extreme north opens for them in the most magical and eerie manifestations. In search of an answer to the question "Why do people live in such hellish conditions?" they descend into the mine, meet with red-hot metal, open the ski season and communicate with the inhabitants of the northern city.

Search/Destroy

2017 • 20 min

The year is 2180 - strontium-90 fallout from a series of nuclear wars has created an underclass of mutants. Outcasts from society, despised by the ‘norms’ and given only the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs, hunting down the criminal scum of the universe, across countless star systems and even across time. Johnny Alpha is one such mutant, working for the Search/Destroy Agency, hunting down criminals for the Galactic Crime Commission, aided by his trusty Viking sidekick, Wulf Sternhammer.

Carl Lange

2017 • 15 min • Norway

Carl Lange lives a quiet life for himself, until one day he meets police officer Osmundsen who accuses him of raping a minor girl.

AURORA - Live in Nidarosdomen

2017 • 59 min • Norway

The Nidarosdomen in Trondheim is probably the most important church in Norway, the seat of the Norwegian metropolitans and bishops for almost 900 years and the coronation site of the Norwegian kings in historical times. In 2017, the exceptional 21-year-old Norwegian singer AURORA had the honor of giving a concert in the holy cathedral, also known as the "Heart of Norway". She performed in front of a sold-out audience together with her band and the TrondheimSolistene (ensemble/orchestra), Oslo Fagottkor (choir), Petra Bjørkhaug (organist) and Ruth Potter (harpist). This concert was recorded on November 2, 2017 and broadcast by NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) shortly after Christmas on December 28, 2017. However, some songs that were originally played that evening were cut from the broadcast.

Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror

2017 • 57 min

Deepa Kumar, a leading scholar on Islamophobia, argues that U.S. media have turned Arabs and Muslims into the new face of terror, even though only a tiny fraction of Muslims and Arabs have ever committed a terror attack, and terror attacks by homegrown right-wing violent extremist groups have far outnumbered attacks by Muslims and Arabs since Sept. 12, 2001.