All Films

Song of a Toad

2016 • 7 min • Germany

Svobodan lives his life carrying an old choleric toad on his head. An animated short about a stressed out modern human being.

Death Grips Interview 2016

2016 • 33 min

Matthew Hoffman filmed a mock interview with experimental hip-hop group Death Grips. The comedic footage was later used as a visualizer for their full EP “Interview 2016”.

Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou

2016 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Documentary which explores how Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris's careers took off in the 1970s with very distinct takes on country before they ended up uniting as close harmony singers and eventually collaborated on 1987's four-million-selling debut album, Trio. This is the story of Dolly, Linda and Emmylou’s friendship and musical sisterhood over several decades, how they united their different audiences and raised the game for women in the country tradition.

Tabook

2016 • 3 min • Netherlands

While browsing the bookstore 19-year-old Gwen is unexpectedly drawn to a volume of kinky erotica, earning her disapproving glares from the other customers. Will Gwen follow her deepest desires or will she let her embarrassment restrain her?

Witnesses

2016 • 29 min • France

During the Syrian civil war, a French war photographer takes a picture she shoudn't have taken.

Caribbean Fantasy

2016 • 53 min • Dominican Republic

The life and love of Ruddy the boatman and his married Evangelist lover, Morena, at the banks of the Ozama river, the lowest part of Santo Domingo.

I, Loneliness Gadget

2016 • 13 min

I,Loneliness Gadget tackles how consumption society patterns redefine the concepts of 'human' and 'product' through the relationship of Hasan Ali with pet human.

Happy Birthday

2016 • 7 min • Brazil

Calls

2016 • 10 min

Lucie is in NYC. Her boyfriend Tom is in Paris. We found their phone calls a couple of hours before the disaster.

Through the Dust

2016 • 7 min • United States of America

September 11th, 2016 marks the fifteen-year anniversary of of the largest terrorist attack ever to take place on American soil. Annual memorials and ceremonies will dutifully commemorate the tragedy and its victims. In this recollection, every one of us is presented with an important opportunity for deeper reflection on how we can offset 9/11’s damaging legacy together.

Monks

2016 • 1 min • Lao People's Democratic Republic

A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

Cavello

2016 • 24 min

Twelve-year-old Kai and his best friend Thomas are inseparable. Together they are everything, alone they are nothing. Until the first day of the new schoolyear, when a new girl is in their class that Thomas fancies. Short drama sees Kai frenetically trying to win back his pal. He gradually loses control and makes a choice that will determine the rest of his life.

Hvatir

2016 • 5 min • Finland

After a great storm, is there silence?

Al sur de la Navidad

2016 • 12 min • Argentina

Wednesday with Goddard

2016 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Eugene wonders if there really is a God. After all, he can't see Him, so how can he believe without visual proof?

The Botanist

2016 • 20 min • Tajikistan

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi, a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.

Ubi Sunt

2016 • 23 min • Portugal

Ubi Sunt. Porto. Cartography of an imaginary place attracted by the margins (social and geographical) Hybrid and eclectic project, it is the outcome of a audiovisual research residency of humam and urban exploration of an expanding city. Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?, meaning "Where are those who were before us?". Reflective essay on mortality and life's transience, it emerges from that dialectic, of a and episodic and fragmented structure with a choreographed cinematography; where the memory intersects the contemporary.

A World Without Down's Syndrome?

2016 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, fronted by Sally Phillips. This film explores the science and thinking around the proposed new screening test for Down's syndrome and its possible availability on the NHS. Driven by the experience of raising her son Olly, who has Down's syndrome, Sally explores some of the ethical implications of our national screening policy. By talking to experts in the Down's syndrome community, the world's top scientists and including people with Down's syndrome in the debate, Sally investigates a thorny subject that begs questions relevant to us all: what sort of world do we want to live in and who do we want in it?

Hesperidina Express

2016 • 15 min • Argentina

An elderly couple runs away in a stolen car. Stalked by a storm and a mysterious car, the couple must arrive to destiny in order to continue the trip. They won't lose their cool mood.

How Do You Raise a Black Child?

2016 • 4 min • United States of America

This impressionistic adaptation of Cortney Lamar Charleston's poem "How Do You Raise a Black Child?" portrays the everyday life of a young black man growing up in America and the issues thrust upon his parents.

Where Have You Been

2016 • 13 min

A story about a little boy his sad secret and real magic.

Alan Bennett's Diaries

2016 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about British author and actor Alan Bennett. Recorded over the course of a year, the film features a number of intimate encounters with Bennett, including a trip to New York to receive an award from the city's public library, a national radio appearance and a visit to his local community-run library in Primrose Hill, London. Reflecting on key periods of his life as well as providing observations on current events.

Apollo

2016 • 8 min • France

Apollon is a teenager hung up by the social ideals of masculinity. He fantasizes about having the perfect body - complete with big beefy muscles and a big banana.

A Midnight Snack

2016 • 3 min

A short film about a late night street walker and their unsuspecting prey.