All Films

Assunta

2018 • 18 min • Slovenia

Somewhere far away from the village and people, four hundred wind gusts away, Marija and Drevo are dealing with the acceptance of the upcoming loss of their friend.

Somnifobia

2018 • 7 min • Brazil

Pedro has to get up early to work every day, but his fear of sleeping turns his nights into a nightmare. (Winner of best Sound Design in Rio de Janeiro "Oscarito" Short-film festival 2018)

I Know How to Speak

2018 • 34 min • United States of America

A behind the scenes, fly on the wall glimpse of the process of making the Manchester Orchestra's new album; the good and the bad, the ups and the downs. This movie shares the title of their single, “I Know How to Speak”, and encompasses the wide range of emotions that the studio process brings.

Dances

2018 • 5 min • Australia

A collection of true experiences on dating apps from the queer community, explored through dance and animation.

Il giorno della patata

2018 • 12 min • Italy

Three girls that live in the same apartment struggle with boys' relationships. They swear to not deal with boys for some time but a mysterious boy goes to live next to their house. Curiosity will make its way.

A Sight On You

2018 • 13 min

Tim receives the visit of his brother Julio after one year without seeing him. Their relationship begins to change with the Tim´s discovery during night.

The End of Darkness

2018 • 27 min • Croatia

For multiple generations from a small Bosnian mining town, the dark coal mine Breza is the fulfillment of professional dreams and a symbol of progress, as well as the cause of the biggest tragedy. Sakiba, an enthusiastic woman with strong opinions, stands tall among the majority male miners. She can’t get her head around division of jobs to ‘female’ and ‘male’, an opinion she has fought since she landed a miner’s job at the age of nineteen. Walking down the dark tunnels with loose safety regulations, she talks about appreciation for natural light and retirement, when she hopes to try some new mindfulness techniques her colleague reads about online. Sakiba was never welcome to drink along a male colleagues in a local bar when payday comes, but she ends up dancing to the beats of well-known Yugoslav rock band celebrating her hero.

Hearths

2018 • 18 min • France

A slow movement through a residential neighbourhood, with empty streets, plain facades, as though artificial. A man recounts his story about the first time, attraction, desire, dizziness of the ignition, forgetfulness, complete blackout. The monologue is composed from transcriptions of psychotherapeutic sessions with arsonists, from the period 1960-1980.

Still from Afar

2018 • 18 min

For months Eva Van Tongeren maintains a correspondence with the convicted and incarcerated paedophile Thomas. With a voice-over she reflects upon his thoughts and how their atrociousness resonates through her daily life. Despite her unchanging incomprehension she seeks the limits of her empathy and tries to find ways to deal with such a loaded subject. As it proves to be impossible to make a connection she looks for something that does bind them. This brings her to the American landscape surrounding Death Valley, a place Thomas always wanted to visit. The filmmaker sends him fragments of quiet landscapes and memories that will never be his.

Great Light

2018 • 11 min

The matriarch of a rural Kentucky family takes issue with her daughter's boyfriend at a gathering to view the total solar eclipse.

Ursinho

2018 • 42 min • Brazil, France

Favela resident Ursinho, an overweight mixed race 30 year old introvert, fantasizes about his dream Adonis: one of Copacabana's high end male prostitutes.

Gaurav Kapoor: HahaKaar

2018 • 50 min • India

HahaKaar is a culmination of 50 minutes of random jokes and stories from Gaurav Kapoor. It's basically stories from his life or his friends' life or friends of friends' life. However, he will tell it like all these things happened with him and he is the victim of a weird school, weird job, weird trips and weird friends. Also, there are a lot of lies in the show which you will never know.

Tungrus

2018 • 13 min • India

A tragi-comical drama, whose protagonist is no other than a young cock, unfolds in a Mumbai apartment just like thousands of others. Grabbed by an eccentric patriarch to serve as a distraction for the family cat, the chick survived, grew up and now imposes his troublesome presence on everyone, tyrannising the entire household

Desert Dreams

2018 • 57 min • Chile, Colombia

"Why are we Colombians who live in Antofagasta afraid?" Filmmaker Angélica Valverde seeks to answer this question by reconstructing her experience in this city, with Rafaela and Carmenza, immigrant women who, like she, came to the north of Chile to realize their dreams. To try to overcome it, to observe how each copes with the fear, this rejection produced.

Never Forget

2018 • 10 min • Netherlands

Two girls are being locked up on a balcony on a hot day, while a group of boys is waiting for them at a fair. When their messages become more and more searing, the balcony changes into a save space that the girls

The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism

2018 • 14 min • United States of America

On a ten-mile stretch of the Northern California coast lies the site of a radical architectural experiment. Learn the story behind The Sea Ranch, a place where environment informs geometry and buildings embody ideals.

Sam Body

2018 • 12 min • Italy

The lives of a wounded soldier, a widow, a drunk guy and a secret agent are connected. The reason is hidden behind a pressing noise.

La mirada de Dios

2018 • 7 min • Chile

Tribute to the story of Gabriela Marin, and to all women who have been victims of abuse, rape and femicide.

Digital Addicts

2018 • 53 min • France

Children as young as three are becoming addicted to mobile phones, harming their development and causing possible long-term damage. We follow some of the youngest cases and hear how our brains are affected by exposure to screens.

Absorbed

2018 • 4 min

A young man is swiftly prepping a night in for his special someone. When the record he puts on begins to skip, he thinks he hears something beyond the music. Slowly his whole apartment becomes wrapped with an eerie presence.

Cat Project

2018 • 37 min • Japan

The "hyper black comedy" anime takes place in Nyagoya City, a trendy town where cats live. In this peaceful town, many of the cats are suddenly disappearing. The NEET cat Takumi must save his father, who is wrapped up in the incident. The anime will feature the characters speaking in Nagoya dialect, and will feature famous sightseeing spots such as Nagoya Castle.

A Primeira Pedra

2018 • 56 min • Brazil

The First Stone exposes the terrible face of intolerance, where angry lynch mobs take justice into their own hands. The documentary tells the story of lynching victims and investigates the shocking growth of this crime in Brazil where one lynching is registered everyday - the highest rate worldwide. A narrative with engaging characters and dramatic stories of lives that have been devastated by this violent trend in mob rule.

Pushing Daisies

2018 • 4 min

A sapphic short movie poem

Ofélia na Praia, 2a Versão

2018 • 10 min • Brazil