All Films

Dutchgaria

2019 • 12 min • Belgium

A French girl has just moved to a country called Dutchgaria, but she is struggling with the strange language and trying to understand the locals.

Makhaliss

2019 • 30 min • Japan, United States of America

A cold-hearted reaper, Makhaliss, meets a dying teenage girl who suffers from the guilt of leaving her mother behind.

Mediterranean Sea

2019 • 52 min • France

A modern tale told by the Mediterranean itself, from the coast to the open sea, from microscopic plankton to gigantic whales. It is a poetic exploration of the Mediterranean and its immense riches, undermined by the irresponsible activity of man. More than a simple animal documentary, this film seeks to raise awareness of the need to preserve this sea, which is also our future. Like an ode to life, this documentary takes us on a discovery of fascinating biodiversity.

I Had a Dream

2019 • 38 min

An ironic portrait of the life of self-described "Dream Expert" and so-called "talented person" Michael Lennox. Through the application of a psychological gaze, the filmmaker takes the audience on a journey into the secret mind of the protagonist and his ardent desire for admiration, acclaim and love - and in doing so begins to peel away layers of artifice to show the tenderly beating heart of a wounded gay man.

Crooked Arrows

2019 • 5 min

Disconnect

2019 • 18 min • United States of America

When a non traditional family is torn apart by a tragic event, they are forced to navigate the painful realities that rise to the surface.

Hey Director, You Should Think

2019 • 19 min • South Korea

Mi-Hyeong wants to pass the audition for a short film.

Barbara Hannigan - Ein Opernstar auf neuen Wegen

2019 • 60 min • Germany

Barbara Hannigan is a renowned soprano and exceptionally talented artist and musician from Canada, who recently has begun an international career as conductor. Making its North American premiere, Taking Risks shows Hannigan preparing to conduct her first opera, Stravinsky’s masterpiece The Rake’s Progress. From auditions to opening night, we follow the journey of a dedicated, passionate, and perceptive woman, taking a behind-the-scenes look at her creative process, with many moments of excitement and magic.

Super Zee

2019 • 7 min

An action-comedy about a queer Black superhero who swoops in to save her woman crush from the micro-aggressions at the office.

Demisexuality

2019 • 3 min

Bea and Jorge met that same night and would never think that they would end up going to bed together. Social pressures and their own special way of understanding relationships will make this a somewhat uncomfortable sexual encounter... or maybe not?

Petty Thing

2019 • 4 min • China

The summer afternoon was no special, until the kids, also gun fight lovers, hung around in the village and found a replica pistol. As the trigger was pulled, the whole wood was awakened.

Cordão

2019 • 5 min

A boy falls in love with the ideology of an underground political cult. To the sound of 'Cordão' by Chico Buarque.

Remote Life Drawings

2019 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Remote Life Drawings is an animated collage of abstract images that illustrate the neighbourhood of Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan. TAV is located at the centre of four distinct districts that exist in harmony in central Taipei. The film connects the four districts by using morphing animation, presenting the vague and complex atmosphere around the village.

Screech

2019 • 6 min

Some anonymous man brutally abusing a photographer boy on online meeting app.

Boucan

2019 • 49 min • France, Switzerland

Antonin pays a visit to his father whom he hasn’t seen for fifteen years. He asks a friend and cameraman to accompany him because he wants to make a documentary of the encounter. Very quickly, everything gets out of control: his film and his relationship with his father, which he had been planning to patch up.

Alicinte Albhutalokam

2019 • 9 min • India

It is a docu-fiction tracing a series of events which spurred when a woman called Alice lost her teeth.

Pucundrìa

2019 • 20 min • Italy

In a retirement home in a small town surrounded by mountains, the daily lives of the people who live there alternate. Them inside, the world outside. An imbalance that manifests itself in "Pucundrìa", an indefinable feeling of melancholy, boredom and perennial dissatisfaction, which leads to an unconscious resignation for what has not been, is not and can never be.

A Match for the Grass Keeper

2019 • 4 min • Slovenia

A special match for the grass keeper at the Krško soccer field.

My Other Son

2019 • 11 min • Argentina

When illustrator Gusti’s son is born totally different than expected, the father has to find a new, personal way to accept the situation.

Läle

2019 • 21 min

A village man living in the Turkmen Sahra of Iran makes the periodic trip to his aging parent's house, bringing them food and checking on them. They reside alone in the region's barren hinterland, where they have refused to move into town with him. From there, one witnesses a day in their daily life together. English subtitles are included.

We Are Not Alone

2019 • 15 min

A man who has always questioned his purpose in the universe meets a strange girl who feels the same way- but the consequences won't be what he expected.

In Pieces

2019 • 10 min

A gay love story unfolds at college house party.

Frío Extraño

2019 • 11 min

A youth retreats to the woods and encounters an unexplained phenomenon. His friend tracks him down in an attempt to bring him home.

Alphabets Heaven: Comte

2019 • 3 min • Israel, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Canada

A crazy journey into the night.