All Films

Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees

2017 • 60 min • United States of America

A star-studded tribute concert celebrating the iconic pop trio's impressive career.

First Day

2017 • 17 min • Australia

First Day, tells a story about the fears associated with the transition between primary school and high school - but in Hannah's case, the stakes are even higher: this year, she will be attending school for the first time as a girl.

Void

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

Short film about a young girl and her unanswered desire for a boy in her class.

Mosquitos, Alligators, and Bullets

2017 • 46 min • United States of America

A wealthy drug lord offers $2-million to anyone who can spring his son "Lenny" from prison. A jail break is attempted...and botched...as Lenny works on a chain gang. He is forced to flee into the swamp with a jail guard in tow, and money-hungry thugs on his tail, who are in pursuit of the $2-million bounty.

From Oregon, Film at 11

2017 • 35 min

Fun, human interest news stories of the 1970s and 80s.

Versorium

2017 • 6 min • United States of America

A fantasy novelist stumbles upon a website with inexplicable properties in this 6 minute, dialogue-free film that rewards multiple viewings.

Superheroes

2017 • 16 min • Germany

Phil is too small for his age. This makes him the target of provocations by Samuel and his friends. When Phil unexpectedly receives support from lesbian girl Jo, Samuel isn't happy. Phil is impressed by the somehow different Jo. However, they are not the only outsiders.

Kalanchoe

2017 • 39 min • Japan

A high school class is learning about LGBTQ, but the students grow suspicious when they realize that no other classes have such lessons. Is there a queer student in the class?

Ylion and Callysia

2017 • 8 min • Japan

The story centers around two close siblings, Ylion and Callysia. One day, because the siblings' father tried to capture a unicorn, Callysia is spirited away. A decade later, Ylion has grown up to become a powerful warrior. With a sword of unicorn horn from the king, Ylion sets off for the mid-air garden where unicorns live.

Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

2017 • 58 min • Japan

The older boys are graduating school and recount their memories together. The next day everyone defends the graduation ceremony against Zundar and Dadacha's Second-Button Monster, but Yumoto struggles using his love power.

An Act of Terror

2017 • 16 min • United States of America

The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South.

Night Witches

2017 • 4 min • France

We follow the daily life of Yulia, a “Night Witch” aviator, and the one of her friends. In between the moments of glory of the regiment and the most tragic events, we’ll see that Yulia’s fascination and passion for aviation is deadly linked to the horrors of war.

Children Of The Wild

2017 • 56 min

Many cultures have myths about “wolf children”, taken from their families and who grew up in the wild, either alone or with wolves, bears or other animals. How close are these stories to reality? This program looks at the "monkey boy " John Ssebunya of Uganda, and Kipling's fictional boy, Mowgli.

We Together

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

"A zombie is awakened." Short film by Henry Kaplan featuring music by Kerron Hurd.

Broke

2017 • 35 min • Norway

A teenager's millionaire father goes bankrupt, and rumors about the girl's family finances make the school day a painful struggle.

Red-Eyed

2017 • 13 min • Canada

When a heist goes sideways, Cole goes back home and prepares to defend himself from the inevitable.

An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends For Life

2017 • 32 min • United States of America

Aspiring filmmaker, Z and Paz, a budding engineer, arrive at S.T.E.A.M. camp excited for tech heaven. When the administrator makes them explore nature and confiscates all tech, they think their summer’s doomed. Things take a mysterious turn when they meet Jordan, an enchanting “counselor” who sends them on an adventure, opening them up to a world of possibilities — like befriending Drew.

Diabetes

2017 • 5 min

A narcissistic fitness fanatic argues with his significant other over breakfast about who is the healthier of the two.

Ryans

2017 • 17 min • United States of America

A trans woman goes on a blind date with a man named Ryan - which is a total dealbreaker.

Me and My Father

2017 • 30 min • Poland

A businessman must balance personal and professional obligations after his father is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Wyrdoes

2017 • 15 min • United Kingdom

WYRDOES is a comedy inspired by 'Macbeth', written and directed by Nat Luurtsema and produced by Jennifer Eriksson and Iona Westlake. Three sisters - Elsab, Magrit and Merope - battle through poverty and rumours that they're witches just because they're a little 'wyrd'. Through accidental tragedy, murder and war, the downtrodden Wyrdoes finally fight back

Unforgotten

2017 • 15 min • Canada, Ireland

An elderly man near the end of his life passes lonely days writing letters to an old friend. The arrival of a new occupant in the home opens the doors to his past and changes everything.

Born in the Maelstrom

2017 • 28 min

Rebecca is an eighteen-year-old biracial girl bound in an imaginary world shaped by her black mother’s painful past. She searches for liberation from a world where she does not belong.

It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"

2017 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Ethan Wiley, Sean S. Cunningham, Arye Gross and Jonathan Stark, among others.