All Films

The Simplest Thing in the World

2017 • 20 min • Brazil

The short film deals with the character of Henry Dorn, who tries to write a script for a commercial movie after a major failure, the character will have to deal with his demons and his constant indecision in trying to find an approach that is pleasing to his eyes. Based on the tale "The Simplest Thing in the World" by Ayn Rand (available in The Romantic Manifesto)

Out of Gitmo

2017 • 38 min

The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also, the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison.

The World's Most Famous Tiger

2017 • 44 min

This film follows the life of the legendary tigress Machli from her prime till her death - her rise to power, her heartbreaking descent and the extraordinary legacy she left behind.

Ariel

2017 • 9 min • South Korea

YERI went to the wedding of her unrequited love YULL to see his face for the last time

A Well Spent Afternoon

2017 • 8 min • Croatia, Slovenia

After a failed job interview, father is spending an afternoon with his 7-year-old son. On their way home, son finds a wallet full of money. Father is determined to return it to its owner.

Black Sand: A Sandman Story

2017 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Richard cannot dream, and has turned to drugs to escape his reality. But when he hears that his dealer has a new drug which can make your dreams come true, he is desperate to get his hands on it.

The Busty Doll

2017 • 25 min • Mexico

In a photograph among journalists, writers, academics and artists was a controversial president of Mexico and the unusual guest who owes the name of this story.

Don't Look at the Finger

2017 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Don’t Look at the Finger follows a ceremonial ‘fight’ between two protagonists, a man and a woman, in the grand architectural setting of a church. The way the characters communicate is a feat of choreography that combines Kung Fu with signed languages to express a ritualistic coming together.

Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?

2017 • 1 min • United States of America, Denmark

An audition for the sound effects of a laser gun for the Lego Batman Movie. Will Bane, Poison Ivy, The Riddler or Catwoman be good enough? An animated short on the home entertainment release of The Lego Batman Movie

Gang Signs & Prayer

2017 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Using songs from the album of the same name, Gang Signs & Prayer is loosely based on Stormzy's London upbringing, featuring a young protagonist raised by a single mother.

Pollock

2017 • 23 min • South Korea

The delivery person, Kim Su is learning Korean while working in Korea. One day, he happens to catch the criminal by motorcycle accident and get a bounty. As he gets money, he would like to treat his Korean teacher and classmates to meals.

Ai Weiwei Drifting

2017 • 43 min

Ai Weiwei is a global star and an enigma. DW followed him for a year for this intimate portrait. The film shows Ai Weiwei at home, at work, and on the road for work, as he prepares his latest series of works focused on refugees and their fates.

The Last Church Bells

2017 • 14 min • Macedonia

The last remaining occupant of an old abandoned village uses a church bell to communicate with the last remaining occupant of a neighboring village. One day, the old man is extremely disturbed by the fact that the bell from the other village is silent. He decides to go to the other village, where he finds his friend dead. He buries him and then returns to his everyday life. After a while, the old man is disturbed again when the usual silence is broken by the bell from the other village.

I Feel

2017 • 10 min • United States of America

A mockumentary about a couples therapy session gone wrong.

Peón

2017 • 17 min

Hayashi, a typical white-collar japanese worker, lives passively the ravages of the daily routine in Tokyo. Little by little his personal life is revealed and in it loneliness and frustration are discovered within a society in which work never stops.

Beloved

2017 • 29 min • South Korea

In addition to the burden of caring for her mother whose mental condition is deteriorating, Hyo-jeong feels oppressed by the sheer weight of life itself. She finally decides to send her mother, who now has full blown dementia, to a mental health care facility.

Mirror

2017 • 6 min • United States of America

A teenager struggling with depression is visited by an entity that begins to taunt him.

Battle of Okinawa in Color

2017 • 51 min

By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.

Sowan

2017 • 5 min • Indonesia

A man rides his motorbike around the city and stops by in various places to listen about conflict among the locals. He finds out that there are conflicts among farmers, middlemen, and sellers.

Yeh Ballet

2017 • 15 min • India

Dancing is a passion of the rich, believes Manish Chauhan , the 21-year-old son of a taxi driver in suburban Mumbai. Yet he, like his friend, 15-year-old Amiruddin Shah daydream of becoming principal ballet dancers in big American companies.

Hawks on Hawks

2017 • 10 min • United States of America

This ten-minute segment, heralded as part of a new shorts program, is composed of excerpts from a 1972 audio conversation between Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich, as well as a 1973 interview of Hawks with Richard Schickel, wherein the director reminisces about casting "His Girl Friday" (1940) and the changes from the original source material.

Juliet, Juliet & Juliet

2017 • 9 min • Sweden

Dance super star Ana Laguna and acting legend Stina Ekblad meet with dancer, choreographer and director Giovanni Bucchieri in this expressive story about an unexpected meeting.

Faggot

2017 • 10 min • Canada

This short film tells the story of Alexis, a 16-years-old hockey player who, after discovering he is gay, must face a heartbreaking dilemma: come out to his homophobic friends at the risk of being rejected and ridiculed, or stay in the closet even if that would mean abandoning Elliot, the only person who really loves him for what he is.

Lilac

2017 • 30 min • Ukraine

May. Lilac blossom in Kyiv. Five friends and alcohol from the nearest supermarket. You need to be brave to face your fears, but you need to be even more courageous to tell about them to your closest. Looking for lilac's cinquefoil to eat for good luck.