All Films

And Then They Came for Us

2017 • 40 min • United States of America

Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange, And Then They Came for Us brings history into the present, retelling this difficult story and following Japanese American activists as they speak out against the Muslim registry and travel ban. Knowing our history is the first step to ensuring we do not repeat it.

Shoot Me Nicely

2017 • 22 min • United States of America

When photographer Sean Wheeler inadvertently exposes a conservative talk show host's "little" secret, his already complicated life gets unhinged.

Norm

2017 • 12 min • United States of America

"Norm" is a short film about two roommates debating over the morality of rape, in a society where raping women is legal and socially accepted.

Metta Via

2017 • 10 min • Canada

Metta Via (2017) 'Deliverance is initialized'. Set in the future It tells the story of a young woman who wakes up in a mysterious 'temple like' room and must figure out what her purpose is there. This in turn leads to her memories being unlocked and the true purpose of the temple, the strange sentient machines that surround her, and ultimately her final destination.

Glass Charmers

2017 • 6 min • France

In a timeless and remote universe, two enchanters are bewitching a strange being made of melted glass. But somehow, they end up falling under the spell of this sacred ritual: the one we call creation.

Ceata

2017 • 27 min • Romania

Sami and Dora are husband and wife, they have an age-gap marriage filled with compromises. Now they are waiting the social worker from the adoption agency to come at their home to decide if they are eligible to adopt a child. But they are caught in a moral dilemma: can buying a life be the price of saving their own relationship?

NOVA: Bird Brain

2017 • 53 min

Call somebody a “bird brain,” and you’re not delivering them a compliment. But as NOVA shows, birds turn out to have advanced problem-solving skills that we usually assume are unique to humans. Watch astonishing tests of avian aptitude: parrots that can plan for the future, jackdaws that can “read” human faces, and crows that can solve multi-step puzzles with tools like pebbles, sticks, and hooks. Could these just be clever tricks based on instinct or triggered by subtle cues from their human handlers? To rule out any doubts, NOVA puts feathered Einsteins through their paces and reveals skills that even three- or four-year-old children have a hard time mastering—such as putting off one reward now to get a bigger one later. From this revolution in thinking about our feathered friends, the conclusion seems irresistible that bird brains see the world in ways that aren’t so different from our own.

My Christmas Grandpa

2017 • 10 min

The cashier at a small market is a grouchy man who never has a smile for anyone; but when a little girl asks for a Grandpa for Christmas and chooses him, he is completely transformed by the child's love and compassion.

Sorry, We're Closed

2017 • 7 min • Canada

Sociopathic Charlotte is struggling to keep her late night diner in business. After years of serving the same sleazy men, she comes up with an unconventional solution, that benefits her restaurant.

Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017

2017 • 43 min

TV host James Corden presents a new edition of the popular segment with Katy Perry; Toddlerography with Jennifer Lopez; Corden looks back on his favorite moments from his time hosting "The Late Late Show."

Call Me Alvy

2017 • 11 min • United Kingdom

When Bar Mitzvah boy Brian Silver becomes obsessed with Woody Allen, his mother Judith goes to great lengths to make sure the big day goes smoothly.

Bigfoot Horror Camp

2017 • 51 min

A Bigfoot terrorizes a nudist colony, not a horror camp. Mostly made up of footage from MONSTER OF THE NUDIST COLONY.

The Secret Spitfires

2017 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Spitfires were the nemesis of the Luftwaffe and the instrument which halted Hitler’s plans for invasion. After relentless bombing of the Spitfire factories in Southampton, the Germans were convinced they had halted the production of the Spitfires for good. But across the South of England, hidden in sheds, garages, back gardens, bedrooms, a bus depot, and even a hotel, a workforce of unskilled young girls, boys, women, elderly men, and a handful of engineers secretly built thousands of Spitfires to help win the war. Witnesses recount this never-before-told story of amazing achievement.

Love Triangle

2017 • 21 min

Actresses Minji and Hannah are close friends and like Junho at the same time. The car with three people on its way to the beach smells like farts. One of the two is is doing her best in acting.

Abandon

2017 • 5 min • United Kingdom

Shot in one take we follow an ambitious dancer in the moment she finds out she's pregnant and is then forced to put her emotions aside for the final day of rehearsals of her latest show.

Nurses Do It Better

2017 • 58 min • United States of America

Based on a True Story in the United States Health Care System: Suddenly in the grip of a physical attack, John doubles over in pain and forcefully vomits in a hospital Emergency Room. Not his first trip to the ER, John's treated like the junky he might be as he seeks specific narcotics that have helped him in his past. Through the malice of surgeons and ER doctors, John is saved by several sexy nurses as the seasons pass with the changing of his girlfriends.

Summer

2017 • 19 min • United Kingdom

During a hot summer in rural England, a sheep shearer in his late adolescence struggles with a growing attraction to his colleague.

British by the Grace of God

2017 • 16 min

Set in Scotland during the summer of the 'Brexit' referendum, British by the Grace of God follows Irene as she struggles to find her place in the world as a mother and wife.

Men Who Sleep in Cars

2017 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social power.

Paris Is for Lovers

2017 • 16 min • Germany

During the 16 minutes film, we get an insight into his aesthetic vision and follow Viktor Vauthier on his everyday life. The documentary also features Virgil Abloh, his big love Ella, Alex Olson and many more.

Anthony, the Invisible One

2017 • 17 min • Portugal, Switzerland

'The Temptation of Saint Anthony' is a triptych by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, exhibited in the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon. In a visionary manner, it reproduces the temptations of the holy man in the desert by playing with the religious allegory, the mystical symbols of his age and the popular taste for illustration. More than a real image, it is a mental image. This mental image, which transforms very quickly into imagination, is therefore the subject of 'Anthony, the Invisible One', in which a guide presents the famous painting to three different audiences: sighted people, blind people, and a deaf and blind man.

Un loft au paradis

2017 • 18 min • France

Vincent and Emma die in a car accident. Arriving in Heaven, they discover a large and modern loft. But Charlotte, Emma's sister and Vincent's lover, eagerly wants to contact them in the afterlife. She hires a psychic, but the call is answered by Vincent. He pretends to be Emma, saying she has forgiven it all. Eventually Charlotte understands the trick

Obey the Call – Heroes of the Storm

2017 • 2 min

All shall feel the touch of despair as the darkest secrets of the Nexus are revealed... Drawn to the immeasurable power found within the Nexus, Kel’thuzad, Archlich of Naxxramas, has turned several of the noblest Heroes against their allies, and he will not stop until all become minions of the cold dark!

The Exhibition

2017 • 17 min • Russia

Lena gets mixed up in an adventure of her girlfriend and agrees to participate in an exhibition. Unexpectedly she becomes a living statue: before hundreds of long- ing eyes, deprived of the possibility to move or speak – everything that remains is to meet herself and her inner enemies.