All Films

Mata Hari: The Beautiful Spy

2017 • 52 min • Germany

The famous exotic dancer and courtesan Mata Hari stands for beauty and seduction. She gave herself to the most influential men of her time. In the middle of the First World War, she was executed as a spy for Germany. But one question has not been resolved for a hundred years: was she guilty? The unusual woman remains in people's fantasies to this day.

Death

2017 • 5 min • Brazil

On your 18th birthday, Livia get lost between fantasy and reality when she decides to dare her luck.

Deathgrip

2017 • 53 min

For the last two years, Fairclough and Porter have traveled to every inhabited continent on the planet with a simple goal: to show the world a new vision of mountain biking. Joined on this quest by a collection of the most progressive and influential riders that this generation of mountain biking has to offer, Fairclough and Porter have embarked on an all-out assault on the bleeding edge of the sport's limits. DEATHGRIP is a relentless mission to challenge the limits of creativity, technology, and the human potential. DEATHGRIP is a creative oasis for Fairclough and Porter - a place where the raw expression of Fairclough's riding ability is captured with the most progressive filmmaking technology against the backdrop of the most visually engaging locations in the world. The future is now. #DEATHGRIPMOVIE

Ngelamun

2017 • 15 min • Malaysia

Mina, (also known as aminah jenin) constantly day dreams about rahman, a new transfer student. Mina needs to gather her confidence to talk to rahman, rather than just daydreaming about him, because sometimes, it's your imagination that is in your way to achieving your goals.

Queen : The American Dream

2017 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Created from backstage material filmed during Queen’s 1977 USA News of the World tour, this documentary was included in a special box set of Queen's landmark 1977 album News of the World, marking the 40th anniversary of the original release.

This Little Piggy

2017 • 2 min

A father and his son play an innocent game of "I Got Your Nose" and "This Little Piggy". All is well until his son takes it too far.

Speck of Dust

2017 • 19 min • France

Lucien is a high school student lost in a meaningless adolescence. One day, he comes across a book by Nietzsche. This literary encounter is an absolute love at first sight, which leads to their meeting - in real life. The philosopher will then help Lucien to open himself to the girl he has a crush on.

Bickford Park

2017 • 12 min • Canada

A woman secretly starts taking skateboarding lessons from a handsome teenager to avoid dealing with the problems in her marriage.

Trolls: Together

2017 • 2 min • United States of America

Satin and Chenille are officially over 24/7 togetherness. But once the most fashion-forward members of the Snack Pack see there’s some mischief only twins can cause, they might have a change of holiday heart.

Lurk

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer. This fan-film imagines one night in the futuristic city of Haddyn and the 19-year-old Slayer, Melaka Fray.

Pierre Boulez: Sur Incises

2017 • 48 min • Germany

To celebrate the centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth, ARTE invites you to (re)watch an extract from the opening concert of the Pierre Boulez Hall in Berlin in March 2017. Daniel Barenboim conducted the Boulez Ensemble there in a dazzling performance of Sur Incises, composed by Pierre Boulez between 1996 and 1998.

All Jokes Aside

2017 • 22 min • United States of America

"Laughumentary" about black comedians in Hollywood.

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

2017 • 57 min • United States of America

Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer remains one of the most quoted writings in American literature. Yet Niebuhr's impact was far greater, as presidents and civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. often turned to Niebuhr's writings for guidance and inspiration on the most volatile political and social issues of the 20th century. Niebuhr rose from a small Midwest church pulpit to become the nation's moral voice - an American conscience -during some of the most defining moments in American history.

The Privates

2017 • 13 min

A band struggles with a radioactive energy in their music they can't control.

Dogs of Democracy

2017 • 60 min • Greece, Australia

Dogs of Democracy is an essay-style documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them. Author and first-time filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores life on the streets through the eyes of the dogs and peoples' experience. Shot in location in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, the documentary is about how Greece has become the 'stray dogs of Europe', and how the dogs have become a symbol of hope for the people and for the anti- austerity movement. A universal story about love and loyalty and what we might learn from animals and peoples' timeless quest for democracy.

Sé, hvilken klovn

2017 • 26 min • Denmark

Moopet Pastor

2017 • 47 min

Father Colm Mcdwink must battle mysterious demons that endanger as young woman and the world when they take over of the bodies of some innocent looking puppets! Also there's a garbage pail kids movie poster!

Waterfall

2017 • 15 min • Australia

While on a family road trip, the tension builds as 14-year-old Zahra struggles to accept her mother’s fiancé.

Dear

2017 • 17 min • South Korea

Best friends, Hojung and Jieun. Since Jun-young, a male student in the same class, appeared between the two, who were always together, their relationship gradually began to crack.

TommyTeen18

2017 • 17 min • Netherlands

This short film tells the story about a 15 year old boy who explores the world of online dating. Trapped between boy and manhood he tries to find his way.

J'ai tué ma femme

2017 • 30 min • France

Max and Minou are having a relationship crisis: she's crying, he's getting annoyed. Their car has been vandalised but this is not why she's crying. While looking for a car repairer on a small industrial estate, they come across some people who are even more troubled than they are. The world seems about to erupt.

Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2017 • 56 min • France, Germany, Switzerland

A serious crisis has shaken Spain since the referendum on self-determination and the proclamation of the independence of Catalonia by the government of Carles Puigdemont, bold actions firmly fought by the Spanish government by applying the constitutional article that allows it to place a region under guardianship. While Spain is on the verge of implosion, Europe is holding its breath.

Balloonfest

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

Mid-Missouri cult hero Nathan Truesdell sifts through a Cleveland TV station's archives and unearths a fancy wrist watch, blistered fingers and other casualties of a misbegotten exercise in civic pride. In September 1986, the city of Cleveland attempted to set a special record: the simultaneous launch of 1.5 million balloons. But fate intervened, and the result was both crazier and more tragic than anyone could have imagined.

Answer

2017 • 6 min

A seemingly innocent voicemail message left on a man’s answer machine by his ex, soon turns on its head when we learn of his dark past in their relationship. We quickly learn that our protagonist may not be as innocent as he seems, through the heart-wrenching monologue delivered to him via the tiny machine in his home.