All Films

Koka, the Butcher

2018 • 38 min • Germany, Egypt

A young pigeon fighter in Cairo leads his neighbourhood into the final battle. While pigeons may symbolize peace, here they reflect martial spirit and pride.

Keep Dreaming

2018 • 7 min • United States of America

Short film about a strange encounter in a rooftop.

Song X

2018 • 20 min • Thailand

A group of teenagers conducts a cremation ceremony for a man who is entering the afterlife while still being sought by the military for deserting. Shot on expired black-and-white film stock, the deteriorating image surface echoes life fading away in this tribute to the director's friend.

Rooster

2018 • 15 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia

It is the International Women's Day. Today, a Police Inspector Danijel will finally show his affection to his colleague Stella. Today, a victim of domestic violence Milica will finally report her abuser. However, the inevitable encounter between the two of them will ruin their plans - while trying to resolve Milica's life drama, Daniel's own life drama takes place without him taking part. What can bring down the walls of these two lonely worlds? How much can we put up with, just to feel loved?

Ave

2018 • 18 min • Brazil

AVE is on their way back from a party and, while trying to rest in the train car home, ends up crossing paths with a very peculiar figure: their own unconscious.

5 Seconds of Summer Live: On the Record

2018 • 43 min • United States of America

On the day of the release of their new album Youngblood, the boys of 5 Seconds of Summer played an intimate, one-night-only gig for fans in New York City. Interspersed with some stage banter from several of the members, this live set sees the band run through album cuts such as "Moving Along" and "Valentine" as well as past fan favorites like "She Looks So Perfect."

Balance of the Force

2018 • 10 min • United States of America

Explore the mythology of the Force and why Rian Johnson chose to interpret its role in such a unique way.

Psychic Manjara VR: Jisatsu Shigansha no Onryo

2018 • 27 min • Japan

A VR spin-off from the 'Psychic Manjara' series.

Mishko

2018 • 17 min • Macedonia

Angel, shy and introvert boy, goes to pick apples for sale with his friend Mishko. But as the day goes by, Angel faces more and more the cruelty of Mishko and his own parents.

Pojkvän

2018 • 25 min

Every day after school, Charlie works at the town's outdoor pool. When he doesn't sell hot dogs or cleans, he dreams about Evelina. They go to the same school, but she doesn't know who he is. Meanwhile, somewhere far away in she sky, a comet is moving closer and closer. But Charlie seems to be the only one who can actually see it. It is almost as if it is trying to tell him something.

Out of Frame

2018 • 40 min

A neo-noir tale of photography and murder. On the verge of fame, Damien Drake abruptly quits his dark photography dubbed, The Death Series. As Damien tries to forget his past, John Godewynn, the biggest fan of the Death Series, emerges hellbent on re-sparking Damien's creativity. John's push quickly spirals into chaos and murder, exposing the shocking secret that led to Damien's self-exile.

Verdacht

2018 • 52 min

We think we know what ethnic profiling is, but what does it feel like? Dutch citizens report on at times bizarre and disconcerting experiences with police checks, where their skin colour routinely makes them suspicious. For years, the police has been aiming to proactively execute security checks in order to arrest more riff-raff. But practise shows that Dutch people with a migration background are regularly stopped without any suspicion of criminal offences. Poignantly, the teacher, the soldier, the lawyer, the rapper, the fellow police officer and other coloured Dutchmen talk about helplessness, frustration, humiliation, alienation, anger and what it feels like to be a suspect from the start. Wry, but insightful indictment of ethnic profiling.

Standby Painter

2018 • 53 min

An almost deserted museum, a guard wearing high heels, a cinephile thief and a Monet painting. These are the ingredients of a mysterious affair appropriated by Guy Slabbinck and Amir Yatziv. In 2000, Beach in Pourville by Monet, exhibited at the National Museum of Poznań, disappeared, replaced by a crude copy. The painting would be found 10 years later in the home of Robert Z., who here personally presents his own version of events for the first time.

Luccas Neto em: Perdidos na Noite de Natal

2018 • 41 min • Brazil

On Christmas Eve, Luccas and his sister Gi, amazed by the mall's decorations, end up losing their parents. But what would be a fun night becomes dangerous when they discover a pair of thieves. And now who will save Christmas? Is God on Luccas' side?

Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape

2018 • 5 min • United Kingdom

A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.

De sista skälvande minuterna - Filip & Fredriks dag med statsministern

2018 • 45 min • Sweden

Ahead of Sweden's perhaps most important election ever, Filip & Fredrik meet Prime Minister Stefan Löfven during the final sprint of his election tour.

Vaca

2018 • 16 min • Spain

A woman who is trapped in a boring routine working in a slaughterhouse finds an unexpected opportunity to change her life. Marta Bayarri and Pepo Blasco star in this short film. Directed and written by Marta Bayarri.

The Wall

2018 • 8 min • Serbia

Short experimental student film about love, life, and relationships between people. As much as we are different, we all go through the same problems in life.

Where Oceans Collide

2018 • 45 min

From volcano-dwelling parrots and huge whale sharks to mighty armies of tropical ants, Central America is a place of awe-inspiring wildlife spectacles.

The Trolley

2018 • 45 min • Canada

In climate change, humanity faces a global crisis that is in scale and complexity unlike anything we have encountered before, yet we already have the solutions.

Retouch

2018 • 19 min • Iran

Maryam is faced with an important decision in this black comedy from Iran.

Cursed Psychic Video XXX 11

2018 • 54 min • Japan

The 11th and scary psychic documentary!! Includes six tapes; "The illusion of channel 0", "The camera is alive.", "remaining pictures", "Rain housing complex", "Drone hearing" and "Katashiro".

Inside Alton Towers

2018 • 60 min

For nearly 40 years, Alton Towers has attracted visitors to some of Britain's most thrilling roller coasters. But in June 2015 something went very wrong. Two carriages collided on one of the park's most popular rides, injuring 16 people, five of them seriously. This one-off documentary goes behind the scenes as the UK's biggest theme park attempts to win back visitors with the launch of their multi-million pound new roller coaster, Wicker Man - the first new ride at the park since The Smiler crash. The film meets the roller-coaster junkies keen to try the new ride; and with exclusive access to the theme park, follows the team at Alton Towers as they battle with the challenge of building a wooden structure that appears to burst into flames. Can the theme park sell the new ride to the public, a sceptical media, and get Wicker Man ready for its big launch?

Woeful Flesh

2018 • 14 min • France

At night, alone at his place, Edouard gets ready. He crosses Brussels to go to another man's home.