All Films

In This Place Where We Lie

2017 • 4 min • United States of America

Jacob & Amelia grapple with the loss of their unborn child.

The Ancestors Came

2017 • 6 min • United Kingdom

This short film explores the life and work of prolific artist Faith Ringgold. By eschewing linear narrative and drawing connections within her collection of works, the film weaves a larger narrative throughout the story.

Bitter

2017 • 16 min • Brazil

Sérgio is a man who finds himself in a worn-out marriage, with a job and a home, but his seemingly quiet life shudders when he finds out that an old passion from the past, Cláudio, attempted suicide; all of his repressed desires pulsate in a society in which he decided to try to shape himself.

Stalin's James Bond

2017 • 53 min • Austria, Germany, Italy

An account of the troubled life of Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a Soviet spy of German origin who played a decisive role in the outcome of World War II.

When We Rise: The People Behind The Story

2017 • 42 min

"When We Rise: The People Behind the Story" is a one-hour documentary complementing ABC's scripted mini-series "When We Rise" by chronicling the personal and political struggles, setbacks, and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBTQ people who helped pioneer the U.S. Civil Rights struggle.

The Death, Dad & Son

2017 • 13 min • France

Death is re-imagined as a devoted family man whose son doesn't entirely understand his family's role in the grand scheme of things. As Dad tends to his duties, the boy performs a series of well-meaning acts with hilariously disastrous consequences.

Escape Into the Wild

2017 • 16 min • Belgium

On a warm and clear summer day in the 50s, a proud and graceful city boy meets two mischievous, free country kids. It opens up a window on a whole new world; his journey under the sun will bring him closer to nature and the harbingers of love.

Lucy & D.i.C.

2017 • 13 min • Australia

An irreverent adult comedy that looks at our reliance on technology, but what happens when technology is as ill-informed as we are.

The Rebel Surgeon

2017 • 52 min • Norway, Sweden

Portrayal of a surgeon who feels stifled by Swedish bureaucracy and relocates to Ethiopia to practice medicine. In a small field hospital, with limited resources, he uses anything at hand to help the patients.

James Beard: America's First Foodie

2017 • 60 min

Food in the 21st century has become much more than “meat and potatoes” and canned soup casseroles.” Chefs have gained celebrity status; recipes and exotic ingredients, once impossible to find, are now just a mouse click away; and the country's major cities are better known for their gastronomy than their art galleries. This food movement can be traced back to one man: James Beard. His name graces the highest culinary honor in the American food world today—the James Beard Foundation Awards. And while chefs all around the country aspire to win a James Beard Award, often referred to as the “culinary Oscars,” many of those same chefs know very little about the man behind the medal. Respected restaurateur Drew Nieporent summed it up when he said, “Everybody knows the name James Beard. They may not know who he is, but they know the name.”

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

2017 • 52 min • France

The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.

Please...

2017 • 6 min • United States of America

A young woman suffering from a mental illness attempts to enter a house only to discover that it's not her home.

Fry Day

2017 • 16 min • United States of America

Set against the backdrop of the execution of Ted Bundy in 1989, the story centers around a 16-year-old girl named Lauryn who makes a little extra money by taking and selling Polaroids of the people who are camped out near the prison, celebrating the execution.

A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted

2017 • 6 min • United States of America

Jameson First Shot short film starring Dominic West.

Life Boat

2017 • 18 min • United States of America

Six teenagers are led into an intriguing game of survival by their guidance counselor.

A Winter Fable

2017 • 8 min

A Winter Fable is a story told by the triptych of video portraits of a wolf, a fox, and a lamb with a score that is composed of music by Coco Rosie, and readings of the original fable by Italo Calvino’s daughter Giovanna Calvino and her friend Isabella Rossellini. The portraits form a triptych that are linked to each other and synced to the score. To help maintain the autonomy of each portrait and yet create an intimate grouping, Robert Wilson and architect Filippo Moretti designed a room with angled walls, built within one of the stables of Villa Panza.

Blue Christmas

2017 • 16 min • Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

On Christmas Eve, 1968, in a Scottish coastal town, a debt collector goes to work to avoid confronting his wife’s worsening psychosis at home.

The Common Touch

2017 • 40 min • New Zealand

The Common Touch tells the story of Jake Bailey, viral sensation and student of Christchurch Boys High School, who was told one week before his graduation speech about his diagnosis of life-threatening cancer.

Trick AND Treat

2017 • 9 min • Norway

Director-screenwriter Severin Eskeland, who shocked Night Visions audiences with his “hammer feature” Lust in April 2017 in Helsinki, tells us a cautious tale of a Halloween prank going a few steps too far.

The Last Pig

2017 • 52 min • United States of America

An intimate reflection on animal treatment, following ethical pig farmer, Bob Comis, as he contemplates his transition out of raising animals for slaughter.

The Shadow of Two Flies Upon a Pin

2017 • 31 min • United States of America

John Person tells the story of how he fell into his coveted job by describing the life of Anatole, the man who occupied the position originally and cherished nothing more in his meager existence than his overcoat.

Taylor Williamson: Please Like Me

2017 • 42 min • United States of America

After being named runner up and one of the five favorite acts of all time on America's Got Talent, Taylor Williamson stars in his first standup comedy special! In his comedy routine, Taylor covers all the important problems we face in our crazy world: Japanese dancers taking jobs away from Americans on reality shows, strangers wanting to talk to you on airplanes, and the worst problem of all... Duvets!

Kuncup

2017 • 20 min • Indonesia

John is in love with an Indonesian woman and wants to marry her. But her father asks him for one thing. John has to be circumcised first. Kuncup tells us the story of John finding ways to solve this problem.

Another Sunny Day

2017 • 4 min • Namibia

Imagine how life must be for someone whose skin has no protection whatsoever from the sun. And now imagine living in a country that averages over 80% sunshine during any given year. Welcome to Paulus's life in Namibia.