All Films

The Animal

2018 • 24 min • France, Norway

Siri, 15, receives a call from child protection services who have heard that she might be facing problems in her family. A visit is planned at her house on Saturday. Siri has two days to regain control over her life and give the illusion of a healthy and happy family environment. She receives the help of her friend Arne whom she is in love with. But when the rumor that she sells canabis starts to circulate, everything races and Siri’s world collapses.

Ali

2018 • 20 min • Chile

A Haitian migrant struggles to bring his son to Chile from their homeland. He works as a waiter in a restaurant where he must endure the petulance of his partner Hugo and the constant discrimination of his boss; he aspires to be a Chef, so he can guarantee his dream and reunite with his family once again.

Drum Wave

2018 • 11 min • Australia

A young pianist confronts her fear of motherhood when she marries into a remote island community with bizarre fertility rituals.

For Muriel

2018 • 13 min • United States of America

Elaine and Helen, two older ladies, and their younger friend Jenn plot a bank robbery. Because none of them has ever robbed a bank, they each suggest a different movie to model their robbery on.

Snowman

2018 • 16 min • Japan

A near future not far from now. A couple who are tied with deep love with, Roku and Miyuki. Miyuki decide to freeze Roku had an incurable disease and wait for the development of a new medicine. Believe in the words of the doctor. He said that after 10 years he will develop a remedy.

Early Birds

2018 • 9 min • Germany

Three pensioners who live as subtenants on tiny pensions find themselves wanting to escape the sadness and mundanity of their everyday lives in old-age and poverty. They relish the thought that they could experience one last adrenalin-fuelled thrill during the twilight of their lives. With that motivation in mind, they set about commencing preparations for a big heist. Early Birds is a tragic comedy, a short film about poverty in old age, dignity and death.

Yaman

2018 • 17 min

As Vishal and Nitya wait in a cold courtroom to finalize their divorce, snippets of their tender partnership in life and in art come to the fore.

A Sister

2018 • 16 min • Belgium

A night. A car. Alie is in danger. To get by she must make the most important phone call of her life.

The Seventh Continent

2018 • 23 min • France

Thybald asks Émile, a peculiar detective, to find Claire, his missing girlfriend, allegedly kidnapped. In the course of his investigation, Émile finds something more.

Midnight Crazy Trail

2018 • 24 min • Japan

Shout and Crunchy are "trash throw away-ers" who work in the dead of night. Makina is a 16-year-old witch who has come to the world of humans and to London to study for one year about how to become a proper bride. But Makina searches for Shout and Crunchy, and begs them to throw away her "Witch's Book." Truthfully, Makina wants to quit being a witch and become a normal girl, and the book is just a hindrance. But the book is not something one can simply just throw away.

Approval Needed

2018 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Amita, a lonely traffic warden, has a terrible day at the hands of angry drivers, and home is no picnic either. But just when it seems her day can't get any worse, she makes an unexpected friend at the supermarket checkout, and finds the one who will love her, even though she's a traffic warden.

Eiktyrne

2018 • 33 min • Norway

Idunn travels to the secluded village Gunntra to bury her deceased father. They didn't speak for many years, while he was the local sheriff in Gunntra. Now he is dead. When she looks into his last case she finds horrifying statistics of disappearing children, and a theory that reveals a connection to the old mines.

Trevor Moore: The Story of Our Times

2018 • 42 min • United States of America

Trevor Moore's special finds him struggling through an insufferable brunch with his girlfriend and her friends as they discuss pop culture and hot-button issues. Naturally, he can't stop himself from expressing his own views on the topics through a series of songs and music videos, including "My Computer Became Self Aware" and "Bullies."

Kesh

2018 • 3 min

This video was made for the re-release on LP of the cassette of "Music and Poetry of the Kesh", a soundtrack that Todd Barton and Ursula K. Le Guin made to accompany her book "Always Coming Home".

Prey

2018 • 8 min • France

A predator stalks his prey, but things don't turn out as expected.

An Instant

2018 • 3 min • France

"An Instant" is a short movie made for France télévision's TV program "En sortant de l'école". This program introduces kids to an author's poem through animation.

Skin Deep

2018 • 3 min

A pastry shop owner tears herself apart to catch the eye of a customer. Skin Deep is an absurdist parable about impossible beauty standards.

Earthbound

2018 • 24 min

After a devastating tsunami, a woman realizes that what she was searching for was never truly lost.

The Visit

2018 • 14 min • Germany

Klaus works voluntary as a Santa Claus in a shopping mall. After an exhausting day, he considers to hang up his job. But then, he gets a call from the children's intensive care unit.

Disposition

2018 • 20 min • United States of America

A woman stalked by depression makes some extreme decisions.

Sakana

2018 • 45 min • Japan

A coming-of-age drama set in Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, depicting young people who waver between dreams and reality.

Peggy

2018 • 12 min • United States of America

Everything always seems to work out perfectly for Peggy, but her social graces are put to the test when she throws a birthday party for her eight-year-old son.

Generations of the Game

2018 • 16 min

Generations of the Game, playing at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Grandstand Theater, features Hall of Fame narrators along with voices such as Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark, Ford C. Frick Award winner Bob Costas, recently retired heroes and current stars.

Lifeline

2018 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A nervous job candidate is forced to show much more than a positive attitude to save the life of her competitor.