All Films

Godless

2017 • 15 min

Trapped in their office by a baying crowd from all religious backgrounds, a group of filmmakers contemplate a fictional short film they have made disproving the existence of God. As the crowd outside intensifies they wonder if it is just a film or maybe something much more important.

The Butterfly

2017 • 9 min • Canada

Carol's family tries to accept their new life as a refugees, while she struggles to pass a swimming test.

It Hurts

2017 • 6 min

The relationship between a psychologist and her patient takes a painful turn when they cross each other's intimate boundaries.

Swamp Ape

2017 • 59 min • United States of America

A group of student researchers go camping deep in the Florida Everglades. While entering forbidden Native American territory after being advised not to, the group encounters the infamous Swamp Ape.

Remember!

2017 • 27 min • Japan

Suzuki is working at a convenience store late at night. A robber enters the store and recognizes him. It turns out the robber is Suzuki's old classmate Sato. But Suzuki can't remember him.

Sketch

2017 • 13 min

A police sketch artist who believes he has stumbled upon the suspect from one of his drawings becomes convinced he knows how to do the right thing.

The Shift

2017 • 21 min • United States of America

A frustrated, ordinary man receives sympathy--and a job offer--from the Devil himself.

Fry-Up

2017 • 8 min

An intimate portrayal of what could be a family's last day together, set against the urban backdrop of North London.

Gavin Grimm vs.

2017 • 18 min • United States of America

In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready to take his case all the way to the Supreme Court—and then the election happened.

8 Bodies

2017 • 14 min • United States of America

A married couple accidentally kills a person.

9 Races

2017 • 11 min • United States of America

An injured jockey must endure nine races on nine horses over the course of one unforgiving night on the track. He will test the limits of his body and find what exists in the grey area between pain and beauty — if it doesn’t destroy him first.

Hinterlant

2017 • 18 min

The sale of an inherited house results in an unspoken tension between Cigdem and Kerim, a couple in their late thirties, to which their daughter does not seem indifferent.

Salvation

2017 • 24 min

Katrín wakes up in the hospital after a serious car accident to find that she has received a life-saving blood transfusion. However, the religious cult she belongs to forbids such things. As Katrín struggles to reconcile this conflict with her church and family, she begins to become obsessed with the stranger whose blood is now flowing through her veins.

Whisper

2017 • 2 min • United States of America

A young woman is haunted by ghost that her Amazon Echo picks up on.

Azure Striker Gunvolt

2017 • 21 min • Japan

In the near future, the existence of "Adepts," people who possess extraordinary abilities known as "Septimal Powers," has caused widespread chaos around the world. In the nation of Japan, order and peace is maintained by a large conglomerate known as the Sumeragi Group. One group known as QUILL (Quorum for Unrestricted Information, Law, and Liberty) pledged to revolt against the Sumeragi Group.

Ultra Fight Orb: I'm Borrowing the Power of Parent and Child!

2017 • 28 min • Japan

A ghost mage that can manipulate the soul of any monster appears, with the intent of ruling the universe. With a new enemy that can manipulate a monster's soul, Ultraman Orb and Ultraman Zero emerge to stand in his way. Orb will fight a ghostly villain with ghost monster army corps through various fusion ups including Lightning Attacker with the power of Ginga and X! Orb will fulfill new fusion ups while the mighty warriors of the lights appear to assist Ultraman Orb. Even with Ultraman Orb's new forms, will he be able to overcome the threat of Reibatos?

Calling

2017 • 16 min

After a violent event comes to an end, a mother struggles to keep on being a caregiver to her handi-capable son.

Amy Schumer: The Leather Special

2017 • 57 min • United States of America

Comic sensation Amy Schumer riffs on sex, dating and the absurdities of fame in a bold and uncensored stand-up set at Denver's Bellco Theater.

Caramel Child

2017 • 20 min • Philippines

8-year-old Kakay aims to win a spot in the Regional Science Quiz Bee, an academic event in which she believes will be her ticket to finally meet her father in Los Angeles, CA.

Jeff Koons

2017 • 9 min • United States of America

Jeff Koons is a MOCA commissioned mini-documentary on the career of artist Jeff Koons, directed by Oscar Boyson.

ViewPoint

2017 • 10 min • United States of America

A man with a gaming addiction confronts those who cut him off, in this short thriller.

Die Lizenz

2017 • 10 min • Germany

After two years of waiting, Adam and Ellas first part of the application for a „licence to procreate“ has been successfully reviewed. To complete the process, the request is followed up with an obligatory and final interview in the intimacy of their home. Their fate is now in the hands of the government clerk Gudrun Paschke.

The Superhost

2017 • 29 min

Preston and his roommate Sage try to figure out rent, rapport and the cold hard reality in downtown New York.

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

2017 • 54 min • France

Follow in the footsteps of burlesque actor Pierre Richard, a key figure in French cinema in the 1970s and 1980s.