All Films

The FGM Detectives

2018 • 60 min

The horrific crime of female genital mutilation is banned in the UK but it is estimated that nearly 20,000 young women a year are still at risk of the procedure. And despite being banned more than 30 years ago, there have been no successful convictions. This harrowing documentary, from reporter Cathy Newman, follows the work of DCI Leanne Pook and her team, who are tackling the crime in Bristol.

Power and Paranoia of the Third Reich

2018 • 56 min • France

Transformations

2018 • 39 min

Four Kansas men prepare to go full drag for a pageant-style charity gala, and in the process, learn a thing or two about their drag queen mentors.

Mala Ruina

2018 • 16 min

Lotte That Silhouette Girl

2018 • 10 min

Lotte that Silhouette Girl is a short animated documentary about the fantastic and creative life of film pioneer Lotte Reiniger, who was a rockstar of an animator. She invented the multiplane camera and created the first feature length animation. Lotte that Silhouette Girl is an homage to her, told in Lotte’s style, with stop motion shadow animation and through a lens of folktale storytelling. For many unjust reasons, Lotte is just a footnote in the history of film, but she revolutionized animation and made it what it is today. In this short film, Lotte’s puppets have come back to life to set the story straight.

What's Your Number

2018 • 14 min

A dark comedy about an alcoholic, 30-something gay man who goes on a maudlin bender at a divey Brooklyn gay bar.

The Stitch

2018 • 8 min • India

The film takes us into the life of a nine- year old girl, who takes respite in drawing despite the fact that to fulfil her little aspirations like going to school, she has to navigate difficult geographical terrains and occasionally a curfew or a crossfire. By zooming into the microcosm of the girl's life, this short film endeavors to portray the larger story of Kashmir and the negotiations the people in any contested territory have to make in order to deal with the fissures in their geographical and personal identities. As a conscious act of resistance against the infidelity of language, there are no dialogues in the film.

Hommage à Jean-Marie Straub - 08.01.2018 - réalisation Valérie Massadian

2018 • 4 min

Short film commissioned by the Cinemathèque Suisse to celebrate Jean-Marie Straub’s 85th birthday. Directed by Valérie Massadian.

About Our Astronauts

2018 • 7 min • Russia

Three cosmonauts bid farewell to their loved ones and embark on a journey into space, where they encounter discoveries in uncharted territory yet to be explored by humankind.

Supper Mountain Mimih

2018 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A fuller record of this plaice is snared in a net.

Enemigos

2018 • 9 min • Spain

Date. Click. Repeat.

2018 • 7 min

Dr. William Shatternick, life coach, has revolutionized the science of dating. But will it help?

Remembering Deborah Watling

2018 • 31 min

Family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to Debbie Watling who played Victoria Waterfield, companion to Patrick Troughton's Doctor.

Shawn Mendes: Artist Spotlight Stories

2018 • 14 min • United States of America

Shawn Mendes has teamed up with YouTube Music to share a part of his emotional journey to stardom in the latest YouTube Artist Spotlight Story. The short film focuses on the 20-year-old musician's life leading up to the release of his self-titled third studio album, Shawn Mendes, in May of this year.

The Mentor

2018 • 30 min • Hungary

Sarah, the lonely teenager joins an Internet group which deals with teenagers' emotional problems. Her mentor, who listens to all her troubles, gives Sarah tasks that she has to fulfil to become stronger. The Mentor's tasks get stranger and crueller.

Beautiful Loser

2018 • 24 min • France

Michel, a former junkie weaning himself off drugs, raises hell with his seventeen-year-old son, Léo, while also trying to manage as best he can the baby that he's just had with his ex, Hélène. But the years of dope have taken their toll.

Candis for President

2018 • 12 min • United States of America

In a world where anything is possible, as evidenced by our current (Reality TV) president, Transgender actress, Candis (Candis Cayne), sets out to become the President of the United States with the help and sometimes detriment, of her sarcastic television producer sidekick, Andrea (Andrea Metz).

Death and the Judge

2018 • 50 min • Iran

The documentary, " Death and the Judge", revolves around Iran's most famous criminal judge, Azizmohammadi. He served as a criminal judge for 45 years and issued about 4500 death sentences; a record in not only Iran, but also the world. This documentary looks into his personal and professional life as he is followed within his home with his family, in the court of law, and in his retirement days. The ultimate purpose of the documentary is to deduce the role of death in the judge's life as he either takes life away from criminals or death comes to his loved ones. During his retirement, he is once again given the choice between the life and death of a person, despite no longer being a judge.

Cherry Blossom on My Palm

2018 • 15 min • Japan

Short film by Akiyoshi Imazeki

72

2018 • 7 min • United States of America

Follow James as he goes through the zombie apocalypse.

Adalamadrina

2018 • 10 min

While she claims to be an expert in sex and love on YouTube, Ada can barely speak to her gym trainer, with whom she's madly in love. When she sets her sights on him, everything changes.

Last Year in Johor

2018 • 13 min • Malaysia

An experimental travelogue film that follows K a traveler and his encounter with the girl that he met last year, except, she claims she's not her.

Liz Stewart: I'm Crowning

2018 • 50 min

Comedian Liz Stewart tackles ghosts, drugs, and motherhood in her debut comedy special, filmed while she was 8 1/2 months pregnant.

Dr. Sam Mulaney's Burden

2018 • 4 min • United States of America

Dr. Sam Mulaney is driven into a state of panic and depression when her patients experience a bizarre infection.