All Films

The Artifact Artist

2017 • 24 min • United States of America

Urban archeologist Scott Jordan unearths 300 years of New York City's garbage to create 21st century art work.

Nero's Sunken City

2017 • 55 min • United Kingdom, Italy, Germany

Beneath the turquoise waves of the Bay of Naples lies an extraordinary underwater archeology site, the ancient Roman city of Baiae. From the first century to the third century AD, Baiae was the exclusive playground for the rich and powerful among Rome’s elite. What made Baiae such a special place? What really went on there? And why did it disappear?

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

2017 • 53 min • France, United States of America

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s.

Snowstorm Roulette

2017 • 10 min • Canada

The biggest snowstorm of 1988 leaves Tom stranded in a tiny basement apartment with his worst nightmare.

Work

2017 • 13 min • United Kingdom

A teenager's perspective of the world around her begins to shift as she is confronted with its capacity for injustice.

My Life is not Sweet

2017 • 29 min • Japan

Yamano Aoi, a seventeen year old high school girl, decides to take on her mentally ill father’s sushi restaurant. Adults around her are startled by her decision and tell her it is impossible for a woman to be a sushi chef. She then reunites with her old baseball coach Shoukichi Umeda. On one snowy night, Aoi challenges Shoukichi to a baseball match. This match shines a light of hope to Aoi’s “wasabi” like life.

Junk

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

A valuable package is intercepted and stolen, but it may not be what it seems.

Pisces

2017 • 14 min • Canada

Two childhood friends, each held captive in time by a tragic moment, travel through the world of memory to find their respective path to freedom.

A Midsummer's Nightmare

2017 • 42 min • United States of America

Four young lovers head into the woods to pursue their romantic desires, however, their plans are soon jeopardized when terrifying forces attack, using their own fantasies and secrets against them.

A Crimson Man

2017 • 22 min • United States of America

In a war-torn land of man vs. robot, a young runaway slave searching for his father must ally with a broken and battle-scarred war-robot or be hunted down by his brutal overseers.

(The [End) of History Illusion]

2017 • 13 min • United States of America

"We understand this political climate has turned your world upside down," the 1950s TV-ad voice- over tells you. "Underground shelter is your best defense against radioactive fallout." Cue perky music, tap dancing twins, and a ballerina that bakes the perfect croissant. Welcome to your new luxury home - buried 26 feet below. Complete with mini-golf course, dance floor, swimming pool, two jacuzzis, and a thoroughly modern mermaid. "This is reality." That is, until the nuclear siren rings.

Henry Miller: Prophet of Desire

2017 • 53 min • Germany

The US writer Henry Miller (1891-1980), scandalous and nonconformist creator, hated by the most recalcitrant puritans, was a vilified genius, considered a threat, accused of being a sexist, of consciously pursuing the destruction of every civic principle; but he was also someone venerated as a saint, as a sex guru; and today as one of the most important characters of the twentieth century.

Laptop

2017 • 4 min • United States of America

On April 29, 2009, Jenny vanished from her apartment in the city of Los Angeles. The only piece of evidence recovered was a digital hard-drive from her mac laptop. On the day she vanished, the webcam was on auto record mode.

Nothing Really Happened

2017 • 25 min • Hungary

Kata lives with her husband and 12 year old son, Peti in a housing estate. One day something terrible happens to Peti. The parents have one night to decide how to handle it.

Bridget and Iain

2017 • 18 min

A mother struggles to accept the man her adult son has become.

A Christmas Carol

2017 • 57 min • Italy

A Christmas Carol, told the way Dickens told it himself: one man, one stage. Playing over 20 characters in a tour de force performance, Martin Prest brings Charles Dickens' timeless story of redemption to life. Miserly and unrepentant Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, one fateful Christmas Eve. Marley warns Scrooge that he will be haunted by three spirits and that, without their help, he will be condemned. Through the course of the night he is shown his Past, his Present and his Future by these spirits. He learns how his actions affect those around him and, also, how they have been affecting his own life. As popular now as when it was first published in 1843, this captivating seasonal tale has the feel good factor of a roast Christmas dinner and presents under the tree. The perfect start to any Christmas.

That Motherf**ker

2017 • 34 min

A creative exploration of diverse women's stories that embrace common language.

The Black Cat

2017 • 19 min • India

A black cat and a mysterious woman by the name of Miss Bellows show up at Mr. Bond's quaint cottage after he brings home an old broomstick from an antique shop.

HAIM: Behind the Album

2017 • 40 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

An in-depth tour of the band’s sophomore album with a thrilling live performance, interviews and backstage footage.

Ghost Bride of Dracula

2017 • 33 min • United States of America

Two vampire hunters go to Ms. Dracula's house to free a captive woman. Things don't go as planned. A re-edit of "An Erotic Tale of Ms. Dracula"

V

2017 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A sixteen year old vampire reconsiders her past relationships.

Anya Iti Nagan Mo

2017 • 20 min • Philippines

A 6-year old girl gets lost in a cemetary in her mother's hometown. Despite the language barrier, a local stranger helps her find her way back home.

FINAL STAGE [The Time for All but Sunset – BGYOR]

2017 • 32 min • Germany

Enjoy the Party, Enjoy your Night, Enjoy the Sun, Enjoy your Freedom, Enjoy the Love, Enjoy your Life, Enjoy the Colors, Enjoy your Style The world is on colors. Times are hard, modern and bitter. A teenage boy in 'Europes Largest Shopping Mall'. He sheds lonely tears over someone. He senses that something is wrong. Brutalism, Sadness, Consumerism - Enjoy a Contemporary Love Story 'The world is on colors, we only could save us with grey. It's strange how oppression will make people working to pay. No, I don't wanna fall in love. This world is only gonna break your heart. This wicked game to play, to make us live this way.'

Rebirth Is Necessary

2017 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Director Jenn Nkiru authors a personal and powerful exploration of blackness through piecing together dreamlike portraits with stunning archival footage that includes Afrofuturism pioneer Sun Ra and revolutionary organization the Black Panther Party.