All Films

Death Is The Place On Earth

2018 • 15 min

Ivy was cursed by the gods to live among us as an immortal. She experienced everything and has become jaded with humanity. Ivy is trapped as a human and everyday is confronted with her demons. Ivy is tired of life and goes to the desert to find peace...but will she find it?

The Siege of Mecca

2018 • 52 min • Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, United States of America

On November 20, 1979 at 5:30 in the morning, hundreds of armed men take over the Grand Mosque of Mecca, transforming the holiest shrine of Islam into a fortress and a trap for almost 100,000 pilgrims inside. This was the beginning of the siege of Mecca…

Robo Greaser

2018 • 10 min • Canada

On the closing day of his beloved roller-rink, a retro robot does his best to survive his final shift despite his scummy boss, kinky coworker, and a whole host of eccentric new-age customers.

Telephone

2018 • 21 min • Estonia, New Zealand, Norway, Russia

In the Russian city of Barentsburg, the miner, Viktor, lives. At 78 degrees north, he lives a life of isolation far from his son Tolik. Viktor is losing hearing, and in the unforgiving Arctic landscape, his reality is about just one thing - a connection.

Buscando

2018 • 10 min • United States of America

When a Hispanic emigrant explains his dream he is faced with the deepest longings of his soul.

Self Destructive Boys

2018 • 27 min • Portugal

A direct stare into masculine interaction as we follow three boys in their mid-twenties, António, Xavier and Miguel testing the limits of their sexual flexibility.

Vote, Dude! (PSA) | 6Teen Reunion 2018

2018 • 7 min • Canada, United States of America

The entire original cast of 6Teen is back for an all-new mini episode titled “Vote, Dude!” 6Teen reunion rumors have been going around for years, but this is the first time that the entire team is back for a new installment of the beloved show that aired from 2004 to 2010. Creators Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch made this PSA to try to get American voters who used to watch 6Teen to go out and vote.

A Low-Budget Film

2018 • 13 min • Brazil

A mixture of corporate film, archive footage, documentary and making of, the film is an attempt of the scientists from the 'Brazilian Institute of Alternative and Secondary Importance Research' to fight the lack of funding, the closure of the institute and to keep their dreams alive.

Mr. Talented

2018 • 15 min • United States of America

Inspired by a true story, Mr. Talented follows a space-obsessed photographer whose life and sanity unravels as he struggles to make a name for himself in the art world.

On The Edge

2018 • 14 min • Russia

Early morning. The young Liya is standing on the edge of the roof, ready to commit suicide. At the last minute she is pushed away from edge by a neighbour, Sergei, who for some inexplicable reason appears on the roof at exactly the same time. During the verbal sparring that ensures it becomes clear that Liya planned the jump long ago and is determined to finish what she has begun. Sergei, it turns out, is on the roof with exactly the same intentions as Liya, but is not so sure that this is the right way forward, but then he does not see any other options to resolve his problem.

Tina Turner: Simply the Best

2018 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Tina Turner gives an exclusive, in-depth interview to BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz, discussing the highs and lows of her extraordinary career and bringing her well-documented life story up to date. In a wide-ranging conversation, Tina talks about the tragedy of her eldest son's recent suicide, how an unexpected stroke affected the early days of her second marriage, and how her life was saved when her husband became her kidney donor. She also discusses the musical collaborations that saw her become one of the icons of the 1980s, and the abusive relationship with former husband Ike Turner that first set her on the road to stardom but also nearly destroyed her.

One

2018 • 10 min • Spain

Far out at sea, a cell phone floating inside an air-tight bag starts to ring.

System Shock

2018 • 54 min

Germany 1995, a PhD student makes a technological breakthrough when he discovers how to compress audio without losing sound quality. He calls his new file type an "MP3". Within just a few years, and with the help of a nascent tech community, illegal MP3s begin filling up the hard drives of millions of computers around the world. It's the beginning of our modern digital age and internet culture. Featuring interviews with infamous music executives, artists, and techies, System Shock chronicles how the MP3 crushed the music industry and gave rise to the billion-dollar sharing economy.

Seeing Daylight: The Photography of Dorothy Bohm

2018 • 45 min

Dorothy Bohm is one of Britain's finest street photographers, arriving in the UK in 1929 after fleeing Nazi persecution in Lithuania. At 92 she continues to take pictures, capturing life with humanity and compassion. With contributions from friends and family, and reflections from Dorothy herself, this documentary revisits the places that have shaped her unique view of the world.

Norman Norman

2018 • 8 min • Canada

A young woman grapples with the declining health of her beloved dog in this film about mortality, cloning, and Barbra Streisand.

Akashi

2018 • 10 min • Canada

Kana, a young woman from Japan is pursuing her career in North America and has adapted to her new environment. However, her new lifestyle has made her emotionally distant and can't seem to sustain a long term relationship. Her mother calls informing Kana that grandma passed away. As Kana returns home to pay her respects, she begins to recall her most intimate conversation with grandma. In their talk, Grandma is proud of Kana for leaving Japan. Kana argues it's even harder to raise a family and sustain a marriage for a lifetime. Grandma tells Kana that their marriage was far from ideal, and to Kana's surprise, Grandma reveals a secret which changes Kana's attitudes on relationships. Memories and the funeral force Kana to look inside herself and examine her own life.

Violeta + Guillermo

2018 • 6 min • Spain

In the future, Violeta and Guillermo recall a night, in 2018, when they danced until sunrise.

Bert Kreischer: Secret Time

2018 • 57 min • United States of America

Comedian Bert Kreischer is ready to take his shirt off and "party hardy" with his debut Netflix Original stand-up special, Bert Kreischer: Secret Time. Considered one of the best storytellers of his generation, Bert regales the audience at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia with stories about zip-lining with his family, his daughter practicing softball with an imaginary ball, and upstaging ex-NBA player Ralph Sampson at a childhood basketball camp.

Thin Green Line

2018 • 20 min • Cyprus

A creative documentary film about romantic relationships between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The film narrates three real-life love stories, the hardships and discriminations the couples faced, the many differences and taboos that both divided and brought these people together.

The 99 Names of God

2018 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Arab-American filmmaker Yumna Al-Arashi embraces the rhythmic rituals that have run alongside Islamic tradition throughout the centuries in this surreal and poetic short film. Piecing together old and new, Al-Rashi's dream-like imagery breathes fresh air to a subject hardly seen in positive light.

Skin: The Movie

2018 • 51 min • United States of America

When a socially awkward Midwestern woman inherits a porn studio, she plans to take the money and run - until her dead father and a band of misfits force her to face her fears, and learn that we’re all misfits.

The Bolsonaro's Myth

2018 • 26 min

To understand the obsession with federal deputy and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) and how his network of support is structured on the internet, VICE went to São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul to investigate its largest bases of support in the country.

This Film

2018 • 7 min

Filming is alchemy; preserving, seeing, devouring, cutting. Chopping the flow of images with a push of a button. It privileges a solitary unseen protagonist, choosing this over that and then that, it eats anything, not everything,

Algo Está Pasando - Cómo Nació el Rap en Chile

2018 • 18 min

1988 marked the year in which the debut album of the Chilean band De Kiruza - Oficial was released, where the single "Algo está pasando" stood out, the first Chilean rap recording.