All Films

Where Does the Sand Go?

2017 • 16 min

A film-within-a-film from Kawase's "Radiance" (2017). The film depicts a man who is obsessed with the woman of his destiny and clings to the past, and his wife who suffers from dementia.

Hellblade: Senua's Psychosis

2017 • 24 min • United Kingdom

Hellblade: Senua's Psychosis, a short documentary film included with the game, details the concept behind its story and inspirations, notably the team's study of mental illness.

Weedland

2017 • 44 min • United States of America

Budding lawyer Cecilia finds herself screwed by her husband's "legal," medical marijuana delivery service, triggering herself and ex-employee, Guillermo to retaliate with a marijuana delivery service of their own.

A Manifesto for the Un-communal

2017 • 11 min • Germany, Israel

A documentary, a video-diary and a propaganda piece for the “lawless, those without hearth, nor clan” (The Iliad, ΙX,63).

Downunder

2017 • 19 min • Spain

When a man's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, an unexpected confrontation ensues. If those ditches could talk... 1981, the American Southwest. Daniel is on his way to join his family, cruising through the desert valley while the sun is beating down on his old Chevy. But his car breaks down and he has to pull off the deserted road. But luckily a bad-ass trucker stops by to help him a hand...Remember BREAKDOWN, with Kurt Russell? It's a bit like that, except with a flashy 80's synth score. And what if people are not what they seem and the real evil guy is the one you least expect?

async - first light

2017 • 11 min • Thailand

A collaboration between Apichatpong and Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto from his album “async”. The people falling asleep in this film are all his friends, he sent cameras to friends and asked them to shoot. Apichatpong often carries Digital Harinezumi camera with him, and completing a lot of works with this camera. This work was first exhibited at the WATARI Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo (Japan, 2017).

Creswick

2017 • 9 min • Australia

Sam's fear of her childhood home is brought to light when her ageing father claims there is another presence in the house.

Die kleine Figur

2017 • 10 min • Sweden

Ten thousand meters above sea-level, the business woman Louise Trolle af Bonde's life changes. The airline's androgynous mascot plants itself in her head and takes up more space than she could imagine.

High Rocks

2017 • 12 min

On a routine hike, two lifelong best friends are interrupted by an outgoing hiker, who tags along uninvited. A dynamic competition for attention proceeds and lifelong secrets surface.

Nobody's Child

2017 • 9 min • Australia

Lolly has always searched for her father who abandoned her and her sister DeDe, believing that finding him will right all wrongs. Her quest leads her into an adult world, which it seems, is no place for a child. The answers Lolly seeks are secreted in the unspoken past. As the doors close on her efforts, Lolly is faced with the harshest of realities. Nobody’s Child is a coming of age story about a young girl searching for her identity.

Tour on Mud

2017 • 18 min • Indonesia

Eleven years has passed, 16 villages are flooded by mud in Sidoarjo. Locals are forced to get used to the disaster and managed to create jobs on their own. They are selling the view of their drowned villages as tourist attraction and motorbike taxis to ride along the mud shore. Everyday, the motorbike taxi drivers shares their experience when the mud erupted and drowned their villages with the tourists.

Endling

2017 • 30 min • Germany

50 years ago, 600,000 people worked in coal mines of Germany. The last active pit Prosper Haniel will close in 2018. Armin Kobzcik has been a produd miner all his life. But now he is forced to quit his beloved job as the last cole mine in Germany closes. Armin is not just losing his job, but his identity. A working-class hero only defining himself over his ability to work wants his life to be of value one last time.

René Goscinny, Our Uncle From Armorica

2017 • 52 min • France

The career of French comic author René Goscinny was a living blend of cultures and an expression of the great importance this artist attached to the production and dissemination of sophisticated popular culture. Goscinny left behind an extremely extensive body of work: "Asterix", "Lucky Luke", "Isnogud", "Little Nick" and many more.

The Turk Shop

2017 • 7 min • Sweden

At a creative firm somewhere in Stockholm, there's a short break in a meeting. Cecilia relates an anecdote from a hen party, about a 'Turk kiosk' that turned out to be closed. Asal, relatively new at the workplace, questions Cecilia's choice of words, and this seriously offends Cecilia. In the end it's Asal who is accused of inappropriate behaviour.

Jenny

2017 • 28 min • Germany

The adolescent world of Jenny consists of boredom, school, and her "best friend forever". Everything changes when she falls in love with the new boy, Boris. It's time for her to have new experiences.

Hot Seat

2017 • 13 min • United States of America

Teen Andrea uses a male stripper to gain the respect and admiration of cool girl Daphne. Hot Seat, which is based on a true story, explores coming-of-age sexuality and the complexities of relationships between teen girls.

Aaba

2017 • 22 min • India

An orphan girl staying with her grandparents comes across the news of her grandfather being in the advanced stages of lung cancer and would probably survive just a few weeks. With not much to do the grandfather spends rest of his days revisiting his personal possessions and digging his own grave. But then life has its own surprises and does not take the path we plan.

Cake

2017 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Two women sit in a barren dystopian wasteland discussing the best way to die.

Geri's 1990s: My Drive to Freedom

2017 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Geri Horner follows in the footsteps of Tom Jones, Keith Richards, Boy George and Jazzie B by revisiting the decade that has defined her life and career to date. For Geri, that decade is the 1990s, when she shot to international stardom as Ginger Spice. At the height of her Spice Girls fame, Geri helped to ensure `Girl Power' dominated the `Cool Britannia' scene with her iconic Union Jack dress, and here she reflects on how a working-class girl from Watford came to symbolise the gender politics of a turbulent era. She also discusses the key political and social moments of the '90s, including Nelson Mandela's release, the birth of New Labour, the launch of the World Wide Web, and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Includes contributions by Geri's friends and family, and other media personalities from the decade.

Frank Embree

2017 • 8 min • United States of America

Frank Embree. 9:55AM. Fayette, Missouri. July 22nd, 1899.

Into the Green

2017 • 14 min

Eleanor, a high school principal in rural Arkansas, is a queen in her kingdom of concrete walls and vinyl floors. What will she do when her perfect world is threatened?

The Beep Test

2017 • 17 min • Canada

Wojtek is a mysterious new student at school. This is why he is a prey designated for Thomas and Philippe, two students in search of entertainment. Not finding the words in front of his assailants, Wojtek will go back to his physical education course to express the substance of his thoughts.

Linda & the Worm

2017 • 14 min

A woman at a crossroads in her life confronts her past, present and possible future in a dream.

Morning After

2017 • 15 min • Canada

Michael is faced with a dilemma, when a night of drinking with friends, turns into a sensual exploration of sexual identity.