All Films

Headdress

2017 • 6 min • Canada

For First Nations communities, the headdress bears significant meaning. It's a powerful symbol of hard-earned leadership and responsibility. As filmmaker JJ Neepin prepares to wear her grandfather's headdress for a photo shoot she reflects on lessons learned and the thoughtless ways in which the tradition has been misappropriated.

Blasko

2017 • 54 min • Australia

A pioneer of indie music, Sarah Blasko walks the line between commercial success and artistic integrity with dignity. Narrated by Sarah herself, this film is an intimate portrait of the artist as she writes her new album.

Cape Cod

2017 • 25 min • France

16 years old. Teenage years, the sea, the summer. A middle-class seaside resort somewhere in France on the West Coast. Sam surfs and is bored. Kim waits and is restless. It slides and it squeals.

Alcor & Mizar

2017 • 16 min

A woman fully immersed in her paintings finds her only human contact in the form of a man whom she employs to erase them.

Cla'am

2017 • 17 min • United Kingdom

A dark, surreal comedy about a local man who becomes convinced that a vast conspiracy is behind the impossibly rapid gentrification in his London area. But is it all in his head, or is the truth even darker than he imagines? Cla'am is the debut short from Nathaniel Martello-White, one of the UK's leading young playwrights.

2036: Nexus Dawn

2017 • 7 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

This in-world short film takes place in the year 2036 and revolves around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. In this short, Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed. This no doubt has serious ramifications that will be crucial to the plot of Blade Runner 2049.

The Secret Life of Kyle

2017 • 4 min • United States of America

After the events of Despicable Me 3, we follow Kyle and his secret life when Gru and his family are gone.

Still Life

2017 • 21 min • United States of America

In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—through a distorted lens. They may be fictional, but these dizzying one-take videos do have the ring of truth.

The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples

2017 • 8 min • Italy

Giancarlo Giannini in his now usual role as the Prince of Soragna, a small town in the lower Po Valley, the starting and ending point of all the adventures in the series, is absorbed by the daily shaving ritual with his family barber, in this case played by the real Prince of Soragna, Diofebo Meli Lupi. A dear friend, the Italian tenor Vittorio Grigólo, arrives breathlessly and asks the Prince, who is half Neapolitan, for advice on the best rendering of the famous song "O Paese d'o Sole" with in the background the version by Roberto Murolo, the unmistakable voice and sophisticated performer of the tradition. The difficulty is obviously not technical for the great tenor but lies in looking for that expressivity and passion in interpretation that has made this musical form, deriving from great Italian melodrama, one of the best loved in the world.

Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1

2017 • 47 min • Japan

Too much tankery and not enough studying for her entrance exams has landed Momo in the hot seat! Luckily her friends won’t let her flunk out without a fight, and they’ve hatched a foxy plan to put her back on top. Miho’s stepping down to let Momo take up the mantle of commander, because if she can lead the team to victory in the Continuous Cup, Momo can retake her exams. The stakes have never been higher for the team as they fight for tank supremacy both on and off the combat field!

The Sub

2017 • 16 min • United States of America

A reluctant substitute teacher uncovers the evil underbelly of a seemingly perfect school. Will she survive high school a second time?

The Millionairs

2017 • 14 min • Italy

Over the course of one long night, mountain roads crisscrossing wooded slopes become the scene of a series of gruesome murders, all committed by an array of characters trying get their hands on a mysterious suitcase.

Kamen Rider Ghost RE:BIRTH - Kamen Rider Specter

2017 • 60 min • Japan

A continuation from the Kamen Rider Ghost TV series, this is the story of Makoto, Alain, and Kanon who have traveled back to the Ganma World. It will explain the connection between Makoto and the Makoto doppelganger. Kanon’s secret will be revealed as well.

Wig Shop

2017 • 15 min

Chaya goes to Tippy's Wig Shop with the intentions of finding the woman who has been having an affair with her husband and meets Tippy, the owner of the shop, who tries to get Chaya to try a new wig, as well as others who roam in and out of the store.

Bathed in Light

2017 • 15 min • Spain

Two teenage couples are spending a weekend together in a house by the sea. When new feelings develop, the dynamic quickly changes.

Deadpool Musical

2017 • 5 min

Who knew the "Merc with a Mouth" could sing?. Check out this fan-made musical mashup of "Deadpool" and "Beauty and the Beast" featuring Wade's own NSFW, mature-audiences version of the classic song "Gaston" from the original musical. *This is a Non-profit unofficial fan-film that is not intended for commercial use. It was made solely for fun. Characters are owned by 20th Century Fox/Marvel Studios and this fan-film is not connected in any way to said companies.*

The Raid

2017 • 7 min

Set nine months before 24: Legacy begins, The Raid puts us at the center of a Special Forces assault against the compound of terrorist leader Sheik Ibrahim Bin-Khalid.

Red Point

2017 • 9 min • Poland

A businessman is accidentally mistaken for a murderer of an important person and becomes a fugitive.

Girl recruits her God

2017 • 37 min • Japan

When she was young, Yuri lost consciousness after being locked in a sun-heated car. The experience traumatized her. Yuri met Kenji, whose leg had been crippled by bullies. And she decided revenge to the world.

Your Light: Kase-san and Morning Glories

2017 • 7 min • Japan

Yamada is a shy second-year high school girl who is a member of the greenery committee. Kase from the class next to hers is a beautiful girl who is the ace of the school's track team. As a result of the morning glories planted by Yamada, the distance between the two people who have never exchanged words shrinks little by little.

Hoʻomau

2017 • 22 min • United States of America

A fictional story of ancient Hawai‘i anchored in Hawaiian values, Ho'omau is the story of Lehua, a young woman of mixed ancestry, who must persist against perilous odds to defend all she holds dear when war breaks out between tribes of different origin in ancient Hawai'i.

Backspot

2017 • 5 min

Ronnie, a 17-year-old competitive cheerleader, literally holds her team on her shoulders as the central backspot position. When hormones, the increasing pressure from her mother/coach, and town rivalries turn serious, anxiety attacks strike, throwing her place in life and in the competition culture into a tailspin.

Date Night

2017 • 17 min • Romania

Andrei works at a car-wash. Due to a series of unfortunate events he gets fired. This is terrible news for Andrei, as he is getting married soon. At home he and his future wife argue and Andrei invents a story in order to avoid the fight. Who knew this was going to be a bad idea?

Thirsty Lead

2017 • 8 min

After being a victim of a robbery attempt, a student is scarred for life.