All Films

Protest and Desire

2019 • 20 min • Germany

Protest and Desire is a video artwork that challenges popular STD / HIV discourse by focusing on how women of color deal with intimacy, sex, and age that relates to STDs and HIV within the landscape of white Europe.

Szewczyk Dratewka

2019 • 18 min • Poland

Another meeting on losses and ways to act on the presence of the dragon under the king's castle begins. Queen Henry unexpectedly appears at the meeting and wants to throw a fresh perspective on the problem. Unfortunately, the ideas proposed by the participants do not satisfy the queen. The woman constantly scoffs at the suggested solutions and ridicules the members of the meeting. As it turns out, she herself has a much better way to tame the beast.

Nivhek

2019 • 41 min

Under the name Nivhek, Liz Harris (Grouper) maps richly detailed inner worlds where enigmatic vibrations and voices glide dimly in and out of the void. Double album After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house consists of opaque assemblages of Mellotron, guitar, field recordings, tapes, and broken FX pedals. In pacing, palette, and poignancy, these sides rank among Harris' most stark, primordial work: fragile, feverish, ominous, and otherworldly. Accompanied by visuals from experimental filmmaker Takashi Makino which were made exclusively for live shows of this album.

Be Your Dog

2019 • 3 min • Canada

A meditation in two parts. The traveller lays up a set of headphones and tranforms his tropical setting into a concert stage, listening to an acoustic cover of the Stooges’ hit which gives this movie its title, the one ranked 438 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 best of all time. A palm tree-gilded road in rural Cuba is the setting for a meditation on a dog’s life. Traffic flows accommodate the uneasy terrain, the fellow travellers, as if we were all in this together. After Iggy Pop, the balm of Adorno.

American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal

2019 • 36 min

An all-new documentary about filmmaker Anthony Mann and his time making films for Universal Studios in the 1950's.

Banged Up for Blasphemy

2019 • 23 min

Marcel Theroux and Masood Khan travel to Pakistan where they meet people - including children - who have fallen foul of the country's strict blasphemy laws, and the lawyers and activists who hunt them down, determined to ensure the death penalty is carried out as a punishment.

Dear Darkness

2019 • 16 min • Germany

Twelve-year-old Frida is almost blind; she can only make out contours, shadows and colors. At the same time, she can "see" much more than other people. She believes that with the energy we all have within us, we can achieve things that we thought were impossible. In Dear Darkness, we see how she puts this into practice. Frida is lovingly encouraged by her parents, whom we see in the background as they invite her to experience a sculpture or go swimming with her. Frida has an entirely unique view of the world, from which she occasionally takes a distance so she can listen, feel and think. To do so she seeks out complete darkness, because only if there are no visual stimuli can she find peace. In this way, she hardly differs from her sighted peers-and this is why part of the film takes place in the dark.

Electrified - The Current State of Electric Vehicles

2019 • 37 min

Chelsea Sexton, Paul Scott, Forth Mobility, and several owners come together to discuss how electric cars have evolved and where we currently are in the state of this developing technology. It covers issues and experiences related to charging, battery degradation, and range anxiety, along with detailed explanations of charging levels, types of electric vehicles, and the future of hydrogen. This film prepares viewers with the knowledge needed for properly assessing vehicle options, along with considerations for charging, and knowledge about what they may need to know before making a purchase.

Painful Smile

2019 • 17 min

Painful Smile is a psychological thriller about a young woman who experiences sexual assault.

Enemies

2019 • 12 min

Two siblings, Gabriel and Valentina have to spend a few days alone at home, trying their best not to kill each other.

The World's Coolest LEGO Set!

2019 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A world leading team of ultra-low temperature physicists at Lancaster University decided to place a LEGO figure and four LEGO blocks inside their record-breaking dilution refrigerator. This machine - specially made at the University - is the most effective refrigerator in the world, capable of reaching 1.6 millidegrees above absolute zero (minus 273.15 Centigrade), which is about 200,000 times colder than room temperature and 2,000 times colder than deep space.

Now Playing

2019 • 12 min

A soft-spoken teenage boy gets a job at the local drive-in theatre to rekindle his relationship with his childhood friend when suspicion surrounding what truly happened at the staff party starts getting in the way.

The History of the World According to Cats

2019 • 5 min • United States of America

In ancient times, wildcats were fierce carnivorous hunters. And unlike dogs, who have undergone centuries of selective breeding, modern cats are genetically very similar to ancient cats. How did these solitary, fierce predators become our sofa sidekicks? Eva-Maria Geigl traces the domestication of the modern house cat.

Material Girl

2019 • 3 min

June never feels confident in her own shoes until one day, while stumbling upon a record store, she discovers a powerful influence for her new style. Obsessed, June loses herself in trying to impersonate a powerful and iconic pop star. However, when her borrowed identity is inevitably taken from her, she must remember that her own style is what makes her special.

Elle est comme LA

2019 • 3 min

She wanders the streets of East Los Angeles lost in the city of Angels looking for a sign in the dark but she sees the light. Is it a dream? She is compelled to follow the neon lights, she goes to nothingness. The second release of the on going project of 'The Neon Series' that follows the first short 'Belladonna'.

Around the Corner

2019 • 4 min

Mike gets in a fight with his manager during a music video shoot.

DAISUKE ICHIBA Anime 2

2019 • 1 min

Experimental short film featuring artwork by Daisuke Ichiba.

Reeling Isaac

2019 • 19 min

A young man questions a reclusive mountain dweller who abandoned him at birth.

The First Taste

2019 • 9 min • Czech Republic

After getting his food supply cut off, Lucien is forced to decide between what he knows his mother expects and what he really wants.

Three in a Coffin

2019 • 12 min

Vampire Jami and her keeper, Bo, are living a happy life until beautiful, young, vampire Teagan bursts into their lives and turns their world upside down.

Yes or No?

2019 • 28 min

The day after the plebiscite vote for the peace agreements in Colombia, Lina, Pedro and Alejandra are dealing with a strong hangover. Friendship, secrets, repressed conflicts and passion are the ingredients of this story of which each one has their own version. How much do we lie or adorn the truth? To what extent is the perception of one similar to that of the other? What implications does saying yes or saying no have in life? Passion has many forms, this trio of friends will explore several of them.

Pool

2019 • 12 min

Junk Office

2019 • 10 min • Australia

The Monash Outdoor Education shed is awesome, aside from one feature - the office. The department asked for it to be outfitted with basic shelving and a long desk. When a contractor quote came back at $12,900, Beau choked on his banana, spilt his coffee and swore at the computer. Using old desks and a bucket full of second hand screws, Beau decided to make the office himself.

The Bear and the Squirrel

2019 • 8 min • Netherlands, United Kingdom

A young, grumpy bear has trouble getting along with other animals. The Sandman decides to teach him a few wise life lessons. During an adventurous dream, the bear and a brave squirrel visit the habitats of different animals. Together they experience wonderful, hilarious, exciting, and moving moments. As a result, the bear develops more awareness and even respect for other animals.