All Films

Black Friday

2018 • 18 min • Canada

Amélie is haunted by the memories of the last Black Friday as she returns to the scene.

Dragon Kin

2018 • 55 min

A young brotherhood of mystics sets out to stop an evil priest, with the help of a chosen warrior.

Saori, Piling Up

2018 • 39 min • Japan

A middle-aged housewife's frustrations with her boorish husband "pile up" until she can take it no more.

Untitled

2018 • 8 min

A woman sits waiting for her train home. A stranger sits next to her and starts talking. He knows things about her that he shouldn't know, intricate details of her life and the lives around her, personal details of her past and future. He tells all this because he has a message, something she needs to hear...

Tooth and Nail

2018 • 23 min

A dysfunctional family reunites after the son, Matt, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Matt and his sister Kate make a pact. He agrees to give her his sperm for future use with a partner if she agrees to come out to the family that night.

The Pen

2018 • 13 min

A Social Realist short drama set on a small Wiltshire farm, following the story of Abraham and his oppressive father. Abraham desires freedom, but is held back by his responsibilities and his father's ineptitude.

Song For Europe

2018 • 4 min • United Kingdom

On December 1st 1990, watched by the world’s media, construction worker Graham Fagg of Dover climbed through a hole in a chalk wall 40 metres below the seabed of the English Channel, shook the hand of Philippe Cozette of Calais and shouted, Vive la France! On June 23rd 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. Inspired by a message for motorists on Eurotunnel trains, Song for Europe is an underwater celebration of Britain’s connection to the mainland.

Blue Queen

2018 • 8 min • France

Nina, young waitress, works at a Bar Tobacco Shop in a suburb in the outskirts of Paris. Her boss, Georges, refuses to pay her and has no consideration for her or, if he has, it’s not good. But Nina intends to reclaim her wages.

Pop-Pop Is Dead

2018 • 60 min • United States of America

Layla Bailey and Desi West are a millennial couple who live a nice, comfortable life in LA. When Layla's Pop-Pop passes, the two head to Layla's hometown, Gaffney, SC, to spend three days with her family and try to make it out alive.

Stranger

2018 • 19 min • Australia

A mysterious wanderer drifts through an Australian outback mining town until an unexpected connection with a motel maid leaves him to confronting his own identity.

Layla

2018 • 1 min

In this 60 second art piece, a dog named Layla is called upon by nature to defend harmless daisy flowers from the wild grass that is conquering their territory.

The Human Voice

2018 • 19 min • France

Short based on the Jean Cocteau play following a final telephone conversation between a couple.

Show

2018 • 15 min • France

Newly retired and a little bit reserved, Line goes out with her ex-colleagues to a dinner show organized by her old company. Tony, a young drag queen, has a show tonight that might upend Line's way of thinking and her vision of the world.

The Fifth of November

2018 • 16 min

A psychological thriller following Jane, a survivor of a mass shooting. As she prepares to celebrate another birthday, the trauma shows itself.

Mr. Horzemen

2018 • 2 min

About a boy and his teacher, Mr. Horzemen.

Acoustic Ocean

2018 • 18 min • Norway, Switzerland

Acoustic Ocean is an artistic exploration of the sonic ecology of marine life in the North Atlantic. Located on the Lofoten Islands in Northern Norway, the video centers on the performance of a marine-biologist diver who is using a life-size model of a submersible equipped with all sorts of hydrophones and recording devices. In this science-fictional quest, her task is to sense the submarine space for acoustic and bioluminescent forms of expression.

A Siege

2018 • 23 min • Hungary

A lonely woman in war-torn Sarajevo embarks on a journey to find water, and neither her neighbours nor sniper fire can stop her.

Heroes

2018 • 9 min • Spain

An average guy driving his car comes across a woman being assaulted. He is torn between his instinct to ignore the scene and drive on, or sum up his courage and become a hero.

The Boy

2018 • 10 min • India

Aswath's thirteenth birthday is the occasion. The celebrating family is confounded by Aswath's lack of enthusiasm towards the various gifts he receives. It turns out that Aswath has been harboring a surprising sentiment.

The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family

2018 • 20 min

Faced with a series of terrible incidents, the Dela Cruz family now has to make a decision that will alter the history of their family.

Petite Avarie

2018 • 20 min

Laura is feeling awful. Is companion Sylvain seriously interested in helping her?

Lions

2018 • 2 min • Canada

This miniature presents an extensive reflection on ways of watching, reception and rebellion against indoctrination and control. Making decisions about life choices serves as a parallel to ways of watching, interpretation and experience which may even lead to forgetting one’s own body.

Gloria

2018 • 15 min • Canada

Four friends swear the solemn oath.

The Washing Society

2018 • 44 min • United States of America

When you drop off a bag of dirty laundry, who's doing the washing and folding? The Washing Society brings us into New York City laundromats and the experiences of the people who work there by observing these disappearing neighborhood spaces and the continual, intimate labor that is performed there.